Elizabeth Shuman
@elizabethshuman.bsky.social
Here for US immigration policy and enforcement updates.
@chicagocta.bsky.social I thought we were done with the Ghost Bus situation. Seems no? It happened to us this morning.
@chicagotribune.com @chicago.suntimes.com What's the latest on this?
@chicagotribune.com @chicago.suntimes.com What's the latest on this?
April 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@chicagocta.bsky.social I thought we were done with the Ghost Bus situation. Seems no? It happened to us this morning.
@chicagotribune.com @chicago.suntimes.com What's the latest on this?
@chicagotribune.com @chicago.suntimes.com What's the latest on this?
Here's a record. I just spent 2.5 hours on the phone with BCBS, mostly on hold while they attempted, unsuccessfully, to resolve a misunderstanding and internal communication error.
Surely there is a better way than keeping customers on the line while we do our work, no?
Surely there is a better way than keeping customers on the line while we do our work, no?
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Here's a record. I just spent 2.5 hours on the phone with BCBS, mostly on hold while they attempted, unsuccessfully, to resolve a misunderstanding and internal communication error.
Surely there is a better way than keeping customers on the line while we do our work, no?
Surely there is a better way than keeping customers on the line while we do our work, no?
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Luis Alberto Castillo Rivera, a Venezuelan asylum seeker, didn't commit any crimes. But the United States (that's all of us) shipped him to Guantánamo and he didn't even know where he was for 2 weeks.
Read this. It's one of the testimones at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69633...
Read this. It's one of the testimones at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69633...
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Luis Alberto Castillo Rivera, a Venezuelan asylum seeker, didn't commit any crimes. But the United States (that's all of us) shipped him to Guantánamo and he didn't even know where he was for 2 weeks.
Read this. It's one of the testimones at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69633...
Read this. It's one of the testimones at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69633...
And Jesus said, "Greater Love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for those who have proven themselves to have morally good character."
‘Refugees will often have shown great courage, fortitude and ingenuity in the face of the obstacles placed in their way. Showing such virtues in order to escape oppression is not normally seen as evidence of bad character, rather the contrary.’
Christopher Bertram: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
Christopher Bertram: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
Christopher Bertram | Bad Character
There is a troubling disconnect between the deterrent rationale and the mechanism that will be used to deny citizenship...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
And Jesus said, "Greater Love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for those who have proven themselves to have morally good character."
I'm always encouraged by helpers simply bearing witness. Follow this account.
The second traditional ICE Ir flight is also in the air now. Perhaps signaling a ramp up…
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm always encouraged by helpers simply bearing witness. Follow this account.
Praying over these names. Lord, have mercy on us. What have we done?
February 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Praying over these names. Lord, have mercy on us. What have we done?
I know a kid who got up after being put to bed just to ask, "Mom, is Fidel Castro a good person?"
This is the good stuff.
This is the good stuff.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I know a kid who got up after being put to bed just to ask, "Mom, is Fidel Castro a good person?"
This is the good stuff.
This is the good stuff.
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JUST IN: Catholic Bishops sue over Trump suspension of refugee admissions. Doc:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
JUST IN: Catholic Bishops sue over Trump suspension of refugee admissions. Doc:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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You know how I was screaming about this weeks ago? Well, they came right out and said it; the Trump admin would rather go after migrants than pedophiles, drug traffickers, and terrorists.
Funnily, Fox News is eerily silent about this. Because of course.
Funnily, Fox News is eerily silent about this. Because of course.
DHS has ordered its entire investigations division - composed of 6,000 agents - to divert focus on drug dealers, terrorists, and human traffickers and shift priority to the Trump administration’s mission of deporting immigrants
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Thousands of DHS agents shift to deportation instead of drugs, weapons and human trafficking
Redeploying Homeland Security Investigations agents is part of a broader Trump effort. But some fear many serious transnational crimes will go unprobed.
www.azcentral.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
You know how I was screaming about this weeks ago? Well, they came right out and said it; the Trump admin would rather go after migrants than pedophiles, drug traffickers, and terrorists.
Funnily, Fox News is eerily silent about this. Because of course.
Funnily, Fox News is eerily silent about this. Because of course.
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They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum.
Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama.
Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:
Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama.
Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:
February 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum.
Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama.
Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:
Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama.
Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:
Anyone have a pulse on when Rohingya will be available on Google Translate?
February 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Anyone have a pulse on when Rohingya will be available on Google Translate?
Lord, have mercy.
DHS released images of the first immigrants under the Trump administration to be sent to Guantanamo Bay this week. (I will not post images featuring people’s faces, obviously without their consent.)
February 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Lord, have mercy.
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"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
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USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
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Developing. Following.
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Developing. Following.
This is a cute quote, but it's important to state directly that there are many staff who are not religious at both these institutions, and more importantly, they serve clients regardless of their religion.
Noting that Elon Musk attacked the Lutheran Church's work providing services, and that JD Vance attacked Catholic Bishops for their work with immigrants. Fair to say that this administration is one of the most hostile to religion and religious freedom that we have seen in recent memory.
February 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is a cute quote, but it's important to state directly that there are many staff who are not religious at both these institutions, and more importantly, they serve clients regardless of their religion.
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Severe understaffing at the FAA has already killed far more Americans in 2025 than immigrants, trans people, “Antifa”, and DEI has. Once again, misinformation and prejudice put lives at risk.
February 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Severe understaffing at the FAA has already killed far more Americans in 2025 than immigrants, trans people, “Antifa”, and DEI has. Once again, misinformation and prejudice put lives at risk.
Remember that bot that used to correct every incidence of the word "refugee" with "persecuted people" on Twitter during the first administration?
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Remember that bot that used to correct every incidence of the word "refugee" with "persecuted people" on Twitter during the first administration?
Help me find my people. Where is the Guantanamo protest in Chicago?
January 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Help me find my people. Where is the Guantanamo protest in Chicago?
Graham details perspectives of conservative Christians who felt othered. Worth a read, echo chamber friends.
“I feel like Cinderella — I’ve been back in the ashes forever, and suddenly we’re being asked to dance at the ball,” he said. “This is as big a cultural shift as I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
“I feel like Cinderella — I’ve been back in the ashes forever, and suddenly we’re being asked to dance at the ball,” he said. “This is as big a cultural shift as I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
Good morning. I wrote about the RFK Jr., Christian homeschoolng, and the political maturity of the "crunchy cons." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
R.F.K. Jr.’s Excited Fan Club: Conservative Christian Moms (Gift Article)
These parents believe in home-schooling and distrust food and drug companies. In Kennedy, they see “a bull in the china shop.”
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Graham details perspectives of conservative Christians who felt othered. Worth a read, echo chamber friends.
“I feel like Cinderella — I’ve been back in the ashes forever, and suddenly we’re being asked to dance at the ball,” he said. “This is as big a cultural shift as I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
“I feel like Cinderella — I’ve been back in the ashes forever, and suddenly we’re being asked to dance at the ball,” he said. “This is as big a cultural shift as I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
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Bit of an experiment for those of you not deep in the weeds of immigration. I’ve got a question for you.
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
January 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Bit of an experiment for those of you not deep in the weeds of immigration. I’ve got a question for you.
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
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Earlier today, unconfirmed border ogre Tom Homan complained that “Know Your Rights” information was “making it very difficult” to arrest families in Chicago and elsewhere.
Remember: WE HAVE RIGHTS www.aclu.org/we-have-rights
Remember: WE HAVE RIGHTS www.aclu.org/we-have-rights
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Earlier today, unconfirmed border ogre Tom Homan complained that “Know Your Rights” information was “making it very difficult” to arrest families in Chicago and elsewhere.
Remember: WE HAVE RIGHTS www.aclu.org/we-have-rights
Remember: WE HAVE RIGHTS www.aclu.org/we-have-rights
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Things that are Deportation Theater 🎭
- Statements & images that create an impression of a flurry of activity, without facts
- Reporting a typical operation it like it’s new
- Using a small number of cases to create an impression about a larger group (usually about criminal records)
- Dr Phil
- Statements & images that create an impression of a flurry of activity, without facts
- Reporting a typical operation it like it’s new
- Using a small number of cases to create an impression about a larger group (usually about criminal records)
- Dr Phil
January 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Things that are Deportation Theater 🎭
- Statements & images that create an impression of a flurry of activity, without facts
- Reporting a typical operation it like it’s new
- Using a small number of cases to create an impression about a larger group (usually about criminal records)
- Dr Phil
- Statements & images that create an impression of a flurry of activity, without facts
- Reporting a typical operation it like it’s new
- Using a small number of cases to create an impression about a larger group (usually about criminal records)
- Dr Phil
Quakers.
Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.
Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship
The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Quakers.
Chicago feels a bit of a fight between CPS and CTU on who will do more to protect our kids against ICE. I'm in the right city.
a sign of a healthy and functioning democracy is that i'm getting emails from my kids' schools assuring me that the teachers are dedicated to protecting my children against the federal government
January 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Chicago feels a bit of a fight between CPS and CTU on who will do more to protect our kids against ICE. I'm in the right city.
Worth a read this morning.
The attack on immigrants — which I don't think Trump can moderate — will make America poorer as well as uglier paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-deport...
The Deportation Nightmare Begins
Whatever Trump intends, this will spiral out of control
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Worth a read this morning.