Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
βShe was at the brink of dying,β a lawyer told me.
But the girl didnβt go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trumpβs entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
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Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
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ICE detainees from Maine being held under βinhumaneβ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell β men and women in some cases β with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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βI miss youβ: Emails detail close ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Bard President Leon Botstein
LeonΒ Botsteinβs name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epsteinβs island and a visit with βgirlsβ to the college.
Bard College President Leon Botstein appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epsteinβs island, hosting a visit with βgirlsβ to campus and telling the child sex predator, βI miss you.β
Sarah Trafton reports:
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
05.02.2026 22:15 β π 102 π 36 π¬ 0 π 10
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I would like WI politicians to stop lying about the existence of mass voter fraud & stop insinuating people in cities are not real people & don't deserve to have their votes count. They've been doing it for at least 20 years & it's ugly & we shouldn't tolerate it.
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/u...
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability canβt wait.
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Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and sheβs rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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When this is over, and it is warmer, please consider a trip to the Twin Cities. Itβs a gorgeous, generous place with great museums and cultural spots, and a walk/blade/bike around the lakes cannot be beat.
05.02.2026 21:26 β π 542 π 125 π¬ 25 π 18
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: βI want to make sure you know who Iβm racing forβ¦β
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The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
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Some random billionaire is running for Governor of Georgia on the premise that his wealth means he βcanβt be boughtβ and it strikes me that if thereβs one thing we know about billionaires it is that they are the most continuously bought group in existence.
05.02.2026 13:16 β π 195 π 58 π¬ 16 π 4
Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
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Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesotaβs economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, Iβm going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
Itβs been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
βICE GTFO OF MNβ
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
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This made me weepy
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Peter Dinklage reading Amanda Gorman's poem about Renee Good, a fellow poet.
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
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