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White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” Yesterday, you were the stars, your compassion, your courage, your pride in standing up for what’s right lit up the darkness. This is the America we believe in. 💚✊

“We are currently experiencing longer than usual wait times.” 😂😃🙌

From the Onion.

Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

Coercion and bullying are not effective governance, not apropos to first amendment protections.
"Be best."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi freed after federal judge orders release Palestinian, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported despite not being charged with crime

Thanks and praises. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mohsen Mahdawi — the Columbia student arrested at his citizenship appointment — speaks Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."

Wow.

Illegally detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi has a daily meditation practice during his detention, and he is head of the Columbia University Buddhist Association.

Please remember that one of the most basic tenets of Buddhism is that we are all immigrants.

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

When the open letter from univ prez against Trump over-reach was released on Tues morning, it had 180 signers. By Tues evening, over 270.

Through the day Wed (yesterday) it went into mid-300s.

This morning, Thurs, starts at more than 400.

This is significant. (Point of my post.)

New York Buddhists support detainee Mohsen Mahdawi The Buddhist Council of New York and the Columbia University Buddhist Association have both called for the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, the former president of the C.U.B.A., who is facing deportation.

www.lionsroar.com/student-acti...

We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.

Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov

#RealBuddhaQuotes Nonviolence can take many forms. When we can act with compassion, we act. When we can’t, we support those who can, and we speak up for peace. Even the quietest choices can make a difference.

You might think solidarity at this time is not important. Think otherwise. The dial will only move when we act as one body, aligned with sanity and care.

#bouldercolorado #mobilize

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

Still speaking! Go @booker.senate.gov! Every Dem senator needs to be doing this every day. Disrupt.

www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...

WATCH: Cory Booker holds the floor of the Senate for 15+ hours in protest of Republicans' harmful policies: "I know of only one way to do this—and I'm trying to do this myself—is to do things differently. To stand up, to speak up, to act like this is not normal in our country."

LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker will go as long as he can in marathon Senate speech to protest Trump YouTube video by MSNBC

Sen Booker is still speaking-- speaking truth to power.
We need to actualize that courage, each of us, in whatever action is given to us. www.youtube.com/live/N5NfmuI...

Chris Murphy has confirmed he’s joining Cory Booker in solidarity on the Senate floor all night to protest Trump’s lawlessness and corruption.

Sen. Cory Booker is holding the floor to make good trouble and as an urgent call to action: www.instagram.com/reel/DH4od8m...

I am so grateful for your speaking up, and recognizing the crisis of the moment.

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance Ordinary people have more power than they know.

newrepublic.com/article/1931...

Justice for Rumeysa Ozturk Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,

Rümeysa's legal team is coordinating a fundraiser for her and her family to help them deal with this crisis, including medical costs since ICE has kept Rümeysa from accessing all her medications. Please donate if you're able:

The tactics ICE is using--thugs in plain clothes kidnapping people simply for their political views--these tactics were developed by the US and spread across the world to hunt down Leftists from Latin America to Indonesia. They've also been used locally for decades to terrorize Black communities.

multiple issues here:
-it’s unamerican and unconstitutional for the federal govt—and certainly the executive on its own, arbitrarily and in secret—to create a speech code for visa holders
-even if that was permissible, suddenly accosting her in the street and abducting her is wildly disproportionate

To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me.

Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.

Even if you accept the premise and decision, which I absolutely do not, it is the simplest thing to phone the visa holder, tell them their visa is revoked and say they have a month to leave the country. Accosting someone on the street like a kidnapping is just a spectacle of terror.

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

Love it!
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