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Manuel @icyourpixels.bsky.social · Jan 19
Hi, Bluesky! 👋

I’m Manuel, a cybersecurity specialist with a deep interest in immigration policy and its impact on our society. Focusing on topics like DHS initiatives, border security, and immigration reform.

Looking forward to learning, and connecting.🇺🇸

#ImmigrationPolicy
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This week in Los Angeles: LAUSD reports 13,000+ immigrant students gone amid ICE raids and school visits. When families fear school isn’t safe, policy turns into pressure overnight. Same law, harsher lived reality. #Immigration #LAUSD

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Thousands of immigrant students flee LA Unified Schools after ‘chilling effect’ of ICE raids
Myung J. Chun // Los Angeles Times via Getty Images   Los Angeles schools have lost thousands of immigrant students for years because of the city’s rising prices and falling birth rates — and now that...
ground.news
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
This week in Minneapolis: DHS confirms a massive ICE surge, with roughly 2,000 officers sent into the metro area. Policies like this don’t stay abstract—it reshapes daily life and raises the temperature fast. Big move, thin guardrails. #Immigration #Minnesota

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ICE launches 'largest immigration operation ever' in Minneapolis, acting director says
Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Tuesday the agency is carrying out the "largest immigration operation ever" in Minneapolis.
ground.news
January 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Worth noting in Minneapolis: DHS says a Hilton-branded hotel canceled ICE bookings once agents used gov emails, then blamed a franchisee. That pressure lands on regular people first. If this stands, the precedent travels. #Immigration #RuleOfLaw

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DHS Accuses Hilton of Canceling ICE Reservations
The US Department of Homeland Security accused Hilton on Monday of canceling hotel reservations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis, with DHS alleging the hotel chain refused...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
This week in Florida: the state is waiting on DHS to approve a 3rd immigration detention center, with a 4th already floated, even as lawsuits challenge conditions at existing sites. If the facts hold, the precedent sticks. #Immigration #Florida

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Florida awaiting federal approval for 3rd immigration detention center
Florida is awaiting approval from federal officials to open a third immigration detention center, following “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot,” and the state also is looking into a potential...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
This week in the Caribbean: the U.S. struck deals with Dominica and Antigua to take asylum seekers after visa bans hit on Jan 1. Offloading responsibility onto tiny states under pressure tests sovereignty and trust. #Immigration

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Tiny Caribbean islands reach deal with US government to accept asylum seekers
The United States on Monday reached a deal with Dominica to start sending foreigners seeking U.S. asylum to the small Caribbean nation.
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Worth noting in Mexico City: President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected U.S. military threats following the Venezuelan operation, reaffirming Mexico's sovereignty and cooperation. Pressure by threats chills trust across borders. #Mexico #ForeignPolicy

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Sheinbaum rebuffs Trump’s Venezuela operation, threats to Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuffed last week’s U.S. military action in Venezuela and reaffirmed her country’s sovereignty, pushing back against President Trump’s veiled threats of interventi...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
This week in Washington: the State Department quietly added 7 countries to a visa bond list, forcing some visitors to front up to $15,000 just to apply. That’s policy pressure, not paperwork. Not a system built for fairness. #Immigration #Visas

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US Expands List of Countries Whose Citizens Must Pay up to $15,000 Bonds to Apply for Visas
The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for visas to enter the ...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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This week in Washington, D.C.: ICE rolled out Mobile Fortify nationwide, a phone-based facial recognition app used 100,000+ times to ID people in seconds, per WSJ. #Immigration #CivilLiberties

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ICE Uses Facial Recognition App to Identify Suspects in Seconds
ICE agents are using a facial recognition app called Mobile Fortify that allows them to identify individuals in seconds by pointing their work phones at a person's face, accessing databases with more ...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Minneapolis update: DHS is sending ~2,000 ICE and HSI agents for a 30-day surge tied to fraud claims. When enforcement scales like this, regular people feel it first. Big move, thin guardrails. #Immigration #MN

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Trump Administration to Deploy 2,000 Federal Agents to Minneapolis for Immigration Enforcement: Report
The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Twin Cities area as it escalates its federal crackdown amid a widening fraud scanda...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Worth noting in Washington: DHS says ending TPS for 500k+ Venezuelans stands, even as Noem says they can apply for refugee status. That gap creates fear and confusion fast. Pressure like this rarely stays targeted. #Immigration

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Noem: Venezuelans under TPS can apply for refugee status
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that Venezuelans in the U.S. who were previously under temporary protective status (TPS) can apply for asylum.
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Los Angeles update: An off-duty ICE agent killed 43-year-old Keith Porter in Northridge on New Year’s Eve, per DHS. Calls are growing for an independent probe. Deadly force without transparency isn’t justice. #Immigration #LA

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Probe Sought After Man Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent in Northridge on New Year’s Eve
Los Angeles civil rights leaders are calling for an independent investigation into the New Year’s Eve shooting death of a man by an off-duty ICE agent at the apartment complex where both men resided. ...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Worth noting in Washington: DHS ordered USCIS to pause visas, green cards, asylum, and citizenship reviews for applicants from 20 more countries as of Jan. 1. People who followed the rules are frozen mid-process. #Immigration #DueProcess

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DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
The Department of Homeland Security is pausing the immigration applications from an additional 20 countries after an expansion of travel restrictions took effect Jan. 1.
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
New in Los Angeles: DHS says an off-duty ICE officer fatally shot a man after hearing gunfire outside his Northridge apartment on Dec. 31. When federal power is used off-duty, the line between safety and fear gets thin fast. #Immigration #DHS

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Off-duty ICE officer shoots, kills man firing gun near his Los Angeles home, DHS says
An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday allegedly shot and killed a man following a confrontation outside the officer’s home in Los Angeles. “On December, 31st, an o...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
Worth noting in California: a federal judge says DHS unlawfully cut TPS for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua, citing skipped safeguards under Kristi Noem. When process gets rushed, fear fills the gap. Not a headline you shrug at. #Immigration #DueProcess

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Judge Slams Noem over Termination of Temporary Legal Status for 60,000 Immigrants
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Nashville press conference on July 18, 2025, to discuss arrests of immigrants during recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps. (Phot...
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
Quick one from Broadview, IL: the village board voted Jan. 5 to block new detention centers within 1,000 feet of homes, schools, and parks as ICE looks to expand in the region. Zoning law is being used as a shield for daily life here. #Immigration #LocalGov

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Village board votes to limit ICE's ability to expand in Broadview
The Broadview Village Board voted to restrict where ICE facilities can be, banning them from being within 1,000 feet of residential areas, schools, day cares and more.
ground.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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jar0folives.bsky.social
everyone; please check out @icyourpixels.bsky.social recent substack! it’s on Venezuela and the recent activity that’s been going on.

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Regime Change at Dawn
The Venezuela Raid and Trump’s War Architecture
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Manuel
propublica.org
Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone. It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes.

You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.

(Published July 2025)
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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aclu.org
More people than ever know that it’s time for us to close the book on this shameful chapter of capital punishment in America. It’s time for our elected leaders to act accordingly.

Sign on to our call for the death penalty to be abolished at aclu.org/end_death_penalty
Red text: "Public support for the death penalty is at a 50-year low." White text: "Despite this, the Trump administration is making every effort to embolden states to speed up or restart executions. 23 states have abolished capital punishment. Another 4 states' governors have put a pause on executions. In states that still have capital punishment, 56% of juries recommended a life sentence over a death sentence this year. Only 14 juries nationwide unanimously agreed to impose death sentences." Gray text: "Source: Death Penalty Information Center." Red ACLU logo. Black background.
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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sher12.bsky.social
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?

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January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Worth noting in Caracas: Trump says the U.S. will “run” Venezuela after overnight strikes and Maduro’s reported capture (Jan 3). That’s occupation talk, and the precedent travels. #Venezuela #IntlLaw

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Trump says U.S. will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'
Donald Trump on Saturday (Jan 3) said the United States will "run" Venezuela until "such time that we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition" following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro...
ground.news
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
Caracas update: US strikes hit La Carlota + La Guaira and Trump says Maduro is in US custody headed to NY. Regime change by raid is a sovereignty line that won’t stay “over there.” #Venezuela #IntlLaw

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Maduro and His Wife to Face ‘Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy’ Charges in New York, U.S. Attorney General Says
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face criminal charges after an indictment in New York. Bondi vowed in a social media post...
ground.news
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Worth noting in Caracas: U.S. forces bombed military sites overnight & President Nicolás Maduro was captured, according to Donald Trump. That’s a direct strike on Venezuela’s sovereignty with civilians caught in the shockwave.

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US bombs targets in Venezuela and captures Nicolás Maduro, Trump says
President Trump said the U.S. "carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela" and had "captured" its leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
www.usatoday.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Worth noting in West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso barred U.S. citizens after Trump expanded a Dec. 16 travel ban to 20 countries. Reciprocity sounds clean on paper, but pressure like this rarely stays “targeted.” #ForeignPolicy

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Mali and Burkina Faso Announce Travel Ban on US Citizens in Tit-for-Tat Move
The two states say they are taking reciprocal measures after the US announced full-entry restrictions on their citizens.
ground.news
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
Worth noting in Boston: a federal judge blocked DHS from ending TPS for South Sudanese days before a Jan. 6 cutoff, protecting about 300 people from deportation while the case proceeds. Due process matters when lives are on the line. #TPS #Immigration

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DHS Blocked From Ending Deportation Protection for South Sudanese
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to halt its plan to scrap deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals who are living in the United States.
ground.news
January 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Washington update: A federal judge blocked Trump from ending TPS for ~89k people from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua, citing racial animus and ignored country conditions. This wasn’t policy cleanup—it was pressure by design. #Immigration #TPS

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US Judge Blocks Trump Move to End Protected Status for Thousands From Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua after opponents argued the terminati...
ground.news
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM