Dr. Alan Shapiro:

"I am here today as a professional witness to tell you that the kids are NOT alright and that our country is suffering from a pandemic of amorality and cruelty that is harming children, families and the fabric of this nation." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Dr. Minal Giri:

"Families are being forced to choose between safety and survival. Children undergoing chemotherapy, premature infants in intensive care — none should lose access to treatment because their parent has been detained." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Dr. Minal Giri:

"Families are now afraid to seek even the most basic care for their children or send them to school because they see immigration agents in hospital parking lots and helicopters hovering over their schools." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Dr. Minal Giri:

"As a pediatrician caring for immigrant families, I am witnessing an unprecedented crisis: children’s medical care is being disrupted because their parents are detained or deported by ICE." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Jim Brown:

"ICE decided to detain my wife and put her in a prisoner transport van for a 6 hour drive with no seatbelts and no food or water for 12 hours. Since being detained there she has been degraded and subjected to absolutely awful conditions." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Jim Brown:

"I am a decorated retired Navy HMC SW AW FMF combat. I have been living the American dream ... That was until July 29th when ICE unlawfully detained my wife Donna Hughes-Brown." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Rev. David Black:

"Under Trump the Department of Homeland Security has been weaponized for violence and gleeful cruelty -- it's been used to traumatize communities." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Rev. David Black:

"The agents opened fired on me, shooting me with pepper balls at least 7 times, including in the head and the face ... Without warning and without provocation they slammed protesters to the ground." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Jesse Franzblau from @immigrantjustice.bsky.social:

"Congress must continue to demand answers and accountability from DHS ... It is imperative that Congress do everything in its power to end impunity for the ICE and CBP operations ravaging our communities. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Jesse Franzblau from @immigrantjustice.bsky.social:

"While the administration often denies that U.S. citizens are being detained during immigration operations, mounting evidence contradicts those claims. An investigation found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids."

Naureen Shah from @aclu.org:

"Every person who calls this country home is harmed by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda. Its actions intimidate and terrorize our neighbors and families." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social:

"As Americans, we need to stand up for what’s right and push back against these abuses by the Trump administration. Our democracy quite literally depends on it." #AbuseofPowerWatch

Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social: "Even our brave veterans have been targeted in Trump’s raids. This summer DHS agents pulled U.S. citizen, Army veteran, and father of two, George Retes, from his vehicle as he drove to work... Unfortunately, this wasn’t an isolated incident."

#AbuseofPowerWatch