abolish ICE / prosecute ICE "agents"

ignore people of color at your own peril, jackass

This hurt me

Seventh Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody This Year Lorth Sim, a Cambodian national, died in ICE custody on Monday according to an announcement sent to Congress today, marking the seventh detained death of 2026 and nearly the 40th since Trump took…

BREAKING: Seventh Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody This Year

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Your regular reminder that since August of last year, Mr. Abrego has agreed to be deported to Costa Rica, but the Trump admin refuses to do so because they want to instead punish him by sending him to an African country that will most likely detain and then deport him to El Salvador for the admin.

On January 10, 2026, while driving back to work after getting lunch with his father and cousin, a car quickly passed O., sped up, then stopped in front of him. (Id. ¶ 3.) A few men in civilian clothes stepped out of the car and asked for his identification. (Id.) The men threatened O.—if he did not get out of the car, they would force him out. (Id.) O. exited the car and was told he was under arrest. (Id.) The men handcuffed him and did not allow him to bring his phone. (Id.) O. felt like he was being kidnapped. (Id.) The men detained O., his father, and his cousin, taking them all to Whipple. (Id. ¶ 4.) At Whipple, there was “food scattered on the floor, the floor was sticky with mud, and everything stuck to your shoes.” (Id. ¶ 5.) The space was so cramped that sometimes there was no space to sit on the floor. (Id.)

The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

J.I.B.C. is 19-years-old and has pending applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile status and asylum. (J.I.B.C. Decl. ¶ 1.) On January 13, 2026, he was leaving TMobile when another car struck his own. (Id. ¶¶ 3–4.) Agents surrounded him, opened the car doors, and wrenched him out. (Id. ¶ 4.) J.I.B.C. offered to show the agents his immigration documents, but the agents said they did not need to see them. (Id. ¶ 6.) When he pulled out his cell phone, the agents

threw him to the ground. (Id. ¶ 5.) The immigration documents were left inside his car. (Id. ¶ 6.) Several hours after arriving at Whipple, J.I.B.C. was allowed one phone call. (Id. ¶¶ 8, 12.) There was no privacy—it was a shared phone, located in a hallway between cells with agents nearby. (Id. ¶ 12.) J.I.B.C. told his girlfriend he had been detained; she said she would find a lawyer. (Id. ¶ 13.) Agents told J.I.B.C. to tell her that he was going to El Paso, Texas. (Id.) That day, J.I.B.C. was transferred to Texas. (Id. ¶ 15.) During his weeklong detention, he was allowed only two calls. (Id. ¶ 22.) Officers pressured people to sign voluntary self-deportation papers; many did. (Id. ¶ 23.) Agents told J.I.B.C. that he would be detained longer if he fought his case. (Id.)

ICE agents crashed directly into a 19-year-old refugee's car, pulled him out from the wreck, threw him on the ground, then rushed him off to detention before he could locate the immigration papers in his car that proved he's here lawfully. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

Immigration was not a problem, but people like you spouting the Republican line that it is are precisely why we’re here. Nothing mainstreams right wing lies faster than liberals engaging with them as if they’re good faith arguments and not just a cover for bigotry

THIS. Undocumented immigrants have, simply, never been a real problem. They pay a huge amount of taxes and get no services. They drive many industries. And the rate of crime committed by immigrants pales in comparison to non. The correct answer all along was "this isn't a real problem."

And we should remind everyone that Dems and the GOP HAD a bipartisan immigration bill ready to go – and Trump squelched it because he wanted to campaign on runaway immigration. And now we see why.

❌When they responded to Trump I's wall proposal with mass surveillance

❌Their shameful responses when GOP governors bussed migrants to blue states

❌Hyping a bipartisan xenophobic bill denounced by immigrant rights organizations

❌Folded on a bill when they should have challenged its sensationalism

There was never any border crisis and when you pretend that there is *some* kind of problem with the system to placate Rs, you allow them to paint immigration as the problem itself. What should have been a full throated defense of immigration became a bigger crackdown at the border

KEEP! THEM! LOSING!!!!!!

Opinion | Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too. No matter how immortal we feel, we are all — still — at risk of developing crushing, life-altering symptoms.

Finished and man what a beautiful book this still is. And Miller only surpasses it with CIRCE. Part of the reason I’m so intense about masking is I read her op-ed on long covid and I think of the art we won’t experience bc of what she’s had to go through.

So, this is happening: ICE in Lawrence, KS. As a father of two biracial kids, I have a giant pit in my stomach.

Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate🧧

The last Year of the Fire Horse began in '66 & saw anti-war protests & civil rights struggle. It was the year Rev. Jackson left seminary to join Dr. King’s Freedom Movement.

May 2026 bring New York the same bold change people deserve.

J.J.B. is 20 years old, and a refugee. (J.J.B. Decl. ¶ 1.) On January 13, 2026, J.J.B. parked outside of his home and was immediately surrounded by 20 ICE agents. (Id. ¶ 4.) Officers did not allow J.J.B. to tell his mother that he was being detained. (Id. ¶ 5.) J.J.B. asked agents about his case, and explained that he had refugee status, but agents said that officers would look into it in Texas. (Id. ¶ 11.) Without access to a lawyer, J.J.B. did not know how to exercise his rights. (Id. ¶ 17.) Even if he had known how to ask a court to order his release, it was impossible to send mail or email, so he could not have done so. (Id.) J.J.B.’s holding cell at Whipple “could not hold more than 20 people”—yet it was packed with 100. (Id. ¶ 12.) The room had a dirty toilet with excrement overflowing. (Id.) J.J.B. had to ask for toilet paper, but was sometimes denied. (Id.) There were no beds, blankets, or trashcans, and trash was all over the ground. (Id. ¶ 13.) People slept in handcuffs and standing up because there was not enough room. (Id.) One person in J.J.B.’s cell had epilepsy and begged for medication; no one answered. (Id.)

A different 20-year-old refugee in Minneapolis got abducted by ICE then jailed in a cell 5x over capacity with an overflowing toilet and no beds or blankets. Fellow detainees were denied life-saving medication and forced to sleep standing in excrement. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and around the world!

May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❤️

July 16, 1960: Greenville Eight Stage Read-In at Local Library In an act of civil disobedience against the whites-only Greenville County Public Library, eight young Black people entered the library, began reading, and were subsequently arrested. They became known...

That's 18 yo college freshman Jesse Jackson on the left & the seven hs students he organized for a silent sit-in at a segregated library.

"Although Greenville was not the first library system to integrate in SC, it was the first to do so as a result of public demonstrations by the Black community."

2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says “His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.

UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.

“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”

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After Censoring CBS, Trump Will Go For CNN I've learned Trump will kill Netflix’s bid for Warner and help Paramount win, giving him control of Fox, CBS, CNN, and TikTok.

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Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

At Harvard in the 90s, Randy Fine allegedly: bribed students to vote for him in the Republican club election & used student government to try cashing in a $8,000 EPA grant for himself.

A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”

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Relatedly, I was talking to my doc about peri and telling her about how ill it made me before I figured out what was going on and asked her, what happened before treatments were readily available for people like me?

"Oh," she said. "A lot of them just died."

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.

ICE agents are still out there this morning, photographing schools from unmarked vehicles and then quickly leaving after being confronted. Keep your heads up.

It is very hard, in real human terms, to descrbe just how monumentally screwed up our government now is, espaecially when it comes to anything RFK Jr. presides over. But the FDA telling people what bananas are best to stick up their butts comes pretty close.

I was once having a conversation with a stranger who fell into the "they're all corrupt" mindset. I said that might be the case, but if someone is ripping you off for $10 versus $10,000, that difference matters. And Trump is ripping you of for $10,000, if not $100K." It changed his mind at least!