ALERT: I'm seeing headlines like this claiming victory on the Big Bend border wall. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE. All DHS did was change the color of a line on a map. DHS engineers have mapped out a course for the wall in Big Bend National Park. They showed their cards. (thread 1/6)
This is important: "arrest" and "detain" are synonymous for all relevant purposes: both are government seizures of a person. Bureaucratic distinctions between them are just mouth-words for evading the basic requirements of a free people.
The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.
"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy". ~ Connor Simon, Restaurant owner in PA
The soldiers are putting up razor wire. One holding a rifle asked me "What are you doing here?" & fist pumped me thru the slatted border wall as if we have a mutual interest in the military's endeavor. He was giddy. A superior quickly pulled him back & whispered something.
Cruel, deadly symbolism.
I've been to Dilley, the "family residential center" I think he's referring to.
It's a jail. They're surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed guards. It's a jail.
Immense emergency response challenges have left some residents in the Rio Grande Valley stranded in flooded neighborhoods through Saturday night, as a disaster declaration by Gov. Abbott listed no new major deployments of personnel to the region. acrosstheamericas.substack.com/p/rio-grande...
a bunch of government goons from ICE/HSI showed up to an elementary school in DC this morning and tried to detain a staff member in the parking lot but the person's colleagues intervened and stopped it and let that be a reminder to all of us that we can do that
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
The instinct to want things to just be normal is understandable but capitulation to avoid confrontation doesn’t get us there at all
abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views
They are saying they can just put any regulation or policy into effect without ever having to go through the normal procedure. That means no right for the public to see these rules in advance or to comment on them.
That is definitely not permitted.
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The US deports hundreds if not thousands of US citizens every year under every administration.
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The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder whose wife is eight months pregnant—is a blatant assault on the First Amendment and a sign of advancing authoritarianism under Trump. He must be released now.
This is why we must fight for everyone. Whether they’ve been incarcerated or have had contact with the criminal legal system or are merely undocumented. When you accept that some people are deserving of detention and deportation the scope of who is eligible is always under threat of expanding.
Political theatre with taxpayer dollars
I don't know that I'll ever get used to concertina wire and armed soldiers on Main Street. This is what the future of the entire United States will look like if we don't start claiming our rights
Border Patrol chief calls report that agents will board buses to check students’ citizenship “absurd” The chief’s comments came after Alice ISD sent a letter to parents Wednesday warning students may be detained and possibly deported if they can’t prove they’re in the country legally. The letter was later removed from the district’s website.
Border Patrol boards bus carrying Las Cruces students Check of students legal status called 'routine' inspection due to unmarked bus
Left: February 7.
Right: February 23.
"Stop the Coup!"
Scene at Treasury.
This is unironically good advice, if you've been putting off a Covid or flu shot for some reason, or really any immunization, now's a great time to see your doctor or stroll over to CVS
Keep pushing and know your rights!
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Farewell and Thanks (Again) - Illegal Activity in the USAID Front Office Inbox Nicholas Gottlieb to amsofficercouncil, ALL, HCTM.ELR, Alpana, Danielle, Sheila, Sepideh, William, Anya, Stephanie, Lindsey - All: 4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) # Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees without due process. I refused and have provided Acting Administrator Gray with written notification of my refusal. I have recommended in that written notification that his office cease ar desist from further illegal activity. It is and has always been my office's commitment to the workforce that we ensure all employees receive their due process in any of our actions. I will not be party to a violation of that commitment. I was notified moments ago that I will be placed on administrative leave, effective immediately. It has been an honor working with all of you at this Agency, which i treasure. Please be kind and considerate of my staff at hctm.eir@usaid.gov. who will be very short-staffed and pressed over the coming months. Until you hear otherwise, Kirsten Gunsolus will be acting in my absence. If you would like to stay in touch, I can be reached a wish you all the best. Sincerely, Nicholas Gottlieb Director, Employee and Labor Relations US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HCTM, Rm. 4.07A RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523 USAID gov | @USAID
A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave.
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
"Guantanamo is and always has been a legal black hole where abuse runs rampant. It’s a stain on our nation’s history and has no business being used for detaining migrants or anyone else." -Raha Wala, NILC VP of Strategy & Campaigns
Migrants have been held at Guantanamo before — most significantly Haitians who were fleeing a military dictatorship in 1991. Recently, too, a small number was held at Guantanamo (<40 bw 2020-2023 per Hamed Aleaziz’s reporting from last year). So this would be a massive expansion.
A plea: Please at least attempt to verify before spreading information about supposed ICE / CBP raids, checkpoints, patrols, etc. I have seen so many posts and reports that have turned out to be completely false; spreading fear is exactly the objective, and you should ask yourself who you're helping
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs, and other initiatives.
Via @bostonglobe.com
Trump’s unilateral decision to freeze federal funding is illegal. Unless MAGA concedes that he is our new King. If that's the case then ask them on the record.
WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration's plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation.
Shoutout Mexico
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Just a reminder: as a lawyer you don’t have to do immoral things for the client. You can quit.
Hearing a lot of talk about Trump "restarting" border wall construction. But construction never actually stopped under Biden. I took these photos last Feb. in Arizona.
We can oppose Trump's intensified border violence without exonerating the Democrats who enable it.
Our team at SBCC read the Trump Day 1 EOs. Here’s the bad and the worse as we see it for border communities
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