And this is all he had to replace Noem.
And this is all he had to replace Noem.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. Sheβs married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
Theyβve already sent her to Louisiana.
NEW: When asked if top aide Corey Lewandowski has βa role in approving contracts,β DHS Secretary Kristi Noem replied, βNo.β
But internal DHS records contradict her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
By @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social
In January, we went inside the Dilley detention center. Children shared letters describing the anguish of being ripped from their lives: propub.li/4cUHm8L
After publishing that story, we learned about Edison, a 13-year-old from Chicago detained for 2+ months. Listen to Edison in his own words π
24,403 lawsuits and counting: How habeas corpus became the front line of immigration defense
βUnfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituentsβ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.
How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
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The contours of a dual state are coming into view, one in which anyone targeted by Trumpβs deportation and detention program has no rights that can save them.
Read @pemalevy.bsky.social on how DHS is rewriting its detention rules to ignore the lawβand entrap millions.
Listen to a sample of the Princeton Audio edition of Furious Minds by Laura Field. Enjoy 30% off with code PUP30.
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"[An] excellent new book."βMichelle Goldberg, New York The New York Times
"Fascinating and important"βJennifer Szalai, New York The New York Times
WTF are these bumbling incompetents doing? apnews.com/article/mili...
NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just βcried and cried and cried,β a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nationβs only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
BREAKING
Former ICE agent:
On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.
A foggy vineyard where workers are going to begin pruning
"Ian" prunes grapes in Fresno County. "The fog at this time of year is very dangerous. I leave my house at 4am and barely could see as I drive to work. I had just got into work when I took this photo and you could see it's still foggy. I earn minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
The "Last Week Tonight" delivered a damning deep dive on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented.
Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling
Children are suffering in a for-profit prison.
Send them home. Abolish ICE. And ban private, for-profit prisons forever.
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years β combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.
See what changes are in store for your county π
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
Yeah sure Storm the Capital, Change Laws of the Constitution, force Americans to get and pay for unobtainable requirements to vote..to weed out the (avg) of 4 illegal immigrant votes per Election
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. Itβs always a matter of will not resources.
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tRumpstein's budget chief Russell Vought reportedly DIVERTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR USAID!!!
THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ONCE PROVIDED GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC AID πͺ
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When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldnβt be concerned because agents will βpromptly let the individual go.β
For these Americans, that wasnβt true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
Conditions inside the detention facility in Dilley, Texas drawing renewed scrutiny as detainees, attorneys and advocates describe shortages in medical attention, inadequate food and water β allegations that federal officials and the private operator dispute.
Read Moreπ ebx.sh/BWhDIA
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
Before her retirement, this judge oversaw a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, TN, with a staggering history of throwing children in jail.
In one case, 11 Black children, as young as 8, were arrested for a crime that doesn't exist.
Revisit our 2021 story with @wpln.bsky.social:
Fewer than one in seven of those arrested by ICE since Donald Trump returned to office had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to the Department of Homeland Securityβs own data.
"Karla" has worked under a UFW contract for 20 years at a vineyard in Soledad, CA. During peak season she is a tractor operator. However currently, she's pruning the grapevines. "Thanks to my seniority I am able to start working as soon as the season begins." #WeFeedYou
Good.
Maryland, New Mexico, and Virginia all took steps this week to stop cities from deputizing local police officers as immigration agents to help ICE deport our immigrant neighbors and loved ones.