Steven Wu
@swuush92.bsky.social
Nature. Southern af. @woorijuntostx.bsky.social
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First reporting I’ve seen identifying someone taken to Guantanamo. Appears to be someone who got a CBP One appointment and was in custody from the moment he appeared at a POE for inspection.
NEW from me—
Air Jordan Tattoo Prompts ICE to Send Venezuelan Migrant to Guantánamo Bay
Tattoos have long been used by DHS to falsely accuse migrants of gang affiliations and facilitate expedited removal
migrantinsider.com/p/air-jordan...
Air Jordan Tattoo Prompts ICE to Send Venezuelan Migrant to Guantánamo Bay
Tattoos have long been used by DHS to falsely accuse migrants of gang affiliations and facilitate expedited removal
migrantinsider.com/p/air-jordan...
Air Jordan Tattoo Prompts ICE to Send Venezuelan Migrant to Guantanamo
Tattoos have long been used by DHS to falsely accuse migrants of gang affiliations and facilitate expedited removal
migrantinsider.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
First reporting I’ve seen identifying someone taken to Guantanamo. Appears to be someone who got a CBP One appointment and was in custody from the moment he appeared at a POE for inspection.
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I was worried about this. I know it may seem like a blip amongst all the terrible news from detaining immigrants at Gitmo and in El Salvador but knowing how hard people detained, community members, organizers, and lawyers fought to end this contract, its hard to take in www.wbrc.com/2025/02/04/e...
Etowah County Jail preparing to house detained immigrants
The jail at the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office will soon be housing some detained immigrants as part of a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.
www.wbrc.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I was worried about this. I know it may seem like a blip amongst all the terrible news from detaining immigrants at Gitmo and in El Salvador but knowing how hard people detained, community members, organizers, and lawyers fought to end this contract, its hard to take in www.wbrc.com/2025/02/04/e...
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Working-class Texans deserve leadership that values safety, dignity, and freedom for all, not harmful and wasteful laws that undermine our families, education, and well-being.
When: Friday, February 21 | 8:00AM-4:30PM
Where: Texas State Capitol
Register: bit.ly/OurTexasOurP...
When: Friday, February 21 | 8:00AM-4:30PM
Where: Texas State Capitol
Register: bit.ly/OurTexasOurP...
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Working-class Texans deserve leadership that values safety, dignity, and freedom for all, not harmful and wasteful laws that undermine our families, education, and well-being.
When: Friday, February 21 | 8:00AM-4:30PM
Where: Texas State Capitol
Register: bit.ly/OurTexasOurP...
When: Friday, February 21 | 8:00AM-4:30PM
Where: Texas State Capitol
Register: bit.ly/OurTexasOurP...
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What do you do when your friend or family sends an untrustworthy social media post? With the rise of problematic information, algorithms, and deepfakes we invite you to join lunch/dinner & workshops for the Vietnamese, Spanish, and Korean community.
January 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What do you do when your friend or family sends an untrustworthy social media post? With the rise of problematic information, algorithms, and deepfakes we invite you to join lunch/dinner & workshops for the Vietnamese, Spanish, and Korean community.
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Some context for this. There are really two kinds of immigration enforcement operations: targeted and worksite.
In targeted operations, ICE DDOs (immigration cops) get lists of targets, track down each person, and go arrest them.
In worksite raids, they burst into a job site and grab people.
1/3
In targeted operations, ICE DDOs (immigration cops) get lists of targets, track down each person, and go arrest them.
In worksite raids, they burst into a job site and grab people.
1/3
The Wall Street Journal says there will be a splashy ICE operation in Chicago on Tuesday.
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday
The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago next week, the first move in President-Elect Donald Trump’s promised mass deportation campaign.
www.wsj.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some context for this. There are really two kinds of immigration enforcement operations: targeted and worksite.
In targeted operations, ICE DDOs (immigration cops) get lists of targets, track down each person, and go arrest them.
In worksite raids, they burst into a job site and grab people.
1/3
In targeted operations, ICE DDOs (immigration cops) get lists of targets, track down each person, and go arrest them.
In worksite raids, they burst into a job site and grab people.
1/3
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As wildfires blaze in California, we're reminded of the incarcerated people who are deployed to fight them – an extremely dangerous job that pays just dollars per day.
January 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As wildfires blaze in California, we're reminded of the incarcerated people who are deployed to fight them – an extremely dangerous job that pays just dollars per day.
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Ruben can tell you how hard it is to work in the snow for 8 hours. Numb fingers and toes, wet clothes from the snow falling from the branches, and slippery/muddy conditions make it difficult and dangerous. #WeFeedYou
December 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Ruben can tell you how hard it is to work in the snow for 8 hours. Numb fingers and toes, wet clothes from the snow falling from the branches, and slippery/muddy conditions make it difficult and dangerous. #WeFeedYou
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Farm workers in solidarity with Amazon workers.
Los campesinos en solidaridad con los trabajadores de Amazon.
#SolidaritySeason
Los campesinos en solidaridad con los trabajadores de Amazon.
#SolidaritySeason
December 22, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Farm workers in solidarity with Amazon workers.
Los campesinos en solidaridad con los trabajadores de Amazon.
#SolidaritySeason
Los campesinos en solidaridad con los trabajadores de Amazon.
#SolidaritySeason
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New 🧵: Texas has had a human smuggling law for 25 years. In the last decade, the Legislature has repeatedly broadened it + increased its punishment. That occurred again last year when lawmakers created a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence for those convicted.
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/t...
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/t...
Cartels turn to social media to lure Americans into human smuggling as Texas enforces stricter laws
Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under sentencing guidelines that took effect this year.
www.texastribune.org
December 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM
New 🧵: Texas has had a human smuggling law for 25 years. In the last decade, the Legislature has repeatedly broadened it + increased its punishment. That occurred again last year when lawmakers created a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence for those convicted.
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/t...
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/t...
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📢 Join us for an inspiring virtual session with Sarah Syed on Tuesday, Dec. 17th! 🌟 Learn how to engage with legislators, amplify community voices, and use storytelling to advocate for meaningful change
📅 Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17th
💻 Location: Online
🎟️ Free registration us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17th
💻 Location: Online
🎟️ Free registration us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 13, 2024 at 11:15 PM
📢 Join us for an inspiring virtual session with Sarah Syed on Tuesday, Dec. 17th! 🌟 Learn how to engage with legislators, amplify community voices, and use storytelling to advocate for meaningful change
📅 Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17th
💻 Location: Online
🎟️ Free registration us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17th
💻 Location: Online
🎟️ Free registration us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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NEW Nearly half of the 1.4 million people in the U.S. immigration system with final deportation orders cannot be sent back to their home countries, according to internal ICE data. It’s one of several obstacles Trump’s mass removal plan will face www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Many targeted for removal by Trump can’t be deported, ICE data shows
Some would-be deportees’s home countries won’t take them or limit cooperation with ICE. Others have received reprieves or deferrals from immigration judges.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:36 PM
NEW Nearly half of the 1.4 million people in the U.S. immigration system with final deportation orders cannot be sent back to their home countries, according to internal ICE data. It’s one of several obstacles Trump’s mass removal plan will face www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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shit i used the wrong sticker again!
December 5, 2024 at 3:38 AM
shit i used the wrong sticker again!
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Carceral immigration tech is on the rise - like ankle monitors, facial recognition apps, and surveillance watches. Now, investors "openly salivate[] over the potential profits they could see from a Trump immigration regime" -@katyaschwenk.bsky.social @levernews.com
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants
The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
www.levernews.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Carceral immigration tech is on the rise - like ankle monitors, facial recognition apps, and surveillance watches. Now, investors "openly salivate[] over the potential profits they could see from a Trump immigration regime" -@katyaschwenk.bsky.social @levernews.com
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
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ICE already goes out into communities every day to pick up individual targets. ICE officers generally can’t enter non-public buildings, so they often talk people into giving permission. These daily operations will increase, as will “collateral” arrests of others unlucky enough to be near a target.
If you’re a U.S. citizen, what will you do if there’s ICE raid in your vicinity? Keep in mind they’re *seeking* spectacle. Not just factories, but maybe classrooms, churches, a restaurant. It’s a question with no clear answers right now.
November 29, 2024 at 11:11 PM
ICE already goes out into communities every day to pick up individual targets. ICE officers generally can’t enter non-public buildings, so they often talk people into giving permission. These daily operations will increase, as will “collateral” arrests of others unlucky enough to be near a target.
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New from @akelalacy.bsky.social –
NEW: Biden’s EPA is delaying federal funding for a climate group over its support for Palestine
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
NEW: Biden’s EPA is delaying federal funding for a climate group over its support for Palestine
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine
The Biden administration is withholding funds from the Climate Justice Alliance, a federal grantee that has spoken out about Palestine.
theintercept.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:24 PM
New from @akelalacy.bsky.social –
NEW: Biden’s EPA is delaying federal funding for a climate group over its support for Palestine
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
NEW: Biden’s EPA is delaying federal funding for a climate group over its support for Palestine
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
At this moment the following should be prioritized:
- creating space to listen & understand need from the most impacted
- fundraising for mutual aid, bail, legal rep
- creating rapid response networks
- determining "safe" zones incl. areas of joy
- working class theory of change organizing only
- creating space to listen & understand need from the most impacted
- fundraising for mutual aid, bail, legal rep
- creating rapid response networks
- determining "safe" zones incl. areas of joy
- working class theory of change organizing only
November 22, 2024 at 7:18 PM
At this moment the following should be prioritized:
- creating space to listen & understand need from the most impacted
- fundraising for mutual aid, bail, legal rep
- creating rapid response networks
- determining "safe" zones incl. areas of joy
- working class theory of change organizing only
- creating space to listen & understand need from the most impacted
- fundraising for mutual aid, bail, legal rep
- creating rapid response networks
- determining "safe" zones incl. areas of joy
- working class theory of change organizing only
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“From Ahmed to Zain.”
Al Jazeera tallied by name some of the at least 17,400 children who have been killed in Gaza.
435 were named Ahmed.
935 were named Mohammed.
710 were babies.
1,793 were toddlers.
7,900 were younger than 12.
Al Jazeera tallied by name some of the at least 17,400 children who have been killed in Gaza.
435 were named Ahmed.
935 were named Mohammed.
710 were babies.
1,793 were toddlers.
7,900 were younger than 12.
November 22, 2024 at 10:45 AM
“From Ahmed to Zain.”
Al Jazeera tallied by name some of the at least 17,400 children who have been killed in Gaza.
435 were named Ahmed.
935 were named Mohammed.
710 were babies.
1,793 were toddlers.
7,900 were younger than 12.
Al Jazeera tallied by name some of the at least 17,400 children who have been killed in Gaza.
435 were named Ahmed.
935 were named Mohammed.
710 were babies.
1,793 were toddlers.
7,900 were younger than 12.
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Just now—“Texas is offering the incoming Trump administration a tract of more than 1,400 acres on which to stage its mass deportation operation when it enters office in January, as the transition team begins to make preparations for the ambitious project.”
‘100% on board’: Border state offers Trump massive plot of land to aid mass deportation operation
Texas is offering President-elect Donald Trump more than 1,400 acres to help facilitate the mass deportation operation he intends to launch when in office next year.
www.foxnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Just now—“Texas is offering the incoming Trump administration a tract of more than 1,400 acres on which to stage its mass deportation operation when it enters office in January, as the transition team begins to make preparations for the ambitious project.”
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"I think a lot of people are [imagining mass deportations as] something like a military coup... But I think that it’s going to look a lot more like policing, like policing people are used to, which is why I’m concerned." @jesspish.bsky.social
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/what-role-...
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/what-role-...
November 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
"I think a lot of people are [imagining mass deportations as] something like a military coup... But I think that it’s going to look a lot more like policing, like policing people are used to, which is why I’m concerned." @jesspish.bsky.social
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/what-role-...
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/what-role-...
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People have responded to a humanitarian crisis by forming organizations and stepping up for migrant families. People like Liliana Carlos.
She Fled Mexico as a Child. Now, She Teaches Migrant Kids in Tamaulipas.
“When I see a mom with her child trying to cross, it's like I see myself in her.”
www.texasobserver.org
November 18, 2024 at 6:29 PM
People have responded to a humanitarian crisis by forming organizations and stepping up for migrant families. People like Liliana Carlos.
Will be in the mountains and deserts and forests on Saturday and it's long overdue.
November 18, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Will be in the mountains and deserts and forests on Saturday and it's long overdue.
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