Allegra Harpootlian

Transparency From Spy Agencies Now We cannot afford to weaken transparency and public oversight of the intelligence community. Join the ACLU in demanding Senators reject the provision to remove confirmation hearings for spy agencies.

Congress is debating a provision in the Intelligence Authorization Act that would get rid of the confirmation process for senior positions at CIA and other spy agencies.

Tell your Senators to reject this harmful proposal. The last thing we need is less public oversight of intelligence agencies. 

2 killed in U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific, Hegseth says Two people on board an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific were killed by a U.S. military strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday

This is the 16th strike of its kind this year — and at least 66 people are dead because of the government’s rash actions.

These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.

BREAKING: An appeals court denied the Trump administration's latest effort to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area.

This ruling is more confirmation that President Trump's attempts to send troops into our communities are unjustified and cannot continue.

BREAKING: Late last night, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deploying any out-of-state federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

This is a win for the rule of law.

Son of journalist detained by ICE pleads for dad's release Oscar Guevara, who has undergone surgery for a brain tumor, said his father, Mario Guevara, who has been in detention over 100 days, was one of his main caregivers.

🚨"Mario's detention is a true five-alarm fire for press freedom in this country, particularly for noncitizen journalists, but also for any journalist who covers law enforcement activity."

Everyone who spoke up for Kimmel, needs to be just as loud for Mario.

www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

What National Guardsmen in the nation’s capital need to hear You have every right to expect a clear mission, an unambiguous chain of command, and appropriate training.

"Bottom line: you know your chain of command would hold you accountable if anything went wrong. Make sure you have the wherewithal to hold it accountable as well." www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to create a new task force of National Guard troops that it could quickly send to quell protests across the country.

If President Trump carries out this gross abuse of power, we're ready to protect our rights guaranteed under the Constitution.

$297,880 of your taxpayer dollars on the vehicles alone.

Here are the purchase orders.

“I have received some guidance to avoid terms, like ‘camps,’ that can be twisted and used against the president, yes. Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis.”

DC’s homeless have nowhere to go. Trump might send them to jail. The president's crackdown is causing fear and uncertainty among the city's unhoused and their advocates.

Trump's raids on DC's homeless encampments are starting tonight, although most of these people have nowhere else to go.

“In DC, there are, right now, 30 open shelter beds for men and 30 open shelter beds for women… So for all intents and purposes, there’s nowhere else for people to go.”

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right.

This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE.

Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️

Last night, I saw 3 NYPD officers arresting a man. I asked if he had been read his Miranda rights. After ignoring me, a cop finally said "those are just for tv."

Bizarre how once I mentioned i work at ACLU and started reciting the rights, @nypd.bsky.social suddenly remembered they exist.

Mayor Adams, Gov. Hochul push back against Trump’s threat to send National Guard to NYC The president announced on Monday he put the Washington, D.C. police department under federal control to “take our capital back,” and then said he’d also “look at other citi…

Good. Trump deploying the National Guard to NYC would be a blatant abuse of power.

Engineering falsehoods that New York City is in turmoil and sending in military troops is fascism in action.

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

In a powerful first-person account, Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in an ICE detention center.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

"Among us was a singer with almost a million followers, a talented violinist, a Pilates instructor, a visual arts teacher, a devoted mom, a loving grandmother, and a woman with a passion for arranging flowers... And me, a confused international doctoral student."
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

Wholesome side note: This essay was co-published by @VanityFair and The Tufts Daily, the outlet she wrote the original op-ed for.

If you read one thing today, make it Rümeysa Öztürk's first essay since being released from ICE detention for co-authoring an op-ed in her college newspaper. It will break your heart and stitch it back together again. www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...

NEW: An appeals court rejected the Trump administration's desperate ploy to re-detain Georgetown scholar Dr. Badar Khan Suri.

Today's decision marks another loss for the government's crackdown on immigrants speaking out on Palestine.

We’re at “criming babies” levels of absurd now

Trying to figure out if I just got hit by a truck or the Supreme Court

Despite bond being set, Ernesto Manuel-Andres to remain detained - Bowling Green Daily News The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with ...

Update on Ernesto, an 18-year-old in Bowling Green, KY who was taken by ICE: “The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with him.”

"A crime or part of a federal raid" - if you're not notifying local law enforcement of your operations (especially after the fact), then it's both.

Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.

“You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking to see a judicial warrant” —Brad Lander just now as he is being handcuffed by ICE.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

i mean, you can still follow them and there are still dudes with guns and handcuffs walking around or whatever so you should definitely avoid them

New Montana law blocks the state from buying private data to skirt the Fourth Amendment The Big Sky State becomes the first to close the "data broker loophole" allowing the government to get private information without a warrant.

Montana became the first state to pass the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act, which requires the government to get a warrant before buying our data from data brokers.

This is a huge win for our right to privacy and we're urging Congress to follow Montana's lead.

Mahmoud Khalil's attorney was not allowed to bring her laptop into his most recent hearing.

Louisiana immigration Judge Jamee Comans deferred to private prison company GEO Group on the issue - even though DOJ policy says attorneys are allowed to have electronics in court