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Senate Advances "Eye-Watering" Enforcement Funding Framework Plus, a protest in Sackets Harbor, an op-ed from ICE detention by Mahmoud Khalil, and more.

OVERNIGHT: Senate Adopts "Eye-Watering" Enforcement Funding Framework

Plus, a protest in Sackets Harbor, an op-ed from ICE detention by Mahmoud Khalil, and more.
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Kansas City-area man deported after visiting grandfather’s grave in Mexico A DACA recipient from Roeland Park has sued the Trump administration after he was not allowed to reenter the United States.

Kansan deported after visiting grandfather’s grave in Mexico
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Inside the online effort to foil Trump’s deportation raids On social media, immigrants and their allies are working together to track ICE officers in real time.

Inside the online effort to foil Trump’s deportation raids
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Visa Risks Rise For Global Students Sweeping education bill adds scrutiny, surveillance, and barriers for those from “countries of concern.”

NEW: Sweeping education bill adds scrutiny, surveillance, and barriers for global students from “countries of concern.” Story by @nicolaebutler.bsky.social for @migrantinsider.com —
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This is a particularly good post from the excellent @migrantinsider.com

I'll start: Roberto Clemente

Who are your favorite immigrants from American history?

Mills Proposes Citizenship Ban “No alien who enters the United States unlawfully shall be eligible for naturalization.”

NEW: Mills Proposes Citizenship Ban

“No alien who enters the United States unlawfully shall be eligible for naturalization.” (w/ @nicolaebutler.bsky.social )

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Tennessee’s Immigration Gambit State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make illegal presence a crime.

NEW: Tennessee state lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make illegal presence a crime.
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"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."

— Abraham Lincoln

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"ICE is unlawfully holding people in cages in Baltimore...for days and weeks" with "no access to blankets, mattresses, showers, or medical care"

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Migrant Insider Repost: Who's Shaping Immigration Policy in the 119th Congress? - GovTrack.us Original reporting and other news from GovTrack.us

@migrantinsider.com recently posted about the chairs & ranking members of immigration related committees and their general views on immigration. With their permission, we’ve reposted this extremely useful information: www.govtrack.us/posts/478/20...

DACA Confounds Senate Republicans, Gitmo Repurposed as ICE Detention Center, Trump Makes Criticizing Israel Deportable Plus, mixed-status families were separated by ICE in Texas and New Jersey.

NEW from me —

DACA Confounds Senate Republicans, Gitmo Repurposed as ICE Detention Center, Trump Makes Criticizing Israel Deportable

Plus, mixed-status families were separated by ICE in Texas and New Jersey.

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ICE’s Inadequate Recordkeeping on Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers Threatens Their Lives As Trump prepares for a dramatic increase in detention, advocates are sounding the alarm about the inhumane conditions in ICE facilities.

NEW AIC REPORT — 

ICE’s Inadequate Recordkeeping on Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers Threatens Their Lives
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Undocumented immigration bill has Florida's governor, agriculture commissioner and legislation at odds The fight over the future of immigration enforcement in Florida has spilled into open warfare between the governor, the legislature, and other top officials.

FOX 13 (Tampa Bay): Undocumented immigration bill has Florida's governor, agriculture commissioner and legislation at odds The legislature's plan would designate the agriculture commissioner as the new Chief Immigration Officer.
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Immigration Reform News January 29, 2025 - America's Voice English CNN As Trump launches his enforcement offensive, immigrant advocates are mobilizing too By Ronald Brownstein January 28, 2025 The New York Times Trump Officials Revoke Biden’s Extension of Pro...

These are today's must-read #immigration news
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Freshly pruned apple trees in a very snowy field

The weather is bitter cold in upstate New York - and the wind chill made it even worse. But farm workers are out there pruning apple trees. When workers got to the fields it was 12° and the high didn’t get past 18° on the day this pic was sent in. #WeFeedYou

Miami man claims wife was detained in one of several Florida ICE raids: "They snatched her" ICE raids were reportedly conducted across South Florida on Sunday as President Trump cracks down on illegal immigration.

Miami man claims wife was detained in one of several Florida ICE raids: "They snatched her"

The man's wife, who's Venezuelan and has lived in the U.S. for years, had a court date set up to receive her U.S. citizenship and "everything was good" until that moment.

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Raskin, AOC, and Tlaib Lead Opposition as Laken Riley Act Clears House The controversial anti-immigrant bill now heads to Trump's desk to be signed into law.

NEW from @migrantinsider.com —

Raskin, AOC, and Tlaib Lead Opposition as Laken Riley Act Clears House

The controversial anti-immigrant bill now heads to Trump's desk to be signed into law.

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Ami Bera: ‘Legal Immigration is America’s Strength, Not a Weakness’ In a wide-ranging interview, Rep. Ami Bera shares his personal immigrant story and ideas for fixing the H1B visa system.

NEW from @migrantinsider.com—

Ami Bera: ‘Legal Immigration is America’s Strength, Not a Weakness’

In a wide-ranging interview, Rep. Ami Bera shares his personal immigrant story and ideas for fixing the H1B visa system.
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Should Churches Be Sanctuaries From Immigration Agents? On Monday, we asked 17 senators after ICE picked up a Honduran man over the weekend from a church service in Tucker, Georgia.

Someone actually used the word “sanctuary” properly @migrantinsider.com open.substack.com/pub/migranti...

Breaking Down Colombian-Born Bernie Moreno's Anti-Asylum Senate Bill We finally got the bill text for S.200, aka the “RULES Act" (SCOOP)

NEW from @migrantinsider.com —

Breaking Down Colombian-Born Bernie Moreno's Anti-Asylum Senate Bill

We finally got the bill text for S.200, aka the “RULES Act" (SCOOP).
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My oil painting of Jimmy Carter lying in state in the Capitol rotunda.

REP. SARAH McBRIDE sides with immigrants, votes against the Laken Riley Act, tells @migrantinsider.com that her concern is that the bill creates no due process to protect people caught up in its dragnet.

Fetterman Abandons Promise to Protect Dreamers Plus, Ruben Gallego lies to Fox News about the Laken Riley Act.

NEW from @migrantinsider.com —

Fetterman Abandons Promise to Protect Dreamers

Plus, Gallego lies to Fox News about the Laken Riley Act.

w/ @nicolaebutler.bsky.social
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Musk's DOGE, Promise of Trump Deportations Prompt Union 'Rapid Response' Plans The AFL-CIO said it’s readying affiliates to defend against Trump attacks on immigrants

BLOOMBERG: Promise of Trump Deportations Prompt Union 'Rapid Response' Plans at AFL-CIO
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