#federal-violence — Public Fediverse posts

It bears repeating: in the United States, there is no such thing as a "department of war".

There is a (bloated, corrupt, immense) Department of Defense, and we cannot lose sight of the shift the fuckers in this administration are trying to force on the stated principles that founded this country.

#USPolitics #Fascism #FederalViolence #MarkKelly

countless, everyday people
small displays of defiance
resistance *everywhere*

(and yes, social shunning of all the voluntary agents of this fascist regime is an act of resistance--use it; if no other form of resistance is within your reach, use that. Humans are social animals; shunning WORKS)

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/baltimore-scooter-ice-patrol-buzz-grambo-us-navy-veteran/

#USPolitics #immigration #Baltimore #FederalViolence #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS

ICE and other federal agents armed to the teeth, covering their faces, not presenting warrants, and pointing loaded weapons at children's faces: this is the reality of having brown skin in the U.S. right now.

No matter where you live.

#USPolitics #immigration #FederalViolence #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #NYC

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/queens-ice-raid-guns-children-mother/

It has been a lot less in national news, but ICE has been brutal in enforcing anti-immigrant agenda in Florida.

Note:
1- immigration law is not criminal law; people found in violation should not be subjected to prison/violence/torture (emotional or physical) or death.
2- what "serious crime" has this man committed, given he's been in contact and working with immigration for decades?

#USPolitics #immigration #Florida #FederalViolence

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/sanford-grandfather-born-in-refugee-camp-nabbed-by-ice-after-70-years-in-u-s/

Via Dana Stevens: "Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests."

#USPolitics #immigration #Chicago #FederalViolence #AbolishICE #AbolishICE

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges

https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-2674299319/

ICE has expanded their brutal operations from Chicago to Charlotte NC this week.

Here are some tips people in the latter may find useful.

#USPolitics #immigration #CharlotteNC #FederalViolence

This is terrifying read, by a software engineer, about the realities of living in Chicago today: somewhere around 3000 Chicagoans have been kidnapped and disappeared by the secret federal police (or criminals using their tactics), and we don't know exactly how many by design.

https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago

#USPolitics #immigration #Chicago #SecretPolice #FederalViolence

We can carry our papers--green card, passport, birth certificate, asylum documentation--and it will make no difference to those who have already decided that we "don't belong" here.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/05/daycare-teacher-taken-by-ice-north-side-immigration

#Chicago #immigration #USPolitics #FederalViolence

Kat Abughazaleh, candidate for U.S. representative Illinois 9th district, has been indicted, with other five people for "obstructing' ICE--when all they have done is show up to protest at Broadview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPlDZajxr3Y

#USPolitics #Chicago #Immigration #FederalViolence #KatAbughazaleh #BroadviewSix