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Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands DHS Reinstate Protections for Immigrant Survivors
democraticwomenscaucus.house.gov
Thank you @demwomencaucus.bsky.social for urging @secnoem.govpeeps.us to immediately free VAWA, T & U visa applicants from ICE detention, protect them by reinstating ICE Directive 11005.3, and halt enforcement against immigrant survivors with pending cases.
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BREAKING: ICE is going door to door in Minnesota detaining refugees without explanation, probable cause, or due process.
Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation.
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation.
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: ICE is going door to door in Minnesota detaining refugees without explanation, probable cause, or due process.
Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation.
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation.
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
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Our government is brutally arresting, imprisoning, & banishing refugees in Minnesota to immigrant prisons in Texas - all in violation of the law, our values, and basic human dignity.
Proud of my team at @chrclla.bsky.social & our co-counsel for fighting for justice in MN & beyond.
Proud of my team at @chrclla.bsky.social & our co-counsel for fighting for justice in MN & beyond.
“The Trump administration is intentionally and illegally terrorizing resettled refugees who are not accused of any wrongdoing." -- IRAP Staff Attorney Kimberly Grano in
@startribune.com coverage of our latest lawsuit: www.startribune.com/class-action...
@startribune.com coverage of our latest lawsuit: www.startribune.com/class-action...
Class action lawsuit filed against federal operation targeting Minnesota’s legal refugees
Operation PARRIS is detaining the state’s new refugees for “re-examination” at the same time as the federal crackdown on illegal immigration.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Our government is brutally arresting, imprisoning, & banishing refugees in Minnesota to immigrant prisons in Texas - all in violation of the law, our values, and basic human dignity.
Proud of my team at @chrclla.bsky.social & our co-counsel for fighting for justice in MN & beyond.
Proud of my team at @chrclla.bsky.social & our co-counsel for fighting for justice in MN & beyond.
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Here’s a summary of why we won:
Reports of unsafe & unsanitary conditions in border stations have mounted since President Trump took office…firsthand accounts from children who described being confined for days in frigid, windowless rooms without access to showers, private toilets or the outdoors.
Reports of unsafe & unsanitary conditions in border stations have mounted since President Trump took office…firsthand accounts from children who described being confined for days in frigid, windowless rooms without access to showers, private toilets or the outdoors.
Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End Standards of Care for Detained Migrant Children
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Here’s a summary of why we won:
Reports of unsafe & unsanitary conditions in border stations have mounted since President Trump took office…firsthand accounts from children who described being confined for days in frigid, windowless rooms without access to showers, private toilets or the outdoors.
Reports of unsafe & unsanitary conditions in border stations have mounted since President Trump took office…firsthand accounts from children who described being confined for days in frigid, windowless rooms without access to showers, private toilets or the outdoors.
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“CBP did not tell the Office of Refugee Resettlement which children it had separated at the border, and CBP systems did not link separated children’s records with those of their parents. A federal judge observed … that the gov’t kept better records of property than of the children in its care.”
Human Rights Watch, 2024: “As many as 1,360 children have never been reunited with their parents six years after the United States government forcibly separated them at the US border …” www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
“CBP did not tell the Office of Refugee Resettlement which children it had separated at the border, and CBP systems did not link separated children’s records with those of their parents. A federal judge observed … that the gov’t kept better records of property than of the children in its care.”
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This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
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We are horrified by reports that ICE detained a five-year-old child in Minnesota, along with other young children. This is a matter of basic humanity. Children deserve safety, dignity, and care. Anything less is a moral failure.
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
We are horrified by reports that ICE detained a five-year-old child in Minnesota, along with other young children. This is a matter of basic humanity. Children deserve safety, dignity, and care. Anything less is a moral failure.
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This is a lie.
My @chrclla.bsky.social team represents every child imprisoned CBP & ICE. We routinely speak to children & families who suffer torturous conditions in CBP facilities.
My @chrclla.bsky.social team represents every child imprisoned CBP & ICE. We routinely speak to children & families who suffer torturous conditions in CBP facilities.
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
This is a lie.
My @chrclla.bsky.social team represents every child imprisoned CBP & ICE. We routinely speak to children & families who suffer torturous conditions in CBP facilities.
My @chrclla.bsky.social team represents every child imprisoned CBP & ICE. We routinely speak to children & families who suffer torturous conditions in CBP facilities.
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WATCH: NCYL’s @rwolozin.bsky.social joined @pbsnews.org to discuss immigrant children in family detention and the lack of safe food, clean water, and medical care. We continue fighting for the rights of every child the government chooses to detain.
Video: www.pbs.org/video/family...
Video: www.pbs.org/video/family...
PBS News Hour | Families say children held by ICE face unsanitary conditions | Season 2026
Migrant families allege children held by ICE face unsafe and unsanitary conditions
www.pbs.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
WATCH: NCYL’s @rwolozin.bsky.social joined @pbsnews.org to discuss immigrant children in family detention and the lack of safe food, clean water, and medical care. We continue fighting for the rights of every child the government chooses to detain.
Video: www.pbs.org/video/family...
Video: www.pbs.org/video/family...
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ICE says it detains the "worst of the worst." Meet Liam Ramos, age 5.
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICE says it detains the "worst of the worst." Meet Liam Ramos, age 5.
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"This is another place where the Supreme Court's gradual cutting back on the scope of the Bivens remedy—the civil action against federal agents for violating the Constitution, including the Fourth Amendment—may make the most obvious form of judicial review unavailable."
Can ICE enter a home to make an arrest with only an administrative warrant?
@orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
@orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
Can ICE Enter a Home to Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
A tentative take, on both the rights and the remedies.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"This is another place where the Supreme Court's gradual cutting back on the scope of the Bivens remedy—the civil action against federal agents for violating the Constitution, including the Fourth Amendment—may make the most obvious form of judicial review unavailable."
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I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
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1. In 2025, 32 people died in ICE custody.
That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE’s detainee population ever.
2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse.
That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE’s detainee population ever.
2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse.
In 2026, ICE detainees are dying at an alarming rate
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
1. In 2025, 32 people died in ICE custody.
That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE’s detainee population ever.
2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse.
That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE’s detainee population ever.
2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse.
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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There are thousands of images of the ICE assault on America. This is one of many that should haunt every person who did anything along the way to get the country to this nightmarish point. We are killing moms, grabbing grandfathers, pepper spraying clergy & kidnapping children. Shame. Shame. Shame.
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 AM
There are thousands of images of the ICE assault on America. This is one of many that should haunt every person who did anything along the way to get the country to this nightmarish point. We are killing moms, grabbing grandfathers, pepper spraying clergy & kidnapping children. Shame. Shame. Shame.
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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NEW: ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees.
In lawsuits, numerous detainees with severe illnesses allege that they cannot obtain treatment, including a man whose symptoms and test results suggest he has prostate cancer.
In lawsuits, numerous detainees with severe illnesses allege that they cannot obtain treatment, including a man whose symptoms and test results suggest he has prostate cancer.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
www.motherjones.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:13 PM
NEW: ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees.
In lawsuits, numerous detainees with severe illnesses allege that they cannot obtain treatment, including a man whose symptoms and test results suggest he has prostate cancer.
In lawsuits, numerous detainees with severe illnesses allege that they cannot obtain treatment, including a man whose symptoms and test results suggest he has prostate cancer.
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NEW: 4 CVT clients in asylum processes were detained by ICE and flown to Texas. All were in the U.S. legally. One was detained while going into her workplace; the ICE agents tackled her in the snow in front of her co-workers. Read more: www.cvt.org/statements/f...
January 20, 2026 at 7:46 PM
NEW: 4 CVT clients in asylum processes were detained by ICE and flown to Texas. All were in the U.S. legally. One was detained while going into her workplace; the ICE agents tackled her in the snow in front of her co-workers. Read more: www.cvt.org/statements/f...
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'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 AM
'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'
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ICE’s arrest and deportation of survivors of violent and serious crimes is illegal and immoral.
Here’s a great article on @chrclla.bsky.social ‘s ongoing lawsuit to vindicate the rights of brave immigrants + refugees whose rights must be respected.
Here’s a great article on @chrclla.bsky.social ‘s ongoing lawsuit to vindicate the rights of brave immigrants + refugees whose rights must be respected.
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
ICE’s arrest and deportation of survivors of violent and serious crimes is illegal and immoral.
Here’s a great article on @chrclla.bsky.social ‘s ongoing lawsuit to vindicate the rights of brave immigrants + refugees whose rights must be respected.
Here’s a great article on @chrclla.bsky.social ‘s ongoing lawsuit to vindicate the rights of brave immigrants + refugees whose rights must be respected.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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Thank you @demwomencaucus.bsky.social for urging @secnoem.govpeeps.us to immediately free VAWA, T & U visa applicants from ICE detention, protect them by reinstating ICE Directive 11005.3, and halt enforcement against immigrant survivors with pending cases.
Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands DHS Reinstate Protections for Immigrant Survivors
democraticwomenscaucus.house.gov
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Thank you @demwomencaucus.bsky.social for urging @secnoem.govpeeps.us to immediately free VAWA, T & U visa applicants from ICE detention, protect them by reinstating ICE Directive 11005.3, and halt enforcement against immigrant survivors with pending cases.
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ICE detained people while waiting in line at a food pantry.
Again, ICE DETAINED PEOPLE WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD PANTRY.
Again, ICE DETAINED PEOPLE WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD PANTRY.
ICE detained people waiting at a food pantry, Salvation Army says
A foodbank in New Jersey cautioned its partners to have a plan in place in case of an ICE raid.
www.nj.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
ICE detained people while waiting in line at a food pantry.
Again, ICE DETAINED PEOPLE WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD PANTRY.
Again, ICE DETAINED PEOPLE WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD PANTRY.
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LA County Supervisors are taking actions to prevent ICE from conducting operations on county-owned and run property.
LA County seeks to create ‘ICE-free zones’
As ICE detainments continue across the country and with the recent fatal shootings of Keith Porter in L.A. and Renee Good in Minneapolis, the County of Los Angeles is looking
www.calonews.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
LA County Supervisors are taking actions to prevent ICE from conducting operations on county-owned and run property.
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Here is the gofundme page for the family with 6 kids who was driving home from a basketball game when ICE threw a tear gas bomb under their car and their car filled with tear gas causing their 6 month old baby to go unconscious and need hospitalization.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident, organized by Destiny Jackson
Hello my name is Destiny. Myself , my husband Shawn and their 6 kids wer… Destiny Jackson needs your support for Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident
www.gofundme.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Here is the gofundme page for the family with 6 kids who was driving home from a basketball game when ICE threw a tear gas bomb under their car and their car filled with tear gas causing their 6 month old baby to go unconscious and need hospitalization.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...