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Mother Jones: ICE Wiped Thousands of People From Its Database. Families Are Paying the Price.. “That man is one of thousands of detained immigrants with ‘Final Orders of Removal’ whose records have been hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them. As the Associated Press reported on Monday, those records began to vanish September 15. […]

Portland Press Herald: Biddeford library to archive memorial items honoring ICE shooting victim. “Since [Sebastián] Durán Guerrero’s death on July 13, community members have left cards, flowers, notes, art and other items at two memorial sites. Archiving those items will preserve an important part of Biddeford history, the library said. Archivist and reference librarian Rose Dionne said […]

Arizona Luminaria: New database tracks deaths in ICE detention; 4 in Arizona. “… a newly launched database project called the ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard [was] built by research group Relevant Research. The dashboard is based on public records and can be filtered by state, year and where the death occurred from 2018 to 2026.”

Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/who-killed-lorenzo-salgado-araujo

One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/one-refugees-journey-through-ice-detention

One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/one-refugees-journey-through-ice-detention

Inside an Immigration Arrest That Sparked a Neighborhood Protest

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/inside-an-immigration-arrest-that-sparked-a-neighborhood-protest

San Francisco Standard: Disappeared by Google: Search giant wiped user reviews on ICE detention centers. “The company has disabled reviews for almost all of the country’s immigration detention centers over the past year, according to a study by a Tulane University professor that was published in June(opens in new tab). It’s unclear when the company began disabling reviews for the more than […]

Mother Jones: ICE Finds a New Way to Dodge Congress About a Secret Protester Database. “The administration has repeatedly denied that DHS maintains a specific database of US citizens who protest ICE operations or photograph federal agents. But this letter, which was addressed on May 22 and comes amid mounting litigation over ICE’s alleged intimidation of protesters, appears to sidestep the […]

Syracuse.com: Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE. “Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents issued a warning to a Syracuse woman Tuesday to remove a social media account they said threatens federal agents. Paigelynne Gonyea said she believes they are referring to a January post where she named the ICE agent who shot protester Renee […]

Courthouse News Service: Berkeley professor seeks expedited release of ICE data. “A federal judge questioned Thursday why a law professor needs expedited access to years of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data as he builds a project tracking immigration and detention trends.”

Politico: Google and Apple pulled into Raskin’s ICE investigation. “Apple and Google are facing a Democratic probe accusing them of acquiescing to the Trump administration’s demands that they remove apps used to track and document Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.”

Gillian Brockell: Habeas Flight Watch: New tool helps track ICE flights to your city. “A group of activists have built a new online tool to track domestic ICE flights in real-time and predict their schedules. Called Habeas Flight Watch, it was designed to help the legal teams of detained migrants with habeas petitions and emergency motions, but activists and journalists have also begun using it […]

NiemanLab: When ICE came to Minneapolis, readers turned to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s free live blog . “The live blog was the newspaper’s top traffic driver in January, [Chris] Iles said, and that month’s total gifted articles was double the 2025 monthly average. Its second most-read story identified the first of two American citizens killed by federal agents, and its third most-read […]

Racket MN: MN Ice Abduction Memorials, Mapped . “If you spent any time in a city or town impacted by Operation Metro Surge this past winter, then you probably came across a few ICE abduction alerts…. These memorials weren’t created to last, but a group of public historians at the University of Minnesota have sought to document and preserve the tributes via a user-generated online archive.”

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Newly-released records detail federal response to Portland ICE protests. “Newly released court documents detail federal officers’ first-hand accounts of protest activity and what led them to use force outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland over the summer and fall.”

Engadget: Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights. “A judge has granted the makers of the ‘ICE Sightings – Chicagoland’ Facebook group and the Eyes Up app a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration from coercing platforms to take these projects down.”

The Indypendent: Meet the Tech Workers Organizing Against Their Employers. “N is a part of No Tech for Apartheid (NOTA), an organization of tech workers that has burgeoned since Israel’s escalation of its genocide in Gaza in the past two and a half years. NOTA was created in October 2021, following the establishment of a $1.2 billion cloud contract between Israel, Google and Amazon called […]

Mother Jones: This Programmer Wants to Use Your Phone to Fight ICE. “The first thing you notice when you enter Sherman Austin’s Long Beach, California, apartment is the sounds. His cellphone buzzes constantly, mostly notifications requiring his attention from StopICE.net, a crowdsourced nationwide alert system he developed to let users know when federal immigration officers are nearby. Then […]

The ICEBlock App Has Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Is It Legal?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-rise-and-fall-of-ice-tracking-apps

The Trial of Anti-ICE Protesters Accused of Terrorism

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/how-the-trump-administration-has-turned-left-wing-activism-into-terrorism

Variety: Ms. Rachel Says ‘I Am Political’ as She Fights to Close ICE Facility in Texas That’s Detaining Children: ‘It’s Political to Believe Every Child Is Equal’. “Rachel Accurso, the prominent children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, told NBC News in a recent interview that she’s currently fighting to close the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, where ICE […]

Windy City Times: Lightfoot’s ICE Accountability Project builds database of alleged immigration agent misconduct. “The ICE Accountability Project is a public database designed to collect and preserve evidence of ‘increasing misconduct’ by federal agents during recent immigration enforcement operations. It collects videos, photos and witness reports to preserve evidence and make it easier to […]

Boston Herald: Healey, Campbell launch new online portal for residents to report ICE misconduct . “Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have launched a new online portal that will allow residents to report misconduct by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducting operations in the state.”

NJ State House News Service: NJ government portal allows the public to aid in keeping an eye on ICE activities in the state.. “The state-run online portal allows residents to upload photos, videos and reports of federal immigration enforcement activity across the state, part of a broader push to expand immigrant protections.”

Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/shot-by-border-patrol-then-called-a-domestic-terrorist

Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/shot-by-border-patrol-then-called-a-domestic-terrorist

The Kristi Noem Show Is Cancelled

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-kristi-noem-show-is-cancelled

The Guardian: Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’. “The influencers claimed that daycare and other childcare facilities run by Somali Americans in Columbus, as in Minneapolis, are running fraudulent facilities that are misusing government funds. The state of Ohio contributes to the funding of around 5,200 childcare facilities.”

New York Times: Lawmakers Ask Tech Companies What User Data They Provided to D.H.S. This link goes to a gift article. “The letters cited reporting by The New York Times that found tech companies had been flooded with requests from the Department of Homeland Security for the names, email addresses and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize Immigration and […]

Vt Digger: ‘Craftivism’ makes a comeback as local knitters spin yarns about ICE resistance. “Knitted red hats have become a form of silent protest for those using handmade crafts as a form of political engagement in opposition to federal immigration policies.”

CNN: Exclusive: DHS admits its website showcasing the ‘worst of the worst’ immigrants was rife with errors. “The Department of Homeland Security admitted that its website featuring what it calls the ‘worst of the worst’ arrested immigrants was rife with errors and changed the site this week after receiving questions from CNN about it.”

Ars Technica: Inside the DHS forum where ICE agents trash talk one another. “Every day, people log into an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”

WTTW: ‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest. “A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows ‘Abolish ICE,’ clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced.”

Techdirt: Bondi Bragged About Forcing Facebook To Censor Speech. Now FIRE Is Suing.. “FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), has filed suit against Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on behalf of Kassandra Rosado, who ran a 100,000-member Facebook group called ‘ICE Sightings – Chicagoland,’ and Mark Hodges, who created the Eyes Up app for documenting […]

Brussels Signal: Liars: German national TV caught using AI images of fake ICE arrest. “Germany’s ZDF public broadcaster has come under fire over an episode of its flagship heute journal news programme after it emerged it broadcast an AI-generated video clip to illustrate alleged brutality by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.”

“Reforms” Didn’t End Police Violence in 2020 and They Won’t End ICE Violence Now

https://murica.website/2026/02/reforms-didnt-end-police-violence-in-2020-and-they-wont-end-ice-violence-now/

Mashable: How Minneapolis used tech to make ICE retreat. “ICE tracking apps were banned in app stores under government pressure. Nevertheless, the cameras, apps and wikis in their pockets let residents follow, frustrate, and most importantly broadcast ICE’s excesses — including the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — to a stunned world. Late night hosts, awards shows, and some big names […]

iRevolutions: Welcome to the Whistle Resistance: How a Ragtag Group of People are 3D-Printing Whistles at Scale to Keep Communities Safe. “These Goblins & Avengers (there are nearly 200 of them) are 3D-printing free whistles at scale (500,000+ in less than 2 months and radically accelerating) and shipping them for free across 49 US states and Puerto Rico (80% of orders go out within 4 days) in […]

Civil Discourse – Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi – Joyce Vance

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi

By Joyce Vance, Feb 11, 2026

Writing this newsletter isn’t always easy. But it feels important to me, every day. If my work resonates with you and you want to support it, subscribing to Civil Discourse makes it possible for me to devote the time and resources it takes. Either way, I’m grateful that you’re here. Democracy is a participatory sport, and none of us can sit on the sidelines right now. Being well educated about what’s transpiring and sharing that knowledge with others is one of the most important things we can do.

Democrats in Congress are trying to get their branch of government to do its constitutional duty. As Congress continues to try and lumber to its feet, with just a few Republicans crossing over to work with Democrats on key issues—that’s how we got the Epstein Files Transparency Act in the first place—there is some good news to report.

Tuesday:

Asked if his agency had hired any pardoned January 6 defendants, ICE’s acting Director Todd Lyons was shockingly unprepared. He said he didn’t have “that information” in front of him but would get it.

Given how obvious it was that the question was coming, the lack of preparation seems deliberate. But Lyons’ follow-on comment was intriguing: He said that ICE takes assaults on law enforcement seriously, and he doubted anyone who did that on Jan 6 could pass a background check. Apparently, ICE takes assaults on law enforcement more seriously than the President, who pardoned the January 6 defendants.

New York Congressman Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor and good friend, wasn’t having any of the justifications and efforts to ignore, or at least walk past, what’s been happening on the ground in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

“If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime or secret police, then stop acting like one.”

“It’s long past time that you rein in your out-of-control agency and start following the law and the Constitution.”

Goldman asked Lyons about the guidance agents are given about asking people walking on American streets to show proof of citizenship. Lyons claimed that his agents conduct “targeted intelligence driven operations,” and that they “don’t walk around in the streets asking people about their American citizenship.”

Goldman was skeptical. “Really?” he responded. “So all of those individual American citizens who have been randomly asked are lying? Is that what you’re saying?”

That exchange prompted the Congressman to ask Lyons if he knew what other 20th Century regimes required people to show proof of citizenship in similar circumstances. Lyons responded that he did. “Sir, there has been various nefarious regimes that did that,” He told Goldman.

Goldman: Is Nazi Germany one?

Lyons: Yes. But I—

Goldman: Is the Soviet Union one?

Lyons: I-

Goldman: I’m asking the questions. Is the Soviet Union one?

Lyons: Yes sir, but I’m, I’m totally…this is the wrong type of questioning.

Goldman: I’ll tell you what the wrong type of questioning. Reclaiming my time.

Lyons: It’s not the men and women of ICE that are out there doing it every day. So to say that the men and women of ICE are Gestapos. Wrong.

After more back and forth, Goldman schooled the acting Director of ICE:

“The problem is, you have it backwards sir. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist. So I have a simple suggestion. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime or secret police, then stop acting like one. People are simply just observing what they are seeing. And that’s why people are making those comments.

…I was a prosecutor for ten years, prosecuted mob bosses, organized crime, violent criminals, the actual “worst of the worst.” Not a single criminal law enforcement agent that I worked with wore a mask to conceal their identity. But your department, which is a civil law enforcement agency, is defending the use of masks by your agents because of a so-called rise in threats and assaults against your officers.”

…Now, why is that a problem Mr. Lyons? It’s a problem because the explanation that your agents are wearing masks because of fear of assaults or doxxing is outright bogus. You and your untrained, unqualified, unvetted, unidentified agents are intentionally terrorizing our cities and communities all over this country to avoid accountability for their excessive force and their lawless actions. That is why you’re wearing masks, so no one can hold you accountable and you know that the FBI is not going to because notwithstanding all the investigations all of you say are going on, the Department of Justice and the FBI has stated they are not investigating those two murders.

This is not the America I know and love. This is not the America my immigrant [family] came to and it’s long past time that you rein in your out-of-control agency and start following the law and the Constitution.”

There are some members of Congress who seem to have the knack for representing all of us, regardless of where we live. Dan Goldman is one of them.

Wednesday:

Today it was Pam Bondi’s turn. This was her first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing, which in and of itself tells you a lot about her respect for the Article I branch of government, 13 months into this administration. Bondi adopted a Trumpian persona, polite, sometimes veering into smarmy with Republicans; dismissive, rude, and downright insulting with Democrats.

But politicians signed up for this. Victims and survivors of horrific crimes didn’t. Washington state Representative Pramila Jayapal was first up for Democrats, and she brought the Epstein survivors with her. She joined me for a Substack Live earlier this evening—I’ll post our full conversation where she explains what she did and how she views Bondi’s approach to the hearing later tonight when the video is ready.

One of Bondi’s lowest moments, besides her use of a “burn book” of insults that she hurled at Democratic members of Congress, was the response to questions about why she hasn’t indicted anyone else who was involved in sex trafficking with Jeffrey Epstein. Her response? “The Dow is over 50,000 dollars.”

A judge would strike a response like that during witness testimony in court as non-responsive. And certainly the AG isn’t taking responsibility for the economy? It’s just so classically Trumpian that it would be laughable except that, because of the context, it isn’t. If you listen to her this bit, there’s a moment where she takes a swipe at Maryland’s Jamie Raskin, saying, “I don’t know why you’re laughing, I hear you’re a great stock trader, Raskin,” and then half swallowing a little chortle at her own cleverness, which came off to the room as intentional disrespect.

Early on, Bondi referred to herself as a career prosecutor. She said that she cares about victims and called Epstein “that monster.” Then she urged victims to come forward. But the irony, and as a prosecutor who handled these kinds of cases, she has to know it, is that victims won’t come forward to talk with the FBI, having seen how Epstein victims are being treated. Asked to acknowledge them repeatedly in today’s hearing, Bondi refused to apologize and arrange interviews with DOJ, something the survivors all signaled they’ve requested but have never been granted. She wouldn’t even turn around to look them in the eyes, to acknowledge and respect their presence.

Bondi compounded it by saying, later, that victims whose names weren’t redacted should contact DOJ to fix it. But their names & information shouldn’t have been exposed in the first place. It’s outrageous that Bondi thinks the burden should be on the survivors to let DOJ know it made a mistake and to get it fixed. DOJ is a massive, well-resourced law firm and it had a legal obligation to protect the victims. It was even provided with a list of names that needed to be redacted, and in some cases, they redacted one or a few, but not all of the victims’ names. It’s so careless that it’s hard to attribute it to mere negligence. Repeated errors of this magnitude, over time, take on the appearance of intentionality. And these are the kind of errors that make it clear to victims that if they come forward with information about the wrong people, their personal safety could be compromised.

Bondi’s Justice Department works for one client above all others, Donald Trump.

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