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Exploring strategies for nonviolent resistance to the mass detention, deportation, and surveillance of our neighbors. Calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing GEO Group and CoreCivic.
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Serious injuries went untreated, medications were denied or scaled back, and needed medical appointments were delayed at the ICE detention center.
New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
“It's just freak luck that no one has died in Batavia in the last two years," one advocate said of medical treatment in the ICE prison.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Serious injuries went untreated, medications were denied or scaled back, and needed medical appointments were delayed at the ICE detention center.
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
New details out on DHS's plans to use skip tracing services to track down immigrants.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
New details out on DHS's plans to use skip tracing services to track down immigrants.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
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Several US Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of GEO Group Inc.’s argument that it can immediately appeal a lower court’s rejection of its immunity defense to escape forced labor claims from immigration detainees in Colorado.
Justices Cast Doubt on GEO Group’s Immunity Defense in Wage Case
Several US Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of GEO Group Inc.’s argument that it can immediately appeal a lower court’s rejection of its immunity defense to escape forced labor claims from immigration detainees in Colorado.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Several US Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of GEO Group Inc.’s argument that it can immediately appeal a lower court’s rejection of its immunity defense to escape forced labor claims from immigration detainees in Colorado.
Not to be pedantic, but ICE is seeking info on expanding its use of skip tracing services—not bounty hunting.
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.
Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters
ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.
interc.pt
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Not to be pedantic, but ICE is seeking info on expanding its use of skip tracing services—not bounty hunting.
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
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In one case, the wife of a man who had been murdered did not want to come to court to testify for fear of being arrested by Homeland Security agents. Her fear of arrest “makes it more likely that her husband’s murderers will go free and justice will be denied,” wrote prosecutor Jose Villarreal.
Trump Says Federal Deployments Make Cities Safer. Local Officials Disagree.
In Chicago, Memphis and elsewhere, residents allege a surge of federal agents and military troops is making it harder to police and prosecute crime.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In one case, the wife of a man who had been murdered did not want to come to court to testify for fear of being arrested by Homeland Security agents. Her fear of arrest “makes it more likely that her husband’s murderers will go free and justice will be denied,” wrote prosecutor Jose Villarreal.
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Greg Bovino has tried to justify use of force in Chicago and LA by citing assaults against federal agents.
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
Greg Bovino's Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data...
Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have reported using force on other people more than three times as many times as they have faced assaults – a ratio higher than anywhere else in the agency – according to federal data.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Greg Bovino has tried to justify use of force in Chicago and LA by citing assaults against federal agents.
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
“He sounded like a man cornered, like someone drowning. I called the facility three times, begging for a wellness check, and three times they hung up on me before I could even complete a sentence.”
SF Supervisors Press Geo Group, Halfway House Operator, About July Death of Resident | KQED
San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood asked the private prison company representatives about alleged neglect at a contentious, three-hour City Hall hearing on Thursday.
www.kqed.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“He sounded like a man cornered, like someone drowning. I called the facility three times, begging for a wellness check, and three times they hung up on me before I could even complete a sentence.”
GEO Group's attorney suggested that its "voluntary" work program, in which detained immigrants were coerced into providing labor at ICE detention facilities, "reduces idleness, encourages cooperation, and reduces disciplinary incidents."
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
GEO Group's attorney suggested that its "voluntary" work program, in which detained immigrants were coerced into providing labor at ICE detention facilities, "reduces idleness, encourages cooperation, and reduces disciplinary incidents."
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
"The whole game here is suing government contractors in order to try to thwart government policies," GEO Group's lawyer says in oral arguments in The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal.
Listen live: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Listen live: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"The whole game here is suing government contractors in order to try to thwart government policies," GEO Group's lawyer says in oral arguments in The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal.
Listen live: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Listen live: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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Its opponents warn that if Geo Group wins at the Supreme Court, it could make it hard for anyone to sue government contractors, creating a category of companies that would effectively be above the law. newrepublic.com/article/2020...
The Case That Could Rein in Private Prison Abuses—or Turn Them Loose
One of the biggest firms in the industry wants the Roberts court to grant it sovereign immunity. Even the Trump administration is in opposition—to a point.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Its opponents warn that if Geo Group wins at the Supreme Court, it could make it hard for anyone to sue government contractors, creating a category of companies that would effectively be above the law. newrepublic.com/article/2020...
SCOTUS will hear arguments in The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal shortly.
The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
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The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
1/4
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
SCOTUS will hear arguments in The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal shortly.
The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
1/4
The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
1/4
"Some ICE officials I spoke with said they would welcome clearer identifiers because they resent being blamed for violent incidents involving U.S. Border Patrol agents," Miroff writes.
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Some ICE officials I spoke with said they would welcome clearer identifiers because they resent being blamed for violent incidents involving U.S. Border Patrol agents," Miroff writes.
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
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Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Looking at the mass detention and deportation machine, the masked men terrorizing our communities are just the tip of the iceberg
In FY 2025, about 2/3 of ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations spending went to hundreds of outside companies. 🧵
In FY 2025, about 2/3 of ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations spending went to hundreds of outside companies. 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Looking at the mass detention and deportation machine, the masked men terrorizing our communities are just the tip of the iceberg
In FY 2025, about 2/3 of ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations spending went to hundreds of outside companies. 🧵
In FY 2025, about 2/3 of ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations spending went to hundreds of outside companies. 🧵
Departing CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger, reflecting on his time leading a company that imprisons people for profit, the very business model of which relies on ripping off governments and committing human rights violations:
"It's been a blessing."
"It's been a blessing."
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Departing CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger, reflecting on his time leading a company that imprisons people for profit, the very business model of which relies on ripping off governments and committing human rights violations:
"It's been a blessing."
"It's been a blessing."
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At church, we have a time of sharing joys and concerns.
This morning, two tween sisters came up to say that a friend's Dad was snatched up by ICE at a gas station this week and is gone.
What should those girls believe about America?
#AbolishICE #RemoveTrump
This morning, two tween sisters came up to say that a friend's Dad was snatched up by ICE at a gas station this week and is gone.
What should those girls believe about America?
#AbolishICE #RemoveTrump
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
At church, we have a time of sharing joys and concerns.
This morning, two tween sisters came up to say that a friend's Dad was snatched up by ICE at a gas station this week and is gone.
What should those girls believe about America?
#AbolishICE #RemoveTrump
This morning, two tween sisters came up to say that a friend's Dad was snatched up by ICE at a gas station this week and is gone.
What should those girls believe about America?
#AbolishICE #RemoveTrump
ICE has awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $19.1 million to KPB Services to "perform due diligence and concept designs for secure structures [...] for ICE detainees." 1/3
Source: www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
Source: www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ICE has awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $19.1 million to KPB Services to "perform due diligence and concept designs for secure structures [...] for ICE detainees." 1/3
Source: www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
Source: www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
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In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
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Last Saturday we were pepper sprayed & my car was towed, but w many others, spent today at Broadview ICE. It was cold& rained. I gave others whistle kits & trail mix, others gave me gloves & a rain poncho. We shared rapid response info/tips& made connections to help this city more. Never giving up 💚
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Last Saturday we were pepper sprayed & my car was towed, but w many others, spent today at Broadview ICE. It was cold& rained. I gave others whistle kits & trail mix, others gave me gloves & a rain poncho. We shared rapid response info/tips& made connections to help this city more. Never giving up 💚
The regime is looking into buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon, hoping to retrofit them as detention facilities for immigrants.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The regime is looking into buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon, hoping to retrofit them as detention facilities for immigrants.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
Correction: It was pepper spray, not tear gas.
Phew...I was starting to think we might have some real psychopaths on our hands.
Phew...I was starting to think we might have some real psychopaths on our hands.
It really feels like it should go without saying that the people tear gassing babies are not the good guys.
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Correction: It was pepper spray, not tear gas.
Phew...I was starting to think we might have some real psychopaths on our hands.
Phew...I was starting to think we might have some real psychopaths on our hands.
Remember how the share prices for GEO Group and CoreCivic skyrocketed after the election?
They've both lost ALL of those gains. 💸
They've both lost ALL of those gains. 💸
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Remember how the share prices for GEO Group and CoreCivic skyrocketed after the election?
They've both lost ALL of those gains. 💸
They've both lost ALL of those gains. 💸
It really feels like it should go without saying that the people tear gassing babies are not the good guys.
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It really feels like it should go without saying that the people tear gassing babies are not the good guys.