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Elliott Young

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Borderlands and Transnational Migration historian at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Expert witness for asylum. Tepoztlán Institute. Migration Scholar Collaborative. Stanford Migration & Asylum Lab. Author of Forever Prisoners, and Alien Nation.

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Bovino out at CBP.
Noem out at DHS.

Unfortunately, they have a deep bench of people willing to break the law.

06.03.2026 01:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving ‘timely medical attention’ Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian asylum seeker, was being held at the Florence correctional center before he died

32 immigrants died in ICE custody in 25, and already in 2026, 9 have died. Immigrant detention becomes a death machine.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

06.03.2026 01:49 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

Adiós.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

05.03.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Half of Americans back abolishing ICE amid Trump crackdown, poll finds YouGov poll shows 50% support as Kristi Noem defends ‘terrorist’ claim and shutdown drags on

Trump did the impossible. Now, a majority of Americans want to abolish ICE.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.03.2026 19:12 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I didn't realize Hegseth was into the Therian thing too. Operation Epic Furry is gonna be great.

04.03.2026 17:01 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

U.S. military is attacking gangs and cartels in Ecuador and at the same time DHS is sending hundreds of third country nationsls to Ecuador, a country that has the highest murder rate in Latin America. It’s either a “safe country” or it’s not.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 04:21 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Some enterprising journalist should attend asylum hearings where DHS is pretermitting the cases to document the destruction of the asylum system. In 30 years, historians will want to know how this happened.

04.03.2026 04:09 👍 51 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

Melania at UN: we must bomb the children to save them.

03.03.2026 01:44 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest Question on Trump’s Health: What Is That Neck Rash?

The Zombies got to him. It explains a lot.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

03.03.2026 01:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms

I've worked with Perkins Coie on asylum cases, and it's good to know that this firm was willing to fight for its rights. The other Big Law Firms that folded at the first Trump threats showed themselves to be cowards who don't even believe in the law.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

03.03.2026 01:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On KATU talking about cartel violence in Mexico.

www.facebook.com/share/1SrGsL...

02.03.2026 00:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I guess the US is back to doing political assassinations by killing the Supreme Leader in Iran.

“No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.”

-- Ronald Reagan's Executive Order 12333.

28.02.2026 22:08 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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What Are ICE Agents Allowed to Do on College Campuses?

ICE agents lying to gain entry to a university building to arrest a student with no warrant shows the extent to which ICE has become an outlaw rogue agency. The 4th amendment dies in darkness.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/n...

28.02.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

“Whoever isn’t with us, we’ll destroy them.”

Who said it?

A) Donald Trump
B) El Mencho
C) Fidel Castro
D) Javier Milei

28.02.2026 17:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

America Last!

28.02.2026 15:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ICE agent threatens to shoot kid for punching his window in NE Portland.

www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bgi...

26.02.2026 20:27 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Cheap margaritas and guacamole are clearly more powerful than the CJNG. The gringo tourists are out in force, enjoying the sun while Mexicans clear away the bodies and burnt vehicles. Same as it ever was.

26.02.2026 00:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Judge Finds Trump Administration’s Third-Country Deportations Unlawful

3rd country deportations ruled illegal by Massachusetts judge. Let’s see what the 1st Circuit and SCOTUS have to say, but it’s a temporary reprieve to DHS’ chaotic attempt to bypass asylum law.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

26.02.2026 00:08 👍 58 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0

Republicans really hate immigrants. Longest applause for deporting undocumented immigrants.

25.02.2026 03:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They kicked Al Green out of State of the Union because he held a sign saying “Black people aren’r apes.”

25.02.2026 02:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Correction: “Black people aren’t apes.”

25.02.2026 02:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tony Gonzales says the concentration camp at Dilley is "nice." I feel sorry for his 5-year-old.

23.02.2026 23:37 👍 115 🔁 36 💬 6 📌 0

Yes, AND, the solution is NOT better or more training.

23.02.2026 23:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'll be on KATU live at 4 pm (PST) speaking about cartel violence in Mexico.

23.02.2026 23:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They really don't want you to talk about homelessness or private equity housing monopolies when on the feel-good blizzard beat.

23.02.2026 23:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You were, of course, an exception, but, real talk, student writing in general starts off bad. That's why people go to college, to learn how to write. The AI shortcut means they will never learn!

23.02.2026 22:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Well, that would more accurately represent student writing.

23.02.2026 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump’s approval rating with independents hits a new low ahead of the State of the Union | CNN Politics When President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he will face a public that increasingly questions his priorities and expresses broad doubts about whether his proposed policie...

A new CNN poll has Trump's approval rating dropping to 36%, nearing the record low of 34% recorded right after January 6.

CNN finds approval to be 26% among independents, 25% among voters under 35, & 23% among respondents of color.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/p...

23.02.2026 18:35 👍 585 🔁 163 💬 29 📌 15

When I reach one million emails in my Inbox, I'm retiring.

23.02.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

TSA precheck functioning normally in Austin. Maybe the emperor wears no clothes and TSA is just ignoring him.

22.02.2026 16:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0