Isela Gutiérrez

‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.

State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
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Emotional Glimpses of an Immigration Crackdown in a San Diego Courthouse Federal officials use the building for check-ins that can end with immigrants being detained. Clergy members and volunteers have been watching for months.

“I think anybody who enters should understand that they may not leave.” Hundreds of immigrants have been detained at the Edward J. Schwartz federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. The emotional scenes have alarmed activists, immigration lawyers and local elected officials.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents. The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.

Out today: “The decision of these Texas agencies to enter into such agreements will lead to an erosion of safety … in addition to increases in racial profiling and targeting of immigrants, which are symptoms of this excessive, punitive and cruel mass deportation agenda.”

Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected - Vatican News In remarks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States, urges

Pope Leo addresses DHS’s refusal to allow pastoral visits at Broadview: “Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”

Trump Says He’ll Defy Court Order And Won’t Give Out SNAP Benefits The president appears to want to ignore a court order to pay the benefits.

In a shocking reversal, Trump said federal food benefits won’t be distributed during the shutdown, despite a court order

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said

He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"

O'DONNELL: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

TRUMP: No. I think they haven't gone far enough.

If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.

Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.

Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents.

Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...

The Trump admin says it won’t tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits if the shutdown continues, according to an agency memo

That means roughly 42 mil Americans will not receive critical food assistance from SNAP in November

Okay but are we terrorists causing insurrection or old hippies? 🤔

THE CARRIZO TAP Slated to deliver water to Samsung, some worry aquifer might not hold

From 2020-23, the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer ↓ 168 ft, and >125 wells in Milam, Burleson, and Lee counties "either started sucking air or dried up." The groundwater management district has permitted vastly more water use than is sustainable. If they stopped pumping now, it would take 100 yrs to recover

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

Inside Tarrant County's Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil…

Out today: “They’re essentially trying to revoke his bond for thought crimes. I think it’s very important for people to understand: Fascism is here.”

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
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Democratic New York Lawmakers Arrested for Demanding Access to Alleged ICE Detention Facility Read more here.

#ICYMI: At least 11 Democratic New York elected officials were arrested by DHS after demanding access to an ICE detention facility at 26 Federal Plaza.
This marks the latest instance of Democrats being detained while attempting to inspect such sites.

"A tracker set up by a public radio consultant has identified 332 layoffs in public media since July 18, when the Republican-led Congress, at President Trump's urging, defunded public media."

Layoffs begin at PBS North Carolina following federal funding cut PBS North Carolina has begun laying off employees this week in response to the elimination of federal funding for public media.

PBS North Carolina has begun laying off employees this week in response to the elimination of federal funding for public media. I'm trying to get details on how many, but so far there's been no public disclosure: www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.

ICE officer fatally shoots man during traffic stop in Chicago suburb, authorities say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when they stopped the vehicle, according to a statement from the agency.

ICE says officers were conducting a "targeted law enforcement activity" when an officer shot a man during a traffic stop. via @wbez.org

Southern University, other HBCUs close due to ‘potential threat’ Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge will be closed through the weekend after officials called a lockdown Thursday morning due to a “potential threat.”

At least seven historically Black colleges and universities across the South received threats Thursday that caused lockdowns and closures. via @wwno.org

State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.

“The State Department indicated it would review the legal status of immigrants ‘praising, rationalizing, or making light’ of Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting.”

“.. The administration ‘has all but declared that all Latinos, U.S. citizens or not, who work low-wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time .. and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents' satisfaction.’”

- Sotomayor

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In Latest Unsigned Order, SCOTUS Blesses Trump’s Use of Racial Profiling in Immigration Arrests Read more here.

🚨BREAKING🚨 SCOTUS green-lights Trump to resume immigration stops based on appearance, language, job & location. The court’s unsigned order lifts the LA raids restrictions, removing needed protections against racial profiling.

Justice Kavanaugh says ethnicity can be a “relevant factor.” Sotomayor warns that this opens the door to sweeping civil-liberties violations. Lawful residents and U.S. citizens could now legally be detained by ICE at bus stops, Home Depots, and job sites.

N.Y.C. Man Is at Least Fourth Person to Die in Custody in Just Over a Week A Turkish-born pedicab driver who was arrested on Friday night was found unconscious and unresponsive in a police station house cell. He later died at Bellevue Hospital.

A man who was being held in a Manhattan police precinct station house on Friday was found unconscious and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to a city official. He is at least the fourth detainee in city custody to die in a little over a week.

Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges

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Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges

No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.

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