The Immigrant Legal Resource Center
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The ILRC is a national nonprofit resource center that provides legal trainings, educational materials, and advocacy to advance immigrant rights
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📍California | Texas | Washington, D.C.
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All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
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🚨 RED CARD UPDATE 🚨
Due to unprecedented demand, our original Red Card portal is backlogged and these are not available for order via the non-profit and private firm portals right now.
However, this 🔗 guides you to the raw Red Card page you can print for 🆓 RIGHT NOW 👇🏽
ilrc.org/red-cards
Due to unprecedented demand, our original Red Card portal is backlogged and these are not available for order via the non-profit and private firm portals right now.
However, this 🔗 guides you to the raw Red Card page you can print for 🆓 RIGHT NOW 👇🏽
ilrc.org/red-cards
The longstanding effort to dehumanize Venezuelans reached a cruel point.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The longstanding effort to dehumanize Venezuelans reached a cruel point.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
ICE isn’t just targeting the border. They’re now arresting adults who sponsor unaccompanied children, parents, relatives, etc. Nearly 3K arrests this year.
When a Chicago day-care worker was detained days after her sons arrived, the message was clear: caring for a child is now a risk.
When a Chicago day-care worker was detained days after her sons arrived, the message was clear: caring for a child is now a risk.
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
ICE isn’t just targeting the border. They’re now arresting adults who sponsor unaccompanied children, parents, relatives, etc. Nearly 3K arrests this year.
When a Chicago day-care worker was detained days after her sons arrived, the message was clear: caring for a child is now a risk.
When a Chicago day-care worker was detained days after her sons arrived, the message was clear: caring for a child is now a risk.
On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with SIJS.
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them. (1/3)
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them. (1/3)
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with SIJS.
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them. (1/3)
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them. (1/3)
Reposted by The Immigrant Legal Resource Center
‼️ TOMORROW- Join Bushwick’s #KnowYourRights & Community Defense Mass Training from 1 to 3 PM!
As the federal government escalates their tactics, New Yorkers will continue to organize. We will keep each other safe & #ProtectOurFutures!
Location after RSVP: tinyurl.com/bushwickyr
#WeKeepUsSafe
As the federal government escalates their tactics, New Yorkers will continue to organize. We will keep each other safe & #ProtectOurFutures!
Location after RSVP: tinyurl.com/bushwickyr
#WeKeepUsSafe
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
‼️ TOMORROW- Join Bushwick’s #KnowYourRights & Community Defense Mass Training from 1 to 3 PM!
As the federal government escalates their tactics, New Yorkers will continue to organize. We will keep each other safe & #ProtectOurFutures!
Location after RSVP: tinyurl.com/bushwickyr
#WeKeepUsSafe
As the federal government escalates their tactics, New Yorkers will continue to organize. We will keep each other safe & #ProtectOurFutures!
Location after RSVP: tinyurl.com/bushwickyr
#WeKeepUsSafe
Harris County’s Immigrant Legal Services Fund program, which has been around since 2020, is under attack as Ken Paxton strikes community resources yet again.
The program funds five organizations that support people facing deportation procedures.
An attack on due process is an attack on ALL.
The program funds five organizations that support people facing deportation procedures.
An attack on due process is an attack on ALL.
Paxton sues Harris County over undocumented legal support
The county recently allocated $1.3 million to groups that provide immigration legal services amid an uptick in federal enforcement. Paxton called the program “evil and wicked.”
nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Harris County’s Immigrant Legal Services Fund program, which has been around since 2020, is under attack as Ken Paxton strikes community resources yet again.
The program funds five organizations that support people facing deportation procedures.
An attack on due process is an attack on ALL.
The program funds five organizations that support people facing deportation procedures.
An attack on due process is an attack on ALL.
State surveillance continues shaking our communities during the terror ICE is unleashing — it is crucial for our neighbors to be aware of the tech that is watching all of us.
Between face scanning and AI social media watch teams, the surveillance apparatus is growing 🔗
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
Between face scanning and AI social media watch teams, the surveillance apparatus is growing 🔗
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
State surveillance continues shaking our communities during the terror ICE is unleashing — it is crucial for our neighbors to be aware of the tech that is watching all of us.
Between face scanning and AI social media watch teams, the surveillance apparatus is growing 🔗
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
Between face scanning and AI social media watch teams, the surveillance apparatus is growing 🔗
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
Reposted by The Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
Reposted by The Immigrant Legal Resource Center
If your city is next, mutual aid and neighborhood watch networks are the most important things to scale up, but whistles are a great tool to get people taking the first step.
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linktr.ee/apwhistles
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
If your city is next, mutual aid and neighborhood watch networks are the most important things to scale up, but whistles are a great tool to get people taking the first step.
linktr.ee/apwhistles
linktr.ee/apwhistles
“Houston Mayor John Whitmire acknowledged…that the city is cooperating with federal immigration authorities after denying for months that Houston police would get involved with immigration enforcement.”
Electeds bend the knee, and communities suffer.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Electeds bend the knee, and communities suffer.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Mayor John Whitmire acknowledges Houston is cooperating with ICE
"I'm not going to say that we're not cooperating with ICE, because that's frankly not true," Whitmire said.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“Houston Mayor John Whitmire acknowledged…that the city is cooperating with federal immigration authorities after denying for months that Houston police would get involved with immigration enforcement.”
Electeds bend the knee, and communities suffer.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Electeds bend the knee, and communities suffer.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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There’s growing concern among grocery stores, restaurants and food producers, as some economists say the lapse SNAP payments is likely to cause lower-income households to scrutinize their spending more.
With SNAP on Hold, Low-Income Shoppers Cut Back and Businesses Worry
A delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
There’s growing concern among grocery stores, restaurants and food producers, as some economists say the lapse SNAP payments is likely to cause lower-income households to scrutinize their spending more.
⚠️ Be aware: ICE plans to pay private contractors to monitor social media 24/7, scanning platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, WhatsApp & X for “enforcement leads.”
Everyday posts could be fed into ICE databases & cross-referenced w/ phone data, biometrics & property records 🧵
Everyday posts could be fed into ICE databases & cross-referenced w/ phone data, biometrics & property records 🧵
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
⚠️ Be aware: ICE plans to pay private contractors to monitor social media 24/7, scanning platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, WhatsApp & X for “enforcement leads.”
Everyday posts could be fed into ICE databases & cross-referenced w/ phone data, biometrics & property records 🧵
Everyday posts could be fed into ICE databases & cross-referenced w/ phone data, biometrics & property records 🧵
⚖️ The Trump administration is firing scores of immigration judges, many w/ a background in defending immigrants, while hiring new judges tied to DHS, ICE, & the military.
For many, this isn’t just a reshuffle.
It’s a restructuring of who gets to decide who stays in the U.S.🧵
For many, this isn’t just a reshuffle.
It’s a restructuring of who gets to decide who stays in the U.S.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
⚖️ The Trump administration is firing scores of immigration judges, many w/ a background in defending immigrants, while hiring new judges tied to DHS, ICE, & the military.
For many, this isn’t just a reshuffle.
It’s a restructuring of who gets to decide who stays in the U.S.🧵
For many, this isn’t just a reshuffle.
It’s a restructuring of who gets to decide who stays in the U.S.🧵
On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with SIJS.
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them 🧵
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On graduation day, ICE deported two Louisiana high school students with SIJS.
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them 🧵
Elias* and Brayan* were living in Louisiana when they accompanied their father to a routine immigration appointment, where ICE detained them 🧵
⚠️ Be aware: ICE is planning to hire private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the US
Under a new proposal, companies could be given data on 10,000 immigrants at a time — w cash bonuses for how fast & accurately they track people down 🧵
Under a new proposal, companies could be given data on 10,000 immigrants at a time — w cash bonuses for how fast & accurately they track people down 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
⚠️ Be aware: ICE is planning to hire private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the US
Under a new proposal, companies could be given data on 10,000 immigrants at a time — w cash bonuses for how fast & accurately they track people down 🧵
Under a new proposal, companies could be given data on 10,000 immigrants at a time — w cash bonuses for how fast & accurately they track people down 🧵
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request to pause immigration raids on Halloween.
Even after tear gas was used near children at a Chicago trick-or-treat event, Noem refused to halt “Operation Midway Blitz.” 🧵
Even after tear gas was used near children at a Chicago trick-or-treat event, Noem refused to halt “Operation Midway Blitz.” 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request to pause immigration raids on Halloween.
Even after tear gas was used near children at a Chicago trick-or-treat event, Noem refused to halt “Operation Midway Blitz.” 🧵
Even after tear gas was used near children at a Chicago trick-or-treat event, Noem refused to halt “Operation Midway Blitz.” 🧵
Latest from @kutnews.bsky.social 👇🏽
Analysts use metrics to display how aggressively detentions under ICE have escalated, particularly in Texas.
To meet their inflated quota, ICE agents are snatching people from Austin-area jails, sometimes at rates of twice a day.
🔗 www.kut.org/apple-news/2...
Analysts use metrics to display how aggressively detentions under ICE have escalated, particularly in Texas.
To meet their inflated quota, ICE agents are snatching people from Austin-area jails, sometimes at rates of twice a day.
🔗 www.kut.org/apple-news/2...
ICE is removing more people from Austin’s jails. Sometimes coming twice a day.
Data shows a growing number of people in Travis County jails find themselves facing deportation after sometimes routine run-ins with the police.
www.kut.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Latest from @kutnews.bsky.social 👇🏽
Analysts use metrics to display how aggressively detentions under ICE have escalated, particularly in Texas.
To meet their inflated quota, ICE agents are snatching people from Austin-area jails, sometimes at rates of twice a day.
🔗 www.kut.org/apple-news/2...
Analysts use metrics to display how aggressively detentions under ICE have escalated, particularly in Texas.
To meet their inflated quota, ICE agents are snatching people from Austin-area jails, sometimes at rates of twice a day.
🔗 www.kut.org/apple-news/2...
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
In addition to the ongoing community action to bring light to the atrocities at the California City CoreCivic facility, legal advocates are holding the private prison company and California City accountable via litigation.
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In addition to the ongoing community action to bring light to the atrocities at the California City CoreCivic facility, legal advocates are holding the private prison company and California City accountable via litigation.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
In addition to the ongoing community action to bring light to the atrocities at the California City CoreCivic facility, legal advocates are holding the private prison company and California City accountable via litigation.
🧵
In addition to the ongoing community action to bring light to the atrocities at the California City CoreCivic facility, legal advocates are holding the private prison company and California City accountable via litigation.
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ICE + Border Patrol agents are using unmarked cars, fake or swapped license plates, and even foreign decals while carrying out immigration arrests.
Agents are also masking their faces - part of Trump’s mass-arrest campaign that’s blurring accountability + due process 🧵
Agents are also masking their faces - part of Trump’s mass-arrest campaign that’s blurring accountability + due process 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE + Border Patrol agents are using unmarked cars, fake or swapped license plates, and even foreign decals while carrying out immigration arrests.
Agents are also masking their faces - part of Trump’s mass-arrest campaign that’s blurring accountability + due process 🧵
Agents are also masking their faces - part of Trump’s mass-arrest campaign that’s blurring accountability + due process 🧵
There is courage and then there is immigrant courage 🧵
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There is courage and then there is immigrant courage 🧵
Stanislaus State College is disrupting inhumane narratives coming from the Trump admin by hosting educational resistance efforts in the Central Valley.
“It’s insidious…and what we’re trying to do is a little counterbalance through the insidious (times)”
themodestofocus.org/stan-state-s...
“It’s insidious…and what we’re trying to do is a little counterbalance through the insidious (times)”
themodestofocus.org/stan-state-s...
Stan State social justice conference designed as “counterbalance through the insidious” times
This year's event is dedicated to social justice issues affecting Central Valley residents in light of Trump anti-diversity efforts.
themodestofocus.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Stanislaus State College is disrupting inhumane narratives coming from the Trump admin by hosting educational resistance efforts in the Central Valley.
“It’s insidious…and what we’re trying to do is a little counterbalance through the insidious (times)”
themodestofocus.org/stan-state-s...
“It’s insidious…and what we’re trying to do is a little counterbalance through the insidious (times)”
themodestofocus.org/stan-state-s...
Dozens of immigrants were detained this wknd after showing up for routine check-ins at ICE’s Stockton office, an unusual wknd operation that sparked community outrage + protest.
Witnesses say around 24 people were detained after reporting to ICE on Saturday 🧵
Witnesses say around 24 people were detained after reporting to ICE on Saturday 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dozens of immigrants were detained this wknd after showing up for routine check-ins at ICE’s Stockton office, an unusual wknd operation that sparked community outrage + protest.
Witnesses say around 24 people were detained after reporting to ICE on Saturday 🧵
Witnesses say around 24 people were detained after reporting to ICE on Saturday 🧵
🚨Trump’s Bay Area immigration deployment PAUSED but fear remains 🚨
After a late-night call between Trump & SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, a planned Border Patrol deployment of ~100 agents to the Bay Area has been called off 🧵
After a late-night call between Trump & SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, a planned Border Patrol deployment of ~100 agents to the Bay Area has been called off 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨Trump’s Bay Area immigration deployment PAUSED but fear remains 🚨
After a late-night call between Trump & SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, a planned Border Patrol deployment of ~100 agents to the Bay Area has been called off 🧵
After a late-night call between Trump & SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, a planned Border Patrol deployment of ~100 agents to the Bay Area has been called off 🧵
The Trump admin continues abusing power by exploiting enforcement to attack communities — next in line is Coast Guard Base Alameda, per sources via @sfchronicle.com
San Francisco and Bay Area neighbors are bracing themselves for increased action this week:
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
San Francisco and Bay Area neighbors are bracing themselves for increased action this week:
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Trump admin continues abusing power by exploiting enforcement to attack communities — next in line is Coast Guard Base Alameda, per sources via @sfchronicle.com
San Francisco and Bay Area neighbors are bracing themselves for increased action this week:
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
San Francisco and Bay Area neighbors are bracing themselves for increased action this week:
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
🚨ICE’s $75B Surveillance Windfall 🚨
‣ The government is shut down, but ICE is on a surveillance spending spree 💰 — using Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' to expand biometric ID, phone tracking & spy tech 🧵
‣ The government is shut down, but ICE is on a surveillance spending spree 💰 — using Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' to expand biometric ID, phone tracking & spy tech 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨ICE’s $75B Surveillance Windfall 🚨
‣ The government is shut down, but ICE is on a surveillance spending spree 💰 — using Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' to expand biometric ID, phone tracking & spy tech 🧵
‣ The government is shut down, but ICE is on a surveillance spending spree 💰 — using Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' to expand biometric ID, phone tracking & spy tech 🧵
Alexandria residents packed City Hall, demanding that city leaders condemn Sheriff Casey’s voluntary cooperation with ICE.
ICE Out of Alexandria speakers urged the council to denounce the sheriff’s ICE holds and “courtesy calls” about releases 🧵
ICE Out of Alexandria speakers urged the council to denounce the sheriff’s ICE holds and “courtesy calls” about releases 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Alexandria residents packed City Hall, demanding that city leaders condemn Sheriff Casey’s voluntary cooperation with ICE.
ICE Out of Alexandria speakers urged the council to denounce the sheriff’s ICE holds and “courtesy calls” about releases 🧵
ICE Out of Alexandria speakers urged the council to denounce the sheriff’s ICE holds and “courtesy calls” about releases 🧵