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  1. Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South #Texas Airport

    The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a #Raymondville #DetentionCenter. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

    by Gaige Davila
    April 15, 2026, 8:54 AM, CDT

    "Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide, where she’s contracted to help people making their way through the immigration court system, just as she did for herself 35 years ago when she immigrated from India to New Jersey before settling in Texas.

    "She planned to meet with her adult children in Austin after the Wisconsin trip, the only difference she foresaw in an otherwise typical trip. Her routine for years included flying from either Harlingen or Brownsville to far-flung parts of the country where South Asian immigrants needed language access. For this trip, the flight was out of Harlingen.

    "But, around 5 p.m. on March 17, Batra was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) agents after passing through security at Harlingen International Airport. In a sworn deposition that was filed as part of a petition for habeas corpus—a legal request to be released on the grounds that the detention is unlawful—Batra said the people who arrested her did not have visible badges nor were they wearing uniforms. One of those agents had asked Batra if she knew she was in the country illegally and that she had a deportation order. She replied that her work authorization status, which she applied for regularly after being granted a legal status called withholding of removal by a New Jersey immigration judge decades ago, was good for another four years.

    " 'That doesn’t mean you can be here forever,' the agent replied. Two more plainclothes agents would join the two that detained her, bringing her down the escalator and to the front of the airport."

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/immigration-

    #USPol #HumanRightsViolations #Disappeared #Orwellian #ICESucks

  2. Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South #Texas Airport

    The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a #Raymondville #DetentionCenter. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

    by Gaige Davila
    April 15, 2026, 8:54 AM, CDT

    "Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide, where she’s contracted to help people making their way through the immigration court system, just as she did for herself 35 years ago when she immigrated from India to New Jersey before settling in Texas.

    "She planned to meet with her adult children in Austin after the Wisconsin trip, the only difference she foresaw in an otherwise typical trip. Her routine for years included flying from either Harlingen or Brownsville to far-flung parts of the country where South Asian immigrants needed language access. For this trip, the flight was out of Harlingen.

    "But, around 5 p.m. on March 17, Batra was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) agents after passing through security at Harlingen International Airport. In a sworn deposition that was filed as part of a petition for habeas corpus—a legal request to be released on the grounds that the detention is unlawful—Batra said the people who arrested her did not have visible badges nor were they wearing uniforms. One of those agents had asked Batra if she knew she was in the country illegally and that she had a deportation order. She replied that her work authorization status, which she applied for regularly after being granted a legal status called withholding of removal by a New Jersey immigration judge decades ago, was good for another four years.

    " 'That doesn’t mean you can be here forever,' the agent replied. Two more plainclothes agents would join the two that detained her, bringing her down the escalator and to the front of the airport."

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/immigration-

    #USPol #HumanRightsViolations #Disappeared #Orwellian #ICESucks

  3. Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South #Texas Airport

    The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a #Raymondville #DetentionCenter. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

    by Gaige Davila
    April 15, 2026, 8:54 AM, CDT

    "Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide, where she’s contracted to help people making their way through the immigration court system, just as she did for herself 35 years ago when she immigrated from India to New Jersey before settling in Texas.

    "She planned to meet with her adult children in Austin after the Wisconsin trip, the only difference she foresaw in an otherwise typical trip. Her routine for years included flying from either Harlingen or Brownsville to far-flung parts of the country where South Asian immigrants needed language access. For this trip, the flight was out of Harlingen.

    "But, around 5 p.m. on March 17, Batra was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) agents after passing through security at Harlingen International Airport. In a sworn deposition that was filed as part of a petition for habeas corpus—a legal request to be released on the grounds that the detention is unlawful—Batra said the people who arrested her did not have visible badges nor were they wearing uniforms. One of those agents had asked Batra if she knew she was in the country illegally and that she had a deportation order. She replied that her work authorization status, which she applied for regularly after being granted a legal status called withholding of removal by a New Jersey immigration judge decades ago, was good for another four years.

    " 'That doesn’t mean you can be here forever,' the agent replied. Two more plainclothes agents would join the two that detained her, bringing her down the escalator and to the front of the airport."

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/immigration-

    #USPol #HumanRightsViolations #Disappeared #Orwellian #ICESucks

  4. Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South #Texas Airport

    The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a #Raymondville #DetentionCenter. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

    by Gaige Davila
    April 15, 2026, 8:54 AM, CDT

    "Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide, where she’s contracted to help people making their way through the immigration court system, just as she did for herself 35 years ago when she immigrated from India to New Jersey before settling in Texas.

    "She planned to meet with her adult children in Austin after the Wisconsin trip, the only difference she foresaw in an otherwise typical trip. Her routine for years included flying from either Harlingen or Brownsville to far-flung parts of the country where South Asian immigrants needed language access. For this trip, the flight was out of Harlingen.

    "But, around 5 p.m. on March 17, Batra was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) agents after passing through security at Harlingen International Airport. In a sworn deposition that was filed as part of a petition for habeas corpus—a legal request to be released on the grounds that the detention is unlawful—Batra said the people who arrested her did not have visible badges nor were they wearing uniforms. One of those agents had asked Batra if she knew she was in the country illegally and that she had a deportation order. She replied that her work authorization status, which she applied for regularly after being granted a legal status called withholding of removal by a New Jersey immigration judge decades ago, was good for another four years.

    " 'That doesn’t mean you can be here forever,' the agent replied. Two more plainclothes agents would join the two that detained her, bringing her down the escalator and to the front of the airport."

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/immigration-

    #USPol #HumanRightsViolations #Disappeared #Orwellian #ICESucks

  5. Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South #Texas Airport

    The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a #Raymondville #DetentionCenter. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

    by Gaige Davila
    April 15, 2026, 8:54 AM, CDT

    "Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide, where she’s contracted to help people making their way through the immigration court system, just as she did for herself 35 years ago when she immigrated from India to New Jersey before settling in Texas.

    "She planned to meet with her adult children in Austin after the Wisconsin trip, the only difference she foresaw in an otherwise typical trip. Her routine for years included flying from either Harlingen or Brownsville to far-flung parts of the country where South Asian immigrants needed language access. For this trip, the flight was out of Harlingen.

    "But, around 5 p.m. on March 17, Batra was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) agents after passing through security at Harlingen International Airport. In a sworn deposition that was filed as part of a petition for habeas corpus—a legal request to be released on the grounds that the detention is unlawful—Batra said the people who arrested her did not have visible badges nor were they wearing uniforms. One of those agents had asked Batra if she knew she was in the country illegally and that she had a deportation order. She replied that her work authorization status, which she applied for regularly after being granted a legal status called withholding of removal by a New Jersey immigration judge decades ago, was good for another four years.

    " 'That doesn’t mean you can be here forever,' the agent replied. Two more plainclothes agents would join the two that detained her, bringing her down the escalator and to the front of the airport."

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/immigration-

    #USPol #HumanRightsViolations #Disappeared #Orwellian #ICESucks

  6. "You could only expect this to be horrendous, but then you’d still be caught off guard precisely when the horror strikes from an angle you never expected." —John Gibler for Now Voyager Magazine nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/th #violence #disappeared #longreads #mexico

  7. "You could only expect this to be horrendous, but then you’d still be caught off guard precisely when the horror strikes from an angle you never expected." —John Gibler for Now Voyager Magazine nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/th #violence #disappeared #longreads #mexico

  8. "You could only expect this to be horrendous, but then you’d still be caught off guard precisely when the horror strikes from an angle you never expected." —John Gibler for Now Voyager Magazine nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/th #violence #disappeared #longreads #mexico

  9. "You could only expect this to be horrendous, but then you’d still be caught off guard precisely when the horror strikes from an angle you never expected." —John Gibler for Now Voyager Magazine nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/th #violence #disappeared #longreads #mexico

  10. "You could only expect this to be horrendous, but then you’d still be caught off guard precisely when the horror strikes from an angle you never expected." —John Gibler for Now Voyager Magazine nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/th #violence #disappeared #longreads #mexico

  11. Exactly 50 years have passed since Argentine military officers arrested President María Estela Martínez de Peron and declared that the armed forces had taken control of the country. An estimated 30,000 victims were among those who “disappeared” in the brutal dictatorship that followed. @AssociatedPress has more on how thousands of families are still seeking justice.

    flip.it/jfjVD6

    #Argentina #SouthAmerica #Dictatorship #Anniversary #Disappeared

  12. Exactly 50 years have passed since Argentine military officers arrested President María Estela Martínez de Peron and declared that the armed forces had taken control of the country. An estimated 30,000 victims were among those who “disappeared” in the brutal dictatorship that followed. @AssociatedPress has more on how thousands of families are still seeking justice.

    flip.it/jfjVD6

    #Argentina #SouthAmerica #Dictatorship #Anniversary #Disappeared

  13. Exactly 50 years have passed since Argentine military officers arrested President María Estela Martínez de Peron and declared that the armed forces had taken control of the country. An estimated 30,000 victims were among those who “disappeared” in the brutal dictatorship that followed. @AssociatedPress has more on how thousands of families are still seeking justice.

    flip.it/jfjVD6

    #Argentina #SouthAmerica #Dictatorship #Anniversary #Disappeared

  14. Exactly 50 years have passed since Argentine military officers arrested President María Estela Martínez de Peron and declared that the armed forces had taken control of the country. An estimated 30,000 victims were among those who “disappeared” in the brutal dictatorship that followed. @AssociatedPress has more on how thousands of families are still seeking justice.

    flip.it/jfjVD6

    #Argentina #SouthAmerica #Dictatorship #Anniversary #Disappeared

  15. Exactly 50 years have passed since Argentine military officers arrested President María Estela Martínez de Peron and declared that the armed forces had taken control of the country. An estimated 30,000 victims were among those who “disappeared” in the brutal dictatorship that followed. @AssociatedPress has more on how thousands of families are still seeking justice.

    flip.it/jfjVD6

    #Argentina #SouthAmerica #Dictatorship #Anniversary #Disappeared

  16. Thursday, March 19 2026

    Major Russian aircraft manufacturing plant hit in Ukrainian strike -- Battlefield analysis: What Ukraine’s recent front-line gains really mean -- Russian oil shipments en route to Cuba despite US blockade -- Russian psyop allegedly targets Hungarians in western Ukraine as Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  17. Thursday, March 19 2026

    Major Russian aircraft manufacturing plant hit in Ukrainian strike -- Battlefield analysis: What Ukraine’s recent front-line gains really mean -- Russian oil shipments en route to Cuba despite US blockade -- Russian psyop allegedly targets Hungarians in western Ukraine as Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  18. Thursday, March 19 2026

    Major Russian aircraft manufacturing plant hit in Ukrainian strike -- Battlefield analysis: What Ukraine’s recent front-line gains really mean -- Russian oil shipments en route to Cuba despite US blockade -- Russian psyop allegedly targets Hungarians in western Ukraine as Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  19. Thursday, March 19 2026

    Major Russian aircraft manufacturing plant hit in Ukrainian strike -- Battlefield analysis: What Ukraine’s recent front-line gains really mean -- Russian oil shipments en route to Cuba despite US blockade -- Russian psyop allegedly targets Hungarians in western Ukraine as Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  20. Thursday, March 19 2026

    Major Russian aircraft manufacturing plant hit in Ukrainian strike -- Battlefield analysis: What Ukraine’s recent front-line gains really mean -- Russian oil shipments en route to Cuba despite US blockade -- Russian psyop allegedly targets Hungarians in western Ukraine as Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  21. I let the smokers use the room, and some art disappeared

    misryoum.com/us/today/i-let-th

    DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hosted a dinner party for 20 guests. Since a few of them smoke, I had arranged a separate room to function as a smoking room. After the party, I discovered that a very small painting and...

    #let #the #smokers #use #the #room #and #some #art #disappeared #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  22. I let the smokers use the room, and some art disappeared

    misryoum.com/us/today/i-let-th

    DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hosted a dinner party for 20 guests. Since a few of them smoke, I had arranged a separate room to function as a smoking room. After the party, I discovered that a very small painting and...

    #let #the #smokers #use #the #room #and #some #art #disappeared #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  23. I let the smokers use the room, and some art disappeared

    misryoum.com/us/today/i-let-th

    DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hosted a dinner party for 20 guests. Since a few of them smoke, I had arranged a separate room to function as a smoking room. After the party, I discovered that a very small painting and...

    #let #the #smokers #use #the #room #and #some #art #disappeared #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  24. #Ministry - #FaithCollapsing (1989)

    "you are the dead. remain exactly where you are. make no move until you are ordered."

    "Ministry samples the film 1984, which tells the story of a dystopian society with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its citizens. This is an extract from the scene in which protagonist Winston Smith and his lover Julia, who have been hiding their illegal affair from the secret police, are raided by the regime. 'You are the dead' echoes Winston’s previous statement that 'we are the dead', as in their #totalitarian society, their choice to rebel is a self-imposed death sentence."

    youtube.com/watch?v=68DJCaqEpDc

    #FridayNightMusic #IndustrialMusic #NineteenEightyFour
    #80sMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism
    #Disappeared #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol #Dystopian

  25. #Ministry - #FaithCollapsing (1989)

    "you are the dead. remain exactly where you are. make no move until you are ordered."

    "Ministry samples the film 1984, which tells the story of a dystopian society with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its citizens. This is an extract from the scene in which protagonist Winston Smith and his lover Julia, who have been hiding their illegal affair from the secret police, are raided by the regime. 'You are the dead' echoes Winston’s previous statement that 'we are the dead', as in their #totalitarian society, their choice to rebel is a self-imposed death sentence."

    youtube.com/watch?v=68DJCaqEpDc

    #FridayNightMusic #IndustrialMusic #NineteenEightyFour
    #80sMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism
    #Disappeared #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol #Dystopian

  26. #Ministry - #FaithCollapsing (1989)

    "you are the dead. remain exactly where you are. make no move until you are ordered."

    "Ministry samples the film 1984, which tells the story of a dystopian society with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its citizens. This is an extract from the scene in which protagonist Winston Smith and his lover Julia, who have been hiding their illegal affair from the secret police, are raided by the regime. 'You are the dead' echoes Winston’s previous statement that 'we are the dead', as in their #totalitarian society, their choice to rebel is a self-imposed death sentence."

    youtube.com/watch?v=68DJCaqEpDc

    #FridayNightMusic #IndustrialMusic #NineteenEightyFour
    #80sMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism
    #Disappeared #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol #Dystopian

  27. #Ministry - #FaithCollapsing (1989)

    "you are the dead. remain exactly where you are. make no move until you are ordered."

    "Ministry samples the film 1984, which tells the story of a dystopian society with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its citizens. This is an extract from the scene in which protagonist Winston Smith and his lover Julia, who have been hiding their illegal affair from the secret police, are raided by the regime. 'You are the dead' echoes Winston’s previous statement that 'we are the dead', as in their #totalitarian society, their choice to rebel is a self-imposed death sentence."

    youtube.com/watch?v=68DJCaqEpDc

    #FridayNightMusic #IndustrialMusic #NineteenEightyFour
    #80sMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism
    #Disappeared #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol #Dystopian

  28. #Ministry - #FaithCollapsing (1989)

    "you are the dead. remain exactly where you are. make no move until you are ordered."

    "Ministry samples the film 1984, which tells the story of a dystopian society with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its citizens. This is an extract from the scene in which protagonist Winston Smith and his lover Julia, who have been hiding their illegal affair from the secret police, are raided by the regime. 'You are the dead' echoes Winston’s previous statement that 'we are the dead', as in their #totalitarian society, their choice to rebel is a self-imposed death sentence."

    youtube.com/watch?v=68DJCaqEpDc

    #FridayNightMusic #IndustrialMusic #NineteenEightyFour
    #80sMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism
    #Disappeared #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol #Dystopian

  29. #Trump #DHS CAUGHT RED-HANDED in SHADY BILLION-DOLLAR Deal!!

    Katie Phang
    Feb 20, 2026

    "#Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is #kidnapping and #terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the #TrumpRegime 2.0"

    Watch:
    youtube.com/watch?v=8P-RG3DwkVQ

    #USPol #DefundDHS #AbolishDHS #PalantirTechnologies #Disappeared #AbolishICE #AbolishPalantir

  30. #Trump #DHS CAUGHT RED-HANDED in SHADY BILLION-DOLLAR Deal!!

    Katie Phang
    Feb 20, 2026

    "#Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is #kidnapping and #terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the #TrumpRegime 2.0"

    Watch:
    youtube.com/watch?v=8P-RG3DwkVQ

    #USPol #DefundDHS #AbolishDHS #PalantirTechnologies #Disappeared #AbolishICE #AbolishPalantir

  31. #Trump #DHS CAUGHT RED-HANDED in SHADY BILLION-DOLLAR Deal!!

    Katie Phang
    Feb 20, 2026

    "#Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is #kidnapping and #terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the #TrumpRegime 2.0"

    Watch:
    youtube.com/watch?v=8P-RG3DwkVQ

    #USPol #DefundDHS #AbolishDHS #PalantirTechnologies #Disappeared #AbolishICE #AbolishPalantir

  32. #Trump #DHS CAUGHT RED-HANDED in SHADY BILLION-DOLLAR Deal!!

    Katie Phang
    Feb 20, 2026

    "#Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is #kidnapping and #terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the #TrumpRegime 2.0"

    Watch:
    youtube.com/watch?v=8P-RG3DwkVQ

    #USPol #DefundDHS #AbolishDHS #PalantirTechnologies #Disappeared #AbolishICE #AbolishPalantir

  33. #Trump #DHS CAUGHT RED-HANDED in SHADY BILLION-DOLLAR Deal!!

    Katie Phang
    Feb 20, 2026

    "#Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal with DHS to provide products and services to the federal agency that is #kidnapping and #terrorizing people in our communities. Katie Phang has the details, including the internal tensions among Palantir employees as the company forges ahead with its contracts with the #TrumpRegime 2.0"

    Watch:
    youtube.com/watch?v=8P-RG3DwkVQ

    #USPol #DefundDHS #AbolishDHS #PalantirTechnologies #Disappeared #AbolishICE #AbolishPalantir