The reason this made headlines initially—- was because of how blatantly egregious the Trump admin’s deportation policies were in reality. #Venezuela apnews.com/article/trum...
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The reason this made headlines initially—- was because of how blatantly egregious the Trump admin’s deportation policies were in reality. #Venezuela apnews.com/article/trum...
Chalk one up for the good guys in #Haiti Haiti police lead daring raid to retake key comms hub. It’s a rare win in war on gangs www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump’s administration still is arguing their side even though they totally lost in court Sad 😂https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-2-2025?utm_source=onesignal
happy labor day!
Suddenly, it’s ok to have a Chinese student visa The story is told quite differently by Ingram and Loomer www.bbc.com/news/article...
This world. . .smhhhh 🌎 www.bbc.com/news/article...
There are probably a million churches in the USA. Just saying.
Thank you to Pope Leo for his prayers and public statements. Kidnapped Irish missionary in Haiti freed along with seven others www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
I have often worried about personal safety when I am at church. My state has no background checks and is open carry-because it is somehow believed this gave freedom. I just want the freedom for catholic school children to sit in mass-without fear for their lives.
I thought Trump and his cronies had given up on Greenland. This is so embarrassing. 🙄#Greenland www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Historically speaking, immigration control is one of the least constitutional and most racist realms of governance in U.S. law and life.” Kelly Lytle Hernandez #immigration
All the corrupt people working together to hurt immigrants. #AlligatorAlcatraz Alligator Alcatraz contractors have links to allegations of fraud, price-gouging www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Thank you to the people who cared enough to bring this lawsuit. #AlligatorAlcatraz Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
#Haiti This is the same country Kristi Noem declared safe for Haitian nationals to return home. U.S. wants foreign force in Haiti doubled, scale back Kenya’s role in taking on gangs www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Even DeSantis knows Vote by Mail isn’t the Devil. Trump wants to end mail-in voting. DeSantis says Florida’s system is fine www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Tents in the Everglades? Men are giving up their immigration cases to get out. ‘Psychological warfare’: Internal data shows true nature of Alligator Alcatraz www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
Words of a president destroying lives with racism. An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u... #Haiti
inkstickmedia.com/port-au-prin... Excellent summary of current Haiti events. #Haiti
Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan What a horrible and cruel idea. apnews.com/article/isra...
U.S. indicts Haiti gang leader ‘Barbecue,’ offers $5 million reward for capture www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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There is a video in this article about midway through about the holding cells. ICE Is Holding Migrants in Crowded and Unsanitary Cells, Suit Claims www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/n...
The Desperate Struggle to Squeeze Aid Into a Starving Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...?
The idea was to give bonuses to ICE offers who circumvented due process for those they arrested. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
I don’t think God appreciates this rhetoric. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
#immigration Pressure on all sides on New York. Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown in New York: More Arrests, Longer Detention www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/n...
The fascists are on the march. They are going to do whatever it takes to rig the midterms. meidasnews.com/news/governo...
What the what?? I can think of a dozen reasons this won’t work. Basically, it will keep people from developing countries from traveling. #travelvisas apnews.com/article/stat...
Maybe. . .or just maybe less reporting on how the democrats were assisted?? We want the governor to be safe.
I think some of us were already WOKE, but ok. . . America is finally waking up to Trump's cruelty toward immigrants | Opinion www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
👂🏼🆙 The story about CA’s TRO. Any evidence that it was honored by ICE/HSI? No.
A 10-day hunger strike persists at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility for undocumented immigrants, according to NBC. Stories of Multiple detainees are refusing food, following Governor Ron DeSantis' disclosure inhumane living conditions
We should express our moral outrage that ICE is holding 65,000 immigrants in “detention,” while POTUS demands at least 3,000 more detentions per day. Of the 65,000 men, women and children now in custody, 72% have zero felony convictions.
Expanded NYT article on the ICE courthouse arrest system. Low hanging fruit. The Turmoil of an ICE Courthouse Arrest www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/n... #immigration
If we’re only going to display great things about the Trump presidencies-the exhibit is going to be quite tiny. apnews.com/article/smit...
Who needs a bit of levity? 🙋🏻♀️ 🔥🎯🎯🎯 DICE 🎯🎯🎯🔥
Profiling people who are in the country legally are being rounded up in this dragnet without probable cause. Judges Keep Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Arrests, in Setback for Trump Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
This is important. We must stop these modern era concentration camps.
We need to support TPS for every unstable country. Federal judge delays expiration of TPS for Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Nepalese www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...
Thank you to this judge. Judge extends migrant status protections for 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal apnews.com/article/trum...
Most didn’t have even the right to vote-so no one heard their voice. ‘They didn’t vote for this’: Support erodes as ICE targets noncriminal immigrants www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
ICE doesn't even have a detention center in Hawaii. The men have been put in a federal prison there. Very far from home, and presumably their lawyers. Via @missionlocal.org
#Venezuela This employer is a hero. ‘We came to contribute’: End of Venezuelan TPS threatens South Florida economy www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
🚨 This! 🚨
NYT article on the resistance in LA. They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
Why is it so hard for so many people to condemn pedophilia and/or genocide?
The Federal government must give an immigration court jurisdiction over the temporary pop up facility. Lawyers question legality of Alligator Alcatraz, ask federal judge to intervene www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man. Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
This is a crazy article. Surely someone is paying the bills? Who’s in charge at Alligator Alcatraz? ‘We’ve gotten a lot of runaround’ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways apnews.com/article/immi...
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Amen!!!!! #Haiti U.S. restores Haitian TPS protections, work permits until early February after court ruling www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Leave out the 22 part. It’s just “catch” at this point. Absolute cruelty. 'Escalation:' Federal agents now detaining people with active immigration cases www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
I was in Texas during the pandemic years and we couldn’t even vote by mail. They even tried to ban drive thru voting at the library for disabled people and almost succeeded. I hope to see mobile voting in my lifetime.
Quote of the Week.
Here’s a comparison of ICE to the Gestapo. My mom was a history teacher and an expert on the Holocaust. If only I could talk to her about this, now.
Amen
Why is deporting people to a 3rd country even a thing? Who thought of this?
Not sure why it took this long. I hope there is some response by Congress.
Truth and we should listen.
Why do men lean so quickly into detention camps?I don’t understand the strategy of othering people with cruelty.
A California bill to bar law enforcement agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities was passed by a key legislative committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...
600,000 uninsured, working North Carolinians will lose access to Medicaid. NC Republicans in Congress respond to Gov. Stein's letter on Trump budget www.wral.com/story/nc-rep...
Trump DOJ fires immigration court judges across US amid deportation push, union says www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
47.4 million Americans suffered from the threat of hunger at some point in 2023. Among these people, 13.8 million were children. Almost 7 million households experienced what’s referred to as very low food security, www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
A more violent way to disappear people. Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/u...
Everyone deserves healthcare, food, and an education These are human rights www.statnews.com/2025/07/11/k...
Bottom line-lawmakers were only allowed to see a fraction of the 83 degree facility. Of course, it’s hot in a giant rubberized tent. It’s a concentration camp, pure and simple. Lawmakers visited Alligator Alcatraz. Here’s what they say they saw and learned www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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And now they have the budget to ratchet up 100 fold.
Take time to read about how many times Kerr County was turned down for grant money for early warning systems. The most they were ever offered was 5% of the bill.
Kamala-we need more than a meme.
Trump tried to vilify our immigrant friends, but the public wasn’t buying. apnews.com/article/immi...
Save this information to locate friends and family.
How Republicans bankroll their elections.
A violent immigration raid at a cannabis farm goes underreported and never made it to the top of the news cycle. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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This Cannabis farm raid lasted for hours and 5 people were critically injured with one death reported.
Our Judiciary system is under crushing pressure just to exist.
Tom Homan should hear the voice of the people.
Leave hard working immigrants alone. ICE Raids Scare Off L.A. Workers Rebuilding Fire-Torn Areas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/u...?
Protect our immigrants from racial profiling and unlawful arrest. www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
We need to revamp our recycling criteria and change container types.
Why is this necessary?
Gentrification has transformed Little Haiti in Miami. Homeowners in Little Haiti are aging. Here’s what the next generation is facing www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
God forbid you have a traffic violation while a green card holder. ‘A privilege, not a right’: Trump administration puts green card holders on notice www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Fear-spreading across our country. 'My dad isn't a criminal': Facing charges, scared detainees choose fast-track deportation www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
This is all he knows how to do.
Stephen Miller is a threat to all Americans.
What’s outrageous is pretending this cruelty is necessary. What’s inappropriate is defending it while our communities suffer. We don’t need more masked men in tactical gear, we need humanity.
This horrible concentration camp was built in just 8 days and opened to bring brutality to migrants. Florida lawmakers, members of Congress invited to visit Alligator Alcatraz www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
This is so very sad. #Haiti Gangs burn down Haiti’s iconic Hotel Oloffson, host to stars and writers www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
No USAID and now no UN Funding in the pipeline. Starvation, health program neglect, and homelessness are sure to follow in developing nations. Trump wants to cancel billions in spending for the UN. Why that’s bad news for Haiti www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
A U.S. citizen who was arrested for filming an ICE raid at Home Depot is suing the federal government for $1 million— and I hope he gets every penny. THIS‼️ When being transported, Garcia heard agents boasting about how many ‘bodies’ they had gotten that day and saw them celebrate with high fives.
Ok for presidential visit-but no one else? Lawmakers were stopped from entering Alligator Alcatraz. That may violate Florida law www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
I am working a side gig-but I should be back to posting more frequently soon.
share.google/ctQdHJwjLtFe... We must allow over 500,000 Haitians to finish their TPS term-which should end in February, 2026. It is unlawful for the US government to end the TPS term prematurely.