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Katie Blankenship
@kat12birdy.bsky.social
Mom, activist, attorney, and co-founder of @sanctuarylegalservices.com
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“They chose the wrong people” to target. Trans visibility today has never been more important. Please share. My greatest honor is to work for and with and beside the beloved trans immigrant community.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to my extended familia & beloved community! #not1more #lgbt #TDOV #immigrants

Learn more at www.sanctuaryofthesouth.com & abrazos until next time--much love, tío mich
“They chose the wrong people” to target. Trans visibility today has never been more important. Please share. My greatest honor is to work for and with and beside the beloved trans immigrant community.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to my extended familia & beloved community! #not1more #lgbt #TDOV #immigrants

Learn more at www.sanctuaryofthesouth.com & abrazos until next time--much love, tío mich
April 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Katie Blankenship
"‘… they are housing people in ways that are illegal … and leading to gross harm and death,’ Blankenship said, adding that ICE contractors are paid up to $200 per detainee each day. ‘… they are simultaneously closing the window of release so they can keep them inside and line their own pockets.’"
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reposted by Katie Blankenship
"‘The facility is becoming seriously overcrowded as the Trump administration systematically denies bond and parole to keep immigrants incarcerated, with men crowding into a room meant for visits with attorneys and women sleeping on buses in a parking lot.'"
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reposted by Katie Blankenship
"Sanctuary of the South [SOS] has been at the Krome North Service Processing Center in South Florida where the Ukrainian refugee and at least one … other recently died. … [Katie Blankenship, founding partner of SOS] is working to file a wrongful death lawsuit."
truthout.org/articles/law...
Lawsuit Alleges Trump’s Guantánamo Transfers Aim to “Instill Fear” in Immigrants
Three have died in ICE custody as Trump rapidly expands government capacity to surveil and incarcerate immigrants.
truthout.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM