Thi Bui
@teabuoy.bsky.social
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I’ve been mostly on Instagram, here to read up on and repost ICE activity. Send me folks to follow.
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'This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement
About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. | WWL-TV
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. | WWL-TV
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
'This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement
About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks.
www.wwltv.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement
About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. | WWL-TV
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. | WWL-TV
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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"ICE is grabbing people from the streets who aren't even undocumented or don't have criminal records at all" babe i don't think there is a group of people ICE should be grabbing people off the streets in the first place
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"ICE is grabbing people from the streets who aren't even undocumented or don't have criminal records at all" babe i don't think there is a group of people ICE should be grabbing people off the streets in the first place
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Eswatini says it received $5.1M from the U.S. to accept deportees under a quiet third-country deal. Only 15 men have been flown in, now held without charge as courts review the detentions. Even the finance minister says he wasn’t told.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees
Trump administration struck largely secretive deals with at least five African countries to accept migrants
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Eswatini says it received $5.1M from the U.S. to accept deportees under a quiet third-country deal. Only 15 men have been flown in, now held without charge as courts review the detentions. Even the finance minister says he wasn’t told.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Rare and terrifying, and really nice.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rare and terrifying, and really nice.
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Congress gave ICE 💰$75 billion 💰 through Trump’s megabill.
Now we’re seeing the result: mass data collection, surveillance, + detention on an unprecedented scale.
🔗Read more here:
www.axios.com/2025/10/21/i...
Now we’re seeing the result: mass data collection, surveillance, + detention on an unprecedented scale.
🔗Read more here:
www.axios.com/2025/10/21/i...
ICE windfall from Trump megabill fuels surveillance juggernaut
"The fact that I don't have facts makes me very uncomfortable," said Sen. Gary Peters.
www.axios.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Congress gave ICE 💰$75 billion 💰 through Trump’s megabill.
Now we’re seeing the result: mass data collection, surveillance, + detention on an unprecedented scale.
🔗Read more here:
www.axios.com/2025/10/21/i...
Now we’re seeing the result: mass data collection, surveillance, + detention on an unprecedented scale.
🔗Read more here:
www.axios.com/2025/10/21/i...
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ICE deported the student later that month.
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
Detroit teen detained by ICE has been deported to Colombia, attorney says
Lawmakers and school board members had condemned the detention of Detroit teen Maykol Bogoya-Duarte and called for his release so he could finish high school.
www.chalkbeat.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ICE deported the student later that month.
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
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“No public criminal charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the raid … The @chicagotribune.com has been able to confirm the identity of only one immigrant taken into custody by federal agents that night: a 41-year-old pizza delivery man … who has no apparent criminal history.”
They were already living in one of Chicago’s worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.
In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“No public criminal charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the raid … The @chicagotribune.com has been able to confirm the identity of only one immigrant taken into custody by federal agents that night: a 41-year-old pizza delivery man … who has no apparent criminal history.”
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I visited the sites of three places in Chicago where ICE abducted people. Here’s what I found.
The Aftermath
An empty apartment. A solitary protester. A budding community: What remains after ICE abductions?
southsideweekly.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I visited the sites of three places in Chicago where ICE abducted people. Here’s what I found.
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The US government is gang affiliated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The US government is gang affiliated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Deportation as double punishment for immigrants was never so clear as in this case of wrongful imprisonment + deportation.
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/16/h...
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/16/h...
U.S. to Deport Exonerated Prisoner Held 43 Years for Crime He Did Not Commit
In immigration news, the Trump administration is preparing to deport a man arrested by ICE on the same day he was freed from a Pennsylvania prison, after serving 43 years behind bars for a crime he di...
www.democracynow.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Deportation as double punishment for immigrants was never so clear as in this case of wrongful imprisonment + deportation.
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/16/h...
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/16/h...
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![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
While I love an occasional good essay that gives historical context, I just don’t think the people who got their knickers in a knot over Critical Race Theory ever knew what it was and getting them to know the exact definition of fascism isn’t the goal.
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
While I love an occasional good essay that gives historical context, I just don’t think the people who got their knickers in a knot over Critical Race Theory ever knew what it was and getting them to know the exact definition of fascism isn’t the goal.
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The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty
Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.
www.foxnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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⚠️TW: death, miscarriage, neglect in detention
This year has been the deadliest in ICE detention since 2018. Advocates are raising alarms about preventable deaths, rising suicide attempts, & lack of medical care.
🔗 Read the article here: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/27/i... (1/4)
This year has been the deadliest in ICE detention since 2018. Advocates are raising alarms about preventable deaths, rising suicide attempts, & lack of medical care.
🔗 Read the article here: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/27/i... (1/4)
In ICE Detention, Rising Deaths and Neglect: ‘They Wouldn’t Really Do Anything’
Recent incidents include a man who died awaiting surgery in Georgia and a woman’s miscarriage in California. Meanwhile, suicide attempts are rising.
www.themarshallproject.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
⚠️TW: death, miscarriage, neglect in detention
This year has been the deadliest in ICE detention since 2018. Advocates are raising alarms about preventable deaths, rising suicide attempts, & lack of medical care.
🔗 Read the article here: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/27/i... (1/4)
This year has been the deadliest in ICE detention since 2018. Advocates are raising alarms about preventable deaths, rising suicide attempts, & lack of medical care.
🔗 Read the article here: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/27/i... (1/4)
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ICE released updated detention statistics yesterday.
59,762 people are held in ICE detention facilities as of September 21, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
59,762 people are held in ICE detention facilities as of September 21, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
An official website of the United States government
www.ice.gov
September 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ICE released updated detention statistics yesterday.
59,762 people are held in ICE detention facilities as of September 21, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
59,762 people are held in ICE detention facilities as of September 21, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
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The imperial boomerang goes "thwack."
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-all...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-all...
We Are All Domestic Terrorists Now
Here comes the iron fist.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The imperial boomerang goes "thwack."
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-all...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-all...
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Unless they’re in a boat?
Unless they are driving their kids to school?
Unless you’ve deported or extrajudicially rendered them to a place they’ve told you/the State Department has told you they will be assassinated?
Unless they are driving their kids to school?
Unless you’ve deported or extrajudicially rendered them to a place they’ve told you/the State Department has told you they will be assassinated?
“Look, just because we don’t support illegal aliens, we don’t want them to be executed by violent assassins engaged in political violence,” Vance said.
Vance Acknowledges Immigrants — Not ICE Agents — Were Killed In Dallas Attack
www.huffpost.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Unless they’re in a boat?
Unless they are driving their kids to school?
Unless you’ve deported or extrajudicially rendered them to a place they’ve told you/the State Department has told you they will be assassinated?
Unless they are driving their kids to school?
Unless you’ve deported or extrajudicially rendered them to a place they’ve told you/the State Department has told you they will be assassinated?
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New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
The administration that disrespects POC, particularly over-qualified Black women, as “DEI hires” and “low IQ” people, now prepares to “tap any attorney” as immigration judge because it’s too hard to meet the high standards that are in place. Who is breaking the immigration system?
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The administration that disrespects POC, particularly over-qualified Black women, as “DEI hires” and “low IQ” people, now prepares to “tap any attorney” as immigration judge because it’s too hard to meet the high standards that are in place. Who is breaking the immigration system?
The latest in mass deportation stupidity. Really going for Dumbest Shit Ever.
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The latest in mass deportation stupidity. Really going for Dumbest Shit Ever.
Here’s the tl;dr version of my last comic. Facial recognition surveillance is bad! Tell New Orleans City Council you don’t want it!
Sign the petition at bit.ly/NotoOrd35125
Sign the petition at bit.ly/NotoOrd35125
August 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here’s the tl;dr version of my last comic. Facial recognition surveillance is bad! Tell New Orleans City Council you don’t want it!
Sign the petition at bit.ly/NotoOrd35125
Sign the petition at bit.ly/NotoOrd35125
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Bro, they lifted the age requirements so Dean Cain could land work.
Actor Dean Cain, who played Superman in the '90s, reveals he joined ICE
Dean Cain, who starred in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," made a recruitment video for the agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.usatoday.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Bro, they lifted the age requirements so Dean Cain could land work.
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NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
newrepublic.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Found this old conversation I had with Dave Eggers on his book, The Every, big tech, surveillance, and what hope we have for humans. As relevant as ever.
youtu.be/IikXopUH2XA?...
youtu.be/IikXopUH2XA?...
July 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Found this old conversation I had with Dave Eggers on his book, The Every, big tech, surveillance, and what hope we have for humans. As relevant as ever.
youtu.be/IikXopUH2XA?...
youtu.be/IikXopUH2XA?...