Geoff Hing

DHS agents pepper-spray Rep. Grijalva, Sentinel reporter during protest sparked by Tucson raid An investigation into a Tucson restaurant chain turned chaotic on Wednesday morning as agents with the Department of Homeland Security used tear gas, pepper balls and smoke grenades against protestors...

Read @pmingram.tucsonsentinel.com's story about use of force by HSI agents at Taco Giro today. He got sprayed and managed to file a story that describes the use-of-force and provides some details about the federal operation throughout Southern Arizona today. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

The Office of the Inspector General at DHS conducted an unannounced inspection of Eloy in early December 2024.

"Facility and ICE Staff Did Not Comply with All Staff-Detainee Communication Standards"

"Eloy Did Not Adequately Maintain Bathing Facilities"
www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...

Deportationdata.org published ICE data yesterday, including detention data through Oct. 15, 2025.

This chart shows detentions using:
- Case records from Deportation Data Project (green line)
- Interval ADP from DetentionReports.com (purple dotted line)
- Reported ADP from ICE (orange dotted line).

Broadview provides an example of how ICE custody does not equal ICE detention.

People held by ICE in hold rooms, hospitals, or hotels are not counted as officially "detained" when it comes to the stats reporting.

By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration

I think www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... and detentionreports.com are both good ways to see what's in this data, and I imagine they'll be updated with this release soon.

ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.

The number of people in detention is consistent with some reports of internal documents I saw last week when my colleague and I wrote about how the data wasn't released during the shutdown. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/d...

ICE just published its detention statistics spreadsheet. The first of the 2026 fiscal year and the first since mid-September, before the shutdown. The data shows 65,135 people in detention, the highest I've seen in this particular data.

As Tucson drafts new drug-use law, a rare joint meeting points to multiple approaches  - AZ Luminaria As the Tucson City Council weighs whether to target public drug use through a new pathway to misdemeanor arrests, a rare city-county summit highlighted a central dilemma; how to address addiction as b...

Here’s coverage of the joint city/county meeting where they discussed the policy. By @yanak.bsky.social

azluminaria.org/2025/11/18/a...

The Next Front In the War Over Homelessness Is Arizona’s Ballot Box Conservatives want to use the criminal justice system to force unhoused people into treatment. It may do more harm than good.

The proposed law also includes an explicit treatment or jail provision. This is a stark example of the policies that cities in Arizona were veering toward with the passage of Prop 312. www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/25/a...

Today, Tucson City Council is discussing a proposed ordinance that would create a new offense of "drug-related loitering". Indications that could trigger an arrest for this include officer knowledge of a prior drug conviction, or the so-called "fent fold." tucsonaz.hylandcloud.com/221agendaonl...

ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.

"...while the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not."

From @geoffhing.bsky.social and @jillcastellano.bsky.social

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/d...

Phoenix PD is the latest police agency to decide it will release *ALL* body cam videos *ENTIRELY* blurred out.

Oh, but if you "determine that a specific segment requires clearer visibility," then you can file *ANOTHER* request for *JUST THAT PORTION OF VIDEO* actually visible.

What BS.

Trump administration prepares to offer money to unaccompanied migrant teenagers to voluntarily leave US | CNN Politics The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to offer unaccompanied migrant teenagers in the United States the option to voluntarily leave the country and receive a payment, according to three sou...

I’m so grateful to Priscilla Alvarez for running down what is actually going on here. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/p...

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

Thank you Andrew!

Federal Cuts Disrupt Local Justice Programs, but Communities Push Forward Programs that combat violence and support victims are thrown into chaos after the Trump administration ‘weaponized’ funding for its political goals.

Great reporting here by @sophianabours.bsky.social and @geoffhing.bsky.social for @themarshallproject.org about the impacts of the DOJ's cuts to community programs that support victims of violence: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/05/t...

Hiding in Plain Sight: How local jails obscure and facilitate mass deportation under Trump

🚨NEW: Local jails & police departments are playing a key role in Trump’s mass arrest & deportation agenda

The actual scope of this collaboration – and the true scale of immigrant arrests and detentions – has not been publicly available, until now 🧵

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.
capitalbnews.org/black-displa...

Missouri Officials Seize Control of St. Louis Police, in Latest Bid to Shutter Local Reforms The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear gesture of white men wanting to control urban areas."

Missouri adopted a law that ends St. Louis’ ability to run its own police, transferring control to the GOP-run state government. The law also requires St. Louis to commit 25% of its budget to policing. boltsmag.org/missour...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of the snap curfew law

Mayor Brandon Johnson makes it official: He has vetoed to an ordinance that would allow Chicago Police Department officials to preemptively impose a curfew anywhere in the city and begin enforcing it with just 30 minutes notice. The text of the first mayoral veto in 19 years: @wttw.bsky.social

If you use @quantumfiber.bsky.social and your connectivity is down, try manually setting your DNS server to something like Cloudflare's (1.1.1.1). That restored my ability to use my Quantum Fiber internet connection.

I spoke to some experts about related issues for a Teen Vogue column & a point I keep thinking about is that the wages many young people have are so low, it’s impossible to pay bills, buy a car, etc. Throw in “5 years of experience for an entry-level job” and it feels impossible to make headway.

Florida child welfare agency calls ICE on teen migrant in foster care, sparking criticism ‘If this is a policy decision, it is a huge deal.’

This is an incredibly sad story about ICE taking a child who had already endured so much in handcuffs and shackles. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Iranian asylum seeker detained by ICE in Phoenix goes on hunger strike Mehrad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian asylum seeker who was recently detained by ICE while living on a work permit in Phoenix, wants to see a judge.

NEW — Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention center goes on hunger strike:

"I will not eat until my voice is heard and I am free." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Of course, CPD has plentiful rules and regulations but it’s worth understanding that the Chicago FOP — representing the very wide majority of cops you see at protests — is vociferously in favor of the Trump administration’s actions against immigrants.

www.chicagofop.org/images/Feb.pdf

Phoenix New Times spotted ICE and Homeland Security Investigations at at least three spots on the west side of the Valley.

Eventually, a scuffle broke out between a few protesters and Peoria police, and one protester was subdued with a Taser .

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DHS Flew Predator Drones Over LA Protests, Audio Shows Air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by 404 Media shows two Predator drones leaving, and heading towards, Los Angeles.

New from 404 Media: DHS flew Predator drones over the LA anti-ICE protests. As well as flight data this is further corroborated with air traffic control audio. The audio mentions "TROY" (callsign used by DHS) and "Q-9" (shorthand for MQ-9, the Predator B drones) www.404media.co/dhs-flew-pre...

“It Blows My Mind That There’s No Opposition”: When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged - Bolts In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right against a GOP challenger who wants more immigration enforcement. No Democra...

Sheriffs are hugely important to Trump’s mass deportation plan. They’ve lately been rushing to partner with ICE.

So we really should talk about ways in which Democrats are *not* fighting back against growing sheriff-ICE cooperation.

I have a story out today on this:

boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...

Sacramento County will now use drones to find homeless encampments The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors reviewed the request of drones and other military equipment from several public safety agencies.

"The drones are a part of Sacramento County Probation’s equity and inclusion mission, which includes “removing access barriers and serving hard-to-reach communities,” Wherry added.

www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE In response to mass deportation threats and mixed messages from county leaders on federal cooperation, San Diego organizers are taking action to inform residents of ICE activity.

Unión del Barrio first started its community patrol program more than thirty years ago in response to police harassment of Latinos. The group reactivated its community patrols recently in response to increased federal immigration enforcement in San Diego. boltsmag.org/how-vol...