Going to start this book today. Seems timely. The eBook is free.
Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
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I don’t watch superhero movies, but I may want to make an exception for the new Superman. Per Variety:
James Gunn is opening up about what “Superman” is really about.
In his Sunday profile with The Times of London, the DC Studios head went deep on the themes and ideas that drive his highly anticipated “Superman.” He explained that the superhero epic encompasses “the story of America,” and at a basic level, is about a man searching for a better life away from his original home.
“I mean, ‘Superman’ is the story of America,” Gunn explained. “An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.”
“ … obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them,” he said.
We are building an emergency legal aid app to connect people with lawyers during ICE raids, police encounters, and situations where vulnerable communities face harassment. Video calls within minutes when people need legal help most.
Response has been incredible! Flutter developers, legal experts, and lawyer connections joining the team.
Still looking for:
Go backend developer (video calling infrastructure, real-time connections)
Outreach coordinator (connecting with pro bono legal organizations, finding hosting/infrastructure funding)
DM if interested. Boost for reach!
#golang #legalaid #civilrights #opensource #volunteer #immigration #tech4good #nokings
"I want you to imagine a toddler appearing in court to face off against a government-trained attorney trying to deport them. Think of their terror as they take their seat in the courtroom, legs swinging because they’re not long enough to reach the floor."
https://www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/
#ICE #politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights #immigration #fascism
It’s not about #immigration.
It’s #RevengePolitics.
#Trump directs #ICE to expand #deportations in #Democratic-run #cities, undeterred by #protests
Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles & other major cities against the Trump admin’s immigration policies.
#law #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ice-deportations-protests-65fa8d64ea12a78a0ee0ebeea008ee4d
#Trump officials completely reverse guidance exempting #farms, #hotels & #restaurants from #immigration raids
#ICE agents have been told to continue conducting *enforcement* operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about negative effects on the food industry.
#law #economy #TACO #StephenMiller #DHS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/16/trump-farms-hotels-immigration-raids/
#Immigration raids in #LosAngeles hit #SmallBusiness owners
Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit & vegetable outlet in LA’s vast fresh #produce market where Hispanic & Latin restaurateurs, street vendors & food truck operators buy supplies every day.
On Monday morning, the usually bustling market was largely empty. Since #ICE began conducting #workplace raids, including at a #textile factory 2 blocks away, Ibarra said #business has virtually dried up.
#economy #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/immigration-raids-los-angeles-hit-small-business-owners-its-worse-than-covid-2025-06-17/
#BradLander, the #NYC #comptroller who is running for #mayor, was arrested on Tues by federal agents at an #immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
Lander, a #Democrat, was at the city’s main immigration #courthouse, at 26 Federal Plaza, to observe court proceedings where an increasing number of #immigrants who appear for court have been arrested by #ICE agents in recent weeks.
#law #RevengePolitics #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/nyregion/brad-lander-immigration-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
San Francisco Courtroom United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has gaveled in #NewsomVTrump
3 Judge Panel
Judges Mark J. Bennett, Eric Miller & Jennifer Sung
🧵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEitAzKSInI
#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #NationalGuard #Marines #USTroops #immigration
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Frightening images out of #Pasadena, #California show a plainclothes #federal #LawEnforcement officer at a stoplight jumping out of his vehicle & drawing his #weapon on a person attempting to #photograph his license plate.
Details are limited & exact circumstances of the incident are unknown, but the potentially deadly confrontation occurred Wed morning at around the same time federal #immigration agents carried out an op at a bus stop nearby.
#law #Trump #AbuseOfPower
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/plainclothes-federal-agent-draws-gun-on-man-at-stoplight-in-pasadena/
#LA #Dodgers denied #ICE agents access to #DodgerStadium parking lot
The #LosAngeles Dodgers on Thurs said they had denied ICE agents access to the parking lot at Dodger Stadium earlier in the day.
"This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium & requested permission to access the parking lots," the team said in a social media post.
"They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight's game will be played as scheduled."
#immigration #law #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/sports/la-dodgers-say-they-denied-ice-agents-access-dodger-stadium-parking-lot-2025-06-19/
US #judge blocks #Trump plan to tie #states' #transportation funds to #immigration enforcement
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump admin from forcing 20 #Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation #grant #funding, according to a court filing.
#law #judiciary
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-trump-plan-tie-states-transportation-funds-immigration-2025-06-19/
The calm in the #markets has been unnerving.
You might think the world has been enjoying a season so tranquil that the #stock, #bond & #currency markets have fallen asleep.
Yet the world has been anything but peaceful lately, whether in the #UnitedStates, #Ukraine or the #PersianGulf. And the #FederalReserve gave the markets another reason for concern on Wednesday when it held #InterestRates steady.
#economy #inflation #stagnation #tariffs #employment #immigration #war
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/stock-bond-market-investing-israel-iran-gulf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said: 'These last weeks have sent shockwaves of fear rippling through every neighborhood and had a direct impact on our economy. My message is clear: We will stick together during this time and we will not turn our back on one another'.":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/la-dodgers-ice-raids.html
#immigration #sports #politics copy: @renewedresistance
The People Being #Disappeared by #ICE in #LosAngeles
As communities across Southern #California document & #protest the escalating #raids, loved ones grapple with the unimaginable.
In Los Angeles in recent weeks, a popular phrase has been revived on protest signs & social-media posts: “Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo,” or, “only the people can save the people.”
#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-los-angeles/the-people-being-disappeared-by-ice-in-los-angeles
‘It Felt Like Kidnapping,’ #MahmoudKhalil Says in First Interview Since Release
The #Columbia graduate & pro-#Palestinian #activist returned to New York after more than three months in #detention. The #Trump administration is still seeking to deport him.
#law #immigration #StateSponsoredAbduction
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-interview-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q08.08iZ.quUx5RwW5FJ5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Well, the New York Times, ABC, CBS and all the other "respectable" outlets are doing nothing but licking a dictator's boots right here in the USA.
Thank God we have *checks notes* fashion magazines like Marie Claire and Teen Vogue for the real reporting!
Marie Claire is covering this new crowd sourced website called People Over Papers which attempts to report #ICE sightings across the US.
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/01/31/people-over-papers-crowdsourced-ice-watch-map/
https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/people-over-papers-ice-raids-interview
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#Trump admin asks #SupremeCourt to clarify last night's "third country" #immigration order after a federal judge said it did not apply to a subset of the litigation re: 6 people the government wants to deport to #SouthSudan.
#DOJ calls the judge's actions "unprecedented defiance" of #SCOTUS.
A federal appeals court ordered the return of another man deported to #ElSalvador in violation of a #CourtOrder. Jordin Melgar-Salmeron was deported on May 7, 30 minutes after the court ruled.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25982192/melgarorder062425.pdf
#law #immigration #rendition #Trump #EmilBove #DOJ #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers
#Immigration authorities gave Sae Joon Park an ultimatum: Leave voluntarily or face #detention & #deportation.
For 55-yr-old US #Army #veteran Sae Joon Park, this was the hardest moment of his life. Not getting shot in combat. Not the years battling PTSD or addiction. Not prison. It was leaving the US, a country he called home for nearly five decades.
#Trump #immigration #law
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74036/trump-ice-self-deportation-army-veteran-hawaii
Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S.
Earlier this month, immigration authorities gave 55 year old Sae Joon Park an ultimatum: Leave voluntarily or face detention and deportation.
When 20-year-old Park finished basic training, he was deployed to Panama — unaware that he would soon be part of the 1989 U.S. invasion known as Operation Just Cause to topple Manuel Noriega's regime. Park was shot twice. #deportation #immigration #USPol #army #veteran
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74036/trump-ice-self-deportation-army-veteran-hawaii
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"OK so masked #ICE goons kidnapping law abiding people off the street is traumatic but #MAGA just cares about legal #immigration, it's not just some sadistic #racist bullshi-"
"The #NewYork Young #Republican Club (#NYYRC) has called on the federal government to strip Zohran #Mamdani of his #citizenship and deport him"
🤦🤦🤦
Fucking #bigots. All they have is cheating and abuse and lies. All they have
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The #Trump admin filed a lawsuit against ALL 15 #FederalJudges in #Maryland over a #CourtOrder blocking the immediate #deportation of #immigrants challenging their removals, ratcheting up a fight w/the federal #judiciary over #Trump’s #ExecutivePower.
The remarkable action lays bare the admin’s determination to exert its will over #immigration enforcement as well as its exasperation w/ [the #law] judges who have blocked #lawless #ExecutiveBranch actions.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-judges-lawsuit-170f6b00cc80b88f0120a079ac8818b0
Sick
#DOJ has confirmed that once #KilmarAbregoGarcia is released, #ICE fully intends to begin removal proceedings to send him to a "third country," not #ElSalvador — the definition of #rendition.
There's no timeline for the process & the DOJ *lawyer* [those left are willing to go along w/ #EmilBove] claims it's not "imminent."
#law #immigration #Trump #judiciary
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-6-26-2025#00000197-ad66-d131-ab9f-bde6f1a00000
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#DOJ says it intends to try #KilmarAbregoGarcia on *smuggling*
#Trump’s *Justice* Dept said Thurs that it intends to try Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him to a country that is not his native #ElSalvador.
“This defendant has been charged with *horrific crimes*, including trafficking children, & will not walk free in our country again,” DOJ propagandist Chad Gilmartin told AP.
#immigration #law #propaganda #rendition
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-maryland-tennessee-charges-deportation-c96844906793b35a80f9bbb4afa07e94?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-26-Breaking+News