Chips vs. fries: I speak English fluently and yet I am always translating
Wole Olayinka immigrated from Nigeria to Calgary four years ago. When he speaks English in Canada — a language he has spoken all his life — the very thing that should connect him becomes another layer of distance.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-english-but-always-translating-9.7168581?cmp=rss
👏👏 #ICE Agent Charged in #Shooting of a #Venezuelan #Immigrant in #Minnesota
The agent is the second federal officer to face #felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown.
#law #UseOfForce #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-venezuelan-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
This has to be a #DOGE Easter Egg.
#IRS “improperly” [accidentally-on-purpose] disclosed #confidential #immigrant tax data to #DHS
The #tax agency only recently discovered the “mistake” & is working with other federal agencies on a response.
#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/11/immigrants-irs-dhs-tax-data/
#Trump says he could bring back #KilmarAbregoGarcia, an #immigrant his admin wrongly deported to the infamous #CECOT prison in #ElSalvador. But he won’t, despite #SCOTUS’ order to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia, who was deported unlawfully in the first place.
by Adam Serwer
#law #immigration #FactCheck #TrumpLies #DueProcess #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXUvK2gAhWVb3xi8qi5xPpA
I'm kind of sick of endless #superhero movies and endless reboots
But I can totally get behind this:
"#JamesGunn Says ‘#Superman’ Is About an ‘#Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, it’s About #Politics’"
So much can be mined from the golden age of comic books which had its roots in fighting #fascism in #WWII
And the silver age and the #civilRights struggle (#XMen)
#PopCulture is a tool to fight #MAGA
I recently lost my job and I’m currently unemployed, without health insurance, and in need to support my family. I’ve launched a campaign to cover basic expenses while I complete a technical certification and transition into a more stable career.
If you can donate or share, it truly helps. Thank you.
#MutualAid #Crowdfunding #GoFundMe #Support #Solidarity #CommunitySupport #Unemployed #Immigrant #MentalHealth #HelpNeeded
Some good news
Federal & State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’
The #immigrant #detention center in the #Everglades, which Gov #RonDeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
#immigration #law #HumanRights #ConcentrationCamps #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/florida-alligator-alcatraz-possible-closure.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Newly Obtained Video of #Minneapolis #Shooting Undermines #ICE Account
Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
Almost immediately after an #immigration agent shot & wounded a #Venezuelan #immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the #Trump admin cast the injured man as an attempted murderer & the agent as the victim of a brutal beating.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #UseOfForce
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.OmDN.Fv5buFePrRMO&smid=nytcore-ios-share
US Senator warns of #Trump admin plan to hastily remove over 500 unaccompanied #immigrant #children
A Democratic US senator warns the Trump admin is getting ready to round up 500 immigrant children in a hasty effort to remove them from the country, bypassing #legal protections. It would be their second attempt after a federal court intervened last year in an overnight plan to fly out hundreds of children on Labor Day weekend.
#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/migrant-children-deportation-border-trump-wyden-853585bc4efd13e59eccfb43fc4d0ceb
NEW: ProPublica journalist Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers.
It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?
https://projects.propublica.org/blueberries-farmworker-mistreatment/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Food #Farm #Agriculture #Ethics #Labor #Groceries #Immigrant #Workers
#Trump murders again
#Immigrant Held at #Delaney Detention Center [ #ConcentrationCamp ] Has Died, Officials Say
The mayor of #Newark, #NewJersey identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The NJ center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its #inhumane treatment of detainees.
#law #immigration #DueProcess #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/nyregion/ice-detention-center-death-delaney-hall-nj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.W_xj.iS3G4L4Id25S&smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending already approved by #Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare & “contested” power to axe #funding for #immigrant services & #diversity focused initiatives.
Trump’s Office of Management & Budget [ #OMB aka #RussVought aka #Project2025 ] described the funding cut as focused on “the most harmful government spending.” [wtf?]
#law #SeparationOfPowers #SocialServices #rescissions
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rescissions-fundind-46b356590699e6225f783c74e7ee3597?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link
NEW: Officer Jaron Alexander says he didn’t come back to Ingram, Texas, to help deport his neighbors.
But one year after joining ICE’s 287(g) program, his department has handed over the equivalent of 10% of the town.
https://www.propublica.org/article/deportations-ingram-texas-287g-jaron-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Police #Immigration #Immigrant #Deportation #Texas
NEW: ProPublica found that over 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration agents.
Forty Democratic lawmakers are now asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain why Americans have been held against their will.
https://www.propublica.org/article/american-citizens-ice-detention-congress-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Immigrant #USPolitics #Congress #Government #Law
#ICEThug Indicted for Running Over #Immigrant Construction #Worker
