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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer” It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

NEW: Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.

Aside from the kids legal aid attorneys, there are some immigrants rights groups who are involved in assisting.

In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course. Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...

In Congress, Pete Hoekstra said tariffs were bad for business and consumers. “The market should dictate the price of steel, not the government,” he testified in 2003.

Today, as ambassador to Canada, though, Hoekstra has been a top defender of Trump’s tariffs. @annaleighclark.bsky.social

8. The Florida Highway Patrol did not respond to a request for comment. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary said “Governor DeSantis has made immigration enforcement a top priority to keep Florida communities safe.”

7. State Rep. Lawrence McClure, who introduced legislation supercharging Florida’s cooperation with ICE this January, had promised nothing would change about how the state treated immigrant children. McClure did not respond directly to questions from ProPublica.

6. Carlos spent two-and-a-half months in a federal shelter. He was one of the lucky ones. He got out. Many haven’t. His attorney notes that he was separated from his family without judicial review.

5. Florida law says if a kid is found alone or in danger, police must call a hotline, triggering a process where judges review any decision to separate kids from their family. It’s not clear if Florida cops are calling the hotline. It is clear they have often called ICE.

4. Some family members fear they will be targeted themselves if they try to get kids out of shelters. We learned that children crossing the border are being warned that if they don’t choose to leave, they will face prolonged detention and their parents could be arrested.

3. Once the kids are in custody, they are getting stuck for longer than ever. The average length of stay has grown from one month to six months since Trump took office. The White House is ensuring they aren't released into "dangerous conditions,” a spokesperson told ProPublica.

ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record. Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...

2. The detention of immigrant minors in Florida is part of a broader national pattern. This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined, ProPublica found.

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1. This year traffic stops by Florida cops have led to at least two dozen immigrant kids being separated from their family or caregivers and placed in federal shelters.

For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield.

ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record. Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...

ICE has sent more immigrant kids into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous 4 years combined.

Under Trump, the average stay in custody is ~6 months, up from a month under Biden.

Eye-opening story from @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @marioarizabaez.bsky.social + ProPublica team:

📽️ Listen to our reporter Eli Hager, who spoke with former acting commissioner Leland Dudek for 15 hours and interviewed dozens of Social Security insiders, explain the untold saga of what happened when DOGE stormed Social Security.

Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL

On this day in 1940, Walter Benjamin took his own life in the town of Portbou, after being denied entry by Spanish officials.

“If the killing of Lorca was Fascism’s first crime against literature, Benjamin’s death was undoubtedly the second.” - The Listener

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Former Reform Party UK MP caught taking bribes from Russia for positive comments

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FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time. State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...

Are you a Floridian with Citizens Insurance? Know if you have a dispute with them and go to arbitration, as required, you most likely will lose. Reporter @marioarizabaez.bsky.social explains... www.propublica.org/article/citi...

A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time. State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...

Half of all cases resolved during Citizens’ mandatory arbitration process between March 2024 and July 7, 2025, settled for $500 or less to the policyholder.

An additional 28% were settled by Citizens for an average of $30,000.

By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time. State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...

State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with little recourse when their claims were denied. My first for
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A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time. State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...

NEW: A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
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Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11.
We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories. The request was part of ProPublica’s ongoing investigation into the…

Last year, ProPublica requested records from the FDA as part of an investigation into the safety of America’s generic drug supply.

The agency declined to quickly release the names of drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories.

Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.

"Local police in Oregon casually offered various surveillance services to federal law enforcement officials from the FBI and ICE, and to other state and local police departments, as part of an informal email and meetup group of crime analysts."
#Oregon #USA #Policing #Deportation

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

Homeland Security records reveal that Trump admin officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to an El Salvador prison were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

The most important and underrated skill of any journalist is that when they don't know something to pick up the phone and call someone smarter.

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong. The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

Since fall, 2022, I've been trying to figure out why Newtok's relocation is riddled with problems - the same kind this move was supposed to solve. Newtok’s residents are Americans - not a “they,” but an “us,” and that’s why I chased this story for so long. www.propublica.org/article/newt...

U.K. Authorizes Rape Charges Against Andrew Tate and His Brother

British authorities have authorised charges of rape, human trafficking and assault against Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate

There are a total of 21 charges relating to 3 women, and the brothers are due to be extradited to the UK after a case in Romania ends
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1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram.

His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.

A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess If He Made a Threat. The way school officials handled his case also exposes glaring contradictions in two recent state laws that aim to criminalize school threats and require schools to expel students who make them — with...

Schools in Tennessee must use threat assessments to determine if a threat of mass violence is “valid,” but they often carry them out inconsistently. For its part, the doesn't release data on how effective schools’ threat assessments are. @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social