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Legal Challenge Seeks to End Harmful ICE Policy Targeting Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and Other Serious Crimes
Filed October 14, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the lawsuit challenges a dehumanizing, unjust, and illegal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) p...
www.centerforhumanrights.org
🛑 Immigrant Survivors Deserve Real Protection — Not Broken Promises
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
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More coverage of the brave survivors that @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel are fighting for in court.
Our government promised to protect people like Carmen when they speak out against their abusers.
Instead, they’re being arrested, imprisoned, & deported.
Our government promised to protect people like Carmen when they speak out against their abusers.
Instead, they’re being arrested, imprisoned, & deported.
She helped get her violent husband deported. Then ICE deported her — straight into his arms.
She helped get her violent husband deported. Then ICE deported her — straight into his arms.
Carmen's abusive husband came home drunk one night last summer. He pounded and kicked the door.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
More coverage of the brave survivors that @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel are fighting for in court.
Our government promised to protect people like Carmen when they speak out against their abusers.
Instead, they’re being arrested, imprisoned, & deported.
Our government promised to protect people like Carmen when they speak out against their abusers.
Instead, they’re being arrested, imprisoned, & deported.
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Trump's new cap on refugee admissions is making devastating history with an unprecedented low of 7,500 people, prioritizing white Afrikaners for entry. “The United States has stood as a strong light of hope in the past,” said CVT's Alison Beckman. “Today, that light is being extinguished.”
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump's new cap on refugee admissions is making devastating history with an unprecedented low of 7,500 people, prioritizing white Afrikaners for entry. “The United States has stood as a strong light of hope in the past,” said CVT's Alison Beckman. “Today, that light is being extinguished.”
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Private prison companies play a major role in US immigrant detention, holding 85% of all detainees as of earlier this year
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
U.S. Immigrant Detention Grows to Record Heights under Trump Administration
The number of people in U.S. immigrant detention has grown sharply under President Donald Trump and will likely continue to rise in coming months. The rapid ramp-up has relied on an array of nontraditional facilities as well as private prisons, and h...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Private prison companies play a major role in US immigrant detention, holding 85% of all detainees as of earlier this year
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
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Trump remains underwater on immigration—his signature issue.
The mass family separation agenda is deeply unpopular (and just wait until Bovino ramps up his unhinged operations.)
And by a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for long-settled immigration contributors over mass deportation.
The mass family separation agenda is deeply unpopular (and just wait until Bovino ramps up his unhinged operations.)
And by a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for long-settled immigration contributors over mass deportation.
Donald Trump’s signature issue is collapsing under its own cruelty. 📉
New from @tusk81.bsky.social: "Beyond growing dissatisfied with Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Americans also want humane solutions for long-settled immigrants who call this country home"
New from @tusk81.bsky.social: "Beyond growing dissatisfied with Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Americans also want humane solutions for long-settled immigrants who call this country home"
Trump Is Flailing On His Signature Issue
Continued polling reveals that Americans are only getting more horrified at mass deportation and want humane solutions for long-settled immigrant contributors.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Trump remains underwater on immigration—his signature issue.
The mass family separation agenda is deeply unpopular (and just wait until Bovino ramps up his unhinged operations.)
And by a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for long-settled immigration contributors over mass deportation.
The mass family separation agenda is deeply unpopular (and just wait until Bovino ramps up his unhinged operations.)
And by a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for long-settled immigration contributors over mass deportation.
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‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno - Fresnoland
As ICE enforcement surges across the Central Valley, immigrants attending permanent residency appointments are being detained at Fresno’s USCIS office. As ICE enforcement surges across the Central Val...
fresnoland.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
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#Halloween is officially here. Many of us will be enjoying parties, trick or treating and festive decorations! While you enjoy your pumpkins, whether you eat, carve, or paint them, keep the farm workers that picked them in mind! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 👻 #WeFeedyou
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#Halloween is officially here. Many of us will be enjoying parties, trick or treating and festive decorations! While you enjoy your pumpkins, whether you eat, carve, or paint them, keep the farm workers that picked them in mind! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 👻 #WeFeedyou
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Congrats to our client, Dominic* for becoming a legal permanent resident!
At just six years old, Dominic was selling tortillas and art he made on the streets of Honduras to survive. Abandoned by his parents and raised in an abusive home, he was forced to drop out of school in second grade.
At just six years old, Dominic was selling tortillas and art he made on the streets of Honduras to survive. Abandoned by his parents and raised in an abusive home, he was forced to drop out of school in second grade.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congrats to our client, Dominic* for becoming a legal permanent resident!
At just six years old, Dominic was selling tortillas and art he made on the streets of Honduras to survive. Abandoned by his parents and raised in an abusive home, he was forced to drop out of school in second grade.
At just six years old, Dominic was selling tortillas and art he made on the streets of Honduras to survive. Abandoned by his parents and raised in an abusive home, he was forced to drop out of school in second grade.
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This is immoral & these agencies should be shamed into taking the money they’re burning on extra patrols/cops & donating it to local area food banks.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is immoral & these agencies should be shamed into taking the money they’re burning on extra patrols/cops & donating it to local area food banks.
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A sad update to the story of the 13-year-old Massachusetts boy who was abducted by ICE: He is choosing to self-deport to Brazil because even if he were to win his asylum case, his lawyer says it's possible he could still remain incarcerated.
Family will seek 'voluntary departure' for Everett boy detained by ICE
The family of the 13-year-old Everett boy detained by ICE earlier this month is pursuing the legal option to return him to their home country of Brazil.
www.wbur.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A sad update to the story of the 13-year-old Massachusetts boy who was abducted by ICE: He is choosing to self-deport to Brazil because even if he were to win his asylum case, his lawyer says it's possible he could still remain incarcerated.
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NBC has a story on this as well already, and they've got an indicative quote as to how things will go:
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown
The White House has approved a list of ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol officials in coming days amid disappointment with arrest numbers.
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
NBC has a story on this as well already, and they've got an indicative quote as to how things will go:
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Thinking of Jamaica tonight. Hold strong.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica issued dire safety warnings and ordered mandatory evacuations as Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, made a turn toward his country’s coast. Three people were killed and 13 others injured during preparations for the storm, the health minister said.
Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: Storm Churns Toward Jamaica With 175 M.P.H. Winds
The prime minister ordered mandatory evacuations as officials braced for tens of thousands to be displaced. Three people were killed and 13 others injured during preparations for the storm, the health minister said.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Thinking of Jamaica tonight. Hold strong.
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#tdih 1994 U.S. DOJ announced prison population topped 1 million for 1st time in U.S. history. Now, US has 4.2% of global pop w/20%+ of world’s prison pop.
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Oct. 27, 1994: U.S. Prison Population Exceeds One Million
The U.S. Justice Department announced that the prison population topped one million for the first time in U.S. history.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#tdih 1994 U.S. DOJ announced prison population topped 1 million for 1st time in U.S. history. Now, US has 4.2% of global pop w/20%+ of world’s prison pop.
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
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My thoughts are with the people of Jamaica today.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My thoughts are with the people of Jamaica today.
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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"Now they’re fighting cancer and the United States government."
NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...
ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’
Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Now they’re fighting cancer and the United States government."
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Learn more about the government’s policy of voluntary departure to push immigrants out of the U.S. by reading the full @nytimes.com by @jazmineulloa.bsky.social
here: bit.ly/nytselfdepor...
here: bit.ly/nytselfdepor...
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Learn more about the government’s policy of voluntary departure to push immigrants out of the U.S. by reading the full @nytimes.com by @jazmineulloa.bsky.social
here: bit.ly/nytselfdepor...
here: bit.ly/nytselfdepor...
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NEW: AILA member Michael Vastine describes the Administration's efforts to defund the National Qualified Representative Program, which provides legal counsel to detained immigrants who cannot competently represent themselves. https://bit.ly/43kAV9u
Think Immigration: Protect Due Process for Immigrants who Cannot Represent Themselves in Court: It Just Makes Cents
AILA Member Michael Vastine describes the Administration's efforts to de-fund the National Qualified Representative Program - providing legal counsel to detained immigrants who cannot competently repr...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NEW: AILA member Michael Vastine describes the Administration's efforts to defund the National Qualified Representative Program, which provides legal counsel to detained immigrants who cannot competently represent themselves. https://bit.ly/43kAV9u
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🚨ICE detained Afghan student from @bardcollege.bsky.social right after he was found to have a strong asylum claim.
Ali & his family fled Taliban threats for defending human rights. They're now safe in NY—but he’s behind bars.
Join us in demanding that DHS #FreeAli NOW: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
Ali & his family fled Taliban threats for defending human rights. They're now safe in NY—but he’s behind bars.
Join us in demanding that DHS #FreeAli NOW: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🚨ICE detained Afghan student from @bardcollege.bsky.social right after he was found to have a strong asylum claim.
Ali & his family fled Taliban threats for defending human rights. They're now safe in NY—but he’s behind bars.
Join us in demanding that DHS #FreeAli NOW: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
Ali & his family fled Taliban threats for defending human rights. They're now safe in NY—but he’s behind bars.
Join us in demanding that DHS #FreeAli NOW: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
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Four months ago, Yessenia Ruano put her home in Wisconsin up for rent, packed a few bags and left for her native El Salvador. Now, she is among immigrant women who say ICE is wrongfully detaining and deporting domestic violence or human trafficking victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Four months ago, Yessenia Ruano put her home in Wisconsin up for rent, packed a few bags and left for her native El Salvador. Now, she is among immigrant women who say ICE is wrongfully detaining and deporting domestic violence or human trafficking victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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The immigrant survivors @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel are fighting for in this case are people who belong in America - they have children who were born in the U.S., they educated and cared for our children & labored to improve their communities, & they risked their lives to come here.
Four months ago, Yessenia Ruano put her home in Wisconsin up for rent, packed a few bags and left for her native El Salvador. Now, she is among immigrant women who say ICE is wrongfully detaining and deporting domestic violence or human trafficking victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The immigrant survivors @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel are fighting for in this case are people who belong in America - they have children who were born in the U.S., they educated and cared for our children & labored to improve their communities, & they risked their lives to come here.
🛑 Immigrant Survivors Deserve Real Protection — Not Broken Promises
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
Legal Challenge Seeks to End Harmful ICE Policy Targeting Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and Other Serious Crimes
Filed October 14, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the lawsuit challenges a dehumanizing, unjust, and illegal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) p...
www.centerforhumanrights.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🛑 Immigrant Survivors Deserve Real Protection — Not Broken Promises
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
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Plaintiff Jackie Merlos “raised her four U.S. citizen children and built a family business. After being held at gunpoint and reporting her assailant, she applied for a U Visa and was granted permission to remain in the U.S. In violation of the law, ICE has now jailed her for months.”
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Plaintiff Jackie Merlos “raised her four U.S. citizen children and built a family business. After being held at gunpoint and reporting her assailant, she applied for a U Visa and was granted permission to remain in the U.S. In violation of the law, ICE has now jailed her for months.”
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The Trump Administration is illegally arresting, jailing, & deporting immigrant survivors of serious & violent crimes, trampling legal protections that safeguard their safety & our communities.
Our @chrclla.bsky.social team & co-counsel filed a class action suit today to vindicate their rights.
Our @chrclla.bsky.social team & co-counsel filed a class action suit today to vindicate their rights.
October 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Trump Administration is illegally arresting, jailing, & deporting immigrant survivors of serious & violent crimes, trampling legal protections that safeguard their safety & our communities.
Our @chrclla.bsky.social team & co-counsel filed a class action suit today to vindicate their rights.
Our @chrclla.bsky.social team & co-counsel filed a class action suit today to vindicate their rights.
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Announcing a big case against Trump’s illegal deportations today with the @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel team.
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Announcing a big case against Trump’s illegal deportations today with the @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel team.