Adam Sawyer
@adamjst.bsky.social
I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth
Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit
I helped build DetentionReports.com
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth
Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit
I helped build DetentionReports.com
https://adamjsawyer.com/about
he/him
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We have updated DetentionReports.com with the most recent data from ICE.
Find population information for 242 detention centers across the United States.
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Find population information for 242 detention centers across the United States.
detentionreports.com
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As suspected:
“Last week, an ICE spokesperson told several news outlets … that it had purchased the disused Pep Boys warehouse at 29 Elizabeth Drive in the village of Chester. But Orange County had no record of a sale, and ICE retracted its claim Tuesday evening.”
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
“Last week, an ICE spokesperson told several news outlets … that it had purchased the disused Pep Boys warehouse at 29 Elizabeth Drive in the village of Chester. But Orange County had no record of a sale, and ICE retracted its claim Tuesday evening.”
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
ICE retracts false claim that it purchased Hudson Valley warehouse
The federal agency said its statement that it bought a former Pep Boys building in Chester to use as a detention center was a “mistake.”
www.timesunion.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:11 AM
As suspected:
“Last week, an ICE spokesperson told several news outlets … that it had purchased the disused Pep Boys warehouse at 29 Elizabeth Drive in the village of Chester. But Orange County had no record of a sale, and ICE retracted its claim Tuesday evening.”
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
“Last week, an ICE spokesperson told several news outlets … that it had purchased the disused Pep Boys warehouse at 29 Elizabeth Drive in the village of Chester. But Orange County had no record of a sale, and ICE retracted its claim Tuesday evening.”
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
February 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
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Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't seem ideal that we're going to have to create a network to smuggle drawings and letters our of our national network of punitive detention camps and keep them anonymous so that the authorities can't retaliate against children.
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't seem ideal that we're going to have to create a network to smuggle drawings and letters our of our national network of punitive detention camps and keep them anonymous so that the authorities can't retaliate against children.
Happy for Shiffrin. One of the top CO athletes of all time.
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Happy for Shiffrin. One of the top CO athletes of all time.
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Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
Council blocks construction of ICE detention center in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
wbaltv.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
There was reporting that ICE was going to start detaining people at Lewisburg as far back as June last year. www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
February 18, 2026 at 3:16 AM
There was reporting that ICE was going to start detaining people at Lewisburg as far back as June last year. www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
Lewisburg US Penitentiary is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
As of February 5, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was detaining people at this facility for an average of 2 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/LEW...
As of February 5, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was detaining people at this facility for an average of 2 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/LEW...
February 18, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Lewisburg US Penitentiary is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
As of February 5, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was detaining people at this facility for an average of 2 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/LEW...
As of February 5, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was detaining people at this facility for an average of 2 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/LEW...
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Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
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the worst market trend you know just made a great point
AI driven RAM pricing forcing developers to get better at resource use is a very funny outcome
February 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
the worst market trend you know just made a great point
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If you've been following the Mohsen Mahdawi case, check out this @lawfaremedia.org article about the history of the foreign policy provision added to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in 1990 & its current use by the Trump admin. to attempt to ideologically deport foreign noncitizens. 🗃️⬇️
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social and @tylermcbrien.com explain the history and evolution of ideological exclusion and deportation as a tool of political repression in the United States. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Trump Admin’s Embrace of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation
The targets, rhetoric, and legal justifications of ideological exclusion and deportation may change over time, but the motivation—suppressing dissent—remains the same.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
If you've been following the Mohsen Mahdawi case, check out this @lawfaremedia.org article about the history of the foreign policy provision added to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in 1990 & its current use by the Trump admin. to attempt to ideologically deport foreign noncitizens. 🗃️⬇️
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As it stands, GEO is poised to rake in tens of billions of federal dollars for detaining immigrants over the next four years; and thanks to the Trump admin installing a top GEO executive at ICE, the company appears to have kept its competitors from profiting anywhere near as much.
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
As it stands, GEO is poised to rake in tens of billions of federal dollars for detaining immigrants over the next four years; and thanks to the Trump admin installing a top GEO executive at ICE, the company appears to have kept its competitors from profiting anywhere near as much.
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solidarity with Jairo and all colleagues who use their voice to challenge colonial logics and legacies in the very universities that we work and teach in. Jairo's case reminds us that job offers and tenure decisions are not objective assessments but political decisions.
I was denied tenure.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
solidarity with Jairo and all colleagues who use their voice to challenge colonial logics and legacies in the very universities that we work and teach in. Jairo's case reminds us that job offers and tenure decisions are not objective assessments but political decisions.
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border czar tom homan said DHS is ending its surge in minnesota. but minnesotans i spoke to (literally yesterday!) said ICE had ramped up its presence in st. cloud and surrounding small towns
www.theverge.com/policy/87871...
www.theverge.com/policy/87871...
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
border czar tom homan said DHS is ending its surge in minnesota. but minnesotans i spoke to (literally yesterday!) said ICE had ramped up its presence in st. cloud and surrounding small towns
www.theverge.com/policy/87871...
www.theverge.com/policy/87871...
Until today, I didn't know that Jackson was right there at Krome protesting the Reagan admin's detention of Haitian asylum seekers.
www.upi.com/Archives/198...
www.upi.com/Archives/198...
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Until today, I didn't know that Jackson was right there at Krome protesting the Reagan admin's detention of Haitian asylum seekers.
www.upi.com/Archives/198...
www.upi.com/Archives/198...
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This is interesting. In other words, Minneapolis is producing an overall strengthening of the social contract, including towards the undocumented. That's a stark rebuttal to MAGA theory, which holds that the silent majority agrees that foreign invaders threaten national social cohesion
February 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This is interesting. In other words, Minneapolis is producing an overall strengthening of the social contract, including towards the undocumented. That's a stark rebuttal to MAGA theory, which holds that the silent majority agrees that foreign invaders threaten national social cohesion
Love it when a country wins a medal - esp. gold - for the first time in its Olympic history.
February 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Love it when a country wins a medal - esp. gold - for the first time in its Olympic history.
Watching figure-skating makes me so nervous.
February 17, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Watching figure-skating makes me so nervous.
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I want to thank @bdolinar.bsky.social for sharing two ICE contracts that he had obtained with detentionreports.com. We now have contract info for Greene County, MO and Ste. Genevieve County, MO.
detentionreports.com/facility/GRE...
detentionreports.com/facility/STE...
detentionreports.com/facility/GRE...
detentionreports.com/facility/STE...
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I want to thank @bdolinar.bsky.social for sharing two ICE contracts that he had obtained with detentionreports.com. We now have contract info for Greene County, MO and Ste. Genevieve County, MO.
detentionreports.com/facility/GRE...
detentionreports.com/facility/STE...
detentionreports.com/facility/GRE...
detentionreports.com/facility/STE...
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I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
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Reposted by Adam Sawyer
🟢 STUNNING REVERSAL
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
BREAKING: Company will not sell Hutchins warehouse to ICE
After several weeks of concern over whether ICE was planning to keep upwards of 9,500 detainees in a warehouse in Hutchins, the owner of that building, Majestic Realty, says today that it is not selli...
www.dmagazine.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🟢 STUNNING REVERSAL
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
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I'm struck by how his commitment to his personal aesthetics trumped the traditional display of commitment to his wife. So much of "tech" is just aesthetics/signaling dressed up as pragmatism, rationalism, or "data driven". The oura ring does not give useful info and is not as nice or meaningful.
Thanks to @alexhanna.bsky.social for sending this article my way.
Today in luxury surveillance.
www.theinformation.com/articles/sic...
Today in luxury surveillance.
www.theinformation.com/articles/sic...
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I'm struck by how his commitment to his personal aesthetics trumped the traditional display of commitment to his wife. So much of "tech" is just aesthetics/signaling dressed up as pragmatism, rationalism, or "data driven". The oura ring does not give useful info and is not as nice or meaningful.