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The #Senate has passed #Trump’s tax cut & spending bill, sending it to #House for final passage
 The #legislation extends trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the #wealthy & #corporations from Trump’s first term & implements new campaign promises, while spending billions on #immigration, cutting millions of people from #Medicaid & #FoodStamps, & increasing the #NationalDebt by trillions.

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-1-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-01-Breaking+News

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On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

These are their stories.
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #CECOT #Immigration #Immigrants #Venezuela #ElSalvador #Trump #Deportation #ICE

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from @rubenbolling

Know your ICE agent:
Being able to discern between a federally authorized ICE agent and a criminal kidnapper within seconds of first interaction is absolutely essential.

If your abductor is an ICE agent, you must obey, comply and submit. If your abductor is a criminal kidnapper, you are free to fight for your life.

#Cartoon #Comics #Humor #Politics #ICE #Trump #GOP #USPol #Immigration #US #USA

Cartoon depicting two identical men side by side. One in front of a blue background, the other in front of a red background.

Text: A Trump government community bulletin.

Know your ICE agent:
Being able to discern between a federally authorized ICE agent and a criminal kidnapper within seconds of first interaction is absolutely essential.

Ice agent: gaiter mask, no identification, military grade arms, no uniform, camo pants from Walmart, unmarked vehicle.

Criminal kidnapper: gaiter mask, no identification, military grade arms, no uniform, camo pants from Walmart, unmarked vehicle.

If your abductor is an ICE agent, you must obey, comply and submit. If your abductor is a criminal kidnapper, you are free to fight for your life.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Ice: "Don't call us Trump's Secret Police. (It's a secret)."

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71d

#MafiaState

#Trump said Tuesday he would arrest #ZohranMamdani if the #NYC Democratic mayoral nominee doesn't allow federal #immigration officials to arrest undocumented #immigrants in the city.

#law
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/trump-mamdani-arrest-ice-immigration

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New today: Despite warnings from advocates like me about the dire consequences, Congressional #Republicans have sought to dismantle core legal protections for detained immigrant #children fund strip searches of children as young as 12 years old by law enforcement officers, allow indefinite detention, and impose new barriers to children’s release. https://www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/

#immigration #politics #USpol #HumanRights #news #border #refugees

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I used to think (in my naivety) that a judge on the Supreme Court was the smartest in the Judiciary — cream of the crop, top of the line…

But damn I can see that’s not true because this is some A-class manipulation and gaslighting by Trump Administration lawyers—

And it makes sense that the people directing #Trump during his first term would put judges in #SCOTUS who would roll over for him.

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#USA #USpol #immigration #law #birthrightcitizenship

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742

In remarks to reporters at the White House, the president called the ruling "an amazing decision, one that we're very happy about," adding that the court
"delivered a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers and the rule of law, in striking down the excessive use of nationwide injunctions to interfere with the normal functioning of the executive branch."
Asked what he would say to people who fear the decision will concentrate power in presidency, Trump said, "This really brings back the Constitution. This is what it's all about, and this is really the opposite of that."
The court was divided on ideological lines on the issue, with conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742

Accessed: 27 June 2025 at 1234 PST

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"When a court concludes that the executive branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority.
But she indicated that the nationwide injunctions are limited "only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than nec-essary."
Lower courts, she added "shall move expeditiously" to figure out how broad the injunctions can be.
The court also said that the administration can continue working administratively on how the policy would be implemented.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742

Accessed: 27 June 2025 at 1234 PST

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"#ICE Arrests Carpenter Named Jesus, Church Community Fights for His Release"

There's no joke to be made of this, because reality is the joke already

And it's a bitter, sad joke

https://www.newsweek.com/jesus-teran-immigrant-ice-detained-church-2106528

#Immigration #USA

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After being released from Salvadoran prison CECOT, Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra says he was relieved to be home with his family but felt traumatized.

“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-immigrant-cecot-release-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Immigration #Venezuela #ElSalvador #Immigrants #Deportation #ICE

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#ICE crackdown imperils #Afghans who aided #US war effort
 2 former #Afghan #interpreters for US forces face #deportation despite following #immigration processes, acc/to attorneys for the men.

One former interpreter for US forces in #Afghanistan was detained by ICE agents in Connecticut last month after he showed up for a routine green card appointment. A second was arrested in June, just minutes after attending his first #asylum hearing in San Diego.

#law #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/

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Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in #CECOT
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We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in #ElSalvador by the #Trump administration.

Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.

All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.

#News #HumanRights #Prison #Immigration #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump

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