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@avabenach

I fight deportations and coach baseball to kids. I am always looking for good music and food. she/her

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Hey @immlawachall.bsky.social! They finally ran out of Chads and had to go to the Markwayne drawer?? #DeepStateJeffAlways

05.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man in a military uniform with his mouth open ALT: a close up of a man in a military uniform with his mouth open

I am sure that was Col. Nathan Jessup.

05.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously, the Senate has to vote his nomination down.

05.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin R-OK

05.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 29
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Think Immigration: The Reality of Trump’s Immigration Policies by the Numbers AILA ED Ben Johnson offers some key facts and figures about the harm caused by the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, writing that while β€œPresident Donald Trump is expected to use the 2026 S...

The numbers don’t lie: the Trump Administration's immigration agenda is a costly, chaotic failure that’s undermining our Constitution and our national interest. @ailaexecdir.bsky.social Ben Johnson gives the stats to back it up on #ThinkImmigration bit.ly/3OHymK5

25.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Funny. I informed the judge last week of the law and she proceeded to ignore it.

22.02.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not the way.

15.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This has to be intentional. It is hard to imagine such rank incompetence.

14.02.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you.

09.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe” are not. A group of racist fucks who have an entire media apparatus built to feed their grievance with their shitty lives are still on this. The rest of us are just singing along and dancing.

08.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.

We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.

Read more:

04.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 5927 πŸ” 3150 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 210
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Bipartisan Effort Blocks Unchecked DHS Funding AILA leadership responded to the Senate vote to block passage of a combined spending bill, driven by opposition to increasing funding to DHS without, at the same time, enacting meaningful measures tha...

I join @aila.org in calling upon Congress to settle for nothing less than real reforms that ensure compliance with the Constitution, reduce DHS’s excessive and bloated budget, and keep our communities safe. bit.ly/4tdmNKK

29.01.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Think Immigration:Β A Civil Code, Enforced at Gunpoint AILA Past President Jeremy McKinney describes how Congress normalized β€œarming a civil enforcement agency with criminal-style power while insisting the Constitution counts for less” and what must be do...

ICE is enforcing civil code with militarized force, street patrols, deadly consequences, and no real safeguards. Civil enforcement cannot be a back door to a police state. All of our constitutional rights must be protected. bit.ly/45zRLm6

29.01.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

24.01.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 39726 πŸ” 11356 πŸ’¬ 759 πŸ“Œ 621

Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."

25.01.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 7691 πŸ” 1641 πŸ’¬ 183 πŸ“Œ 79

Where does that land on the Susan Collins concern meter?

26.01.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1) Treat ICE's initial account of facts with *extreme skepticism*
2) Investigate whether ICE altered evidence after the fact (does anyone believe they arent planting a gun on the victim?)
3) Remember, progressives: Even if the guy did have a gun, he also had 2nd Amendment rights.
#ICEoutofMinnesota

24.01.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pastors working for ICE

Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants

Which one looks more like Jesus???

21.01.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 8019 πŸ” 1804 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 70
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The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.

This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

18.01.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 31200 πŸ” 7015 πŸ’¬ 541 πŸ“Œ 403
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Very Important Moment Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) went on CNN this morning and among other...

The Public Has Turned on ICE - Dems Have a Clear Field talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/very-...

18.01.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 656 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 16

This is where all elected Dems need to be. Not on body cameras and better training. Abolish ICE. Start over.

18.01.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from TX to Honduras, group says GΓ©nesis Ester GutiΓ©rrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.

ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from Texas to Honduras, group says

GΓ©nesis Ester GutiΓ©rrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.

18.01.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Just so happens that I have some information for you!!

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16.01.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to @ndlon.bsky.social for the art that we proudly hang at Benach Pitney Reilly immigration. @cnewman.bsky.social

15.01.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

He ain’t wrong.

15.01.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.

15.01.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 10389 πŸ” 2338 πŸ’¬ 184 πŸ“Œ 132
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Progressive Caucus To Oppose Any New Funding For Immigration Enforcement

The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has nearly 100 members, announced its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until "meaningful" reforms are put in place. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...

13.01.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 1377 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 232

Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.

Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.

09.05.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 9464 πŸ” 2896 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 153
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ICE Out For Good Bethesda/Chevy Chase MD Β· Mobilize We will rally at the intersection of Connecticut and E-West highway on Sunday afternoon (to avoid Saturday's rain). Please register here, so that you receive the map to recommended spots for gathering...

I'm attending Indivisible's event, β€œICE Out For Good Bethesda/Chevy Chase MD” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

11.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, β€œwe went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.

18.04.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 9226 πŸ” 2744 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 103