Ximena Vargas
@ximenavargas.bsky.social
Unapologetic Bibliophile
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Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners, and the legal machinery behind U.S. immigration enforcement.
NEWS: ICE List Launches Wiki to Expose Enforcement Network
The Europe-based volunteer-built database links raids, agents, vehicles, and legal structures, aiming to break the cycle of official secrecy.
migrantinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners, and the legal machinery behind U.S. immigration enforcement.
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Trump claims crime exists because of "millions of criminal aliens" in America—but 97.4% of the people his ICE fascists arrested have no criminal record.
This means 1 of 3 things:
1. He's lying about why crime exists
2. His ICE fascists are incompetent losers
3. Both
I'm betting #3.
This means 1 of 3 things:
1. He's lying about why crime exists
2. His ICE fascists are incompetent losers
3. Both
I'm betting #3.
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Trump claims crime exists because of "millions of criminal aliens" in America—but 97.4% of the people his ICE fascists arrested have no criminal record.
This means 1 of 3 things:
1. He's lying about why crime exists
2. His ICE fascists are incompetent losers
3. Both
I'm betting #3.
This means 1 of 3 things:
1. He's lying about why crime exists
2. His ICE fascists are incompetent losers
3. Both
I'm betting #3.
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📍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄, 𝐍𝐂:
Nearly 21,000 students in the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Schools district were absent on Monday amid heightened fear linked to deportation operations in the city. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Nearly 21,000 students in the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Schools district were absent on Monday amid heightened fear linked to deportation operations in the city. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
📍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄, 𝐍𝐂:
Nearly 21,000 students in the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Schools district were absent on Monday amid heightened fear linked to deportation operations in the city. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Nearly 21,000 students in the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Schools district were absent on Monday amid heightened fear linked to deportation operations in the city. #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Switchboards surge as service members seek outside counsel amid Trump threatening to kill lawmakers who urged service members to not follow illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Switchboards surge as service members seek outside counsel amid Trump threatening to kill lawmakers who urged service members to not follow illegal orders.
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Remember the horrifying text messages that showed a Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting someone in Chicago last month?
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The feds suddenly want to drop charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent
The move avoids the release of more messages from a Border Patrol agent whose previous texts showed he had bragged about shooting her.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Remember the horrifying text messages that showed a Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting someone in Chicago last month?
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
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The Trump administration has declared that swastikas and nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Trump administration has declared that swastikas and nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols.
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North Carolina may be able to breathe soon but the rumors are ICE is headed to New Orleans next.
A federal immigration crackdown based in North Carolina’s largest city that authorities said led to hundreds of arrests is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
Federal immigration crackdown ends in Charlotte, North Carolina, sheriff says
A federal immigration crackdown based in North Carolina’s largest city that authorities said led to hundreds of arrests is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
North Carolina may be able to breathe soon but the rumors are ICE is headed to New Orleans next.
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Schumer: "I've never seen a president who has gone this low. I've never seen a president who has done more to encourage political violence. I've asked the Capitol Police to give special protection to Slotkin and Kelly as well because you gotta worry after the president says these things."
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Schumer: "I've never seen a president who has gone this low. I've never seen a president who has done more to encourage political violence. I've asked the Capitol Police to give special protection to Slotkin and Kelly as well because you gotta worry after the president says these things."
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic lawmakers to be killed. Trump is putting my colleagues’ lives at risk because they have exercised their free speech rights under the First Amendment and Speech and Debate Clause.
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic lawmakers to be killed. Trump is putting my colleagues’ lives at risk because they have exercised their free speech rights under the First Amendment and Speech and Debate Clause.
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Scott Bessent saying that beef prices were high because migrants brought screwworm to the US by bringing cows with them all the way up from South America may take the cake for the most ridiculous statement by any Trump admin official yet.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Scott Bessent saying that beef prices were high because migrants brought screwworm to the US by bringing cows with them all the way up from South America may take the cake for the most ridiculous statement by any Trump admin official yet.
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Why Trump, in an historical first, called for the death of members of congress.
The nation cannot pretend this didn’t happen or it was just locker room talk.
The nation cannot pretend this didn’t happen or it was just locker room talk.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Why Trump, in an historical first, called for the death of members of congress.
The nation cannot pretend this didn’t happen or it was just locker room talk.
The nation cannot pretend this didn’t happen or it was just locker room talk.
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🚨A newly uncovered document flagged last week in a federal court filing threatens undocumented immigrant children in government custody with “prolonged” detention if they choose to exercise their legal rights rather than voluntarily depart the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
Newly Uncovered Document Reveals An 'Alarming And Disturbing' Trump Threat
The Trump administration is turning the screws on kids who’ve arrived in the United States without adults accompanying them.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨A newly uncovered document flagged last week in a federal court filing threatens undocumented immigrant children in government custody with “prolonged” detention if they choose to exercise their legal rights rather than voluntarily depart the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
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Parkland survivor @cameronkasky.bsky.social is running for Congress: “The richest people in our country are telling us that we […] can only afford #genocide, #Palantir Mass Surveillance Contracts, and #ICE thugs.” Loving this new generation of “crazy radicals” rejecting billionaire donors. 🫡
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Parkland survivor @cameronkasky.bsky.social is running for Congress: “The richest people in our country are telling us that we […] can only afford #genocide, #Palantir Mass Surveillance Contracts, and #ICE thugs.” Loving this new generation of “crazy radicals” rejecting billionaire donors. 🫡
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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MAGA Christianity:
1. Calling Zohran Mamdani a "terrorist" bc he's Muslim.
2. Cheer when Trump buries his face in the laps of actual Muslim terrorists.
1. Calling Zohran Mamdani a "terrorist" bc he's Muslim.
2. Cheer when Trump buries his face in the laps of actual Muslim terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
MAGA Christianity:
1. Calling Zohran Mamdani a "terrorist" bc he's Muslim.
2. Cheer when Trump buries his face in the laps of actual Muslim terrorists.
1. Calling Zohran Mamdani a "terrorist" bc he's Muslim.
2. Cheer when Trump buries his face in the laps of actual Muslim terrorists.
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Abolish ICE. Stop funding genocide. Medicare For All.
I’m running for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District to make the government work for all Americans and fight for human rights across the world.
Donate & Support:
www.kaskyforcongress.com
I’m running for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District to make the government work for all Americans and fight for human rights across the world.
Donate & Support:
www.kaskyforcongress.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Abolish ICE. Stop funding genocide. Medicare For All.
I’m running for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District to make the government work for all Americans and fight for human rights across the world.
Donate & Support:
www.kaskyforcongress.com
I’m running for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District to make the government work for all Americans and fight for human rights across the world.
Donate & Support:
www.kaskyforcongress.com
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Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
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📣 Since September, hundreds of Chicagoans have been taken by ICE without cause. Now, we have the opportunity to bring them home. Judge granted hundreds of $1,500 bonds! Donate now to support their release! @ocadchicago.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📣 Since September, hundreds of Chicagoans have been taken by ICE without cause. Now, we have the opportunity to bring them home. Judge granted hundreds of $1,500 bonds! Donate now to support their release! @ocadchicago.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social
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A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
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NEW: A class action filed in Massachusetts aims to block Homeland Security’s use of civil penalties to ramp up financial pressure on people seeking a path to legal status. In more than 20,000 instances, the Department has sent fines as high as $1.8 million.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
NEW: A class action filed in Massachusetts aims to block Homeland Security’s use of civil penalties to ramp up financial pressure on people seeking a path to legal status. In more than 20,000 instances, the Department has sent fines as high as $1.8 million.
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📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly plan to conduct raids on Spanish-speaking churches (and possibly mosques and synagogues) between Thanksgiving and Christmas. #AbuseofPowerWatch
ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly plan to conduct raids on Spanish-speaking churches (and possibly mosques and synagogues) between Thanksgiving and Christmas. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly plan to conduct raids on Spanish-speaking churches (and possibly mosques and synagogues) between Thanksgiving and Christmas. #AbuseofPowerWatch
ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly plan to conduct raids on Spanish-speaking churches (and possibly mosques and synagogues) between Thanksgiving and Christmas. #AbuseofPowerWatch
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MAGA DOJ is desperate to block this inquiry into MAGA misconduct. Like they don’t have enough troubles with Patel jets, Halligan screw-ups, and Epstein files.
As Judge Boasberg proceeds, watch for more MAGA threats and pressure.
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As Judge Boasberg proceeds, watch for more MAGA threats and pressure.
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Judge Boasberg to resume contempt proceedings over Alien Enemies Act deportations
Boasberg said he intends to receive testimony from a DOJ attorney who was fired in April and has since accused his superiors of flouting court orders related to the deportation flights.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
MAGA DOJ is desperate to block this inquiry into MAGA misconduct. Like they don’t have enough troubles with Patel jets, Halligan screw-ups, and Epstein files.
As Judge Boasberg proceeds, watch for more MAGA threats and pressure.
🧵
As Judge Boasberg proceeds, watch for more MAGA threats and pressure.
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EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
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Looking forward to the Federalist reporting on how Trump today reposted a call for hanging Democratic members of Congress.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Looking forward to the Federalist reporting on how Trump today reposted a call for hanging Democratic members of Congress.