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I join @aila.org in calling upon Congress to settle for nothing less than real reforms that ensure compliance with the Constitution, reduce DHS’s excessive and bloated budget, and keep our communities safe. bit.ly/4tdmNKK
Bipartisan Effort Blocks Unchecked DHS Funding
AILA leadership responded to the Senate vote to block passage of a combined spending bill, driven by opposition to increasing funding to DHS without, at the same time, enacting meaningful measures tha...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I join @aila.org in calling upon Congress to settle for nothing less than real reforms that ensure compliance with the Constitution, reduce DHS’s excessive and bloated budget, and keep our communities safe. bit.ly/4tdmNKK
ICE is enforcing civil code with militarized force, street patrols, deadly consequences, and no real safeguards. Civil enforcement cannot be a back door to a police state. All of our constitutional rights must be protected. bit.ly/45zRLm6
Think Immigration: A Civil Code, Enforced at Gunpoint
AILA Past President Jeremy McKinney describes how Congress normalized “arming a civil enforcement agency with criminal-style power while insisting the Constitution counts for less” and what must be do...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
ICE is enforcing civil code with militarized force, street patrols, deadly consequences, and no real safeguards. Civil enforcement cannot be a back door to a police state. All of our constitutional rights must be protected. bit.ly/45zRLm6
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
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1) Treat ICE's initial account of facts with *extreme skepticism*
2) Investigate whether ICE altered evidence after the fact (does anyone believe they arent planting a gun on the victim?)
3) Remember, progressives: Even if the guy did have a gun, he also had 2nd Amendment rights.
#ICEoutofMinnesota
2) Investigate whether ICE altered evidence after the fact (does anyone believe they arent planting a gun on the victim?)
3) Remember, progressives: Even if the guy did have a gun, he also had 2nd Amendment rights.
#ICEoutofMinnesota
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
1) Treat ICE's initial account of facts with *extreme skepticism*
2) Investigate whether ICE altered evidence after the fact (does anyone believe they arent planting a gun on the victim?)
3) Remember, progressives: Even if the guy did have a gun, he also had 2nd Amendment rights.
#ICEoutofMinnesota
2) Investigate whether ICE altered evidence after the fact (does anyone believe they arent planting a gun on the victim?)
3) Remember, progressives: Even if the guy did have a gun, he also had 2nd Amendment rights.
#ICEoutofMinnesota
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Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
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The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
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The Public Has Turned on ICE - Dems Have a Clear Field talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/very-...
Very Important Moment
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) went on CNN this morning and among other...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The Public Has Turned on ICE - Dems Have a Clear Field talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/very-...
This is where all elected Dems need to be. Not on body cameras and better training. Abolish ICE. Start over.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This is where all elected Dems need to be. Not on body cameras and better training. Abolish ICE. Start over.
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ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from Texas to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from TX to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
www.mysanantonio.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 AM
ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from Texas to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Thanks to @ndlon.bsky.social for the art that we proudly hang at Benach Pitney Reilly immigration. @cnewman.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Thanks to @ndlon.bsky.social for the art that we proudly hang at Benach Pitney Reilly immigration. @cnewman.bsky.social
He ain’t wrong.
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
He ain’t wrong.
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has nearly 100 members, announced its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until "meaningful" reforms are put in place. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus To Oppose Any New Funding For Immigration Enforcement
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January 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has nearly 100 members, announced its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until "meaningful" reforms are put in place. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
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Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
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ICE Out For Good Bethesda/Chevy Chase MD · Mobilize
We will rally at the intersection of Connecticut and E-West highway on Sunday afternoon (to avoid Saturday's rain). Please register here, so that you receive the map to recommended spots for gathering...
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January 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
It’s never been about “illegal” immigration. The modern know-nothings hate all immigration.
BREAKING: The Trump administration expands travel ban to include Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria.
Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others
The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It’s never been about “illegal” immigration. The modern know-nothings hate all immigration.
Abolish ICE
Here's interview with US citizen scanned by ICE's facial recognition tech. Walking home from gym, authorities come over. He says he's a citizen. Put him in car. Only release after scanning his face
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Abolish ICE
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
Abolish ICE
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Abolish ICE
Abolish ICE
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Abolish ICE
I bought an item from the @moma.bsky.social thirty minutes ago and they have already sent me four emails.
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I bought an item from the @moma.bsky.social thirty minutes ago and they have already sent me four emails.