National Lawyers Guild
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Est. 1937
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People > property💚✊🏽
Est. 1937
Become a member: nlg.org/join
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At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
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These texts reveal the widespread culture of brutality and cruelty of CBP, which its leadership praised & rewarded.
This isn't an agency we can count on to hold itself accountable. We can & must take DHS & the federal government to court.
nationalpoliceaccountability.org/dhs-texts-on...
This isn't an agency we can count on to hold itself accountable. We can & must take DHS & the federal government to court.
nationalpoliceaccountability.org/dhs-texts-on...
DHS Texts On the Shooting of Marimar Martinez Reveal An Agency That Can't Hold Itself Accountable. - National Police Accountability Project
The release of text messages yesterday from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents about the shooting of Marimar Martinez this October offer yet another alarming testament to the widespread c...
nationalpoliceaccountability.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
These texts reveal the widespread culture of brutality and cruelty of CBP, which its leadership praised & rewarded.
This isn't an agency we can count on to hold itself accountable. We can & must take DHS & the federal government to court.
nationalpoliceaccountability.org/dhs-texts-on...
This isn't an agency we can count on to hold itself accountable. We can & must take DHS & the federal government to court.
nationalpoliceaccountability.org/dhs-texts-on...
We always get asked: "Do you have be a lawyer to join the National Lawyers Guild?"
No!
No!
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We always get asked: "Do you have be a lawyer to join the National Lawyers Guild?"
No!
No!
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Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement.
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praised agent after shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago, evidence shows
A trove of evidence was released Tuesday in the controversial shooting of Marimar Martinez by a Border Patrol agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last October, including a body-worn camer…
www.chicagotribune.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement.
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
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STRIIIIIKE! While Starbucks spends millions on Super Bowl promotions & private plane flights for CEO Brian Niccol, stores continue to be neglected. Understaffing, low hours, partner safety, & inaccessible benefits continue to be a major issue, and union baristas are standing together to demand more!
February 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
STRIIIIIKE! While Starbucks spends millions on Super Bowl promotions & private plane flights for CEO Brian Niccol, stores continue to be neglected. Understaffing, low hours, partner safety, & inaccessible benefits continue to be a major issue, and union baristas are standing together to demand more!
The state of Texas and the Federal government thought they had a slam-dunk case against "antifa", in rural Texas.
That may not be the case.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/11/prairieland-antifa-trial-pretty-ice-protest/
That may not be the case.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/11/prairieland-antifa-trial-pretty-ice-protest/
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
Trump hit Prairieland ICE demonstrators with terrorism charges, jurors will take on issues of guns at protests, criminalization of speech.
theintercept.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The state of Texas and the Federal government thought they had a slam-dunk case against "antifa", in rural Texas.
That may not be the case.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/11/prairieland-antifa-trial-pretty-ice-protest/
That may not be the case.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/11/prairieland-antifa-trial-pretty-ice-protest/
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“We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part.” Yasmin Mahani speaking about her son
Al Jazeera just released an investigation revealing how US-made bombs vaporized nearly 3,000 Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
Al Jazeera just released an investigation revealing how US-made bombs vaporized nearly 3,000 Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
“We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part.” Yasmin Mahani speaking about her son
Al Jazeera just released an investigation revealing how US-made bombs vaporized nearly 3,000 Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
Al Jazeera just released an investigation revealing how US-made bombs vaporized nearly 3,000 Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
While our attention was focused on larger cities' ICE invasions, other places in the country have not been immune.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/aclu-lawsuit-wilder-idaho-ice-raid-la-catedral-racetrack/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/aclu-lawsuit-wilder-idaho-ice-raid-la-catedral-racetrack/
ACLU's lawsuit over ICE raid at an Idaho racetrack could be a game changer
The filing aims to hold rogue federal agents accountable by linking them to a conspiracy.
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
While our attention was focused on larger cities' ICE invasions, other places in the country have not been immune.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/aclu-lawsuit-wilder-idaho-ice-raid-la-catedral-racetrack/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/aclu-lawsuit-wilder-idaho-ice-raid-la-catedral-racetrack/
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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🗣We're hiring a staff attorney to join our legal team working to hold police accountable for violence, misconduct, and abuses of power. Apply and learn more at nationalpoliceaccountability.org/careers
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
🗣We're hiring a staff attorney to join our legal team working to hold police accountable for violence, misconduct, and abuses of power. Apply and learn more at nationalpoliceaccountability.org/careers
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Our member attorney Max Schoening is representing the family of Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death in ICE custody was deemed a homicide. At NPAP, we know it's not impossible to sue ICE. Our member attorneys have been doing it for years.
The death of an immigrant detainee at an El Paso facility has been ruled a homicide. Geraldo Lunas Campos, originally from Cuba, died Jan. 3 at the ICE facility at Fort Bliss.
“Based on the investigative and examination findings, the cause of death is asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.”
“Based on the investigative and examination findings, the cause of death is asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.”
ICE detainee's death ruled a homicide by medical examiner
The autopsy report for Geraldo Lunas Campos says he died by asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.
www.aol.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Our member attorney Max Schoening is representing the family of Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death in ICE custody was deemed a homicide. At NPAP, we know it's not impossible to sue ICE. Our member attorneys have been doing it for years.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Tenants of an affordable housing complex near an ICE field office have slept wearing gas masks or in their bathtubs to escape tear gas that wafts into their homes when federal agents try to disperse a protest, residents allege in a lawsuit against DHS.
Tenants living near ICE facility sue DHS, say tear gas clouds their homes
One resident said she was hit with rubber bullets while trying to get home. Others said they wore gas masks or slept in their bathtubs to escape the tear gas.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Tenants of an affordable housing complex near an ICE field office have slept wearing gas masks or in their bathtubs to escape tear gas that wafts into their homes when federal agents try to disperse a protest, residents allege in a lawsuit against DHS.
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#Denver & #Boulder area folks: 2 great events next week. 2/10 Fighting the Law, with the University of Denver Chapter of
@nlg.org. Then 2/11 Reimagining Animal Agriculture, with the DU #AnimalLaw Program. Lunch provided at both. Details here: linktr.ee/aaldp #animalrights
@nlg.org. Then 2/11 Reimagining Animal Agriculture, with the DU #AnimalLaw Program. Lunch provided at both. Details here: linktr.ee/aaldp #animalrights
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
#Denver & #Boulder area folks: 2 great events next week. 2/10 Fighting the Law, with the University of Denver Chapter of
@nlg.org. Then 2/11 Reimagining Animal Agriculture, with the DU #AnimalLaw Program. Lunch provided at both. Details here: linktr.ee/aaldp #animalrights
@nlg.org. Then 2/11 Reimagining Animal Agriculture, with the DU #AnimalLaw Program. Lunch provided at both. Details here: linktr.ee/aaldp #animalrights
The NLG and its partners create guides in order to respond to the escalating attacks by our government. We are re-sharing these three guides, since they deal with the Federal government's escalating tactics against everyday people, trying to do the right thing for themselves and their communities.
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The NLG and its partners create guides in order to respond to the escalating attacks by our government. We are re-sharing these three guides, since they deal with the Federal government's escalating tactics against everyday people, trying to do the right thing for themselves and their communities.
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With many of you hitting the streets today and in the weeks and months ahead, we wanted to uplift some resources about knowing your rights in a protest, particularly for student activists.
January 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
With many of you hitting the streets today and in the weeks and months ahead, we wanted to uplift some resources about knowing your rights in a protest, particularly for student activists.
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM
To our neighbors:
The last day Alex Pretti was alive was a day of triumph. Minneapolis went on strike. One thousand businesses closed. One hundred faith leaders were arrested in a civil disobedience action. Tens of thousands marched in the streets. It was called the Day of Truth and Freedom.
The last day Alex Pretti was alive was a day of triumph. Minneapolis went on strike. One thousand businesses closed. One hundred faith leaders were arrested in a civil disobedience action. Tens of thousands marched in the streets. It was called the Day of Truth and Freedom.
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
To our neighbors:
The last day Alex Pretti was alive was a day of triumph. Minneapolis went on strike. One thousand businesses closed. One hundred faith leaders were arrested in a civil disobedience action. Tens of thousands marched in the streets. It was called the Day of Truth and Freedom.
The last day Alex Pretti was alive was a day of triumph. Minneapolis went on strike. One thousand businesses closed. One hundred faith leaders were arrested in a civil disobedience action. Tens of thousands marched in the streets. It was called the Day of Truth and Freedom.
In honor of NLG's resolutions to abolish prisons (2016) and abolish the police (2020), the Guild holds an annual student Week of Abolition (WOA) to reflect the Guild’s commitment to finding alternatives to current systems of incarceration and policing.
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
In honor of NLG's resolutions to abolish prisons (2016) and abolish the police (2020), the Guild holds an annual student Week of Abolition (WOA) to reflect the Guild’s commitment to finding alternatives to current systems of incarceration and policing.
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"Even if immigration officers could be compelled to show their faces, that alone would not put an end to ICE’s lawless conduct ..The debate should no longer be narrowly focused on the agency’s dress code, but whether it ought to exist at all"
www.commonwealmagazine.org/mazewski-mas...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/mazewski-mas...
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
"Even if immigration officers could be compelled to show their faces, that alone would not put an end to ICE’s lawless conduct ..The debate should no longer be narrowly focused on the agency’s dress code, but whether it ought to exist at all"
www.commonwealmagazine.org/mazewski-mas...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/mazewski-mas...
Watch as the LAPD detains one of our green hat Legal Observers at a protest against ICE’s murder of Renne Nicole Good. The work that our Legal Observer, and other Los Angeles chapter members of the NLG, are doing is critical to support our movements.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Watch as the LAPD detains one of our green hat Legal Observers at a protest against ICE’s murder of Renne Nicole Good. The work that our Legal Observer, and other Los Angeles chapter members of the NLG, are doing is critical to support our movements.
"Proximity is one of the most important risks to assess when on the scene, says Xavier de Janon, director of mass defense at the NLG. 'The closer people have been to federal agents or property, the more likely they’ve been charged, tackled, or arrested,' he says."
https://ow.ly/7lCJ50XWnst
https://ow.ly/7lCJ50XWnst
What to Do If ICE Invades Your Neighborhood
With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there's no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.
ow.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"Proximity is one of the most important risks to assess when on the scene, says Xavier de Janon, director of mass defense at the NLG. 'The closer people have been to federal agents or property, the more likely they’ve been charged, tackled, or arrested,' he says."
https://ow.ly/7lCJ50XWnst
https://ow.ly/7lCJ50XWnst
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@nlg.org Director of Mass Defense, Xavier de Janon, and members of the DFW Support Committee speak about the Prairieland Case and the Trump administrations ongoing threats against the left and "Antifa"
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@nlg.org Director of Mass Defense, Xavier de Janon, and members of the DFW Support Committee speak about the Prairieland Case and the Trump administrations ongoing threats against the left and "Antifa"
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...
The Trump regime has unleashed the full force of ICE, CBP, and DHS for his mass deportation agenda. As more people stand up against this violence, federal prosecutors across the country have brought hundreds of charges against protesters under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1), “federal assault”.
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The Trump regime has unleashed the full force of ICE, CBP, and DHS for his mass deportation agenda. As more people stand up against this violence, federal prosecutors across the country have brought hundreds of charges against protesters under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1), “federal assault”.
The NLG has been raising the alarm about the Federal repression happening in North Texas. This is Trump's first case against his imagined "antifa terrorists".
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism
DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say case is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The NLG has been raising the alarm about the Federal repression happening in North Texas. This is Trump's first case against his imagined "antifa terrorists".
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...