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#ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain #GreenBeanie From #REI in the Last 2 Years

#HomelandSecurity Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial #subpoena as part of a #dragnet search for the identities of #protesters who entered a #Minnesota church in March.
#hsi

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-wants-to-know-who-bought-a-certain-green-beanie-from-rei-in-the-last-2-years/

Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in U.S.

British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to the United Kingdom after his arrest by Ameri…
#NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #country #Department #detention #GB #GreatBritain #HomelandSecurity #immigrationarrest #immigrationcrackdown #nationwideuptick #part #People #PresidentTrump #thursday #U.S. #UK #xlastyear #yiannopoulo #yiannopoulos
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/754967/

Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in U.S. https://www.byteseu.com/2322209/ #country #Department #detention #GreatBritain #HomelandSecurity #ImmigrationArrest #ImmigrationCrackdown #NationwideUptick #part #people #PresidentTrump #thursday #US #UnitedKingdom #XLastYear #yiannopoulo #yiannopoulos

Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in U.S.

British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to the United Kingdom after his arrest by American immi…
#UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU #country #Department #detention #GreatBritain #HomelandSecurity #Immigrationarrest #immigrationcrackdown #nationwideuptick #part #people #presidenttrump #thursday #U.S. #xlastyear #yiannopoulo #yiannopoulos
https://www.europesays.com/3223946/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/113964/ Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in U.S. #country #Department #detention #HomelandSecurity #ImmigrationArrest #ImmigrationCrackdown #NationwideUptick #part #People #PresidentTrump #thursday #US #UK #UnitedKingdom #XLastYear #yiannopoulo #Yiannopoulos

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1177586/ Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in U.S. #Britain #Country #Department #detention #England #GreatBritain #HomelandSecurity #ImmigrationArrest #ImmigrationCrackdown #NationwideUptick #NorthernIreland #part #People #PresidentTrump #Scotland #thursday #US #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #XLastYear #yiannopoulo #yiannopoulos

ICE coordinated Iranian deportations amid US strikes, emails reportedly show

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accelerated efforts to deport Iranian nationals in the aftermath during the 12-Day…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #deportation #DonaldTrump #HomelandSecurity #ICE #Iran #OperationRisingLion #usiran #WhiteHouse
https://www.newsbeep.com/699560/

Yikes 😳 What next 🤬

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks

The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or #GLOVE

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6024004-dhs-ice-shock-gloves/

Yikes 😳 What next 🤬

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks

The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or #GLOVE

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6024004-dhs-ice-shock-gloves/

Yikes 😳 What next 🤬

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks

The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or #GLOVE

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6024004-dhs-ice-shock-gloves/

Yikes 😳 What next 🤬

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks

The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or #GLOVE

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6024004-dhs-ice-shock-gloves/

Yikes 😳 What next 🤬

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks

The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or #GLOVE

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6024004-dhs-ice-shock-gloves/

Trump Signs Executive Orders Ending Birth Tourism And Protecting The Value Of American Citizenship

Following the unfortunate decision made the by Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) regarding birthright citizenship, US President Donald J. Trump signed two new Executive Orders to formally end birth tourism while also protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the News24 (formerly Sky News Australia) video covering the Oval Office. Watch it and pay close attention to the details.

https://youtu.be/YC3PrTABmic?si=qLGS_xhbDUE99gcD&t=239

In America, birth tourism is already a huge problem that has yet to be full resolved. If it is left unchecked, it will negatively impact and even deform democracy in the US. That said, President Trump signed the Executive Order ending birth tourism. To understand it fully, posted below is the entire content of the said Executive Order sourced from the White House website. Some parts in boldface…

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.  Purpose.  United States citizenship is among the greatest inheritances the Nation can bestow.  It embodies a sacred bond between the American people and the Nation in which they live, and carries profound rights, privileges, and responsibilities reflective of the enduring allegiance of citizens to the United States and our Constitution.  Citizenship is not a commodity to be acquired through calculated exploitation and evasion of the immigration laws, such as by entering the United States on a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth within the Nation’s borders.

Birth tourism operators use deceptive advertisements and inducements to entice foreign nationals to travel to the United States for the purpose of giving birth on American soil.  They promise citizenship; access to public benefits; and short-term stays in specialized facilities, hotels, or rentals, but often fail to deliver on these promises.  These operators coach their clients to misrepresent the purpose and duration of their travel to consular and border officials to obtain visas authorizing entry into the United States.  Failure to appropriately combat these schemes has resulted in thriving industries around the world that profit by enabling the evasion of American immigration laws to obtain citizenship and other immigration benefits for foreign visitors, and the exploitation of the women who travel here for purposes of giving birth.

The immigration laws of the United States establish discrete categories of temporary nonimmigrant visas to allow foreign visitors into the United States for study, exchange, temporary employment, tourism, and other transitory activities that are now exploited by birth tourism operators.  Participants in birth tourism schemes abuse these categories to establish a permanent foothold in the United States by securing the advantage of citizenship for their children and then potentially for themselves.

Birth tourism, defined in section 3 of this order, undermines the integrity of the Nation’s immigration system by enabling foreign nationals to exploit their temporary admission to obtain permanent immigration-related benefits.  Birth tourism also diverts limited consular inspection and enforcement resources away from legitimate visa applicants, erodes public confidence in the faithful enforcement of the immigration laws, and impairs the executive branch’s ability to protect the national security.

The United States has a compelling interest in ensuring that each visa category is used only for the purpose for which it was established.  Foreign nationals seeking temporary admission into the United States must adhere to the purposes for which the Congress has authorized their temporary admission, and cannot be permitted to circumvent the immigration laws in an attempt to vest themselves and their children with lasting benefits that are irreconcilable with their nonimmigrant status.

It is therefore the policy of the United States to promote the integrity of its immigration system, to ensure that nonimmigrant visa classifications are used only for their lawful and intended purposes, and to prevent the exploitation of those classifications by persons engaging in birth tourism.

Sec. 2.  Authorities.  Pursuant to section 301 of title 3, United States Code, the authority granted to the President under section 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1185(a), is hereby delegated to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to the extent necessary to implement this order, including the authority to issue or adopt rules, policies, operational guidance, or other guidance to carry out this order.

Sec. 3.  Definition.  For purposes of this order, “birth tourism” is defined as:

(a)  the entry of any foreign national into the United States via a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil; or

(b)  any effort by any foreign national to facilitate the entry of any foreign national into the United States via a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil.

Sec. 4.  Scope and Implementation.  (a)  The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such actions and update any rules, policies, operational guidance, or other guidance as necessary to effectuate the policy set forth in this order.  Such actions may include, within the Secretaries’ respective discretion and authority, appropriate action to prevent the entry into the United States of, or the granting of any visa or other travel authorization to, any alien entering or attempting to enter the United States for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism; revoking the visa or travel authorization and permanently barring entry of any alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism; denial of entry to, or removal of, any alien who previously engaged or plans to engage in birth tourism; or other appropriate action against entities, organizations, or individuals, within or outside of the United States, responsible for facilitating or enabling birth tourism in any manner.

(b)  All other relevant executive departments and agencies shall provide such records and information as are necessary for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement the terms of this order and the rules, policies, operational guidance, or other guidance issued pursuant to it, subject to applicable law.

Sec. 5.  Exemptions.  Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this order, the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security may exempt a foreign national from actions taken pursuant to this order on humanitarian grounds or when the foreign national’s entry is in the national interest, as determined by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Sec. 6.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d)  If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstances, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the application of any of its other provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(e)  The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Homeland Security.

                             DONALD J. TRUMP

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you think the two new Executive Orders signed by Trump will effectively end birth tourism while protecting the value of American citizenship? What kind of responses do you think the Democrats will come up with to oppose the Executive Orders. Do you think Islamist states like Iran, Pakistan, Qatar and Bangladesh are deliberately sending their citizens to America with birth tourism in mind? Did you spot any Chinese nationals engaging in birth tourism in America lately?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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#ICE Arrests Surge at #Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
July 28, 2026

Excerpt: "The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.

"Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks. Some of the arrests have occurred quietly, while others have happened as angry fellow passengers filmed the encounters.

"The recent arrests appear to be an expansion of an arrangement between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Times reported in December that ICE officers were arresting people with deportation orders at airports with the help of information provided by airlines to the T.S.A.

"Now, through a review of #HomelandSecurity Department documents and interviews with lawyers for more than 25 people from more than a dozen countries recently detained at airports, The Times has learned that the program apparently now includes people with expired visas — a much larger group.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and visitors overstay visas each year. Many with expired visas occupy a legal gray area, as they are awaiting #VisaExtensions or #GreenCards and have been issued work permits. Such individuals were not prioritized for deportation in the past unless they had committed crimes, and they were rarely detained while waiting for visa extensions or green cards. But that has changed under President #Trump, whose administration has undertaken a campaign of mass deportation and views all visa overstays as illegal.

" 'This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,' a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. The agency did not confirm the expansion of the program.

"The department, which oversees ICE, has not disclosed how many people have been detained at airports as overstays under the new initiative. The arrests come during a period in which the White House has pushed ICE for more arrests across the country, and Homeland Security Secretary #MarkwayneMullin has pledged to turn 'up the heat on the streets.' To that end, the administration has set a target of 2,000 immigration arrests a day, roughly double the pace from earlier this year.

"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair.

"Footage of encounters between travelers and ICE officers have flooded social media. In one widely circulated video, Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old from Ecuador, was detained by plainclothes officers as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, Calif., on July 20. She had been spending the weekend with the family for whom she had worked as an au pair, according to the family."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/brvNl

#ICESucks #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #TSA #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#ICE Arrests Surge at #Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
July 28, 2026

Excerpt: "The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.

"Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks. Some of the arrests have occurred quietly, while others have happened as angry fellow passengers filmed the encounters.

"The recent arrests appear to be an expansion of an arrangement between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Times reported in December that ICE officers were arresting people with deportation orders at airports with the help of information provided by airlines to the T.S.A.

"Now, through a review of #HomelandSecurity Department documents and interviews with lawyers for more than 25 people from more than a dozen countries recently detained at airports, The Times has learned that the program apparently now includes people with expired visas — a much larger group.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and visitors overstay visas each year. Many with expired visas occupy a legal gray area, as they are awaiting #VisaExtensions or #GreenCards and have been issued work permits. Such individuals were not prioritized for deportation in the past unless they had committed crimes, and they were rarely detained while waiting for visa extensions or green cards. But that has changed under President #Trump, whose administration has undertaken a campaign of mass deportation and views all visa overstays as illegal.

" 'This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,' a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. The agency did not confirm the expansion of the program.

"The department, which oversees ICE, has not disclosed how many people have been detained at airports as overstays under the new initiative. The arrests come during a period in which the White House has pushed ICE for more arrests across the country, and Homeland Security Secretary #MarkwayneMullin has pledged to turn 'up the heat on the streets.' To that end, the administration has set a target of 2,000 immigration arrests a day, roughly double the pace from earlier this year.

"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair.

"Footage of encounters between travelers and ICE officers have flooded social media. In one widely circulated video, Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old from Ecuador, was detained by plainclothes officers as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, Calif., on July 20. She had been spending the weekend with the family for whom she had worked as an au pair, according to the family."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/brvNl

#ICESucks #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #TSA #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#ICE Arrests Surge at #Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
July 28, 2026

Excerpt: "The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.

"Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks. Some of the arrests have occurred quietly, while others have happened as angry fellow passengers filmed the encounters.

"The recent arrests appear to be an expansion of an arrangement between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Times reported in December that ICE officers were arresting people with deportation orders at airports with the help of information provided by airlines to the T.S.A.

"Now, through a review of #HomelandSecurity Department documents and interviews with lawyers for more than 25 people from more than a dozen countries recently detained at airports, The Times has learned that the program apparently now includes people with expired visas — a much larger group.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and visitors overstay visas each year. Many with expired visas occupy a legal gray area, as they are awaiting #VisaExtensions or #GreenCards and have been issued work permits. Such individuals were not prioritized for deportation in the past unless they had committed crimes, and they were rarely detained while waiting for visa extensions or green cards. But that has changed under President #Trump, whose administration has undertaken a campaign of mass deportation and views all visa overstays as illegal.

" 'This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,' a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. The agency did not confirm the expansion of the program.

"The department, which oversees ICE, has not disclosed how many people have been detained at airports as overstays under the new initiative. The arrests come during a period in which the White House has pushed ICE for more arrests across the country, and Homeland Security Secretary #MarkwayneMullin has pledged to turn 'up the heat on the streets.' To that end, the administration has set a target of 2,000 immigration arrests a day, roughly double the pace from earlier this year.

"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair.

"Footage of encounters between travelers and ICE officers have flooded social media. In one widely circulated video, Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old from Ecuador, was detained by plainclothes officers as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, Calif., on July 20. She had been spending the weekend with the family for whom she had worked as an au pair, according to the family."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/brvNl

#ICESucks #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #TSA #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#ICE Arrests Surge at #Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
July 28, 2026

Excerpt: "The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.

"Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks. Some of the arrests have occurred quietly, while others have happened as angry fellow passengers filmed the encounters.

"The recent arrests appear to be an expansion of an arrangement between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Times reported in December that ICE officers were arresting people with deportation orders at airports with the help of information provided by airlines to the T.S.A.

"Now, through a review of #HomelandSecurity Department documents and interviews with lawyers for more than 25 people from more than a dozen countries recently detained at airports, The Times has learned that the program apparently now includes people with expired visas — a much larger group.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and visitors overstay visas each year. Many with expired visas occupy a legal gray area, as they are awaiting #VisaExtensions or #GreenCards and have been issued work permits. Such individuals were not prioritized for deportation in the past unless they had committed crimes, and they were rarely detained while waiting for visa extensions or green cards. But that has changed under President #Trump, whose administration has undertaken a campaign of mass deportation and views all visa overstays as illegal.

" 'This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,' a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. The agency did not confirm the expansion of the program.

"The department, which oversees ICE, has not disclosed how many people have been detained at airports as overstays under the new initiative. The arrests come during a period in which the White House has pushed ICE for more arrests across the country, and Homeland Security Secretary #MarkwayneMullin has pledged to turn 'up the heat on the streets.' To that end, the administration has set a target of 2,000 immigration arrests a day, roughly double the pace from earlier this year.

"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair.

"Footage of encounters between travelers and ICE officers have flooded social media. In one widely circulated video, Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old from Ecuador, was detained by plainclothes officers as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, Calif., on July 20. She had been spending the weekend with the family for whom she had worked as an au pair, according to the family."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/brvNl

#ICESucks #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #TSA #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#ICE Arrests Surge at #Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
July 28, 2026

Excerpt: "The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.

"Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks. Some of the arrests have occurred quietly, while others have happened as angry fellow passengers filmed the encounters.

"The recent arrests appear to be an expansion of an arrangement between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Times reported in December that ICE officers were arresting people with deportation orders at airports with the help of information provided by airlines to the T.S.A.

"Now, through a review of #HomelandSecurity Department documents and interviews with lawyers for more than 25 people from more than a dozen countries recently detained at airports, The Times has learned that the program apparently now includes people with expired visas — a much larger group.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and visitors overstay visas each year. Many with expired visas occupy a legal gray area, as they are awaiting #VisaExtensions or #GreenCards and have been issued work permits. Such individuals were not prioritized for deportation in the past unless they had committed crimes, and they were rarely detained while waiting for visa extensions or green cards. But that has changed under President #Trump, whose administration has undertaken a campaign of mass deportation and views all visa overstays as illegal.

" 'This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,' a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. The agency did not confirm the expansion of the program.

"The department, which oversees ICE, has not disclosed how many people have been detained at airports as overstays under the new initiative. The arrests come during a period in which the White House has pushed ICE for more arrests across the country, and Homeland Security Secretary #MarkwayneMullin has pledged to turn 'up the heat on the streets.' To that end, the administration has set a target of 2,000 immigration arrests a day, roughly double the pace from earlier this year.

"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair.

"Footage of encounters between travelers and ICE officers have flooded social media. In one widely circulated video, Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old from Ecuador, was detained by plainclothes officers as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, Calif., on July 20. She had been spending the weekend with the family for whom she had worked as an au pair, according to the family."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/brvNl

#ICESucks #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #TSA #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#ICE to Pay #ThomsonReuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’

The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS ) plans to pay data broker giant Thomson #Reuters $125 million for access to its databases of personal data — which includes peoples’ names, addresses, #SocialSecurity numbers, ethnicity, #socialmedia posts, and #geolocation information — to help #Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigate what it describes as “voters fraud” and immigration fraud, according to procurement documents reviewed by 404 Media. The document says Thomson Reuters is able to let ICE continuously monitor millions of people and entities of interest.
#ssn #privacy #voterfraud #voter #vote #elections

https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/

David Streever wrote an email critizing ICE to their department head. Months later Federal agents w/ Homeland Security tracked him down with a stark warning that he potentially violated the law.

This Prompted a lawsuit to be filed. The email was protected under free speech & the agency violated his First Amendment rights.

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/06/nx-s1-5883784/dhs-ice-critic-lawsuit-free-speech - NPR

#FreedomOfSpeeh #FirstAmendment #Rights #ICE #HomelandSecurity #FederalAgents #Harassment #Lawsuit #ProtectedRights #Freedom

The Department of #HomelandSecurity has been sending hundreds of #subpoenas to #Google, #Reddit, #Discord, and #Meta seeking to #identify owners of #socialmedia accounts that #criticize #ICE. The department used administrative subpoenas that don't require judicial approval. Google, Meta, and Reddit have complied in at least some cases. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/homeland-security-reportedly-sent-hundreds-of-subpoenas-seeking-to-unmask-anti-ice-accounts/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#HomelandSecurity Demands #SocialMedia Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts

The department has sent #Google , #Meta and other companies hundreds of #subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on #Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
#ice #privacy #rights

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html

My efforts to convince the government to create a stand-alone sovereign verified traveller program for Canadian airports continues! Here is my recent QP exchange with government representative Pierre Moreau on that quest. https://youtu.be/W7u7L_kPLdo?si=Lvx52a92duP6ceaj #cdnpoli #DHS #SenateofCanada #PBO #Canada #airports #HomelandSecurity #NEXUS

#DHS is trying to force #tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics
In several cases in recent months, #HomelandSecurity has relied on the use of administrative subpoenas to seek identifiable information about individuals who run anonymous Instagram accounts, which share posts about ICE immigration raids in their local neighborhoods. These #subpoenas have also been used to demand information about people who have criticized Trump officials or protested policies.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/

#HomelandSecurity is targeting #Americans with this secretive legal weapon;

Under #Trump , the Department of Homeland #Security has weaponized administrative #subpoenas to attack free speech, according to #privacy and civil #rights groups.
#freespeech #civilrights

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/02/03/homeland-security-administrative-subpoena/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage

🎙️ @barrettgruber and @garnetking07 on Episode 291 is Available Now!
Is #HomelandSecurity keeping a #DomesticTerrorist Watch List?
🎧 Listen wherever you get #podcasts or 📺 Watch on YouTube!
🔗 https://linktr.ee/theallaboutnothingpodcast
🔗 https://bit.ly/AANEp291

🎙️ @barrettgruber and @garnetking07 on Episode 291 is Available Now!
Is #HomelandSecurity keeping a #DomesticTerrorist Watch List?
🎧 Listen wherever you get #podcasts or 📺 Watch on YouTube!
🔗 https://linktr.ee/theallaboutnothingpodcast
🔗 https://bit.ly/AANEp291

🎙️ @barrettgruber and @garnetking07 on Episode 291 is Available Now!
Is #HomelandSecurity keeping a #DomesticTerrorist Watch List?
🎧 Listen wherever you get #podcasts or 📺 Watch on YouTube!
🔗 https://linktr.ee/theallaboutnothingpodcast
🔗 https://bit.ly/AANEp291

@DeniseG Promoting to #HomelandSecurity #DriversLicenses

My Alberta colleague @KristopherWells rose in the Senate today to speak in support of my motion, calling on the Canadian government to investigate the creation of a made-in-Canada verified traveller program for Canadian domestic travellers. Kris is a respected champion of LGBQT rights - and his speech, which quotes to the words of Edmonton trans activist @marnipanas underlines just how unfair - and dangerous - the current system is for trans and gender queer Canadians #cdnpoli #abpoli #yeg #SenateofCanada #TransRightsAreHumanRights #NEXUS #HomelandSecurity https://youtu.be/ee1NSvqHgTE?si=i8ujAciv9IYE2Cj7

You can also read the transcript of my speech about the need to create a domestic Verified Traveller Program here: https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/simons-paula/interventions/669279/29#hID #SenateofCanada #NEXUS #HomelandSecurity #FrequentFlyer

Ooo, I've been itching to give this speech for ages. WHY is Canada relying on US Homeland Security to approve Verified Travellers in Canada? Why are we contracting out to a country that discriminates against trans, 2 spirit, gender nonbinary and intersex Canadians and doesn't provide service in French. Here is my RANT calling for the creation of a made-in-Canada verified traveller program, without American oversight. Time to patriate airport security, and give all Canadians the right to apply for life in the fast lane. https://youtu.be/yInsw13pkI4?si=c41OK4OqGq9gGmHv #Canada #SenateofCanada #NEXUS #HomelandSecurity #ElbowsUp https://youtu.be/yInsw13pkI4?si=c41OK4OqGq9gGmHv

From 2021... This started before #Trump, but things are way worse now!

#AntiProtestLaws Threaten #Indigenous and #Climate Movements

“#CriticalInfrastructure” laws in over a dozen states wrongly invoke national security to justify targeting #PipelineProtesters.

Kaylana Mueller-Hsia, March 17, 2021

"In 2016 as a member of Congress, #DebHaaland stood for four days in solidarity with protesters at the #StandingRockSioux Reservation against construction of the #DakotaAccessPipeline. Today, as the first #NativeAmerican to be the secretary of the interior — the first to lead any cabinet department — she has the opportunity to support the #FirstAmendment rights of the protesters she joined in the past.

"With her authority over energy development on federal lands, Haaland can be a voice for Indigenous and climate movements facing an urgent threat: the rapid spread of laws to protect 'critical infrastructure' that single out activists.

"Since 2016, 13 states have quietly enacted laws that increase criminal penalties for trespassing, damage, and interference with infrastructure sites such as oil refineries and pipelines. At least five more states have already introduced similar legislation this year. These laws draw from national security legislation enacted after 9/11 to protect physical infrastructure considered so 'vital' that the 'incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.'

"Many industry sectors are designated critical infrastructure, including food and agriculture, energy, water and wastewater, and communications, but most state critical infrastructure laws focus more narrowly on oil and gas #pipelines. While protecting critical infrastructure is a legitimate government function, these laws clearly target environmental and Indigenous activists by significantly raising the penalties for participating in or even tangentially supporting pipeline trespassing and property damage, crimes that are already illegal. Many laws are modelled on draft legislation prepared by the American Legislative Exchange Council, also known as #ALEC, a powerful lobbying group funded by #FossilFuel companies like #ExxonMobil and #Shell.

"Central to the new critical infrastructure laws are increased criminal penalties and vague, broad definitions that could discourage protest and particularly, nonviolent civil disobedience. Many laws make any 'damage' to or 'interference' with a facility deemed critical infrastructure a felony. Under #Ohio’s law, trespass with the purpose of 'tampering' with a facility is a third degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. In Indiana, a felony conviction is applied for any facility trespass, a crime that is typically a misdemeanor or fine.

"Vague language like 'damage,' 'tamper,' and 'impede' in critical infrastructure laws makes it unclear if, for example, knocking down #SafetyCones and starting a fire next to a natural gas facility are the same under the law. Many critical infrastructure laws do not clarify if they apply only to land a company fully owns or also to pipeline easements, which run through both public and private lands. At least some laws apply to both. Only a week after Louisiana’s critical infrastructure law was enacted, opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline were charged with trespassing for boating on public waters on the border of a pipeline easement.

"The combination of overly broad language and steep penalties in critical infrastructure laws make it likely that future activists and supporting organizations will be discouraged from exercising their First Amendment-protected protest rights. A lawsuit brought in response to the #BayouBridge charges will test the laws for the first time on First Amendment grounds.

"Many of these laws even extend beyond the protesters. In a proposed law in #Minnesota, anyone who 'recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires' someone to trespass without a 'reasonable effort' to prevent the trespassing is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. In #Oklahoma organizations that conspire with perpetrators are liable to be fined up to $1 million. These laws may infringe on the freedom of association protected under the First Amendment. Indeed, the Supreme Court ruled that the illegal actions of a few individuals do not implicate an entire group.

"The criminalization of environmental protest is fueled by federal security agencies and oil and gas companies, who are often major political donors. For years, the Department of #HomelandSecurity and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have labelled activists at infrastructure sites as #DomesticTerrorists and violent extremists in order to justify further #surveillance and #policing. Government documents have been released that detail the FBI’s focus on '#AnimalRights / #EnvironmentalExtremism,' describing even #NonviolentProtesters as #extremists.

"At Standing Rock, a private security firm [#Blackwater] hired by the pipeline companies consistently referred to protesters as 'terrorists' while working with law enforcement. Ahead of the #KeystoneXLPipeline protests in 2018, #DHS agents held an '#AntiTerrorism training' for state and local authorities. In contrast, members of the #FarRight militant group the #ThreePercenters have established a significant presence at oil and gas plants with little law enforcement reaction.

"To be sure, as the recent power outages in Texas showed so vividly, the United States needs reliable energy. But it’s questionable whether pipeline construction sites that could feasibly be moved or replaced with renewable energy sources should legitimately be considered 'vital' to the energy grid. Furthermore, a singular focus on this aspect of security comes at the cost of others. Whose essential resources do pipeline projects protect and whose do they threaten? Black Americans are disproportionately likely to live near natural #GasPipelines and experience higher #CancerRisk due to unclean air. An oil spill from the Dakota Access Pipeline could devastate the #SiouxTribe’s water source. Meanwhile, on some reservations, 10 percent of households lack electricity and as many as 40 percent of households must haul water and use outhouses. The well-being of these communities must count too.

"The rise in critical infrastructure laws may foreshadow more anti-protest legislation to come. A similar wave of anti-protest laws has already begun in response to the 2020 #BlackLivesMatter protests. State legislators contemplating critical infrastructure laws should bear in mind that laws that criminalize trespassing and protect the safety of construction workers and law enforcement already exist. Critical infrastructure laws don’t fill an unmet need — they only raise the penalties for specific groups of people. Courts adjudicating #FirstAmendment challenges in the coming years should recognize that these laws are overbroad and impose disproportionately severe penalties that chill freedom of assembly and association.

"As secretary of the interior, Haaland promises to uplift the voices of Indigenous and climate protesters in the Biden administration. State legislators, law enforcement, and the fossil fuel industry should follow suit and listen to these activists rather than suppressing constitutionally protected activity under the guise of national security."

Source:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/anti-protest-laws-threaten-indigenous-and-climate-movements

#BrennanCenter #Authoritarianism #Fascism #NoDAPL #NoKXL #PipelineProtests #WaterIsLife #ACAB #ErikPrince #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #ExxonLied #Blackwater #StandWithStandingRock #StandingRockSioux

Of course she is! Because Dunning-Kruger!

Noem confident in legality of housing migrants at Guantánamo Bay
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5134810-us-migrants-deported-guantanamo/

#govkristinoem #SouthDakota #HomelandSecurity #Guantanamo #MassDeportation #Immigration #GOPDogKiller #KristiNoem #USPol #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Why is it that #Ireland has such a problem with illicit production moreover mass distribution of #Gabapentinoid substances such as #Lyrica #pregabalin #gabapentin #neurotin

#CIA #FBI - Is the plan to replace #fentanyl? Or something like that epidemic, from from a mind-control approach?

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/29105/

Why is there so much of it being produced and trafficed illegally?

There's something very peculiiar and alarming about it to me.

1.) "The truth is, as we know it:" It changes the way you think.
2.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #memoryloss and symptoms resembling #braindamage / #stroke
3.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #psychosis and #hallucinations

The truth is, as we know it: pregabalin
* makes a subject #pliable and
* open to #suggestion in terms of
* #interrogation

Alarming? Why is it really allowed to be #distributed as it is?

#psychiatry #homelandsecurity #DOD
#psychology #militaryresearch #militaryapplications #DEA #ATF
#firearms

Why is it that #Ireland has such a problem with illicit production moreover mass distribution of #Gabapentinoid substances such as #Lyrica #pregabalin #gabapentin #neurotin

#CIA #FBI - Is the plan to replace #fentanyl? Or something like that epidemic, from from a mind-control approach?

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/29105/

Why is there so much of it being produced and trafficed illegally?

There's something very peculiiar and alarming about it to me.

1.) "The truth is, as we know it:" It changes the way you think.
2.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #memoryloss and symptoms resembling #braindamage / #stroke
3.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #psychosis and #hallucinations

The truth is, as we know it: pregabalin
* makes a subject #pliable and
* open to #suggestion in terms of
* #interrogation

Alarming? Why is it really allowed to be #distributed as it is?

#psychiatry #homelandsecurity #DOD
#psychology #militaryresearch #militaryapplications #DEA #ATF
#firearms

Why is it that #Ireland has such a problem with illicit production moreover mass distribution of #Gabapentinoid substances such as #Lyrica #pregabalin #gabapentin #neurotin

#CIA #FBI - Is the plan to replace #fentanyl? Or something like that epidemic, from from a mind-control approach?

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/29105/

Why is there so much of it being produced and trafficed illegally?

There's something very peculiiar and alarming about it to me.

1.) "The truth is, as we know it:" It changes the way you think.
2.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #memoryloss and symptoms resembling #braindamage / #stroke
3.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #psychosis and #hallucinations

The truth is, as we know it: pregabalin
* makes a subject #pliable and
* open to #suggestion in terms of
* #interrogation

Alarming? Why is it really allowed to be #distributed as it is?

#psychiatry #homelandsecurity #DOD
#psychology #militaryresearch #militaryapplications #DEA #ATF
#firearms

Why is it that #Ireland has such a problem with illicit production moreover mass distribution of #Gabapentinoid substances such as #Lyrica #pregabalin #gabapentin #neurotin

#CIA #FBI - Is the plan to replace #fentanyl? Or something like that epidemic, from from a mind-control approach?

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/29105/

Why is there so much of it being produced and trafficed illegally?

There's something very peculiiar and alarming about it to me.

1.) "The truth is, as we know it:" It changes the way you think.
2.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #memoryloss and symptoms resembling #braindamage / #stroke
3.) "The truth is, as we know it:" it causes #psychosis and #hallucinations

The truth is, as we know it: pregabalin
* makes a subject #pliable and
* open to #suggestion in terms of
* #interrogation

Alarming? Why is it really allowed to be #distributed as it is?

#psychiatry #homelandsecurity #DOD
#psychology #militaryresearch #militaryapplications #DEA #ATF
#firearms

South Dakota governor’s cabinet nomination raises tribal concerns

Secretary of #HomelandSecurity nominee #KristiNoem has a long, complicated history with tribes in South Dakota.

Amelia Schafer
Nov 15, 2024

RAPID CITY, S.D. – "Early Tuesday morning, news broke that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, a decision that’s raised red flags for Native people in South Dakota, but also may provide an avenue for change.

"'We need to come together now, more than ever,' Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out said during a public intertribal meeting Nov. 13. 'I’m hoping we have a better governor in South Dakota that will work with us because we have issues that we need to bring to the table with the state.'

"Noem made South Dakota history earlier in May when she was banished from every reservation in the state following disparaging remarks made regarding alleged cartel activity on reservations and about Indian education. At one point Noem alleged tribal governments benefit from cartel presence and are failing their youth.

"During a May press conference, Noem responded to the banishments by asking why tribes 'don’t ban the cartels.' She’s banned from all nine reservations in the state: the #PineRidge, #CheyenneRiver, #StandingRock, #LowerBrule, #Rosebud, #LakeTraverse, #CrowCreek, #Flandreau and #Yankton reservations. Standing Rock and Lake Traverse both span into North Dakota."

[...]

"Emergency management is another area where Noem and the #OcetiSakowin (#Lakota, #Nakota, #Dakota nations have struggled.

"In December 2022, the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations were crippled by an extreme winter storm. Unable to get wood or propane, some households resorted to burning clothes and furniture to stay warm. A 12-year-old Sicangu Lakota boy, Honor Beauvais, died during the storm on the Rosebud Reservation, along with three other tribal citizens.

"When banning the governor, the #RosebudSioux tribe cited a delayed emergency declaration from Noem. Noem did not activate the South Dakota National Guard until Dec. 22, nearly 10 days after the storm began.

"The council also cited concerns with Noem’s support of the #KeystoneXL [#KXL] Pipeline in 2019 and an increase in penalties for pipeline protestors, referenced Noem’s opposition of #COVID19 checkpoints on the Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Reservations, removal of teaching standards regarding #NativeAmericanHistory, legal threats to the #FlandreauSanteeSioux Tribe regarding its #MedicalCannabis operations and return of unused Emergency Rental Assistance funds in 2022 without consulting tribes."

Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/south-dakota-governors-cabinet-nomination-raises-tribal-concerns

#DHS #TrumpAppointments #NoDAPL

So, this article outlines what the nominee for director of #HomelandSecurity has planned for #SilencingDissent in the US...

From 2019: South Dakota Governor #KristiNoem Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence #PipelineProtesters

ACLU, October 24, 2019

"South Dakota’s governor and attorney general today backed down from their unconstitutional attempts to silence pipeline protestors. In response to a lawsuit we filed alongside the ACLU of South Dakota and the Robins Kaplan law firm, the state has agreed to never enforce the unconstitutional provisions of several state laws that threatened activists who encourage or organize protests, particularly protests of the #KeystoneXL [#KXL] pipeline, with fines and criminal penalties of up to 25 years in prison.

"The settlement agreement reached today and now headed to the court for approval is an important victory for the right to protest. It comes soon after a federal court temporarily blocked enforcement of the pieces of the laws that infringed on First Amendment protected speech, and makes the court’s temporary block a permanent one.

"The laws include the #RiotBoostingAct, which gave the state the authority to sue individuals and #organizations for 'riot boosting,' a novel and confusing term. The court warned against the laws’ broad reach, noting that the laws could have prohibited:

- Sending a supporting email or a letter to the editor in support of a protest
- Giving a cup of coffee or thumbs up or $10 to protesters
- Holding up a sign in protest on a street corner
- Asking someone to protest

"Under the First Amendment, that is impermissible.

"The court rightly recognized the stakes of this case. And it put these #AntiProtest efforts in perspective, asking 'if these riot boosting statutes were applied to the protests that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, what might be the result?' The answer: 'Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference could have been liable under an identical riot boosting law[.]'

"Indeed, South Dakota’s unconstitutional anti-protest efforts echoed the suppression of past social movements. From the start, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem called on 'shut[ting] down' 'out-of-state people' who come into South Dakota to 'slow and stop construction' of the pipeline. Her harmful calls were reminiscent of government attempts throughout our history to delegitimize and minimize significant #SocialMovements as the work of 'outside agitators,' including Reverend #MartinLutherKingJr.

"South Dakota’s quick and costly retreat (they’ll have to compensate plaintiffs for attorney’s fees under the settlement agreement) should serve as a lesson for other legislatures considering similar efforts to silence dissent.

"In the last few years, we have witnessed a legislative trend of states seeking to criminalize protest, deter political participation, and curtail freedom of association. These bills appear to be a direct reaction from politicians and corporations to some of the most effective tactics of those speaking out today, including water protectors challenging pipeline construction, Black Lives Matter, and those calling for boycotts of Israel. These legislative moves are aimed at suppressing dissent and undercutting marginalized and over-policed groups voicing concerns that disrupt current power dynamics.

"But the First Amendment guarantees people the right to voice their opposition. This includes our clients — four organizations (the #SierraClub, #NDNCollective, #DakotaRuralAction, and the #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork - #IEN) and two individuals (#NickTilsen with NDN Collective and #DallasGoldtooth with Indigenous Environmental Network) — all of whom are protesting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and encouraging others to do the same.

"Construction of the Keystone XL pipeline may be imminent. Pre-construction activities resumed this month, and a hearing on the new Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the pipeline, which will serve as the basis for approval of any future permits, is coming up next Monday.

"With the laws we challenged proclaimed unenforceable, protesters and protectors no longer have to worry about incarceration or fines as they protest against the construction. That is, at a minimum, how democracy should work."

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/south-dakota-governor-caves-on-attempted-efforts-to-silence-pipeline-protesters

#WaterProtectors #CriminalizingDissent #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Fascism #DefendTheSacred #IndigenousActivists #StandWithStandingRock #FirstAmendment

#OHIO #NEWS -

What would Ohio #Issue1 do?

Ohio's #USSenate #candidates make final push to #voters ahead of #election in highly contested race

Court denies request to force count of #votes for #GreenParty’s #JillStein in Ohio

#FactCheck: NO #Evidence #Trump's Name Misprinted On #HamiltonCounty, Ohio, #Ballots

Ohio sues for access to #HomelandSecurity #citizenship databases

What to expect in Ohio on #ElectionDay

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/ohio-rights-and-reports-0a0eth61y