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Tom Hudson
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OK, the cat distribution system is starting to get out of hand.
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“That’s no ballroom…”
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The gate closes, the agents retreat inside, and activists continue their vigil… And no one on either side knows how long this campaign of cleaving immigrant families apart will continue. (6/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The gate is finally opened, and after a final embrace, the man disappears. With the opacity of the immigration #detention and #deportation process, it’s unclear when he’ll be able to speak with his family again, where he will be taken, or even what country he may be deported to. (5/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It takes several minutes for agents to open the gate, with its heavy steel crossbars and four large padlocks giving the appearance of a medieval castle gate made to ward off invading armies, not a suburban facility that processes nonviolent #immigrants in 2025. (4/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Suddenly, more than a dozen heavily-armed agents appear at the facility’s fence line and on the roof, significantly outnumbering activists keeping watch.

The man and his family approach the fence, explaining that he wants to surrender. (3/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A small group of people appear on the street, stopping to embrace. There are tears, and sobbing; one of the men is apparently subject to a removal order, and wants to surrender himself to protect his family from a potential raid by ICE. (2/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Some of my #photography from Chicago this month:

It’s around 9:00 PM at the #ICE facility in the village of #Broadview.

It’s largely quiet. A handful of protesters are keeping watch outside the bulding’s hasty fortifications, periodically heckling agents walking in and out of the building. (1/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
No caption needed.
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A DC Metro police officer looks on as residents protest the Trump administration’s takeover of portions of the district’s government.

Sources with MPD told me that officers received no briefing on how the new paradigm would affect operations prior to Trump’s announcement.

#DC #Trump #Occupation
August 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Honored that this photo from 4/29/25, where #VCU campus police violently dispersed a peaceful picnic, was nominated for the reFocus awards in June.

VCU continues to withhold the degree of Sereen Haddad, center, as punishment for her speech supporting #Gaza: www.democracynow.org/2025/7/23/se...
July 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM