If preventing infant deaths and protecting children’s mental health no longer “align with departmental priorities,” then the public deserves a clear answer to one question: What does?

The American Academy of Pediatrics represents tens of thousands of doctors whose sole focus is keeping kids alive and healthy. Pulling support from that work doesn’t punish an institution; it puts families (especially rural and underserved ones) at greater risk.

ICE has told the court that it is minimizing the detention of children, stating in a report filed this month that its “primary goal is to ensure that minors are discharged from custody as quickly as possible.” The data shows a different reality.

Yet this year, more than 1,300 children have been held past that 20-day threshold, according to The Marshall Project’s analysis.

Weather doesn’t care about politics, but preparedness absolutely does.

There’s still no clear plan for where these programs or scientists go, how the work continues, or how disruptions are avoided. Congress could intervene but for now, this is a deliberate move to dismantle core public-safety science under the banner of ideology.

You can do your part. If you witness ICE vehicles switching, altering, or improperly using license plates, report it to the Illinois Secretary of State’s Plate Watch Hotline, where violations are investigated:

and yet today a judge was found guilty of obstruction while protecting immigrants from ICE.

Call: (312) 814-1730
Email: platewatch@ilsos.gov

We have already submitted multiple videos and encourage others to pass along any evidence they have. No one is above the law.