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ICE Raided My Son’s Daycare to Abduct a Teacher. This Kind of Trauma Lasts.
Children in Illinois have suffered months of systematic abuse by federal agents enacting Trump's immigration raids.
US Deports Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico — Stranded With Few Resources
Some said US agents had confiscated their phones and deported them without any way to communicate with loved ones.
Kristi Noem-Linked Firm Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
ICE Is Collecting More Data, Aims to Outsource Judgment to Private Contractors
ICE wants to build a public-private surveillance loop that transforms everyday online activity into potential evidence.
Racial Profiling Is ICE’s New Norm. Activists Are Mobilizing in Response.
Arizonans long endured grim racial profiling under SB 1070. Now the Supreme Court has greenlighted its use nationwide.
ACLU Suit Targets “Dire” Conditions at CoreCivic-Run ICE Jail in California
“No human being, immigrant or not, should be subjected to these horrendous conditions,” said one of the plaintiffs.
New State Dept Policy Allows Rejection of Visa Apps Over Common Health Issues
The new directive reinforces past US policies that targeted immigrants using racist “illness” claims.
Chicagoans Refuse to Be Cowed in the Face of Unrelenting State Violence
Chicago is giving the US “a stellar example of how to fight back against these xenophobic pogroms,” said one organizer.
Rights Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Use of Israeli Spyware to Target Immigrants
The suit seeks details on the extent of ICE’s use of invasive surveillance tech to track immigrants and activists.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services Is Hiring “Homeland Defenders”
Applicants are asked: “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?”