I like this guy. More of this!
#AntifaAF #LosAngeles #Resist #Protest #ICE #NationalGuard #StopICE
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Wow! Seattle Reign soccer team has issued a statement warning fans not to attend matches and FIFA World Cup events as they could be targeted by ICE agents
With the unravelling of America I cannot see the US successfully hosting major international sporting events, including the Olympics - fans, athletes, maybe even entire countries will boycott over safety
This was not hard to predict. #Data governance needs to go beyond a data entry for "Reason?" as that is clearly too vague. If #California wants to continue deploying and operating #ALPR technology, we need #datagovernance and accountability NOW.
#flock #deflock #alprspotting #ice #fuckICE #surveillance #policestate
Law enforcement agencies are violating California law and sharing license plate reader data with federal authorities https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/06/california-police-sharing-license-plate-reader-data/
Lisa Tate, a Ventura County, California, farmer talks about what's happening on farms in that county, where fruit and vegetables are grown to supply the whole country:
“'In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone,' she said in an interview. 'If 70% of your workforce doesn’t show up, 70% of your crop doesn’t get picked and can go bad in one day.'"
#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #ICE #WorkForce #agriculture #FoodChain
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms
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Great article from Alexander Verbeek about standing up to #fascism.
"Around 1,800 Jewish men married to non-Jewish women had been arrested for deportation. For over a week, in freezing winter conditions, approximately 6,000 people—mostly their wives and relatives—protested in shifts outside the building where the men were held. They demanded their release. And incredibly, in Nazi Germany, it worked. The regime relented. The men were freed."
https://theplanet.substack.com/p/when-your-silence-becomes-complicity
#Compton, #LosAngeles in the middle of a lightweight uprising because #ICE attempted to invade their city and illegally kidnap local civilians. They are fighting back. Have set up barriers using cars (one is on fire) to keep ICE out. Cleared out the Home Depot they were headed to raid to keep civilians safe. Directly in front of the old Randy’s (now Dale’s) Donuts locations.
It’s been going on for a full 24 hours. MacArthur Park, Paramount, Chinatown.
Yes I am proud. Keep that energy up kids.
#Trump to Send #NationalGuard to #LA to *Quell* #Immigration #Protests
Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in #LosAngeles County on Saturday using #TearGas & #FlashBang #grenades. The unrest comes just a day after #ICE #raids were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.
#law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/07/us/la-immigration-raid-protests?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
To any National Guard personnel reading this message:
Refuse unlawful orders. Refuse to treat your own country like a warzone. You do not want to live the rest of your life with that guilt. Trust me, I speak to you as a veteran with many regrets, who has to live with the effects of moral injury every day. Do not obey. #LA #NationalGuard #ICE
🧵 “The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.” — California Governor Gavin Newsom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9VqfVQ9c
#USPol #ICE #Protest #Constitution
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Trump officials are trying to fan the flames for whatever is about to happen in Los Angeles and California.
#ICE #LosAngeles #NationalGuard
Via @newseye.bsky.social
PEPPER SPRAY PAIN RELIEF
I was a volunteer subject in these randomized, double-blind trials to find a treatment for pepper spray discomfort. The only thing found to be better than water was a 1:1 solution of water and liquid antacid — aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide-based, such as Maalox or Mylanta. Use plain or mint, but a physician and street medic friend asked me to stress that *mint* is best.
“The Black Cross Healthcare Collective was a group of healthcare workers who lived in Portland, Oregon. They formed after the WTO protests of 1999, after seeing a need for medical care that specifically served people who were attending direct actions, demonstrations and political protests.”
"In the early 2000s they pioneered community-supported trials to find an antidote to pepper spray. These trials resulted in an antidote that has been used in street protests internationally.”
After a judge found #DJT admin deportation of immigrants to Sudan illegal, instead of returning them to US, #Drumpf admin exiled them all into legal limboland, including their US govt personnel escorts, all now suspended without a final destination in #Djibouti with #ICE employees stuck with deportees, living out of a dangerously hot metal cargo container at behest of #StevenMiller and other unconcerned #WhiteHouse acolytes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/05/djibouti-deportations-migrants-ice-trump/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ5MDk2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNDc4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDkwOTYwMDAsImp0aSI6ImMxNmEzMzNlLWYxYTctNGQ1Ni1hNzRiLWNmZmZiNjRlMmM1NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI1LzA2LzA1L2RqaWJvdXRpLWRlcG9ydGF0aW9ucy1taWdyYW50cy1pY2UtdHJ1bXAvIn0.gTsfYG3cfcmsNG_1zvkbXZydFy2eljbQ88evq2gwmg8 #CantMakeThisShitUp
#Trump White House tries to assuage industry worries over loss of migrant workers amid #ICE aggressive deportation campaign but no clear plan underway
« Undocumented immigrants account for 4% to 5% of the total US workforce and between 15% to 20% in industries like crop production, food processing, and construction, according to Goldman Sachs »
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/politics/trump-migrant-farmworkers-deportations
Other than the pure racism, the point of immigrant crackdowns (and Congress blocking immigration reform since Reagan) is to maintain a large highly exploitable labor force.
That's why ICE is hitting up day laborers at Home Depot parking lots and small Los Angeles businesses, and not, for example, shutting down the entire US meat and dairy industries which have relied on that exploitable labor for decades.
NPR: 'Bring Carol home:' ICE snatches rural Missouri mom at immigration check-in
"...Mayorga, whose legal name is Ming Li Hui, has been detained in jail under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since late April. She’d traveled from Kennett, Missouri, her home for nearly two decades, to St. Louis for what she thought was a routine meeting to renew her employment authorization document.
The document, issued by the federal government, allows her to work legally in the U.S. and is set to expire in January 2026.
Originally from Hong Kong, Mayorga said she was used to the meetings. But when she arrived, things were anything but usual...."
https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2025-05-24/missouri-kennett-woman-ice-deportation-visa
Pope Leo's first appointment for US Bishop, an immigrant himself, is asking priests in his diocese of #SanDiego #California to go with immigrants to #immigration court in an effort to influence public opinion and maybe protect the people from #ICE.
![Letter on Diocese of San Diego letterhead dated June 11, 2025
"Dear Fellow Priests, Deacons and Ministry Leaders of our Parishes,
"On th emorning of June 20th, which is Internation REfugee Day, a group of priests and faith leaders are plannign to visit the federal court building to stand in solidarity with migrants who are making their court appearances. We know that migrants and refugees find themselves in the difficult predicament of being called to appear, which is what the government asks of them, and then being given orders for expedited removal from our country.
"This group of priests and faith leaders will simply be present during this process as it has been experienced that the presence of faith leaders makes a difference in how the migrants are treated. Unfortunately, it will most likely not change the outcome. Following the court appearances, the faith leaders will have a press conference so that the clear message that people of faith stand with immigrants and refugees can be delivered to the broader public.
"They will gather at 7am and conclude by 10am. If you feel moved to participate, please notify either of the following:
[name of pastor and organizer]
"Being present will be a good way for us to give witness and stand with immigrants on a day in which, across the Diocese, we will all celebrate a Mass at our various parishes dedicated to our immigrant brothers and sisters."](/proxy/post_attachment/739576/a0c44d6732.jpg "Letter on Diocese of San Diego letterhead dated June 11, 2025
\"Dear Fellow Priests, Deacons and Ministry Leaders of our Parishes,
\"On th emorning of June 20th, which is Internation REfugee Day, a group of priests and faith leaders are plannign to visit the federal court building to stand in solidarity with migrants who are making their court appearances. We know that migrants and refugees find themselves in the difficult predicament of being called to appear, which is what the government asks of them, and then being given orders for expedited removal from our country.
\"This group of priests and faith leaders will simply be present during this process as it has been experienced that the presence of faith leaders makes a difference in how the migrants are treated. Unfortunately, it will most likely not change the outcome. Following the court appearances, the faith leaders will have a press conference so that the clear message that people of faith stand with immigrants and refugees can be delivered to the broader public.
\"They will gather at 7am and conclude by 10am. If you feel moved to participate, please notify either of the following:
[name of pastor and organizer]
\"Being present will be a good way for us to give witness and stand with immigrants on a day in which, across the Diocese, we will all celebrate a Mass at our various parishes dedicated to our immigrant brothers and sisters.\"")
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I was watching Handmaid’s Tale (S5, E6), and when Gilead’s masked goons caught Elisabeth Moss’s character, I thought— ‘ICE.’
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"Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today."
Via Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/fightforaunion.bsky.social/post/3lqxwdph6f22c
The chaos that unfolded in #LosAngeles over the weekend was sparked by …#ICE raids at #workplaces, a controversial #policy that seems designed to appease the #Trump admin’s desire to increase the number of #deportations at all costs.
The policy to #raid workplaces, reportedly pushed by WH Deputy Chief of Staff #StephenMiller & other top #Trump admin ofcls, comes as ICE has tried to increase its deportation numbers.
#immigration #law #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/la-protest-ice-raid-trump-immigration-dhs-national-guard-workplace-raid/
#SaltLakeCity #Utah is having an emergency protest in solidarity with #LosAngeles against #ICE
Since Trump took office, immigration officials have more than quadrupled the number of 287(g) agreements with law enforcement agencies across 40 states, giving local officers authority to function as deportation agents in jails and the streets.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
"Trump has awakened something he cannot control" says the Guardian....
Well done Los Angeles!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/los-angeles-trump-immigration
700 Marines are being sent to LA to try and stop those who are fighting to protect their immigrant friends and neighbours.
Two journalists have already been shot with “less lethal” ammunition, one of whom required emergency surgery.
They’re shooting at the press.
They seem to want this situation to escalate and they want to silence the brave reporters trying to do their jobs.
Don’t let them. Keep speaking out. Amplify posts from those who are on the ground sharing what’s happening .
Speak up against atrocities. Don’t look away.
#ice #abolishice #uspol #la #fascism #immigration #losangeles
#LosAngeles #ICE #raids fuel controversy over #masked agents
Images of federal #immigration agents wearing masks & balaclavas as they conduct raids in Los Angeles & other US cities have ignited a politically charged debate over whether they are protecting their identities or engaging in intimidation tactics.
#Trump #law #accountability #identification #LawEnforcement
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/los-angeles-ice-raids-fuel-controversy-over-masked-agents-2025-06-09/