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Kristi Noem has claimed that "no American citizens have been arrested or detained" by immigration agents, despite copious evidence to the contrary.

Immigration policy expert @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social says the Homeland Security chief "is either ignorant of the facts or not telling the truth."

Car crashes and rammings take center stage in immigration crackdown | CNN The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration often looks like a car crash. Literally.

🚨 Further proof that mass deportation makes Americans LESS safe: ICE’s chaotic & indiscriminate crackdown is leading to federal agents ramming & crashing cars. High speed chases of ppl who pose NO safety threat places all drivers at risk.
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“Sanctuary cities” aren’t lawless — they’re practical. Local police are balancing safety and resources while D.C. plays politics. NYT Magazine's latest backs up what I argued for @thirdway.bsky.social: sanctuary policies are about smart governance, not defiance.

Instead of working to reopen the government, Trump is using his spare time to go after his political enemies. We need to speak up.

The tools & tactics ICE is using to arrest US citizens & thousands who pose no threat have existed for decades in misguided immigration laws passed in 1990s. We can enforce civil immigration laws w/o chaos & fear but that requires Congress to step up & finally amend those laws.

BREAKING: DC District Court just granted our emergency motion, filed with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, stopping ICE from locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18. 

Locking up young people in ICE jails only inflicts more harm on vulnerable youth.

Even before the $45 billion for detention money started leaving the government, Trump officials were already self-dealing.

When contract bidders hire someone with direct ties to the border czar to ‘help win work,’ that’s not innovation — it’s corruption.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

FBI is supposed to investigate threats of domestic terrorism & political violence but instead they are raiding buildings full of hard-working immigrants w deep ties to our country who pose NO safety threat—this makes everyone LESS safe.
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As ICE partnerships spread in the Midwest, incentives rise and civil rights concerns deepen The ICE 287(g) program is expanding in the Midwest, and immigration advocates say there’s not enough oversight. This month, the Department of Homeland Security announced new financial incentives that ...

Since President Trump began his second term, the number of agreements allowing local law enforcement agencies to perform federal immigration duties have ballooned across the U.S.

@naynagupta.bsky.social spoke to @naomidelkamiller.bsky.social about how these 287(g) agreements erode public safety.

Interesting. The Tooele Co. Sheriff has expressed concern about ICE poaching deputies during 287g training.

“I’m looking for a little more confidence that the names of the deputies I provide are not going to be actively recruited by ICE as they complete the training."

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Yet another decision holding this. With the exception of a single bad 2nd Circuit decision surrounding Byrne JAG grants in Trump 1.0, the Trump admin has a near-perfect losing streak on imposing immigration enforcement conditions on federal grants.

YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities

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Grateful to testify last week before members of Congress alongside friend & fellow Northwestern alum Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation who testified on harms of using National Guard & military for civil immigration enforcement. Mass deportation makes all Americans LESS safe.

Under this administration, federal agents tasked with fighting child trafficking, drug cartels, and domestic terrorism were pulled into low-level immigration arrests.

@immcouncil.org ’s Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social: “This means far less focus on real public safety priorities.”

12 Senate Dems on Armed Services write strongly against use of military as immigration judges:

"the Trump administration views skilled personnel as pawns to be traded between agencies, rather than as professionals essential to their core missions, in order to advance misguided immigration policies"

The Trump administration continues to use safety as a pretext for mass deportation—but it is mass deportation itself that makes all Americans LESS safe.

Watch @naynagupta.bsky.social's testimony at @jayapal.house.gov's shadow hearing on the impact of mass deportations on our communities.

Nayna Gupta, Policy Director at @immcouncil.org:

"While nannies disappear from local parks and masked agents drag immigrant fathers from cars, this administration continues to use safety as a pretext for mass deportation. But it is mass deportation that makes all Americans less safe."

This Thursday, 9/18, @jayapal.house.gov is hosting a shadow hearing to shine a light on the lawlessness and harm of Trump’s mass deportation regime.

With @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, we're supporting two brave witnesses — Chelsea White & Mimi Lettunich — in advocating for their loved ones in D.C.

We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.

ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States New data reveals massive growth in the 287(g) program under the Trump administration, a 7.5x increase since January. Half are the most aggressive Task Force Model MOAs.

ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States
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Potential federal intervention poses challenges for Chicago police on the ground As President Donald Trump signals plans to order federal intervention in Chicago, experts say the likely escalation of immigration enforcement operations is setting the stage for a contentious dynamic...

The Trump admin is engaging in federal policing in a way that rips at the seams of relationships between state & local police and the federal government..and between communities & their local police. This erodes public safety👇🏽
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New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants - American Immigration Council USCIS, the agency tasked with issuing green cards, will have “special agents" authorized to carry firearms and arrest immigrants.

For the first time, #USCIS will create “special agents” with powers to carry firearms and make arrests.

Shev Dalal-Dheini (@aila.org) and @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social explain how this move defies Congress’ mandate and raises serious legal concerns.
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This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that clears the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social shares what you need to know 👇

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

The Supreme Court just cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps.

This means the Trump administration could rapidly expand its plans for law enforcement to harass people based on their skin color, the neighborhood they live in, or the language they speak.

🚨 Today the U.S. Supreme Court rubber stamped EXPLICIT racial profiling during DHS immigration raids. This green lights the worst ICE & CBP practices we are seeing against Latino communities around the country. We can expect this racist enforcement to expand rapidly.🚨

We have to talk about this also as an insult to the National Guard, who are being used as political props by the President and governors. They signed up to serve their country and their communities, and are now being turned into playthings of a political operation. It’s a slap in the face.

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.

Trump’s ICE is moving rapidly to expand imprisonment of immigrants to largest ever in U.S. history. Plans to make the system hold over 100K ppl will make it comparable to the U.S. federal prison system—but it will be full of ppl with NO criminal convictions 🚨
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Opinion | Trump’s immigration policies make Americans less safe Trump has turned immigration enforcement into a cudgel that is destroying the core pillars of our democracy.

The immigration system was broken before President Trump returned to office.

But instead of fixing it, the Trump administration has chosen to make things worse — on purpose.

Read more from our policy director @naynagupta.bsky.social in @msnbc.com ⤵️

Trump is undertaking an unprecedented realignment of the federal government, turning it into a detention & deportation machine that threatens communities, upends legal norms & shakes the foundation of American democracy. Mass deportation makes Americans LESS safe👇🏽
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Trump’s second-term immigration policies, in just six months, represent an unprecedented and coordinated assault on democratic rights and principles. My thoughts on using immigration to attack democracy & how Trump immigration makes us LESS safe in MSNBC👇🏽
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