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Today, DHS's Refugee, Asylum, & Internat'l Operations Directorate sent a memo to Joseph Edlow, head of USCIS. It proposed getting unaccompanied migrant children in front of immigration judges w/in "24 hours" of their asylum cases being opened. (Normally, that period is 3 wks) 1/
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This comes weeks after immigration lawyers in Houston reported cases in which unaccompanied children being held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, were getting fast tracked through immigration courts so that the government could speed up their deportations. 2/
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Staggering piece by @teoarmus about Florida International University, whose president and "police chief," both children of Cuban emigres, agreed to "deputize four campus police officers as ICE agents." washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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The article opens with yet another spouse of a US citizen being detained at @USCIS green card appointment and being jailed by ICE. Malena Chacón Santos came to the USA legally, married a US citizen, but USCIS refused to process her application and set her up for an arrest.
The Texas Tribune interviewed five Texas immigrants — from Mexico, China, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela — who shared their experiences of being arrested by ICE and living in detention centers across the state. bit.ly/3V6q7dZ
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Simply unbelievable—ICE is not listing thousands of people in detention (those with so-called final orders of removal) in the online detainee locator. Which means that no one (lawyers/family members) will know where they're being held. apnews.com/article/ice-detai…
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The latest story from @TexasTribune about the Austin ICE shooting seems to bear some similarities with others across the country and the three so far in the state - read here for more via @ujohnnyg @alexnguyen2311 and Zach Leggio
texastribune.org/2026/09/21/…
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CPJ insta a ICE a liberar al periodista nicaragüense Luis Galeano, director del programa Café con Voz, detenido el 14 de septiembre en Orlando, Florida. Fue desterrado por la dictadura Ortega-Murillo y había solicitado asilo. cpj.org/?p=619929 via @CPJAmericas
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The Bukele government said they imprisoned a man deported from Texas citing “sovereign cooperation.” They asked that an international order protecting his rights be withdrawn, despite their own admission to holding him without criminal charges. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad…
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Irvin Quintanilla, a 26 yo Salvadoran who lived in US since 2016, was sent to CECOT w 252 Venezuelans in March 2025. He is still in jail. There are no charges against him. Salvadoran gov't doesn't know why he was arrested by ICE @glabrador @victorpena84 beta.elfaro.net/el-salvador/…
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"En 2025, la familia de Quintanilla que vivía con él en Estados Unidos se autodeportó a San Miguel, El Salvador, con el objetivo de reencontrarse todos en suelo salvadoreño. Un año después de la deportación, el reencuentro no ha sido posible."
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Muy preocupada por la detención por ICE en Florida de Luis Galeano, director de Café con Voz, un periodista nicaragüense notable, perseguido por la dictadura Ortega-Murillo, pertenece al grupo de los 94 primeros desnacionalizados. Debe ser liberado! @laprensa
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El periodista Luis Galeano, perseguido político por la dictadura de Nicaragua, presentó hace varios años una petición de asilo en EE.UU. Si el gobierno del presidente Trump ha comprobado que en Nicaragua existe una tiranía, que amenaza al hemisferio occidental, por qué no le otorga asilo político?
Esta es la respuesta de @DHSgov sobre la razón del arresto del periodista nicaragüense Luis Galeano. Lo culpan de haberse quedado despues de la expiración de su visa, sin considerar su petición de asilo.
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Rozina has written an urgent, masterly book about the rise & persistence of Islamophobia in the US. Everyone should go out and read it right away. In the meantime, come join us next week—Sept 9th at the @nypl—for a discussion of SEASONS OF FURY. Details below!
I will be in conversation with the brilliant @JonathanBlitzer on September 9th, at @nypl, to discuss SEASONS OF FURY and the rise of Islamophobia in the US. Join us!
@NYPLEvents @CullmanNYPL
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Ruth López cumple hoy 438 días secuestrada por el régimen de Nayib Bukele, el autócrata salvadoreño que destruyó la democracia que tantos afanes había costado. #TenganDecencia #LibertadParaRuth
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RT @ValOnTheBorder: New: An RGV mother deported to Mexico despite having DACA filed a lawsuit against the federal government after it notif…
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NEW: 1st public hearing for Alien Terrorist Removal Court unfolds at federal courthouse in DC. Lawyer for Afghan immigrant facing deportation tells judge there's good a reason the court hasn't been used for 3 decades: It's flagrantly unconstitutional politico.com/news/2026/07/30…
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NEW from @nytimes: Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, is pushing Uruguay to take Cuban deportees from the US. Uruguay is small but has a sizable Cuban population. Meanwhile, Rubio and Trump are hammering the Cuban economy with an oil blockade, igniting more migration.
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BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented mass detention policy — the 5th striaght appellate loss for the Trump administration and perhaps the most significant, covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, among others. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datasto…
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