A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her The woman has no criminal record and is unsure what prompted the threat of removal. She fears being deported to Iran given her father's military service and her Christian faith.

The woman has no criminal record and is unsure what prompted the threat of removal. She fears being deported to Iran given her father's military service and her Christian faith. n.pr/4rB8gap

ICE detained a Minnesota teen, labeled him an ‘unaccompanied minor,’ and lost him The Trump administration is apprehending and designating immigrant kids as “unaccompanied,” even as their parents in the U.S. search for them.

ICE agents grabbed a 16-year-old asylum seeker--which they aren't supposed to do

They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do

They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do.

Then they *lost* him.

www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...

“The private prison industry is who stands to gain the most from this supercharging of immigration detention,” Bishop Cahill continues in the statement: www.usccb.org/news/2026/th...

There Are Still Heroes Among Us Fighting ICE. Fighting the Epstein class. Fighting Putin.

“We have an administration that is hostile to the rule of law and to the fight for freedom. We cannot wish away that reality. But we can also understand the reality of the admirable actions of Minnesotans and Epstein survivors and Ukrainian freedom fighters.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/there-are-...

An Ash Wednesday 'mobilization' showed us a way out of our country's mess Led by Cardinal Blase Cupich, the crowd prayed and marched with love and without chaos.

"Your worth does not come from a visa or a permit; it comes from the breath of God inside you.” #CardinalCupich #Lent #RememberThePoor #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/02/19/a...

Proposed ICE Warehouse Locations - Google My Maps Proposed sites for industrial warehouses to be used as mass detention centers by the US Department of Homeland Security. Descriptions include current status of each site, and any response from local...

Is the regime trying to build an ICE detention camp near you?

Newly released records show a US citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security. https://cnn.it/4kOEKvg

Last March, a 23 year old named Ruben Ray Martinez was shot and killed by an ICE agent. He was a U.S. citizen from San Antonio.

ICE did not disclose for 8 months that they were the ones who shot Martinez. Americans deserve immediate answers and an independent investigation of the shooting.

US bishops warn ICE mega-detention plan is 'moral inflection point' for America The bishops' conference issued a stark critique of plans to double federal immigration detention capacity: "The thought of holding thousands of families in massive warehouses should challenge the cons...

"The thought of holding thousands of families in massive warehouses should challenge the conscience of every American." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/news/us-bish...

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

“.. Mr. Martinez is at least the third U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by federal immigration officers since the start of President Trump’s second term.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

What happened to Bishop Barron? Part 1 [lament of a former fan]

Thank you @decentfilms.bsky.social for writing this.

A Ground Level Report on ICE’s Gulag Buildout Courtesy of an anonymous TPM Reader I wanted to share a fascinating,...

A Ground Level Report on ICE’s Gulag Buildout

The Ash Wednesday procession through the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - honoring immigrants, immigration detainees and those killed by ICE & Border Patrol - has begun.

Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal Blase Cupich is near the head of the march.

Previewed tonight on Rachel Maddow, Cardinal Cupich to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass and Procession in solidarity with immigrants; the move comes just days after a judge ruled that priests and ministers must be allowed into Broadview Detention Center to minister to migrants. Official invitation here…

Cardinal Cupich to Archdiocesan priests: “We fail in living up to our faith if we claim to follow Christ, while dismissing the suffering of migrants.”

Breaking: Ash Wednesday Mass will lift up immigrants’ resilience — Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership Following a judicial injunction issued Thursday requiring the Department of Homeland Security to permit clergy access to the Broadview ICE facility , the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leader...

www.csplaction.org/in-the-news/...

This conversation is worth listening to. Very good informative discussion.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick - Conversations with Bill Kristol On Trump’s mass deportation regime

whole conversation here:

conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...

YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol Aaron Reichlin Melnick on government agencies weaponizing bigotry

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:

"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."

youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...

This is an excellent discussion. Bill you have really come through in this moment. Thank you for your integrity, love of democracy, and for speaking out. I have really come to respect you and appreciate your work.

ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November

🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.

The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.

Judge orders ICE to allow Catholics access to Chicago-area detention center (RNS) — The plaintiff group — the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership — has announced that Cardinal Blase Cupich will be joining them for Ash Wednesday Mass.

Cardinal Cupich will celebrate an outdoor Ash Wednesday Mass and procession in solidarity with immigrant families…a judge ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to grant the Christian advocacy group access to the Broadview detention center near Chicago. religionnews.com/2026/02/13/j...

Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold.

In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.

Important story by @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social

“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”

A NINE year old is being detained for 113 days and goes through questioning for two hours without an adult, without her mother, present.
Her mother is in News York, undocumented while she herself has a tourist visa.
She says she can't sleep well, worries, and feels guilty if anything happens.
NINE!

Former ICE Facility Worker 'saw people laying in feces' at Baltimore Detention Center Whistleblower provides internal documents alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage

Incredibly shocking...

First ICE whistleblower releases video from ICE center...

Former ICE Facility Worker 'saw people laying in feces' at Baltimore Detention Center...

Alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage...

www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof (RNS) — ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ the Chic...

“I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America." #CardinalCupich #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...

The only American leader offering substantial assistance to Ukraine right now is Pope Leo.