Migration Scholar Collaborative

I just spoke with Andry Hernández Romero and offered our support and assistance.

He was grateful to all who have advocated on his behalf and those who shared his story. He spoke of the horrific conditions in CECOT and the real trauma and violence he experienced. I’ll have more in the days ahead.

A father pleads to hold his daughter one last time as ICE GOONS pull him away

ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

Trump drives surge in Ice detentions of those with no criminal record despite stated priorities Ice facilities across the US are holding significantly more people than normal capacity

On Friday, DHS released their latest immigration detention data. The number of immigrants with no criminal record arrested and booked into ICE detention has risen a staggering 1,200%

The latest on the admins campaign of mass deportation from José Olivares and I

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Sanctuary cities are not sanctuaries for criminals.
This is not about crime.
ICE is already "flooding" sanctuary cities.
New announcements are done to create fear, for PR,  and to distract or console people in non-sanctuary cities and red states where raids are also happening.

Why This Guatemalan Family Is Hiding From ICE This Summer in St. Louis, Missouri They say returning to Guatemala isn’t an option — even if they are forced to.

"The Trump administration has increased travel bans, detention space and daily arrest goals. Elected officials have been wrestled to the floor and handcuffed... Meanwhile, millions of noncitizens remain in the shadows, wanting to be left alone to earn a better living for their families."

JUST IN:

Judge Xinis in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case orders that once he is released from custody in his pending federal criminal case in Tennessee, that the Trump Administration "SHALL NOT" take him into custody and that includes ICE.

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As @americasvoice.bsky.social highlights in detail in our updated polling memo, the more Americans witness the Trump/Miller mass deportation crusade in action, the more they reject it.

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ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

In response DWN, said: “Millions of undocumented immigrants in the US could be denied due process rights & can be detained indefinitely. This is tragic, infuriating, & yet another example of how Trump is using immigration detention as a testing ground for authoritarianism."

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

NEW: Of the 230+ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador:
• Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided
• More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings

These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

By and large, the Venezuelan men our government disappeared to a Salvadoran prison had been playing by the rules of the country’s immigration system.

Then, the Trump administration changed the rules.

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Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s.

As Trump hires thousands more immigration agents: “You’re very likely to see confusion, delay, wrongful arrest, more mistakes when law enforcement agencies, especially large ones, don’t have clear direction and guidance for prioritization.”👇🏽 🚨
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As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

At the DeSantis Everglades detention camp, people with green cards are being held in terrible conditions, with maggots in the food, the lights kept on 24 hours a day, and delayed access to medicine.

One guy had his Bible taken and was told "here there is no right to religion."

U.S. Military Veteran Forced To Self-Deport As Soldiers Deployed To American Communities Go Unpaid - America's Voice Trump and Stephen Miller are trampling on the U.S. military and rule of law in the name of mass deportation U.S. military veteran Sae Joon Park, an immigrant who arrived in America from South Korea at...

After 50 years in the U.S. and receiving a Purple Heart for his military service, veteran Sae Joon Park was forced to leave the country he fought for.

"These abductions and deportations both separate families and risk our military readiness," writes @tusk81.bsky.social.

'What Would Osceola Do?' A conversation with Panagioti Tsolkas, on Alligator Alcatraz and the fight against toxic prisons

I spoke with Panagioti Tsolkas, cofounder of Fight Toxic Prisons and Everglades Earth First!, about 'Alligator Alcatraz' and organizing against prisons and ICE detention.

Appeals Court Upholds Block on Texas Immigration Law, Citing Harm to Legal Aid Providers Ruling maintains injunction against S.B. 4 as Trump administration allies push state-level enforcement

GOOD NEWS FOR MIGRANTS —

Appeals Court Upholds Block on Texas Immigration Law, Citing Harm to Legal Aid Providers
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ICE agents in full combat gear on the streets of Los Angeles. On top of a military vehicle is an agent with a full-ass machine gun on a tripod.

Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane.

This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.

Human rights org in El Salvador released report detailing abuses within CECOT:

▪️ deaths of 153 inmates between 3/27/22, and 3/27/23, attributed to torture, beatings, asphyxiation, & lack of medical care
▪️ Autopsies showed patterns of lacerations, hematomas, sharp object wounds, & strangulation

Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…

How the Supreme Court Ruled Differently in Immigration and Criminal Justice Cases In a term marked by rulings limiting immigrants’ rights, the court sided with several other people harmed by the criminal justice system.

In a term marked by rulings limiting immigrants’ rights, the court sided with several other people harmed by the criminal justice system.

Trump Administration Expels Eight Men to War-Torn “Third Country” South Sudan The Supreme Court is helping Trump expand "third country" deportation — and restrict immigrants’ rights to object for fear of torture.

Trump Administration Expels Eight Men to War-Torn “Third Country” South Sudan

The Supreme Court is helping the Trump administration expand its deportation regime — and restrict immigrants’ rights to object for fear of torture.

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1/12 🧵 As migration scholars, we're honored to highlight @naomipaik.bsky.social's timely "Sanctuary for All," published by @oxunipress.bsky.social for @icahdq.bsky.social. She argues: with Project 2025 threats, expansive sanctuary is crucial for all. ⤵️

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Abolitionist sanctuary under Trump 2.0 Abstract. This article examines the importance of sanctuary movements under rising fascism in the US under the second presidential administration of Donald

12/12 This article is a vital call to action for human rights. It urgently frames the current moment, offering insights for collective resistance.

Read @naomipaik.bsky.social's "Sanctuary for All," published by @oxunipress.bsky.social for @icahdq.bsky.social ⤵️

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11/ Ordinary people are resisting. "Know Your Rights" trainings, rapid response networks – these hyperlocal efforts protect individuals and build resilience. They form a "spider web of many threads of resistance."

10/ Drawing on Mariame Kaba, Paik stresses "a million experiments" in collective care. History guides us, but we adapt. Sanctuary must be capacious, driven by abolitionist values: defend everyone, dismantle root causes of violence, build a world where sanctuary isn't needed.

9/ What now? Paik advocates "sanctuary for all." This means no "deserving" vs. "undeserving" migrants. Reject divisions, like the "progressive-except-for-Palestine (PEP)" framing.

8/ This isn't just about historically excluded groups. Paik warns these "massive power grabs" are affecting documented non-citizens and even US-born citizens. "Once the state deploys its violence against one targeted group, it uses the same justifications... to target others."

7/ Meanwhile, state violence is escalating. ICE now cages over 42,000 migrants, sending some even to Guantánamo Bay – an extra-territorial site. We're also seeing unprecedented extraordinary renditions to countries like El Salvador, bypassing all due process.