@profesorajen.bsky.social
Reposted
STILL MISSING!!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
STILL MISSING!!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
Reposted
An evergreen connection between poetry and activism:
Big changes can start with *small* actions: that tiny choice to show up to a training, wear a button, post online, wear a whistle as a necklace, stuff that is too easy to cynically write off as performative. Every small action opens a door.
Big changes can start with *small* actions: that tiny choice to show up to a training, wear a button, post online, wear a whistle as a necklace, stuff that is too easy to cynically write off as performative. Every small action opens a door.
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
An evergreen connection between poetry and activism:
Big changes can start with *small* actions: that tiny choice to show up to a training, wear a button, post online, wear a whistle as a necklace, stuff that is too easy to cynically write off as performative. Every small action opens a door.
Big changes can start with *small* actions: that tiny choice to show up to a training, wear a button, post online, wear a whistle as a necklace, stuff that is too easy to cynically write off as performative. Every small action opens a door.
Reposted
NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Reposted
In July, the Trump admin took the position that a 1996 law had, without anyone noticing for almost 30 years, made it so that most undocumented immigrants were not eligible to be released on bond.
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In July, the Trump admin took the position that a 1996 law had, without anyone noticing for almost 30 years, made it so that most undocumented immigrants were not eligible to be released on bond.
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
Reposted
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
Reposted
In a move so heinously calculated, the Trump Admin has terminated TPS for hundreds of thousands of Haitian families the eve before Thanksgiving
TPS protects Haitians in the US from deportation + allows them to work. Families across the country are now at risk of being separated
TPS protects Haitians in the US from deportation + allows them to work. Families across the country are now at risk of being separated
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
In a move so heinously calculated, the Trump Admin has terminated TPS for hundreds of thousands of Haitian families the eve before Thanksgiving
TPS protects Haitians in the US from deportation + allows them to work. Families across the country are now at risk of being separated
TPS protects Haitians in the US from deportation + allows them to work. Families across the country are now at risk of being separated
Reposted
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Reposted
NEW: A federal district judge has given back the right of many immigrants to ask for release from immigration detention on bond.
Read more about this latest update here 🔽 www.nilc.org/resources/ra...
Read more about this latest update here 🔽 www.nilc.org/resources/ra...
Rapid Response Update on Bond Eligibility for Undocumented Immigrants
Read our latest legal explainer to learn how a new ICE policy attempts to expand immigration detention by limiting bond eligibility, and what this means for noncitizens under U.S. immigration law.
www.nilc.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: A federal district judge has given back the right of many immigrants to ask for release from immigration detention on bond.
Read more about this latest update here 🔽 www.nilc.org/resources/ra...
Read more about this latest update here 🔽 www.nilc.org/resources/ra...
Reposted
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
Reposted
Some great news for your Tuesday! A federal court has granted a nationwide class action injunction ordering the federal government to stop refusing to hear requests for release on bond to immigrants who originally entered across the border.
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social New decision in this case appears to give classwide relief to people the govt now says are not amenable to bond, under the govt's bananas interpretation of everyone as arriving (for bond)* www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895...
*but not for CAA relief!
*but not for CAA relief!
Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
www.courtlistener.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Some great news for your Tuesday! A federal court has granted a nationwide class action injunction ordering the federal government to stop refusing to hear requests for release on bond to immigrants who originally entered across the border.
Reposted
The Trump administration has directed immigration officials to review the cases of refugees admitted under fmr. Pres. Biden, as part of an unprecedented effort to identify potential reasons that would disqualify them from being able to stay in the U.S., an internal federal government memo shows.
Trump administration orders review of refugees who entered under Biden, pauses their green card cases, memo shows
The Trump administration has directed a review of refugees admitted under former President Joe Biden, part of an effort to identify potential reasons that would disqualify them from being able to stay.
cbsn.ws
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Trump administration has directed immigration officials to review the cases of refugees admitted under fmr. Pres. Biden, as part of an unprecedented effort to identify potential reasons that would disqualify them from being able to stay in the U.S., an internal federal government memo shows.
Reposted
#Plainfield
#NorthPlainfield
"... two law enforcement officers went towards the vehicle and broke the window before pulling the individual away and placing him into the Pathfinder...'They roughed him up pretty bad—slammed him onto the car, head included, to put on handcuffs.'"
#NorthPlainfield
"... two law enforcement officers went towards the vehicle and broke the window before pulling the individual away and placing him into the Pathfinder...'They roughed him up pretty bad—slammed him onto the car, head included, to put on handcuffs.'"
Resident Reports Violent ICE Arrest at Plainfield, North Plainfield Border
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Shortly after 11am, a Plainfield resident took to social media to report what she perceived as an ICE rest right in the heart of Plainfield and North Plainfield.Resident Carolyn...
www.tapinto.net
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#Plainfield
#NorthPlainfield
"... two law enforcement officers went towards the vehicle and broke the window before pulling the individual away and placing him into the Pathfinder...'They roughed him up pretty bad—slammed him onto the car, head included, to put on handcuffs.'"
#NorthPlainfield
"... two law enforcement officers went towards the vehicle and broke the window before pulling the individual away and placing him into the Pathfinder...'They roughed him up pretty bad—slammed him onto the car, head included, to put on handcuffs.'"
Reposted
" If you know someone who has been detained and released by ICE, our REBUILD Program provides FREE therapy to help them regain stability and support." www.darknessrisingproject.org/help-me-find...
REBUILD - Darkness Rising Project
Need help finding a Black therapist? We can help.
www.darknessrisingproject.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
" If you know someone who has been detained and released by ICE, our REBUILD Program provides FREE therapy to help them regain stability and support." www.darknessrisingproject.org/help-me-find...
Reposted
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
In-state college tuition for California’s undocumented students is illegal, Trump suit alleges
California universities offer in-state tuition to undocumented students who graduate from state high schools. Now, the Trump administration is suing CSU, UC and the state, calling the practice illegal...
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted
"The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found." https://bit.ly/48raCRY
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found." https://bit.ly/48raCRY
Reposted
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
A federal judge blocked the Internal Revenue Service from sharing data with immigration enforcement officials, ruling that the tax agency violated federal law and individual rights in its support for ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
Reposted
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Reposted
NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
Reposted
#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Reposted
Next week! Join @mskellymhayes.bsky.social in conversation with Shane Burley, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena O. Danner to discuss 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩, a collection of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times.
Register: bit.ly/4ngNHwQ
Register: bit.ly/4ngNHwQ
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Next week! Join @mskellymhayes.bsky.social in conversation with Shane Burley, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena O. Danner to discuss 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩, a collection of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times.
Register: bit.ly/4ngNHwQ
Register: bit.ly/4ngNHwQ
Reposted
If you’re attending this weekend’s #NoKings protest, make sure you Know Your Rights! The @aclu.org has this handy guide and graphics. https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you’re attending this weekend’s #NoKings protest, make sure you Know Your Rights! The @aclu.org has this handy guide and graphics. https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
Reposted
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
Read our analysis ⬇️
Read our analysis ⬇️
Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
Read our analysis ⬇️
Read our analysis ⬇️
Reposted
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Reposted
I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.
October 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.
Reposted
CFA today filed a lawsuit against the CSU. We seek an order prohibiting the CSU from disclosing CFA members’ personal info in response to federal subpoenas without providing notice to workers and an opportunity for them to object. Read more in our press release:
www.calfac.org/cfa-sues-csu...
www.calfac.org/cfa-sues-csu...
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
CFA today filed a lawsuit against the CSU. We seek an order prohibiting the CSU from disclosing CFA members’ personal info in response to federal subpoenas without providing notice to workers and an opportunity for them to object. Read more in our press release:
www.calfac.org/cfa-sues-csu...
www.calfac.org/cfa-sues-csu...