#abolishice — Public Fediverse posts
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say #AbolishICE
https://prospect.org/2026/09/11/immigrant-trump-sent-to-african-hotel-prison-arrested-after-speaking-with-media/ -
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say #AbolishICE
https://prospect.org/2026/09/11/immigrant-trump-sent-to-african-hotel-prison-arrested-after-speaking-with-media/ -
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say #AbolishICE
https://prospect.org/2026/09/11/immigrant-trump-sent-to-african-hotel-prison-arrested-after-speaking-with-media/ -
‘Majority do not welcome him’: Trump heads to Ireland amid fury over Gaza #genocide #AbolishICE https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/11/majority-do-not-welcome-him-trump-heads-to-ireland-amid-fury-over-gaza
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‘Majority do not welcome him’: Trump heads to Ireland amid fury over Gaza #genocide #AbolishICE https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/11/majority-do-not-welcome-him-trump-heads-to-ireland-amid-fury-over-gaza
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‘Majority do not welcome him’: Trump heads to Ireland amid fury over Gaza #genocide #AbolishICE https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/11/majority-do-not-welcome-him-trump-heads-to-ireland-amid-fury-over-gaza
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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quislingborisjohnson.blogspot.com/2025/11/foll... LP-153 FOLLOW THE MONEY - DID YOU VOTE FOR A PAEDOPHILE, A CHILD RAPIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE? #TrumpsEpsteinFiles #ChildSexTrafficking” DISGUST #AbolishICE REMOVE CONVICT IMPRISON IMPEACH Donald Trump & Cronies
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#CloseTheCamps and #AbolishICE
"St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay"
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#CloseTheCamps and #AbolishICE
"St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay"
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#CloseTheCamps and #AbolishICE
"St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay"
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#CloseTheCamps and #AbolishICE
"St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay"
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#AbolishICE
“a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent used his badge and his gun to burst into hotel rooms and rob and rape four Chinese sex workers in a series of brazen attacks in 2022”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/border-patrol-agent-trial-lawyer-alleges-setup/ -
#AbolishICE
“a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent used his badge and his gun to burst into hotel rooms and rob and rape four Chinese sex workers in a series of brazen attacks in 2022”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/border-patrol-agent-trial-lawyer-alleges-setup/ -
#AbolishICE
“a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent used his badge and his gun to burst into hotel rooms and rob and rape four Chinese sex workers in a series of brazen attacks in 2022”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/border-patrol-agent-trial-lawyer-alleges-setup/ -
#AbolishICE
“a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent used his badge and his gun to burst into hotel rooms and rob and rape four Chinese sex workers in a series of brazen attacks in 2022”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/border-patrol-agent-trial-lawyer-alleges-setup/ -
#FreeThemAll petition started by a neighbor detained at #NWDC
#AbolishICE #Tacoma #LaAllianza
#FreeFelixhttps://actionnetwork.org/petitions/free-felix-vladimir-ponce-alvarez
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Contesting #Surveillance Infrastructure on #IndigenousLands
by #OpheliaRivas, #CaitlinBlanchfield, and #NinaKolowratnik
"The broad slope and rounded crest of O’ks Tak’am Do’ak outline the profile of a woman sitting and facing the west. Her name is O’ks Ta’kam. She is part the O’odham origin story, passed down through oral history. She sits there vigilant, a warrior protecting, and will warn the people when a catastrophic event will occur. When this event comes, she will stand and gather the smallest creatures in her skirt to protect them.
"The mountain forms part of the Tak’Va’Vak range which cuts through #TohonoOodham land, joining peaks like Han’a-mek and Ma’mke-mad. These mountains are known as a place to gather sweet fruits from the chu-chues (organ pipe cactus). They are home to caves, springs, and seasonal water holes. Each year ceremonies and hunts take place all across the Tak’Va’Vak, and trails lead through the mountain passes, connecting the springs at A’al Va’pai (Quitobaqito) to O’odham villages in Sonora, and leading all the way to the salty Ge-Ka-ch’k (Sea of Cortez). The mountains hold deer, mountain rams, javalina. They hold burial places. Medicines grow there. In the evening they are especially beautiful, bathed in crimson.
"The Tak’Va’Vak range also forms one border of the Tohono O’odham Nation. The boundary runs along the ridge line and separates the reservation from the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a United States national park to the west.
"The border with the #NationalMonument is one of three that divide Tohono O’odham Nation from the #UnitedStates; the reservation’s southern border is with #Mexico. It is this border that dominates the others—both in its real effects and in media representations—and with good reason, especially in the last decades, and acutely in the present moment. It separates the Tohono O’odham in Sonora from those in Arizona, dividing the people; and its securitization has brought violence and destruction to O’odham lands on both sides in different ways. Yet these two borders—one between nation states and one between reservation and national park—work together: they are part of the same process of colonialism and dispossession that have been constricting O’odham life for hundreds of years. The construction of the US-Mexico border is intertwined with the expropriation of #IndigenousLand and the subsequent creation of #NativeAmerican reservations as much as it is with United States expansionism and policies of exclusion. More than that, the US-Mexico border, and the many weapons, technologies of surveillance, and #BorderPatrol officers that comprise it, is an extension of the United States’ ongoing, violent, and racialized campaign to contain and assimilate Indigenous peoples—it is a settler colonial border. But as Salt River Pima-Maricopa scholar #FantasiaPainter reminds us, the #borderlands are not yet settled, and they are unsettled: this is because of the refusal of Tohono O’odham and other #IndigenousPeoples to see and accept their lands as not their own."
Read more:
https://urbannext.net/significant-impact-contesting-surveillance/#SettlerColonialism #SurveillanceState #USPol #CulturalGenocide
#NoBorderWall #TrumpsBorderWall
#ProtectTheSacred #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
#RespectTheTreaties #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #IndigenousSacredSites
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Four people have died at the hands of ICE over the past eight days.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by an ICE officer on July 7, 2026, in Houston, Texas, during a vehicle stop while driving his construction crew to work.
Joan Sebastian Guerrero was murdered by an ICE agent on July 13, 2026, in Biddeford, Maine, during a vehicle stop.
Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva died on July 13 while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia. Apparently, ICE agents intentionally denied him access to life-saving medication he depended on.
On July 14, a 28-year-old man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in Florida while fleeing ICE agents.
Stop them before they kill again. Abolish ICE.
https://crimethinc.com/posters/stop-them-before-they-kill-again
#ICE #StopICE #AbolishICE #ICEkills #fascismKills #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo #JoanSebastianGuerrero #JesusManuelArenasSilva @CrimethInc
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"construction of the center in Gilroy goes hand-in-hand with plans to convert a now shuttered women’s prison in Dublin, about 60 miles north, into an ICE facility.
Locals have dubbed the plan a “two headed beast,” explains Armendariz, noting the Gilroy facility would operate in tandem with the potential reopening of the scandal plagued FCI Dublin federal prison. Together, the two centers would create an unprecedented mass detention pipeline in Northern California."
#AbolishICE #Gilroy #SantaClaraCounty #SiliconValley #Dublin
https://americancommunitymedia.org/immigration/the-two-headed-beast-locals-in-gilroy-calif-resist-planned-ice-facility/ -
Disgraceful! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
500 Babies and Toddlers kidnapped #ICETerrorists and put into Concentration Camps
#MarshallProject & MSNOW
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7C9C-UbA0fE
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Until the ruling class is losing money, control, legitimacy, and stability, everything else is perfomance. And perfomance is safe.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1ttdj4l#protest #politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #pedophile #pedo47 #epsteintrump #releasetheepsteinfiles #ice #policestate #policemilitarization #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #nowar #nokings #50501movement #votingrightsact #civildisobedience #ice #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #acab
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The horrors persist, but so do we.
Someone who lives in a makeshift forest shelter wants to join us in the bus soon.
The Vulpibus now has an air conditioning unit fitted. We have installed a longer 4G antenna.
We almost had somewhere to go and park a while, but the landowner backed out. Again. And the convoy we are trying to form is moving along.So the bus is still in need of a diesel refueling, and the current prices make that a matter of about $400. Links below.
We would really love to convert this bus to an EV but that is going to need a much more generous level of help than most folks here can provide.
There are also many debts to deal with, including car loan and insurance, and bureaucratic needs that have fees to pay. Capitalism is ruthless the most when it is legally enforced and you still don't have the means.
If you want to help out with any specific thing, please let us know. Otherwise donations are put to the most pressing need.
$athamanatha on Cashapp
@athamanatha on PayPal
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
Wise and Xoom may be possible.
Other methods may be possible on request.#mutualaid #murualaidsaveslives #vulpibus #communesandconvoys #help #helpfolkslive2026 #helpfolkssurvive2026
#fucktrump #fuckice #fuckauthoritarianism #fuckcapitalism
#crowdfund #crowdfunding #fundraising #moneyhelp #fedihelp #trans #transmutualaid #queer #queermutualaid #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2S #therian #otherkin #therianmutualaid #otherkinmutualaid #furry #furrymutualaid #solidarity #buslife #homeless #addressless #lifeontheroad #fuckkarens #unemployable #unemployed #fucklandlords #therentistoodamnhigh #abolishrent #abolishice #abolishcapitalism #thecivilwarstartsinasoupkitchen -
This is encouraging #news - from earlier #thisweek. I can't imagine how they thought it was a good idea to align themselves and US #terrorism
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#Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes returns to CEO role on interim basis, as Irina #Novoselsky exits / Change comes after #controversy over contract between company and #DHS -
#BostonWeekend Sat DRAG Anti-ICE #drag show, doors at 7pm Brighton https://www.instagram.com/p/DWNIj2iERWK/ #AbolishICE #Boston #BostonArt #BostonDrag #BrightonMA
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How soon people forget...
A century ago, #FrancoAmericans were targeted in #Maine like today’s #Somali #immigrants
Opinion by Tommy Pinette, March 3, 2026
"Two years ago, I learned the infamous #KuKluxKlan exploded in popularity throughout Maine during its resurgence in the 1920s. Across the United States, the terrorist group amassed hundreds of thousands of new followers in a rather clever dissemblance as a community service and fraternal organization. At one point, in fact, approximately 30% of Maine’s native-born population were enrolled members of the KKK. Yet they did not target Somali-Americans, people on work visas, or permanent residents from Africa — they vehemently attacked the people we now call Franco-Americans.
"Prominent Franco communities in #LewistonME, #RumfordME, #OldTownME, #AugustaME, and #WatervilleME, called 'petits Canadas,' became targets of violence for the #KKK.
"One local history of the Franco-American community of Old Town recounts a horrific stand-off at French Island: holding torches and weapons, a mob of angry klansmen attempted to cross the bridge onto the island in order to burn it down. Only the rapid efforts of men in the community to block the bridge physically kept the island from going up in flames.
"And yet, I hear many of my Franco relatives talk poorly about immigrants. They repeat similar slogans to the ones President Donald Trump spreads about immigrants who come from Africa, particularly those from East Africa: “they shouldn’t be here … Somalia is not even a country” Animus defines how many Franco-Americans understand immigrants, the people who stand in the very same place their ancestors once stood a couple generations ago.
"Do not forget that our #WhitePrivilege came at a great historical cost in the forms of systemic French language suppression, decades of shameful stereotypes, and barriers to higher education. For almost 70 years, the state of Maine had a legislative policy of only offering public education in English. We must remember our ancestors, the memères and pepères who endured the same xenophobic insults immigrants in America face today."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/83Hi6#USPol #WorldPol #MainePol #NewAmericans #NewMainers #USHistory #MaineHistory #ICESucks #AbolishICE #Hypocrisy
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How soon people forget...
A century ago, #FrancoAmericans were targeted in #Maine like today’s #Somali #immigrants
Opinion by Tommy Pinette, March 3, 2026
"Two years ago, I learned the infamous #KuKluxKlan exploded in popularity throughout Maine during its resurgence in the 1920s. Across the United States, the terrorist group amassed hundreds of thousands of new followers in a rather clever dissemblance as a community service and fraternal organization. At one point, in fact, approximately 30% of Maine’s native-born population were enrolled members of the KKK. Yet they did not target Somali-Americans, people on work visas, or permanent residents from Africa — they vehemently attacked the people we now call Franco-Americans.
"Prominent Franco communities in #LewistonME, #RumfordME, #OldTownME, #AugustaME, and #WatervilleME, called 'petits Canadas,' became targets of violence for the #KKK.
"One local history of the Franco-American community of Old Town recounts a horrific stand-off at French Island: holding torches and weapons, a mob of angry klansmen attempted to cross the bridge onto the island in order to burn it down. Only the rapid efforts of men in the community to block the bridge physically kept the island from going up in flames.
"And yet, I hear many of my Franco relatives talk poorly about immigrants. They repeat similar slogans to the ones President Donald Trump spreads about immigrants who come from Africa, particularly those from East Africa: “they shouldn’t be here … Somalia is not even a country” Animus defines how many Franco-Americans understand immigrants, the people who stand in the very same place their ancestors once stood a couple generations ago.
"Do not forget that our #WhitePrivilege came at a great historical cost in the forms of systemic French language suppression, decades of shameful stereotypes, and barriers to higher education. For almost 70 years, the state of Maine had a legislative policy of only offering public education in English. We must remember our ancestors, the memères and pepères who endured the same xenophobic insults immigrants in America face today."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/83Hi6#USPol #WorldPol #MainePol #NewAmericans #NewMainers #USHistory #MaineHistory #ICESucks #AbolishICE #Hypocrisy
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How soon people forget...
A century ago, #FrancoAmericans were targeted in #Maine like today’s #Somali #immigrants
Opinion by Tommy Pinette, March 3, 2026
"Two years ago, I learned the infamous #KuKluxKlan exploded in popularity throughout Maine during its resurgence in the 1920s. Across the United States, the terrorist group amassed hundreds of thousands of new followers in a rather clever dissemblance as a community service and fraternal organization. At one point, in fact, approximately 30% of Maine’s native-born population were enrolled members of the KKK. Yet they did not target Somali-Americans, people on work visas, or permanent residents from Africa — they vehemently attacked the people we now call Franco-Americans.
"Prominent Franco communities in #LewistonME, #RumfordME, #OldTownME, #AugustaME, and #WatervilleME, called 'petits Canadas,' became targets of violence for the #KKK.
"One local history of the Franco-American community of Old Town recounts a horrific stand-off at French Island: holding torches and weapons, a mob of angry klansmen attempted to cross the bridge onto the island in order to burn it down. Only the rapid efforts of men in the community to block the bridge physically kept the island from going up in flames.
"And yet, I hear many of my Franco relatives talk poorly about immigrants. They repeat similar slogans to the ones President Donald Trump spreads about immigrants who come from Africa, particularly those from East Africa: “they shouldn’t be here … Somalia is not even a country” Animus defines how many Franco-Americans understand immigrants, the people who stand in the very same place their ancestors once stood a couple generations ago.
"Do not forget that our #WhitePrivilege came at a great historical cost in the forms of systemic French language suppression, decades of shameful stereotypes, and barriers to higher education. For almost 70 years, the state of Maine had a legislative policy of only offering public education in English. We must remember our ancestors, the memères and pepères who endured the same xenophobic insults immigrants in America face today."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/83Hi6#USPol #WorldPol #MainePol #NewAmericans #NewMainers #USHistory #MaineHistory #ICESucks #AbolishICE #Hypocrisy
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How soon people forget...
A century ago, #FrancoAmericans were targeted in #Maine like today’s #Somali #immigrants
Opinion by Tommy Pinette, March 3, 2026
"Two years ago, I learned the infamous #KuKluxKlan exploded in popularity throughout Maine during its resurgence in the 1920s. Across the United States, the terrorist group amassed hundreds of thousands of new followers in a rather clever dissemblance as a community service and fraternal organization. At one point, in fact, approximately 30% of Maine’s native-born population were enrolled members of the KKK. Yet they did not target Somali-Americans, people on work visas, or permanent residents from Africa — they vehemently attacked the people we now call Franco-Americans.
"Prominent Franco communities in #LewistonME, #RumfordME, #OldTownME, #AugustaME, and #WatervilleME, called 'petits Canadas,' became targets of violence for the #KKK.
"One local history of the Franco-American community of Old Town recounts a horrific stand-off at French Island: holding torches and weapons, a mob of angry klansmen attempted to cross the bridge onto the island in order to burn it down. Only the rapid efforts of men in the community to block the bridge physically kept the island from going up in flames.
"And yet, I hear many of my Franco relatives talk poorly about immigrants. They repeat similar slogans to the ones President Donald Trump spreads about immigrants who come from Africa, particularly those from East Africa: “they shouldn’t be here … Somalia is not even a country” Animus defines how many Franco-Americans understand immigrants, the people who stand in the very same place their ancestors once stood a couple generations ago.
"Do not forget that our #WhitePrivilege came at a great historical cost in the forms of systemic French language suppression, decades of shameful stereotypes, and barriers to higher education. For almost 70 years, the state of Maine had a legislative policy of only offering public education in English. We must remember our ancestors, the memères and pepères who endured the same xenophobic insults immigrants in America face today."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/83Hi6#USPol #WorldPol #MainePol #NewAmericans #NewMainers #USHistory #MaineHistory #ICESucks #AbolishICE #Hypocrisy
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How soon people forget...
A century ago, #FrancoAmericans were targeted in #Maine like today’s #Somali #immigrants
Opinion by Tommy Pinette, March 3, 2026
"Two years ago, I learned the infamous #KuKluxKlan exploded in popularity throughout Maine during its resurgence in the 1920s. Across the United States, the terrorist group amassed hundreds of thousands of new followers in a rather clever dissemblance as a community service and fraternal organization. At one point, in fact, approximately 30% of Maine’s native-born population were enrolled members of the KKK. Yet they did not target Somali-Americans, people on work visas, or permanent residents from Africa — they vehemently attacked the people we now call Franco-Americans.
"Prominent Franco communities in #LewistonME, #RumfordME, #OldTownME, #AugustaME, and #WatervilleME, called 'petits Canadas,' became targets of violence for the #KKK.
"One local history of the Franco-American community of Old Town recounts a horrific stand-off at French Island: holding torches and weapons, a mob of angry klansmen attempted to cross the bridge onto the island in order to burn it down. Only the rapid efforts of men in the community to block the bridge physically kept the island from going up in flames.
"And yet, I hear many of my Franco relatives talk poorly about immigrants. They repeat similar slogans to the ones President Donald Trump spreads about immigrants who come from Africa, particularly those from East Africa: “they shouldn’t be here … Somalia is not even a country” Animus defines how many Franco-Americans understand immigrants, the people who stand in the very same place their ancestors once stood a couple generations ago.
"Do not forget that our #WhitePrivilege came at a great historical cost in the forms of systemic French language suppression, decades of shameful stereotypes, and barriers to higher education. For almost 70 years, the state of Maine had a legislative policy of only offering public education in English. We must remember our ancestors, the memères and pepères who endured the same xenophobic insults immigrants in America face today."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/83Hi6#USPol #WorldPol #MainePol #NewAmericans #NewMainers #USHistory #MaineHistory #ICESucks #AbolishICE #Hypocrisy
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Step-by-Step #FamilyPreparednessPlan / #PlanDePreparaciónFamiliar: (Guía Completa)
Publication Date Feb 10, 2026
"Every family should have a family preparedness plan in case of an emergency. It is equally critical for immigrant families to think ahead and set more concrete plans for immigration-related emergencies that may arise.
To assist in this, we've created this toolkit that goes into detail about different childcare options available in case of an absent parent, how to find trusted immigration services in your community, and how to prepare to assert your constitutional rights in the presence of an immigration officer."
Read more:
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan#USPol #ICESucks #NewAmericans #NewMainers #ResourcesForImmigrants #AbolishICE
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Step-by-Step #FamilyPreparednessPlan / #PlanDePreparaciónFamiliar: (Guía Completa)
Publication Date Feb 10, 2026
"Every family should have a family preparedness plan in case of an emergency. It is equally critical for immigrant families to think ahead and set more concrete plans for immigration-related emergencies that may arise.
To assist in this, we've created this toolkit that goes into detail about different childcare options available in case of an absent parent, how to find trusted immigration services in your community, and how to prepare to assert your constitutional rights in the presence of an immigration officer."
Read more:
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan#USPol #ICESucks #NewAmericans #NewMainers #ResourcesForImmigrants #AbolishICE
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Step-by-Step #FamilyPreparednessPlan / #PlanDePreparaciónFamiliar: (Guía Completa)
Publication Date Feb 10, 2026
"Every family should have a family preparedness plan in case of an emergency. It is equally critical for immigrant families to think ahead and set more concrete plans for immigration-related emergencies that may arise.
To assist in this, we've created this toolkit that goes into detail about different childcare options available in case of an absent parent, how to find trusted immigration services in your community, and how to prepare to assert your constitutional rights in the presence of an immigration officer."
Read more:
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan#USPol #ICESucks #NewAmericans #NewMainers #ResourcesForImmigrants #AbolishICE
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Step-by-Step #FamilyPreparednessPlan / #PlanDePreparaciónFamiliar: (Guía Completa)
Publication Date Feb 10, 2026
"Every family should have a family preparedness plan in case of an emergency. It is equally critical for immigrant families to think ahead and set more concrete plans for immigration-related emergencies that may arise.
To assist in this, we've created this toolkit that goes into detail about different childcare options available in case of an absent parent, how to find trusted immigration services in your community, and how to prepare to assert your constitutional rights in the presence of an immigration officer."
Read more:
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan#USPol #ICESucks #NewAmericans #NewMainers #ResourcesForImmigrants #AbolishICE
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Step-by-Step #FamilyPreparednessPlan / #PlanDePreparaciónFamiliar: (Guía Completa)
Publication Date Feb 10, 2026
"Every family should have a family preparedness plan in case of an emergency. It is equally critical for immigrant families to think ahead and set more concrete plans for immigration-related emergencies that may arise.
To assist in this, we've created this toolkit that goes into detail about different childcare options available in case of an absent parent, how to find trusted immigration services in your community, and how to prepare to assert your constitutional rights in the presence of an immigration officer."
Read more:
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan#USPol #ICESucks #NewAmericans #NewMainers #ResourcesForImmigrants #AbolishICE
