Dara Lind
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, now at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), guest columnist at @documentedny.bsky.social, forever immigration explainer. You have a right and a duty to know what the government is doing in your name.
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Dara Lind
@daralind.bsky.social
· Dec 9
If you value my work, you should support the organizations that allow me to do it. (1/3)
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"don't be clever, just be brave" is most of the rest of our lives, y'all
January 31, 2026 at 2:32 AM
"don't be clever, just be brave" is most of the rest of our lives, y'all
EXCUSE ME WHY ARE WE NOT ALL TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT @stevevladeck.bsky.social IS ONE OF THE ADVOCATES IN THIS YEAR’S SHAKESPEARE MOCK TRIAL
WITH ABJ AND BOASBERG AS PANEL MEMBERS
WITH ABJ AND BOASBERG AS PANEL MEMBERS
January 31, 2026 at 1:09 AM
EXCUSE ME WHY ARE WE NOT ALL TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT @stevevladeck.bsky.social IS ONE OF THE ADVOCATES IN THIS YEAR’S SHAKESPEARE MOCK TRIAL
WITH ABJ AND BOASBERG AS PANEL MEMBERS
WITH ABJ AND BOASBERG AS PANEL MEMBERS
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Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
THIS. IS. SERVICE. JOURNALISM.
some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
THIS. IS. SERVICE. JOURNALISM.
Every so often I hear a song I know like the back of my hand, but haven’t heard in apparently the last 5 years, and I’m surprised by how thin and spare it sounds with one ear.
I love my hearing aid, but it’s just not the same.
I love my hearing aid, but it’s just not the same.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Every so often I hear a song I know like the back of my hand, but haven’t heard in apparently the last 5 years, and I’m surprised by how thin and spare it sounds with one ear.
I love my hearing aid, but it’s just not the same.
I love my hearing aid, but it’s just not the same.
-Anthropology of Insurgencies, which the professor wanted to call Anthropologies of Insurgency
- @jbf1755.bsky.social ‘s lecture class on the early republic 😍
-Introduction to Performance Studies
-Moral Values in Civil Society
-Culture, Power, Oil
- @jbf1755.bsky.social ‘s lecture class on the early republic 😍
-Introduction to Performance Studies
-Moral Values in Civil Society
-Culture, Power, Oil
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Political philosophy
Women’s studies
Sociology of education
Psychoanalysis
Water polo
Political philosophy
Women’s studies
Sociology of education
Psychoanalysis
Water polo
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
-Anthropology of Insurgencies, which the professor wanted to call Anthropologies of Insurgency
- @jbf1755.bsky.social ‘s lecture class on the early republic 😍
-Introduction to Performance Studies
-Moral Values in Civil Society
-Culture, Power, Oil
- @jbf1755.bsky.social ‘s lecture class on the early republic 😍
-Introduction to Performance Studies
-Moral Values in Civil Society
-Culture, Power, Oil
So proud to guest-write for this newsroom.
What you need to know if you’re looking for people to support you during an ICE check-in or an appointment with USCIS.
Here's Why You Should Bring Someone With You to Immigration Court - Documented
What you need to know if you’re looking for people to support you during an ICE check-in or an appointment with USCIS.
documentedny.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
So proud to guest-write for this newsroom.
Because IndyCar isn't as well known as NASCAR or F1, I worry some people could assume that this reflects the series as a whole (fanbase, etc.).
It really, really does not.
Please read my piece from last year for more. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
It really, really does not.
Please read my piece from last year for more. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Because IndyCar isn't as well known as NASCAR or F1, I worry some people could assume that this reflects the series as a whole (fanbase, etc.).
It really, really does not.
Please read my piece from last year for more. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
It really, really does not.
Please read my piece from last year for more. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
Now that I think about it: this is a really big problem with treating "the cruelty is the point" as a mantra about intent rather than an insight into a _mechanism._
The cruelty is the point BECAUSE the cruelty is supposed to lead to OUTCOMES.
It often failed at that before.
It isn't failing now.
The cruelty is the point BECAUSE the cruelty is supposed to lead to OUTCOMES.
It often failed at that before.
It isn't failing now.
For sure there's a post-2014 (when I covered fam detention as a reporter) bipartisan deterrence genealogy. But shift from "the cruelty they're engaging in isn't leading to the outcomes they want" to "the cruelty they're engaging in IS leading to the outcomes they want" is IMHO being generally missed
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Now that I think about it: this is a really big problem with treating "the cruelty is the point" as a mantra about intent rather than an insight into a _mechanism._
The cruelty is the point BECAUSE the cruelty is supposed to lead to OUTCOMES.
It often failed at that before.
It isn't failing now.
The cruelty is the point BECAUSE the cruelty is supposed to lead to OUTCOMES.
It often failed at that before.
It isn't failing now.
In 2023 NYT laid out Trump’s mass deportation plan: detain immense numbers of people in such miserable conditions that they’re compelled to stop fighting their cases & agree to leave.
They’re still getting to “immense numbers.” But the core concept is working for them. mailchi.mp/43a225b48ded...
They’re still getting to “immense numbers.” But the core concept is working for them. mailchi.mp/43a225b48ded...
The Throughline: Don’t Lose Sight of Detention Atrocities
mailchi.mp
January 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In 2023 NYT laid out Trump’s mass deportation plan: detain immense numbers of people in such miserable conditions that they’re compelled to stop fighting their cases & agree to leave.
They’re still getting to “immense numbers.” But the core concept is working for them. mailchi.mp/43a225b48ded...
They’re still getting to “immense numbers.” But the core concept is working for them. mailchi.mp/43a225b48ded...
The hardest part of getting my F1 friends who didn’t grow up watching live sports into Indycar is that they refuse to plan their day _around_ a sporting event, instead of watching it and getting on with the day.
MY TAKE: There's nothing better than live sports on TV when you wake up. The toxic American mania for starting games at 9pm must be vanquished. NFL games should kick off at 6 in the morning. NBA games can start at 7:30 because you actually have to pay attention
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The hardest part of getting my F1 friends who didn’t grow up watching live sports into Indycar is that they refuse to plan their day _around_ a sporting event, instead of watching it and getting on with the day.
New from me:
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
The Throughline: Don’t Lose Sight of Detention Atrocities
linkprotect.cudasvc.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
New from me:
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
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Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough.
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough.
Still an underrated banger
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go 'round and 'round and 'round
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go 'round and 'round and 'round
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Still an underrated banger
People say heterosexuality is boring, but I came home from a tattoo appointment to discover my husband has gotten really into Suzane.
January 29, 2026 at 11:35 PM
People say heterosexuality is boring, but I came home from a tattoo appointment to discover my husband has gotten really into Suzane.
Since the first of the year.
Whoa. D.Minn's chief judge Patrick Schiltz dockets a list of "96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72120...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72120...
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Since the first of the year.
Just another morning of wondering when I will be able to pay to see a full set of Rick Astley fronting The Smiths.
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Just another morning of wondering when I will be able to pay to see a full set of Rick Astley fronting The Smiths.
Ecuador is one of the (many) countries that has signed an agreement with the US to take people who are seeking asylum here. The US doesn’t let them complete their asylum cases and instead makes them wait in detention until (theoretically) they’re sent to Ecuador, a place most of them haven’t been.
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Ecuador is one of the (many) countries that has signed an agreement with the US to take people who are seeking asylum here. The US doesn’t let them complete their asylum cases and instead makes them wait in detention until (theoretically) they’re sent to Ecuador, a place most of them haven’t been.
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We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Look. The Bovino playbook, tactically, is a thing. Maximal confrontation with anyone defending immigrants? Bovino-coded. Do it for the sizzle reel? Not purely Bovino but he was an avatar of it.
documentedny.com/2025/11/21/b...
This isn’t over, but it’s not true that Bovino was just a pretty face.
documentedny.com/2025/11/21/b...
This isn’t over, but it’s not true that Bovino was just a pretty face.
The Throughline: What Happens When Border Patrol Comes To Your Town - Documented
The differences between Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have never mattered less. But they've also never mattered more.
documentedny.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Look. The Bovino playbook, tactically, is a thing. Maximal confrontation with anyone defending immigrants? Bovino-coded. Do it for the sizzle reel? Not purely Bovino but he was an avatar of it.
documentedny.com/2025/11/21/b...
This isn’t over, but it’s not true that Bovino was just a pretty face.
documentedny.com/2025/11/21/b...
This isn’t over, but it’s not true that Bovino was just a pretty face.
Free Liam.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Free Liam.
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A fate worse than death for a professional content creator like Bovino.
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A fate worse than death for a professional content creator like Bovino.
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Leaving aside the matter of Holocaust comparisons generally: This is specifically about a child hiding out of fear of being detained. What happened to her isn't being trivialized. Her identity isn't being erased. The comparison is that it is wrong for children to have to hide because of who they are
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Leaving aside the matter of Holocaust comparisons generally: This is specifically about a child hiding out of fear of being detained. What happened to her isn't being trivialized. Her identity isn't being erased. The comparison is that it is wrong for children to have to hide because of who they are
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A good question is “how exactly does noting that other children are hiding, a thing that we look back on with shame, erase or compromise Anne Frank’s Jewishness”
January 26, 2026 at 11:23 PM
A good question is “how exactly does noting that other children are hiding, a thing that we look back on with shame, erase or compromise Anne Frank’s Jewishness”
Cosmopolitanism is good actually
Timeline cleanse: the Grandmother Project - grandchildren filming their grandmothers making their favourite recipes. Have you got an awesome grandmother? You can upload a film of her and her cooking. It's a beautiful nod to love, food, and family.
www.grandmasproject.org/en
www.grandmasproject.org/en
Grandmas Project - Sharing the world's most delicious heritage
Grandmas Project is a collaborative web-series sharing the recipes and stories of grandmas around the world, filmed by their grandchildren. Here you can watch films, apply as a filmmaker, explore reci...
www.grandmasproject.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Cosmopolitanism is good actually