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BREAKING: JACKIE MERLOS IS FREE!
After four months in immigration detention, ICE finally released Jackie on Monday night. Here is the moment she reunited with her children. ❤️
After four months in immigration detention, ICE finally released Jackie on Monday night. Here is the moment she reunited with her children. ❤️
Trump’s false claim that we’re “at war” gives him dangerous power to target immigrants and justify violence in our cities. It's a threat to our democracy.
Read NILC President Kica Matos' full @time.com op-ed: https://bit.ly/3XrxY3r
Read NILC President Kica Matos' full @time.com op-ed: https://bit.ly/3XrxY3r
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Trump’s false claim that we’re “at war” gives him dangerous power to target immigrants and justify violence in our cities. It's a threat to our democracy.
Read NILC President Kica Matos' full @time.com op-ed: https://bit.ly/3XrxY3r
Read NILC President Kica Matos' full @time.com op-ed: https://bit.ly/3XrxY3r
“The truth is, my mom would not have died if immigration had not deported her."
Nory's mother, Estela, had health issues and died months after deportation because she couldn't access the care she needed to survive.
No one should be deported to their death.
https://bit.ly/3XkRjDv
Nory's mother, Estela, had health issues and died months after deportation because she couldn't access the care she needed to survive.
No one should be deported to their death.
https://bit.ly/3XkRjDv
Nory and her mother were deported together. Then she was orphaned.
Estela’s death at 45 followed her rapid deportation, leaving her teenage daughter to navigate a new life in Guatemala on her own — afraid of the same gang violence her mother originally fled.
19thnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“The truth is, my mom would not have died if immigration had not deported her."
Nory's mother, Estela, had health issues and died months after deportation because she couldn't access the care she needed to survive.
No one should be deported to their death.
https://bit.ly/3XkRjDv
Nory's mother, Estela, had health issues and died months after deportation because she couldn't access the care she needed to survive.
No one should be deported to their death.
https://bit.ly/3XkRjDv
"...Armed federal agents rappelled from helicopters...kicking down doors & throwing flash bang grenades, rounding up adults & screaming children alike, detaining them in zip-ties..."
The militarization of our neighborhoods is not normal and makes all of us less safe.
https://bit.ly/4oSjJAr
The militarization of our neighborhoods is not normal and makes all of us less safe.
https://bit.ly/4oSjJAr
'Military-Style' ICE Raid In Chicago Shows Escalation in Tactics
Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"...Armed federal agents rappelled from helicopters...kicking down doors & throwing flash bang grenades, rounding up adults & screaming children alike, detaining them in zip-ties..."
The militarization of our neighborhoods is not normal and makes all of us less safe.
https://bit.ly/4oSjJAr
The militarization of our neighborhoods is not normal and makes all of us less safe.
https://bit.ly/4oSjJAr
Green card holders have certain rights protected under the U.S. Constitution.
If you're a green card holder, make sure you know your rights and the risks you may face under the current Trump administration.
Learn more: www.nilc.org/resources/gr...
If you're a green card holder, make sure you know your rights and the risks you may face under the current Trump administration.
Learn more: www.nilc.org/resources/gr...
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Green card holders have certain rights protected under the U.S. Constitution.
If you're a green card holder, make sure you know your rights and the risks you may face under the current Trump administration.
Learn more: www.nilc.org/resources/gr...
If you're a green card holder, make sure you know your rights and the risks you may face under the current Trump administration.
Learn more: www.nilc.org/resources/gr...
Limited food, haphazard medical care, extreme distress.
No one should be forced to endure these conditions — especially not pregnant people.
ICE must end its practice of detaining pregnant people.
https://bit.ly/47wFa37
No one should be forced to endure these conditions — especially not pregnant people.
ICE must end its practice of detaining pregnant people.
https://bit.ly/47wFa37
ICE keeps detaining pregnant immigrants — against federal policy
But the number is impossible to measure since Congress let lapse a requirement that ICE report how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants are in custody.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Limited food, haphazard medical care, extreme distress.
No one should be forced to endure these conditions — especially not pregnant people.
ICE must end its practice of detaining pregnant people.
https://bit.ly/47wFa37
No one should be forced to endure these conditions — especially not pregnant people.
ICE must end its practice of detaining pregnant people.
https://bit.ly/47wFa37
The Trump administration is deploying troops in our neighborhoods across the country.
Here’s what you need to know — straight from our legal experts ⤵️
https://bit.ly/49uxz7G
Here’s what you need to know — straight from our legal experts ⤵️
https://bit.ly/49uxz7G
Frequently Asked Questions: Military Deployments and Federal “Occupations” of American Cities
This resource addresses common questions about how the President has used the military in cities across the United States.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Trump administration is deploying troops in our neighborhoods across the country.
Here’s what you need to know — straight from our legal experts ⤵️
https://bit.ly/49uxz7G
Here’s what you need to know — straight from our legal experts ⤵️
https://bit.ly/49uxz7G
Reposted by National Immigration Law Center
The immigration system is a civil system, not a criminal one. But this administration isn’t treating it that way, and they’re militarizing our communities and terrorizing people of all statuses in the process.
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The immigration system is a civil system, not a criminal one. But this administration isn’t treating it that way, and they’re militarizing our communities and terrorizing people of all statuses in the process.
People across the country are standing up against Trump’s militarization of our neighborhoods.✊🏽⚡️
Today, we're in court to stop Tennessee Governor Lee’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Memphis.
We won't stand by while government officials turn our streets into war zones.
Today, we're in court to stop Tennessee Governor Lee’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Memphis.
We won't stand by while government officials turn our streets into war zones.
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
People across the country are standing up against Trump’s militarization of our neighborhoods.✊🏽⚡️
Today, we're in court to stop Tennessee Governor Lee’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Memphis.
We won't stand by while government officials turn our streets into war zones.
Today, we're in court to stop Tennessee Governor Lee’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Memphis.
We won't stand by while government officials turn our streets into war zones.
This #DiaDeLosMuertos, we honor the lives of immigrants who died seeking safety, in ICE custody, or at the hands of a system that failed to protect them.
They were mothers, fathers, friends, and neighbors.
We carry their memory forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.
They were mothers, fathers, friends, and neighbors.
We carry their memory forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This #DiaDeLosMuertos, we honor the lives of immigrants who died seeking safety, in ICE custody, or at the hands of a system that failed to protect them.
They were mothers, fathers, friends, and neighbors.
We carry their memory forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.
They were mothers, fathers, friends, and neighbors.
We carry their memory forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.
🚨Starting November 1, the 2025 reconciliation law will strip hundreds of thousands of lawfully present immigrants of #ACA health care tax credits, cutting off their only path to affordable medical care.
Read more about the upcoming changes: https://bit.ly/3WAcJw7
Read more about the upcoming changes: https://bit.ly/3WAcJw7
300,000 Lawfully Present Immigrants Will Be Newly Ineligible for Health Care Help in This Open Enrollment Period
The 2025 reconciliation law enacted this summer imposed new restrictions on access to health coverage for lawfully present immigrants. Among the first of these restrictions will take effect during the...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚨Starting November 1, the 2025 reconciliation law will strip hundreds of thousands of lawfully present immigrants of #ACA health care tax credits, cutting off their only path to affordable medical care.
Read more about the upcoming changes: https://bit.ly/3WAcJw7
Read more about the upcoming changes: https://bit.ly/3WAcJw7
ICE is preying on immigrants inside courthouses, arresting them after their immigration hearings.
Courthouses should be safe from ICE raids. Attending your hearing shouldn’t put you at risk of detention.
https://bit.ly/4ohdkix
Courthouses should be safe from ICE raids. Attending your hearing shouldn’t put you at risk of detention.
https://bit.ly/4ohdkix
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ICE is preying on immigrants inside courthouses, arresting them after their immigration hearings.
Courthouses should be safe from ICE raids. Attending your hearing shouldn’t put you at risk of detention.
https://bit.ly/4ohdkix
Courthouses should be safe from ICE raids. Attending your hearing shouldn’t put you at risk of detention.
https://bit.ly/4ohdkix
BREAKING: JACKIE MERLOS IS FREE!
After four months in immigration detention, ICE finally released Jackie on Monday night. Here is the moment she reunited with her children. ❤️
After four months in immigration detention, ICE finally released Jackie on Monday night. Here is the moment she reunited with her children. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BREAKING: JACKIE MERLOS IS FREE!
After four months in immigration detention, ICE finally released Jackie on Monday night. Here is the moment she reunited with her children. ❤️
After four months in immigration detention, ICE finally released Jackie on Monday night. Here is the moment she reunited with her children. ❤️
As part of the Crystal City Pilgrimage, NILC’s Jennifer Whitlock visited a Texas internment camp where the U.S. detained citizens & non-citizens of Japanese, German & Italian ancestry.
Her visit sheds light on the alarming parallels in today’s immigration enforcement👇
https://bit.ly/49d0c9m
Her visit sheds light on the alarming parallels in today’s immigration enforcement👇
https://bit.ly/49d0c9m
Past is Precedent: When the U.S. Detained American Families in South Texas
From 1942 to 1948, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) operated an internment camp for families in Crystal City, Texas. The U.S. government detained American citizens and non-citizens of Japanese, Ge...
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As part of the Crystal City Pilgrimage, NILC’s Jennifer Whitlock visited a Texas internment camp where the U.S. detained citizens & non-citizens of Japanese, German & Italian ancestry.
Her visit sheds light on the alarming parallels in today’s immigration enforcement👇
https://bit.ly/49d0c9m
Her visit sheds light on the alarming parallels in today’s immigration enforcement👇
https://bit.ly/49d0c9m
The Trump administration is ensuring there is almost no way out of immigration detention other than death or deportation.
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
ICE is detaining indiscriminately. And releasing almost no one.
Immigrants in detention and their loved ones and legal representatives are facing desperation and sheer exhaustion. Through a series of legal, policy and bureaucratic machinations, the Trump administr...
www.nilc.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Trump administration is ensuring there is almost no way out of immigration detention other than death or deportation.
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
The surge in military force we're seeing across the country is a calculated attempt to intimidate and instill fear in our communities.
It’s not about safety — it’s about seizing power and unraveling the very fabric of democracy.
It’s not about safety — it’s about seizing power and unraveling the very fabric of democracy.
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The surge in military force we're seeing across the country is a calculated attempt to intimidate and instill fear in our communities.
It’s not about safety — it’s about seizing power and unraveling the very fabric of democracy.
It’s not about safety — it’s about seizing power and unraveling the very fabric of democracy.
Since October 1, 2024, at least 21 people have died in ICE custody.
This is what happens when an immigration system values quotas over human lives. It’s unacceptable — and we refuse to stay silent.
https://bit.ly/4nfuFXJ
This is what happens when an immigration system values quotas over human lives. It’s unacceptable — and we refuse to stay silent.
https://bit.ly/4nfuFXJ
2025 Fiscal Year Among the Deadliest in ICE History for Detained Migrants
Nearly all of ICE’s detention centers are run by privately owned companies and have been criticized for overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions.
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Since October 1, 2024, at least 21 people have died in ICE custody.
This is what happens when an immigration system values quotas over human lives. It’s unacceptable — and we refuse to stay silent.
https://bit.ly/4nfuFXJ
This is what happens when an immigration system values quotas over human lives. It’s unacceptable — and we refuse to stay silent.
https://bit.ly/4nfuFXJ
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE!
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October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Mass deportation is family separation. Different name, same cruelty.
https://cnn.it/3JhRagH
https://cnn.it/3JhRagH
‘The new family separation crisis’: More than 100 US citizen kids left stranded by ICE enforcement actions, CNN finds | CNN Politics
Children across the US have ended up in the care of relatives, neighbors, friends, coworkers and even strangers after ICE detained or deported their parents.
cnn.it
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Mass deportation is family separation. Different name, same cruelty.
https://cnn.it/3JhRagH
https://cnn.it/3JhRagH
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"A torture chamber." "Hell on earth."
California’s newest taxpayer funded ICE detention center is the site of the latest reports of neglect, abuse & medical crises.
With no oversight and no accountability, ICE must stop detaining people in these inhumane conditions.
https://bit.ly/4njno9z
California’s newest taxpayer funded ICE detention center is the site of the latest reports of neglect, abuse & medical crises.
With no oversight and no accountability, ICE must stop detaining people in these inhumane conditions.
https://bit.ly/4njno9z
‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help
Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"A torture chamber." "Hell on earth."
California’s newest taxpayer funded ICE detention center is the site of the latest reports of neglect, abuse & medical crises.
With no oversight and no accountability, ICE must stop detaining people in these inhumane conditions.
https://bit.ly/4njno9z
California’s newest taxpayer funded ICE detention center is the site of the latest reports of neglect, abuse & medical crises.
With no oversight and no accountability, ICE must stop detaining people in these inhumane conditions.
https://bit.ly/4njno9z
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BREAKING: We are suing to block Gov. Bill Lee's unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Memphis, which violates Tennessee state law and Constitution.
We're proud to bring this challenge with @democracyforward.org and Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC on behalf of seven TN elected officials.
We're proud to bring this challenge with @democracyforward.org and Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC on behalf of seven TN elected officials.
October 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
BREAKING: We are suing to block Gov. Bill Lee's unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Memphis, which violates Tennessee state law and Constitution.
We're proud to bring this challenge with @democracyforward.org and Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC on behalf of seven TN elected officials.
We're proud to bring this challenge with @democracyforward.org and Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC on behalf of seven TN elected officials.