@adriancarrasquillo
Author, Huddled Masses for The Bulwark. The guy who told you Latino voters mattered before it was cool. ✍🏽 in Vanity Fair, POLITICO Mag, Rolling Stone, The Guardian Subscribe ➡️ https://www.thebulwark.com/s/huddled-masses
Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary who carried out Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, complete with arbitrary arrest goals; who lied repeatedly about the killing of two Minneapolis U.S. citizens and smeared them as domestic terrorists—has been fired, Trump said on Truth Social Thursday.
NEW from me: Trump Puts Noem Down Like a Dog
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-puts... via @thebulwark.com
NEW from me: Inside the Plan to Melt ICE at the Polls
www.thebulwark.com/p/election-2... via @thebulwark.com
"While DHS may be swimming in money, the ghastly reality of detention is where the rubber of the department’s funding hits the road of local politics." ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4s78vtH
"'For ICE to fill 100,000 beds, which is their plan, it’s going to take another seven or eight Minneapolises.'" The detention centers for these future raids are already facing backlash.
The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4s78vtH
While DHS may be swimming in money, the ghastly reality of detention is where the rubber of the department’s funding hits the road of local politics. lnk.thebulwark.com/4s78vtH
Dilley must be shut down.
BREAKING: ICE released 31-year-old Mariela Sobrero just hours after we published a report from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on her detention. Sobrero, who may have breast cancer, had been held for over a month at the Dilley facility in Texas with her three children.
Good news for a change
Also if you’re not following @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social you should be
NEWS: Mariela Sobrero, who fears she has breast cancer & has been in Dilley with her 3 kids & husband was released yesterday I confirmed. Decision came after persistent advocacy from @jasmineforus.bsky.social’s office & hours after our @thebulwark.com story Friday
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What kind of sick society does this to babies and children.
Sobering read from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on the children stuck in DHS detention.
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Thanks to @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com for another great report, this one on the appalling detainment of children at Dilley, Texas.
Those supporting this must be reminded and shamed, over and over, about what we are doing to kids. Kids!
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From @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social
The US government is abusing children using our tax dollars.
The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley
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Trump-MAGA rage at Bad Bunny is actually driven by anger at multiracial solidarity. On the pod, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social nails it on how this demented MAGA fury captures why Trump's gains with the nonwhite working class in 2024 have now completely collapsed:
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Excellent discussion with @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social on how MAGA, right wing media, and the president have lost the plot with their crazy ass narrative among working class voters and the country, generally, on immigration and forced deportation.
👀 “I don’t even know if they’re growing a spine, but they’re just realizing—this White House is a paper tiger. They’re just not as scary as they act.” - @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social re business entities like the NFL not being afraid of Trump as the MAGA coalition continues to bleed out.
"Liam’s return to his family is a rare example of a positive outcome for a person targeted by DHS. I wanted to get the full story." And he did.
The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rvc8sY
THANK YOU @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social for pointing this out. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Join us next week for an important conversation on covering immigration safely and with care. We'll hear from experienced reporters & editors about their experiences on the ground.
With @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social, @arelisrhdz.bsky.social, @jcollins.bsky.social, Michelle Zenarosa
From @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social this morning. Haven't seen anyone else point this out. It needs repeating:
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WHEN DON LEMON WAS ARRESTED after reporting on the aggressive protest of a church whose pastor allegedly works for ICE, the Trump administration claimed that Lemon and another journalist present at the event had violated federal laws meant, in part, to shield churches from having their services disrupted. The administration's message was clear: Disrupting church services and taking away the right of others to worship freely and in peace is unconscionable. How dare protesters infringe on those congregants' First Amendment rights! Who would do such a thing? Well, one of the first things this White House did after Donald Trump's second inauguration was to rescind the 2021 guideline that required CBP and ICE agents to do everything in their power to avoid conducting operations in or near "protected areas" like churches, hospitals, and schools.
Such an excellent point by @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
"We heard about a harrowing encounter with ICE from a woman in a recent group who voted for Trump all 3 times."
"I was actually detained myself with my 3 daughters with guns pointed in our faces."
Watch the Focus Group with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social now.
Liam Ramos's story is shocking enough, but to make the story even more disturbing: Liam isn’t the only child or even the only 5-year-old jailed where he is now.
The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4c7BlVM
This week on The Focus Group pod @thebulwark.com's immigration correspondent @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social returns to discuss his reporting on the ground in Minneapolis and listen to voters' raw reactions to what they're seeing play out.
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"Where's the justification here? I'm sorry. There is none."
On the latest Focus Group, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talk Biden to Trump voter reactions to the killing of Alex Pretti.
NEW from me: Liam Ramos should bring the Trump administration to its knees
www.thebulwark.com/p/liam-ramos... via @thebulwark.com
Watch all of @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social's interviews from Minneapolis here: bit.ly/4rnecTW
"They were laughing, they were joking. and it's incredibly terrifying to see that level of disconnect from the humanity of the individuals there."
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social spoke to Carolina Ortiz about the aftermath of the Renee Good shooting. This is what she told him.
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans hit the streets for a general strike on Friday. Here are a few of those fighting back against the ICE occupation.
The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49XBsRc
