Ruth Delgado
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Today ICE is allowed to resume using Medicaid data in deportation cases. The transfer of Medicaid data to ICE was unprecedented and put on hold. It's now back. We've uploaded the data sharing agreement here: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data
On Tuesday, ICE was allowed to continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Today ICE is allowed to resume using Medicaid data in deportation cases. The transfer of Medicaid data to ICE was unprecedented and put on hold. It's now back. We've uploaded the data sharing agreement here: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
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There fireworks in DC this evening
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
![AlertDC] A Fireworks Show will occur near the Washington Monument tonight, January 5 at approximately 7:55PM. Expect loud noises, flashing lights.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pifytwer7zg7psy7rfdb3gii/bafkreidrsbe7zuqpstupefnjflfkxoeijsf6jadnxzy7bqe6offz6hjeeu@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There fireworks in DC this evening
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
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Immigrant Protections NOW!
📣 JUST NOW: Thanks to our powerful coalition, Bills A6308, A6309, and A6310 have PASSED ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE 📣
This isn't the end: these bills still have to go through committee in the Senate and floor votes.
But we will keep fighting for a #NJforALL.
And when we fight, we WIN 🏆
This isn't the end: these bills still have to go through committee in the Senate and floor votes.
But we will keep fighting for a #NJforALL.
And when we fight, we WIN 🏆
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Immigrant Protections NOW!
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📣 JUST NOW: Thanks to our powerful coalition, Bills A6308, A6309, and A6310 have PASSED ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE 📣
This isn't the end: these bills still have to go through committee in the Senate and floor votes.
But we will keep fighting for a #NJforALL.
And when we fight, we WIN 🏆
This isn't the end: these bills still have to go through committee in the Senate and floor votes.
But we will keep fighting for a #NJforALL.
And when we fight, we WIN 🏆
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
📣 JUST NOW: Thanks to our powerful coalition, Bills A6308, A6309, and A6310 have PASSED ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE 📣
This isn't the end: these bills still have to go through committee in the Senate and floor votes.
But we will keep fighting for a #NJforALL.
And when we fight, we WIN 🏆
This isn't the end: these bills still have to go through committee in the Senate and floor votes.
But we will keep fighting for a #NJforALL.
And when we fight, we WIN 🏆
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Roxbury NJ says NO to having an ICE detention facility in our area! After the WAPO article on Xmas Eve, we coordinated this rally in a few days. Great turnout of about 175 people from Roxbury Twp and surrounding communities to support our immigrant friends, family, and neighbors.
January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Roxbury NJ says NO to having an ICE detention facility in our area! After the WAPO article on Xmas Eve, we coordinated this rally in a few days. Great turnout of about 175 people from Roxbury Twp and surrounding communities to support our immigrant friends, family, and neighbors.
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💥 HAPPENING NOW: Our powerful coalition is at the statehouse today, urging lawmakers to pass critical protections for our communities ☄️
We need:
⭐️ Safe Communities Act (A3608)
⭐️ Privacy Protection Act (A3609)
⭐️ to Codify the Immigrant Trust Directive (A3610)
🗣️ Trenton, PASS THEM NOW #NJforALL
We need:
⭐️ Safe Communities Act (A3608)
⭐️ Privacy Protection Act (A3609)
⭐️ to Codify the Immigrant Trust Directive (A3610)
🗣️ Trenton, PASS THEM NOW #NJforALL
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
💥 HAPPENING NOW: Our powerful coalition is at the statehouse today, urging lawmakers to pass critical protections for our communities ☄️
We need:
⭐️ Safe Communities Act (A3608)
⭐️ Privacy Protection Act (A3609)
⭐️ to Codify the Immigrant Trust Directive (A3610)
🗣️ Trenton, PASS THEM NOW #NJforALL
We need:
⭐️ Safe Communities Act (A3608)
⭐️ Privacy Protection Act (A3609)
⭐️ to Codify the Immigrant Trust Directive (A3610)
🗣️ Trenton, PASS THEM NOW #NJforALL
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ICYMI: My story from yesterday looked at the costs -- and scope -- of Operation Midway Blitz, including at least $100,000 for tear gas and related munitions at Broadview; $243,000 for Border Patrol helicopters; $19 million for Guard troops that stayed on bases; and $30 million for detaining people
As the Trump administration steadily hypes the benefits it sees from its monthslong immigration enforcement surge in Illinois, federal officials have been less eager to address the other side of the ledger: the fiscal cost of Operation Midway Blitz.
Cost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and counting
A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
ICYMI: My story from yesterday looked at the costs -- and scope -- of Operation Midway Blitz, including at least $100,000 for tear gas and related munitions at Broadview; $243,000 for Border Patrol helicopters; $19 million for Guard troops that stayed on bases; and $30 million for detaining people
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Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
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What JD Vance really means by this is that Maduro is bound by US laws but Trump is not.
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
What JD Vance really means by this is that Maduro is bound by US laws but Trump is not.
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In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
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BREAKING
President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela until a “safe, proper, and judicious” transfer of power can take place.
President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela until a “safe, proper, and judicious” transfer of power can take place.
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
BREAKING
President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela until a “safe, proper, and judicious” transfer of power can take place.
President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela until a “safe, proper, and judicious” transfer of power can take place.
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DHS/ICE is looking at Roxbury for a detention facility to warehouse humans kidnapped off our streets by Trump's thugs.
Warren-Morris Visibility Brigade is holding a protest rally this Saturday, 1/3/26.
Warren-Morris Visibility Brigade is holding a protest rally this Saturday, 1/3/26.
January 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
DHS/ICE is looking at Roxbury for a detention facility to warehouse humans kidnapped off our streets by Trump's thugs.
Warren-Morris Visibility Brigade is holding a protest rally this Saturday, 1/3/26.
Warren-Morris Visibility Brigade is holding a protest rally this Saturday, 1/3/26.
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We stand with @replamonica.bsky.social in her fight to expose ICE abuses. If the federal administration is doing this to her, who’s to say they won’t do it to any one of us?
Today I filed notice of appeal in my case.
From the beginning, I’ve fought back against this administration’s cruelty and attempts to silence dissent—this appeal is the next step in the fight.
From the beginning, I’ve fought back against this administration’s cruelty and attempts to silence dissent—this appeal is the next step in the fight.
December 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We stand with @replamonica.bsky.social in her fight to expose ICE abuses. If the federal administration is doing this to her, who’s to say they won’t do it to any one of us?
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Today I filed notice of appeal in my case.
From the beginning, I’ve fought back against this administration’s cruelty and attempts to silence dissent—this appeal is the next step in the fight.
From the beginning, I’ve fought back against this administration’s cruelty and attempts to silence dissent—this appeal is the next step in the fight.
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today I filed notice of appeal in my case.
From the beginning, I’ve fought back against this administration’s cruelty and attempts to silence dissent—this appeal is the next step in the fight.
From the beginning, I’ve fought back against this administration’s cruelty and attempts to silence dissent—this appeal is the next step in the fight.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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Sorry did he just threaten Democrats with death again? Not sure what else “enjoy your last Christmas” means
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
December 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Sorry did he just threaten Democrats with death again? Not sure what else “enjoy your last Christmas” means
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Rep. Menendez: “It breaks my heart. What you see inside that facility is a betrayal of the American dream.”
Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Rep. Menendez: “It breaks my heart. What you see inside that facility is a betrayal of the American dream.”
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I will not sit idly by while my immigrant neighbors are suffering inhumane, and even deadly, conditions under ICE.
That’s why I went back to demand the closure of Delaney Hall.
That’s why I went back to demand the closure of Delaney Hall.
Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I will not sit idly by while my immigrant neighbors are suffering inhumane, and even deadly, conditions under ICE.
That’s why I went back to demand the closure of Delaney Hall.
That’s why I went back to demand the closure of Delaney Hall.
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“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@washingtonpost.com
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What we saw inside Delaney Hall is the betrayal of the American Dream.
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What we saw inside Delaney Hall is the betrayal of the American Dream.
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When we left Delaney Hall today, a detainee told us “this is not the America that we dreamed of.” They thought they would be able to come here and have a better life.
The Trump administration is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
The Trump administration is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When we left Delaney Hall today, a detainee told us “this is not the America that we dreamed of.” They thought they would be able to come here and have a better life.
The Trump administration is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
The Trump administration is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
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Today we demanded answers about the death of Mr. Brutus in ICE custody and spoke to people being mistreated. It was difficult to be back at Delaney Hall, but I have a responsibility to serve the people and protect the 10th.
December 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Today we demanded answers about the death of Mr. Brutus in ICE custody and spoke to people being mistreated. It was difficult to be back at Delaney Hall, but I have a responsibility to serve the people and protect the 10th.
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“Catholic religious and others last week made a public appeal amid the cold outside a federal office building in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration detainees on Christmas.” www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...
Catholics demand Communion for immigration detainees at Christmas
Catholic religious and others made a public appeal outside a federal field office Dec. 19 in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration detainees on Christmas.
www.ncronline.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Catholic religious and others last week made a public appeal amid the cold outside a federal office building in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration detainees on Christmas.” www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...