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Dianne Solis

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Curious journalist/storyteller #immigration #justice #booksky πŸ¦‹πŸ“š @dallasnews @wsj alum / Words: Texas Observer, KERA, Guardian, El PaΓ­s.

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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime

12.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 30746    πŸ” 9294    πŸ’¬ 726    πŸ“Œ 456
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

Thank you to all for the kind notes. This week has been shattering. Somehow I’m still here. I’ll do my best for as long as I can.

Here’s how to help the ones we lost:

Hire them. They’re brilliant.

Donate:

US www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

International www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

06.02.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigrant deaths intensify scrutiny of detention camp as El Paso becomes deportation hub Three immigrants have died in two months at the largest detention camp in the country including a Cuban man whose death was ruled a homicide by the El Paso medical examiner. There are growing concerns...

What could go wrong with detention expansion?

Look at 3 deaths of immigrants at Camp East Montana in El Paso.

Fight grows in Dallas Co. to stop plans for mega-center plan. "We are horrified by the fact this is going to be in our backyard," said Rev. Eric Folkerth. www.keranews.org/news/2026-01...

30.01.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE plans β€˜mega’ Texas detention center in Hutchins to hold 9,500, agency doc shows An internal agency document reviewed by The Dallas Morning News identifies, for the first time, the address of the Hutchins warehouse and names three other...

Mega-detention center planned for Hutchins in Dallas County would be part of an expansion of 20,000 beds in Tx.

Already, 70,000 immigrants are in detention in U.S., a historic high.

1/2

www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

29.01.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: Trump's Border Chief Says He Is In Minnesota to 'Regain Law and Order' Tom Homan, now in charge of ICE’s immigration operation in the state, held a news conference outside Minneapolis as the agency faced growing pressure over its tactics.

Breaking News: President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said the immigration crackdown in Minnesota could ease if federal agents gained broader access to state jails.

29.01.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 17
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Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.

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AP: Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets

29.01.2026 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. β€œI felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use

A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.

A 16-year-old citizen

DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"

w/ @mckenziefunk.com

13.01.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1257    πŸ” 649    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 30
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Texas teen missing since Christmas Eve believed to be in 'imminent danger': Sheriff A Texas teen who went missing early Wednesday morning has not been since she left her home just before 7 a.m., according to officials.

You know you're in the bad place when a news story about a missing teenager includes this near the end:

"Salazar confirmed that Mendoza Olmos was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite her being a U.S. citizen."

29.12.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
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Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!

Sin los trabajadores agrΓ­colas no podrΓ­amos celebrar el DΓ­a de AcciΓ³n de Gracias. Β‘Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!

#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving

27.11.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1594    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 19

Pew: 71% said Trump is doing too much when it comes to deportations, up 15 points since March.

β€” More than half worry that they, a close friend or family member will be deported.

27.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN Poll: Americans largely oppose Trump’s ramp-up of deportations | CNN Politics Americans largely oppose recent efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to scale up its deportation program, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a rising majority saying the president has go...

🚨In the latest CNN poll, 55% say the president has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, up 10 points since February. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...

20.07.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt’s sort of a Catch-22,” said Nikolai Mischler, an organizer for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, a NYC-based nonprofit that watches court proceedings.

β€œIt’s completely understandable for people to be scared to go to court,” he said, though it puts them at even greater risk.

18.07.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US Coast Guard aircrew awarded for heroism during flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.

Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. www.stripes.com/branches/coa...

13.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 7
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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors.

BREAKING: FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals.

12.07.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 52
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

11.07.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 39236    πŸ” 11354    πŸ’¬ 433    πŸ“Œ 508
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Moderates flee Congress as bipartisan dealmaking crumbles Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.

Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.

01.07.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.

It’s not just Harvard they’re after

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

15.06.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigration raids disrupt businesses and migrant families in Los Angeles: β€˜I haven’t seen it like this since Covid’ The increase in arrests in California is starting to hit the economy and the pockets of immigrant families, who no longer dare to go out or work

2/ Trump's tough immigration stance has been the top-polling issue.

Is it slipping? A poll released this week by Quinnipiac University showed Trump w 54% disapproval, 43% approval on immigration. It was conducted after days of protests, 6-5 thru 6-9.

english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...

14.06.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigration raids disrupt businesses and migrant families in Los Angeles: β€˜I haven’t seen it like this since Covid’ The increase in arrests in California is starting to hit the economy and the pockets of immigrant families, who no longer dare to go out or work

As immigration agents make random arrests in Santa Ana, a mom tells 7-y/o:

β€œNo, honey. We can’t go outside.”

β€œWhy?”

β€œThe police are taking people away. They are taking away people who were not born here.”

| W @ajcorchado.bsky.social @cindycarcamo.bsky.social english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...

14.06.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of β€˜Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"

A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of β€˜Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"

A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw

14.06.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4571    πŸ” 1715    πŸ’¬ 556    πŸ“Œ 236

Shameful. The military is being politicized and taking sides. This is unprecedented in American history.

11.06.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Journalists come under fire covering L.A. protests Reporters say they were struck with less-lethal rounds fired by law enforcement in Los Angeles. Advocates worry it will inhibit vital journalism.

"It was the most amount of less-lethals I’ve seen used in a single day protest," said @calmatters.org reporter @sergioolmos.bsky.social, struck in the chest with what he believes to be a 40mm sponge grenade. He's covered hundreds of days of protests in his career.

10.06.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 675    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 31
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Page One in Los Angeles

@latimes.com

08.06.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3267    πŸ” 915    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 47
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1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.

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WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Trump and Xi speak amid stalled negotiations over tariffs that have roiled global trade, Chinese state media says.

05.06.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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such challenging times for the onion

www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

03.06.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6
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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.

The zip-tied immigrant children in San Antonio were ages 9 to 12.

www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

31.05.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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The White House is deporting people to countries they're not from. Why? The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them β€” but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.

She was preparing for her husband to be deported to Vietnam. The deportation itself was not a surprise.

What was a surprise was the final destination - South Sudan.

My latest on the admin’s use of third countries:
www.npr.org/2025/06/01/g...

01.06.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7
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Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents

Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

31.05.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10706    πŸ” 4442    πŸ’¬ 829    πŸ“Œ 387
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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.

The zip-tied immigrant children in San Antonio were ages 9 to 12.

www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

31.05.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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