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Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in #Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’
ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after #Trump repeatedly used racist language against group
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/ohio-ice-somali-community

from #TheGuardian
March 9, 2026

#ICE agents have been turning up in cars around Somali-owned businesses and schools that teach children from immigrant backgrounds. Rightwing so-called “influencers”, including leaders at #TurningPointUSA, have followed suit.

Since then, Somali-owned businesses have struggled to attract customers and schools have closed due to low attendance fueled by the presence of federal agents and anti- #immigrant provocateurs.

Today, the #Somali community in #Columbus, which numbers around 60,000 people, is still reeling from the fallout.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#US #USpol #politics #news

Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in #Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’
ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after #Trump repeatedly used racist language against group
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/ohio-ice-somali-community

from #TheGuardian
March 9, 2026

#ICE agents have been turning up in cars around Somali-owned businesses and schools that teach children from immigrant backgrounds. Rightwing so-called “influencers”, including leaders at #TurningPointUSA, have followed suit.

Since then, Somali-owned businesses have struggled to attract customers and schools have closed due to low attendance fueled by the presence of federal agents and anti- #immigrant provocateurs.

Today, the #Somali community in #Columbus, which numbers around 60,000 people, is still reeling from the fallout.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#US #USpol #politics #news

CALL FOR LEQAA KORDIA's RELEASE
[this appeal is copied from the March 4 Drop Site Daily on dropsitenews.com]

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old #Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, has spent nearly a year in #ICE detention in Texas after speaking out against #Israel’s war in #Gaza, despite an #immigration judge twice ruling that she is eligible for release. Drop Site joins the IMEU Policy Project, MPower Action, Jewish Voice for Peace ACT, and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action in calling for her immediate release. The link below allows users to send emails and make calls to your member of Congress on Leqaa’s behalf:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-free-leqaa-kordia-from-ice-detention?source=direct_link&referrer=group-drop-site-news&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fgivebutter.com%2Fsupport-dropsite

#FreeLeqaaKordia
#FreePalestine
#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#LeqaaKordia #Palestine #news #politics #USpol
@palestine

CALL FOR LEQAA KORDIA's RELEASE
[this appeal is copied from the March 4 Drop Site Daily on dropsitenews.com]

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old #Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, has spent nearly a year in #ICE detention in Texas after speaking out against #Israel’s war in #Gaza, despite an #immigration judge twice ruling that she is eligible for release. Drop Site joins the IMEU Policy Project, MPower Action, Jewish Voice for Peace ACT, and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action in calling for her immediate release. The link below allows users to send emails and make calls to your member of Congress on Leqaa’s behalf:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-free-leqaa-kordia-from-ice-detention?source=direct_link&referrer=group-drop-site-news&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fgivebutter.com%2Fsupport-dropsite

#FreeLeqaaKordia
#FreePalestine
#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#LeqaaKordia #Palestine #news #politics #USpol
@palestine

Minnesotans Keep the Heat on Despite ICE ‘Drawdown’
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/20/minnesotans-keep-the-heat-on-despite-ice-drawdown/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 20, 2026

After nearly three months, the largest anti-immigrant operation in #US history has officially “ended” — beaten back by a massive, sustained, and well-organized resistance involving hundreds of thousands throughout the state of Minnesota and across the country.

At its peak, the surge involved 3,000 federal agents from #ICE and the Border Patrol — a 2,000% increase over the normal deployment in the state, and more than twice the size of the combined police forces in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes #Minneapolis and St. Paul.

These agents have functioned as a hostile paramilitary force to carry out “retribution” against Minnesota and the #immigrant communities that #Trump calls “garbage” and “animals” who have “destroyed #Minnesota.”

#AbolishICE
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #deportations
#USA #USpol #politics #protest #news

Minnesotans Keep the Heat on Despite ICE ‘Drawdown’
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/20/minnesotans-keep-the-heat-on-despite-ice-drawdown/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 20, 2026

After nearly three months, the largest anti-immigrant operation in #US history has officially “ended” — beaten back by a massive, sustained, and well-organized resistance involving hundreds of thousands throughout the state of Minnesota and across the country.

At its peak, the surge involved 3,000 federal agents from #ICE and the Border Patrol — a 2,000% increase over the normal deployment in the state, and more than twice the size of the combined police forces in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes #Minneapolis and St. Paul.

These agents have functioned as a hostile paramilitary force to carry out “retribution” against Minnesota and the #immigrant communities that #Trump calls “garbage” and “animals” who have “destroyed #Minnesota.”

#AbolishICE
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #deportations
#USA #USpol #politics #protest #news

Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/list-of-ice-detention-centers

from #CommonDreams
Feb. 13, 2026

President Donald #Trump’s anti-#immigration agenda has supercharged opposition in cities where he has deployed federal agents to conduct raids, and communities in states including New York and Missouri are already working to block the next step the Department of Homeland Security plans to take in its push for mass #deportations: acquiring massive warehouses across the country to use as #immigrant detention centers.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ICE #USA #US #USpol #politics #news

Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/list-of-ice-detention-centers

from #CommonDreams
Feb. 13, 2026

President Donald #Trump’s anti-#immigration agenda has supercharged opposition in cities where he has deployed federal agents to conduct raids, and communities in states including New York and Missouri are already working to block the next step the Department of Homeland Security plans to take in its push for mass #deportations: acquiring massive warehouses across the country to use as #immigrant detention centers.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ICE #USA #US #USpol #politics #news

The Woman #AlexPretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
“I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept in an exclusive interview.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/13/alex-pretti-first-aid-emt-federal-agents/

from #TheIntercept
Feb. 13, 2026

Video footage captured by another bystander shows that just as Pretti managed to stabilize the EMT, agents shoved the other woman to the ground. As Pretti and the EMT attempt to help her stand up, multiple agents surround the group and begin to spray them with cans of chemical irritant. Some of the agents continue pursuing the women, while others separate #Pretti from the group and begin beating him.

“I was saying to the agents, “We’re leaving! We’re leaving. We’re leaving!’ — just trying desperately to like get them to stop,” the EMT said.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

The Woman #AlexPretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
“I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept in an exclusive interview.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/13/alex-pretti-first-aid-emt-federal-agents/

from #TheIntercept
Feb. 13, 2026

Video footage captured by another bystander shows that just as Pretti managed to stabilize the EMT, agents shoved the other woman to the ground. As Pretti and the EMT attempt to help her stand up, multiple agents surround the group and begin to spray them with cans of chemical irritant. Some of the agents continue pursuing the women, while others separate #Pretti from the group and begin beating him.

“I was saying to the agents, “We’re leaving! We’re leaving. We’re leaving!’ — just trying desperately to like get them to stop,” the EMT said.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.Vs3Z.wp4uTUF3mn_X&smid=nytcore-ios-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
Feb. 13, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security (#DHS) is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose #ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.

In recent months, #Google, #Reddit, #Discord and #Meta, which owns #Facebook and #Instagram, have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from the DHS, according to four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests.

#AbolishICE
#DueProcessForAll
#DefendFreeSpeech
#StopTheDeportations
#deportations #immigration
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump #news

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.Vs3Z.wp4uTUF3mn_X&smid=nytcore-ios-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
Feb. 13, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security (#DHS) is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose #ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.

In recent months, #Google, #Reddit, #Discord and #Meta, which owns #Facebook and #Instagram, have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from the DHS, according to four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests.

#AbolishICE
#DueProcessForAll
#DefendFreeSpeech
#StopTheDeportations
#deportations #immigration
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump #news

Houston High School Students #Protest ICE, Defy Attempts to Restrict Free Speech
Similar Student Protests Spread in Dozens of #US Cities on February 6
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/09/houston-high-school-students-protest-ice-defy-attempts-to-restrict-free-speech/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 9, 2026

On Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, students at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas, walked out as part of a coordinated regional effort involving several area schools, including Cypress Falls and Conroe High Schools, to protest operations by #Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) amid fears that its agents will be allowed onto school property to detain students and their families.

The Houston Chronicle article reproduced below on the Bellaire walkout conveys important developments in the fight to oppose #deportations across the United States.

The widespread high-school student walkouts on January 30 are now being followed by new and similar grassroots initiatives at schools around the country.

#DefendFreeSpeech
#StopTheDeportations
#news #politics #USpol

Houston High School Students #Protest ICE, Defy Attempts to Restrict Free Speech
Similar Student Protests Spread in Dozens of #US Cities on February 6
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/09/houston-high-school-students-protest-ice-defy-attempts-to-restrict-free-speech/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 9, 2026

On Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, students at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas, walked out as part of a coordinated regional effort involving several area schools, including Cypress Falls and Conroe High Schools, to protest operations by #Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) amid fears that its agents will be allowed onto school property to detain students and their families.

The Houston Chronicle article reproduced below on the Bellaire walkout conveys important developments in the fight to oppose #deportations across the United States.

The widespread high-school student walkouts on January 30 are now being followed by new and similar grassroots initiatives at schools around the country.

#DefendFreeSpeech
#StopTheDeportations
#news #politics #USpol

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans Trained to Monitor ICE Occupation
Federal Gov’t Tries to Defuse Resistance with Cosmetic Changes
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/07/nearly-30000-minnesotans-trained-to-monitor-ice-occupation/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 7, 2026

This activity is coupled with mass #protests that have included rallies by tens of thousands and walkouts by high school students after federal goons murdered in cold blood two of these volunteer observers — #US citizens #ReneeGood and #AlexPretti. In response, the #Trump administration is trying to diffuse the growing resistance through cosmetic changes.

On February 4, White House “border czar” #TomHoman announced that the Dept. of Homeland Security (#DHS) would reduce by 700 the number of agents deployed to #Minnesota. State officials, #immigrant rights and community groups, and those involved in resisting the DHS “Operation Metro Surge” since early December reacted with skepticism.

#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #deportations #ICE
#USA #USpol #politics #news

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans Trained to Monitor ICE Occupation
Federal Gov’t Tries to Defuse Resistance with Cosmetic Changes
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/07/nearly-30000-minnesotans-trained-to-monitor-ice-occupation/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 7, 2026

This activity is coupled with mass #protests that have included rallies by tens of thousands and walkouts by high school students after federal goons murdered in cold blood two of these volunteer observers — #US citizens #ReneeGood and #AlexPretti. In response, the #Trump administration is trying to diffuse the growing resistance through cosmetic changes.

On February 4, White House “border czar” #TomHoman announced that the Dept. of Homeland Security (#DHS) would reduce by 700 the number of agents deployed to #Minnesota. State officials, #immigrant rights and community groups, and those involved in resisting the DHS “Operation Metro Surge” since early December reacted with skepticism.

#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #deportations #ICE
#USA #USpol #politics #news

#ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/09/ice-minneapolis-legal-observers-abduction/

From #TheIntercept
Feb. 9

In #Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the surrounding suburbs, tens of thousands of #immigrant families are relying on churches and mutual aid for food and financial support. People have not left their homes for weeks. Local schools have reverted to Covid-era online measures to support immigrant students too terrified to come to class. Those students who still attend in person are transported by #US-born neighbors and family friends. Campuses at all grade levels are patrolled by volunteers in fluorescent vests, an effort aimed at deterring federal agents’ practice of targeting parent pick-up and drop-off sites.

#AbolishICE
#StopTheDeportations
#DueProcessForAll
#news #politics #USpol #deportations

#ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/09/ice-minneapolis-legal-observers-abduction/

From #TheIntercept
Feb. 9

In #Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the surrounding suburbs, tens of thousands of #immigrant families are relying on churches and mutual aid for food and financial support. People have not left their homes for weeks. Local schools have reverted to Covid-era online measures to support immigrant students too terrified to come to class. Those students who still attend in person are transported by #US-born neighbors and family friends. Campuses at all grade levels are patrolled by volunteers in fluorescent vests, an effort aimed at deterring federal agents’ practice of targeting parent pick-up and drop-off sites.

#AbolishICE
#StopTheDeportations
#DueProcessForAll
#news #politics #USpol #deportations

🚨 The #GhostFlights: #Deportation Flights #Disappearing Thousands Arrested by #ICE

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 6, 2026

"We've been tracking the Ghost Flights, disappearing migrants, moms, asylum seekers, and others arrested in Minneapolis, who are quickly grabbed and taken away at a private terminal at Minneapolis international airport.

"The charter airlines are making it harder to track them, but here's what we found: #GlobalX, #Eastern and #Omni based in #TulsaOK, have operated most of these, with Sun Country also operating some of the flights.

"These secretive flights take those arrested to deportation hubs in isolated areas, where they are sent to prison, deported to other countries, or constantly shifted on flights. These secretive hubs are in #DadeCollier in the Florida Everglades; Alexandria in central Louisiana; and Harlingen on the Texas border.

"Those arrested are boarded shackled in chains from their wrists to their feet, and often denied water and food, and abused. While these secretive flights disappear people, their families desperately search for them.

"The flights out of #MesaAZ in the #Phoenix area are deporting hundreds on each flight to #Venezuela. A recent flight out of Mesa deported those arrested to #Russia and #Iran. The past flights show the men were immediately given #Draft notices for military service when they arrived in Russia. Protesters and political #AsylumSeekers face worse.

"As for the chartered airlines, the main contract is held by #CSI in #AlbuquerqueNM, who contracts out the other airlines.

"Yesterday, a Ghost Flight landed in #Guantanamo and then #Haiti. These are #moms, #workers, asylum seekers, #LegalResidents, and most are whisked away and denied due process. More than 2,000 have been deported from #Minneapolis.

"Other major hubs for deportation flights are #ElPaso, #Miami, #SanAntonio, and #TacomaWA. The deportation flights are arriving in every region of the world, the Americas, Asia, and Africa." 😱

Read more (includes flight maps):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ghost-flights-deportation-flights.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #DefundICE #StopTheDeportations #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #ICESucks #KristiNoemSucks #USPol #SilencingDissent #Disappeared #Orwellian

🚨 The #GhostFlights: #Deportation Flights #Disappearing Thousands Arrested by #ICE

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 6, 2026

"We've been tracking the Ghost Flights, disappearing migrants, moms, asylum seekers, and others arrested in Minneapolis, who are quickly grabbed and taken away at a private terminal at Minneapolis international airport.

"The charter airlines are making it harder to track them, but here's what we found: #GlobalX, #Eastern and #Omni based in #TulsaOK, have operated most of these, with Sun Country also operating some of the flights.

"These secretive flights take those arrested to deportation hubs in isolated areas, where they are sent to prison, deported to other countries, or constantly shifted on flights. These secretive hubs are in #DadeCollier in the Florida Everglades; Alexandria in central Louisiana; and Harlingen on the Texas border.

"Those arrested are boarded shackled in chains from their wrists to their feet, and often denied water and food, and abused. While these secretive flights disappear people, their families desperately search for them.

"The flights out of #MesaAZ in the #Phoenix area are deporting hundreds on each flight to #Venezuela. A recent flight out of Mesa deported those arrested to #Russia and #Iran. The past flights show the men were immediately given #Draft notices for military service when they arrived in Russia. Protesters and political #AsylumSeekers face worse.

"As for the chartered airlines, the main contract is held by #CSI in #AlbuquerqueNM, who contracts out the other airlines.

"Yesterday, a Ghost Flight landed in #Guantanamo and then #Haiti. These are #moms, #workers, asylum seekers, #LegalResidents, and most are whisked away and denied due process. More than 2,000 have been deported from #Minneapolis.

"Other major hubs for deportation flights are #ElPaso, #Miami, #SanAntonio, and #TacomaWA. The deportation flights are arriving in every region of the world, the Americas, Asia, and Africa." 😱

Read more (includes flight maps):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ghost-flights-deportation-flights.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #DefundICE #StopTheDeportations #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #ICESucks #KristiNoemSucks #USPol #SilencingDissent #Disappeared #Orwellian

🚨 The #GhostFlights: #Deportation Flights #Disappearing Thousands Arrested by #ICE

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 6, 2026

"We've been tracking the Ghost Flights, disappearing migrants, moms, asylum seekers, and others arrested in Minneapolis, who are quickly grabbed and taken away at a private terminal at Minneapolis international airport.

"The charter airlines are making it harder to track them, but here's what we found: #GlobalX, #Eastern and #Omni based in #TulsaOK, have operated most of these, with Sun Country also operating some of the flights.

"These secretive flights take those arrested to deportation hubs in isolated areas, where they are sent to prison, deported to other countries, or constantly shifted on flights. These secretive hubs are in #DadeCollier in the Florida Everglades; Alexandria in central Louisiana; and Harlingen on the Texas border.

"Those arrested are boarded shackled in chains from their wrists to their feet, and often denied water and food, and abused. While these secretive flights disappear people, their families desperately search for them.

"The flights out of #MesaAZ in the #Phoenix area are deporting hundreds on each flight to #Venezuela. A recent flight out of Mesa deported those arrested to #Russia and #Iran. The past flights show the men were immediately given #Draft notices for military service when they arrived in Russia. Protesters and political #AsylumSeekers face worse.

"As for the chartered airlines, the main contract is held by #CSI in #AlbuquerqueNM, who contracts out the other airlines.

"Yesterday, a Ghost Flight landed in #Guantanamo and then #Haiti. These are #moms, #workers, asylum seekers, #LegalResidents, and most are whisked away and denied due process. More than 2,000 have been deported from #Minneapolis.

"Other major hubs for deportation flights are #ElPaso, #Miami, #SanAntonio, and #TacomaWA. The deportation flights are arriving in every region of the world, the Americas, Asia, and Africa." 😱

Read more (includes flight maps):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ghost-flights-deportation-flights.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #DefundICE #StopTheDeportations #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #ICESucks #KristiNoemSucks #USPol #SilencingDissent #Disappeared #Orwellian

🚨 The #GhostFlights: #Deportation Flights #Disappearing Thousands Arrested by #ICE

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 6, 2026

"We've been tracking the Ghost Flights, disappearing migrants, moms, asylum seekers, and others arrested in Minneapolis, who are quickly grabbed and taken away at a private terminal at Minneapolis international airport.

"The charter airlines are making it harder to track them, but here's what we found: #GlobalX, #Eastern and #Omni based in #TulsaOK, have operated most of these, with Sun Country also operating some of the flights.

"These secretive flights take those arrested to deportation hubs in isolated areas, where they are sent to prison, deported to other countries, or constantly shifted on flights. These secretive hubs are in #DadeCollier in the Florida Everglades; Alexandria in central Louisiana; and Harlingen on the Texas border.

"Those arrested are boarded shackled in chains from their wrists to their feet, and often denied water and food, and abused. While these secretive flights disappear people, their families desperately search for them.

"The flights out of #MesaAZ in the #Phoenix area are deporting hundreds on each flight to #Venezuela. A recent flight out of Mesa deported those arrested to #Russia and #Iran. The past flights show the men were immediately given #Draft notices for military service when they arrived in Russia. Protesters and political #AsylumSeekers face worse.

"As for the chartered airlines, the main contract is held by #CSI in #AlbuquerqueNM, who contracts out the other airlines.

"Yesterday, a Ghost Flight landed in #Guantanamo and then #Haiti. These are #moms, #workers, asylum seekers, #LegalResidents, and most are whisked away and denied due process. More than 2,000 have been deported from #Minneapolis.

"Other major hubs for deportation flights are #ElPaso, #Miami, #SanAntonio, and #TacomaWA. The deportation flights are arriving in every region of the world, the Americas, Asia, and Africa." 😱

Read more (includes flight maps):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ghost-flights-deportation-flights.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #DefundICE #StopTheDeportations #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #ICESucks #KristiNoemSucks #USPol #SilencingDissent #Disappeared #Orwellian

🚨 The #GhostFlights: #Deportation Flights #Disappearing Thousands Arrested by #ICE

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 6, 2026

"We've been tracking the Ghost Flights, disappearing migrants, moms, asylum seekers, and others arrested in Minneapolis, who are quickly grabbed and taken away at a private terminal at Minneapolis international airport.

"The charter airlines are making it harder to track them, but here's what we found: #GlobalX, #Eastern and #Omni based in #TulsaOK, have operated most of these, with Sun Country also operating some of the flights.

"These secretive flights take those arrested to deportation hubs in isolated areas, where they are sent to prison, deported to other countries, or constantly shifted on flights. These secretive hubs are in #DadeCollier in the Florida Everglades; Alexandria in central Louisiana; and Harlingen on the Texas border.

"Those arrested are boarded shackled in chains from their wrists to their feet, and often denied water and food, and abused. While these secretive flights disappear people, their families desperately search for them.

"The flights out of #MesaAZ in the #Phoenix area are deporting hundreds on each flight to #Venezuela. A recent flight out of Mesa deported those arrested to #Russia and #Iran. The past flights show the men were immediately given #Draft notices for military service when they arrived in Russia. Protesters and political #AsylumSeekers face worse.

"As for the chartered airlines, the main contract is held by #CSI in #AlbuquerqueNM, who contracts out the other airlines.

"Yesterday, a Ghost Flight landed in #Guantanamo and then #Haiti. These are #moms, #workers, asylum seekers, #LegalResidents, and most are whisked away and denied due process. More than 2,000 have been deported from #Minneapolis.

"Other major hubs for deportation flights are #ElPaso, #Miami, #SanAntonio, and #TacomaWA. The deportation flights are arriving in every region of the world, the Americas, Asia, and Africa." 😱

Read more (includes flight maps):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ghost-flights-deportation-flights.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #DefundICE #StopTheDeportations #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #ICESucks #KristiNoemSucks #USPol #SilencingDissent #Disappeared #Orwellian

What a swing House district in #Colorado shows about Republicans’ immigration fallout in the midterms
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-enforcement-midterms-republicans-congress-54c3c13552d08605bd90a8ac451d9ba1

[encouraging news - all #Latino voters interviewed were offended by crackdown]

from #AssociatedPress #AP
Updated 7:53 AM EST, Feb. 1, 2026

Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the #Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting #immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes.

But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two #US citizens during #Trump’s crackdown in #Minneapolis.

“In the beginning, they were getting criminals, but now they’re tearing people out of #immigration proceedings, looking for the tiniest traffic infraction” to deport someone, she said.

#StopTheDeportations
#news #politics #USpol

What a swing House district in #Colorado shows about Republicans’ immigration fallout in the midterms
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-enforcement-midterms-republicans-congress-54c3c13552d08605bd90a8ac451d9ba1

[encouraging news - all #Latino voters interviewed were offended by crackdown]

from #AssociatedPress #AP
Updated 7:53 AM EST, Feb. 1, 2026

Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the #Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting #immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes.

But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two #US citizens during #Trump’s crackdown in #Minneapolis.

“In the beginning, they were getting criminals, but now they’re tearing people out of #immigration proceedings, looking for the tiniest traffic infraction” to deport someone, she said.

#StopTheDeportations
#news #politics #USpol

A ‘Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed,’ Warns #Minneapolis Mayor as More ICE Horror Stories Emerge
In an interview with the New York Times, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey described “marauding gangs of guys just walking down the street indiscriminately picking people up.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mayor-jacob-frey-interview

from #CommonDreams
Jan. 31, 2026

According to a Saturday report in the #NYT, concern over #ICE’s brutality has grown to such an extent that many #Minnesota residents, including both documented immigrants and #US citizens, have started wearing passports around their necks to avoid being potentially targeted.

CNN on Friday reported that ICE has been rounding up #refugees living in Minnesota who were allowed to enter the US after undergoing “a rigorous, years-long vetting process,” and sending them to a facility in Texas where they are being prepared for #deportation.

#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #immigrants
#USA #USpol #politics #Trump #news

A ‘Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed,’ Warns #Minneapolis Mayor as More ICE Horror Stories Emerge
In an interview with the New York Times, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey described “marauding gangs of guys just walking down the street indiscriminately picking people up.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mayor-jacob-frey-interview

from #CommonDreams
Jan. 31, 2026

According to a Saturday report in the #NYT, concern over #ICE’s brutality has grown to such an extent that many #Minnesota residents, including both documented immigrants and #US citizens, have started wearing passports around their necks to avoid being potentially targeted.

CNN on Friday reported that ICE has been rounding up #refugees living in Minnesota who were allowed to enter the US after undergoing “a rigorous, years-long vetting process,” and sending them to a facility in Texas where they are being prepared for #deportation.

#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #immigrants
#USA #USpol #politics #Trump #news

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a #Minnesota hospital
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospitals-32cd5ca61d495e155d43b7cfd5e563b9

from #TheAssociatedPress #AP #APNews
Updated 10:12 AM EST, January 31, 2026

Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal #immigration officers when they arrived at a #Minneapolis hospital with a #Mexican #immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

#ICE agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.

But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#AbolishICE
#immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a #Minnesota hospital
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospitals-32cd5ca61d495e155d43b7cfd5e563b9

from #TheAssociatedPress #AP #APNews
Updated 10:12 AM EST, January 31, 2026

Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal #immigration officers when they arrived at a #Minneapolis hospital with a #Mexican #immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

#ICE agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.

But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#AbolishICE
#immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

Administration Social Media Posts Echo #WhiteSupremacist Messaging
A flurry of posts from the White House, Department of Labor and #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity have included images, slogans and even a song used by the #WhiteNationalist right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.vvzT.h56e9gsx9xPC

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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The posts have referred to neo-#Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies, mused about deporting nearly a third of the #US population, and promoted lyrics from an anthem bellowed by the far-right militants of the Proud Boys.

Their authors are not on society’s fringe. They are in the offices of the White House and the departments of Homeland Security and Labor, using official government accounts.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #AbolishICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE #NeoNazi #fascist #DHS
#USA #USpol #politics #Trump #news

Administration Social Media Posts Echo #WhiteSupremacist Messaging
A flurry of posts from the White House, Department of Labor and #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity have included images, slogans and even a song used by the #WhiteNationalist right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.vvzT.h56e9gsx9xPC

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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The posts have referred to neo-#Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies, mused about deporting nearly a third of the #US population, and promoted lyrics from an anthem bellowed by the far-right militants of the Proud Boys.

Their authors are not on society’s fringe. They are in the offices of the White House and the departments of Homeland Security and Labor, using official government accounts.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #AbolishICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE #NeoNazi #fascist #DHS
#USA #USpol #politics #Trump #news

Bruce Springsteen Releases Anti-ICE Protest Song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
https://world-outlook.com/2026/01/29/bruce-springsteen-releases-anti-ice-protest-song-streets-of-minneapolis/

from #WorldOutlook
January 29, 2026

We publish below the lyrics of a new song #BruceSpingsteen released on January 28, 2026. The Boss, as the singer is known, released “Streets of #Minneapolis” as part of a protest movement across the United States demanding an end to the terror unleashed by the Trump administration through its #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement (#ICE) and #BorderPatrol thugs against undocumented immigrants and all working people.

We also publish an article first released by National Public Radio (NPR) News announcing the song’s debut.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw

#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE
#US #USpol #politics #Trump #protest
#news

Bruce Springsteen Releases Anti-ICE Protest Song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
https://world-outlook.com/2026/01/29/bruce-springsteen-releases-anti-ice-protest-song-streets-of-minneapolis/

from #WorldOutlook
January 29, 2026

We publish below the lyrics of a new song #BruceSpingsteen released on January 28, 2026. The Boss, as the singer is known, released “Streets of #Minneapolis” as part of a protest movement across the United States demanding an end to the terror unleashed by the Trump administration through its #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement (#ICE) and #BorderPatrol thugs against undocumented immigrants and all working people.

We also publish an article first released by National Public Radio (NPR) News announcing the song’s debut.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw

#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE
#US #USpol #politics #Trump #protest
#news

ICE Murders 2nd Minneapolis Volunteer Observer in Cold Blood
Outrage, #Protests Against Terror by Federal Gov’t Spread in Minnesota
https://world-outlook.com/2026/01/26/ice-murders-2nd-minneapolis-volunteer-observer-in-cold-blood/

[written by activists in #Minneapolis]
from #WorldOutlook
Jan. 26, 2026

#MINNEAPOLIS, #Minnesota, January 25, 2026 — Tens of thousands of protesters, as many as 50,000 by some estimates, marched through the streets of this city on January 23. It was a historic day of peaceful, often buoyant show of resistance against the federal govt's crackdown on #immigrant workers and efforts to intimidate anyone protesting this terroristic invasion across the state.

The promise of a calm Saturday disappeared shortly after 9 a.m. the next morning, January 24. That is when half a dozen #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement (#ICE) and #BorderPatrol agents held down #AlexPretti and pumped 10 bullets into his body, killing him in cold blood.

#AbolishICE
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

ICE Murders 2nd Minneapolis Volunteer Observer in Cold Blood
Outrage, #Protests Against Terror by Federal Gov’t Spread in Minnesota
https://world-outlook.com/2026/01/26/ice-murders-2nd-minneapolis-volunteer-observer-in-cold-blood/

[written by activists in #Minneapolis]
from #WorldOutlook
Jan. 26, 2026

#MINNEAPOLIS, #Minnesota, January 25, 2026 — Tens of thousands of protesters, as many as 50,000 by some estimates, marched through the streets of this city on January 23. It was a historic day of peaceful, often buoyant show of resistance against the federal govt's crackdown on #immigrant workers and efforts to intimidate anyone protesting this terroristic invasion across the state.

The promise of a calm Saturday disappeared shortly after 9 a.m. the next morning, January 24. That is when half a dozen #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement (#ICE) and #BorderPatrol agents held down #AlexPretti and pumped 10 bullets into his body, killing him in cold blood.

#AbolishICE
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

Amid Funding Fight, #BernieSanders Says Unmask ICE, Repeal $75 Billion Giveaway, and More
“ICE is out of control, ignoring the law and our Constitution. Congress must vote NO on any additional funding for DHS,” the senator argued as House progressives issued similar demands.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/funding-for-dhs

[article gives a full round-up of various demands of Congressional Democrats.]

from#CommonDreams
Jan 26, 2026

The senator’s demands largely align with the reported demands of Senate Democrats, with whom he caucuses, as well as those of House progressives.

“Senate Democrats will not allow the current DHS funding bill to move forward,” the chamber’s minority leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said in a Monday statement. “Senate Republicans have seen the same horrific footage that all Americans have watched of the blatant abuses of Americans by #ICE in Minnesota.”

#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#AbolishICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

Amid Funding Fight, #BernieSanders Says Unmask ICE, Repeal $75 Billion Giveaway, and More
“ICE is out of control, ignoring the law and our Constitution. Congress must vote NO on any additional funding for DHS,” the senator argued as House progressives issued similar demands.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/funding-for-dhs

[article gives a full round-up of various demands of Congressional Democrats.]

from#CommonDreams
Jan 26, 2026

The senator’s demands largely align with the reported demands of Senate Democrats, with whom he caucuses, as well as those of House progressives.

“Senate Democrats will not allow the current DHS funding bill to move forward,” the chamber’s minority leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said in a Monday statement. “Senate Republicans have seen the same horrific footage that all Americans have watched of the blatant abuses of Americans by #ICE in Minnesota.”

#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#AbolishICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

CBP Agent Guns Down #Minneapolis Nurse: Video Analysis
Breakdown of video obtained by #DropSiteNews showing #CBP’s killing of #AlexJeffreyPretti on Saturday.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/customs-border-patrol-agent-kills-minneapolis-nurse-video-analysis

Meghnad Bose, Rana Roudi, and Ryan Grim
Jan 24, 2026

Close-up video footage, obtained by Drop Site, shows one agent push a person to the ground and then deploy a chemical irritant twice on the 37-year-old Pretti, who had gone to help the person pushed. Around 8 agents then swarm and wrestle him to the ground. One of the officers then visibly unholstered his gun and fired multiple close-range gunshots at Pretti, a #Minnesota resident who was reportedly on the scene as an observer. There are 10 gunshots heard in all—at least five of them were fired at Pretti from a distance, while the person holding the camera shouts, “What the fuck did you just do?”

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics
#news

CBP Agent Guns Down #Minneapolis Nurse: Video Analysis
Breakdown of video obtained by #DropSiteNews showing #CBP’s killing of #AlexJeffreyPretti on Saturday.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/customs-border-patrol-agent-kills-minneapolis-nurse-video-analysis

Meghnad Bose, Rana Roudi, and Ryan Grim
Jan 24, 2026

Close-up video footage, obtained by Drop Site, shows one agent push a person to the ground and then deploy a chemical irritant twice on the 37-year-old Pretti, who had gone to help the person pushed. Around 8 agents then swarm and wrestle him to the ground. One of the officers then visibly unholstered his gun and fired multiple close-range gunshots at Pretti, a #Minnesota resident who was reportedly on the scene as an observer. There are 10 gunshots heard in all—at least five of them were fired at Pretti from a distance, while the person holding the camera shouts, “What the fuck did you just do?”

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics
#news

Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest #ICE
Thousands of protesters shut down streets to demand that federal immigration agents end their weekslong crackdown. Businesses closed in solidarity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.0qUf.ucdTcBcd2nM6&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Jan. 23, 2026

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of #Minneapolis-St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors, and workers and students stayed home to demand an end to the sweeping #immigration crackdown that has roiled the #TwinCities for weeks.

The action on Friday, which unfolded in subzero temperatures, was the most widespread and organized demonstration since federal agents arrived more than six weeks ago. It was aimed at pressuring the federal government to pull thousands of its agents from the streets.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump #protest
#news

Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest #ICE
Thousands of protesters shut down streets to demand that federal immigration agents end their weekslong crackdown. Businesses closed in solidarity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.0qUf.ucdTcBcd2nM6&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
Jan. 23, 2026

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of #Minneapolis-St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors, and workers and students stayed home to demand an end to the sweeping #immigration crackdown that has roiled the #TwinCities for weeks.

The action on Friday, which unfolded in subzero temperatures, was the most widespread and organized demonstration since federal agents arrived more than six weeks ago. It was aimed at pressuring the federal government to pull thousands of its agents from the streets.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump #protest
#news

Videos Showing Aggressive #ICE Tactics in #Minnesota Fuel a Backlash
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minnesota-ice-violence-tactics-videos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1A.2wZF.uJGByazPOp3U&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Jan. 24, 2026

Federal #immigration agents have broken windows and dragged occupants out of their vehicles. They have forcefully tackled people to the ground. They have pushed and shoved protesters, and deployed pepper spray directly in their faces.

For weeks, residents have documented the scenes unfolding as federal agents pursue President #Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The videos have circulated widely and intensified outrage and fear among many Minnesotans.

Marty Kurcias, 76, who was protesting at the airport on Friday, said the aggressive treatment he has seen of Minnesotans was jarring. “It can’t go on like this,” he said. “We don’t abide by cruelty or violence.”

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics
#news

Videos Showing Aggressive #ICE Tactics in #Minnesota Fuel a Backlash
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minnesota-ice-violence-tactics-videos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1A.2wZF.uJGByazPOp3U&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[shareable 30-day gift article]
Jan. 24, 2026

Federal #immigration agents have broken windows and dragged occupants out of their vehicles. They have forcefully tackled people to the ground. They have pushed and shoved protesters, and deployed pepper spray directly in their faces.

For weeks, residents have documented the scenes unfolding as federal agents pursue President #Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The videos have circulated widely and intensified outrage and fear among many Minnesotans.

Marty Kurcias, 76, who was protesting at the airport on Friday, said the aggressive treatment he has seen of Minnesotans was jarring. “It can’t go on like this,” he said. “We don’t abide by cruelty or violence.”

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics
#news

Pepper-Sprayed While Pinned Down: A Searing Scene Provokes Outrage
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minneapolis-man-pepper-sprayed-pinned-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1A.ZI7r.tpCjanigmfDX&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Jan. 23, 2026

There was the American citizen dragged out of his home in subzero weather in his underwear. And the detention of a 5-year-old boy wearing a Spider-Man backpack and a hat with floppy ears drew outrage from school officials.

But photos of a #BorderPatrol agent squirting pepper spray in the face of a man who was being pinned down by fellow officers on Wednesday searingly captured why the ongoing #immigration operation has been met with furious resistance on the streets of #Minneapolis.

“No one looking at this image can seriously claim this is about public safety,” said Mayor Jacob Frey.... “It should alarm every American because if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.”

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigrants #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

Pepper-Sprayed While Pinned Down: A Searing Scene Provokes Outrage
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minneapolis-man-pepper-sprayed-pinned-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1A.ZI7r.tpCjanigmfDX&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
Jan. 23, 2026

There was the American citizen dragged out of his home in subzero weather in his underwear. And the detention of a 5-year-old boy wearing a Spider-Man backpack and a hat with floppy ears drew outrage from school officials.

But photos of a #BorderPatrol agent squirting pepper spray in the face of a man who was being pinned down by fellow officers on Wednesday searingly captured why the ongoing #immigration operation has been met with furious resistance on the streets of #Minneapolis.

“No one looking at this image can seriously claim this is about public safety,” said Mayor Jacob Frey.... “It should alarm every American because if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.”

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#immigrants #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
After protesters called for a pause on economic activity and work to strike against the federal immigration crackdown, many business owners won’t open their doors on Friday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.0qUf.ucdTcBcd2nM6&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Jan. 23, 2026, 5:04 am ET

No work, no shopping, no dining out. Hundreds of businesses across #Minnesota are expected to close and many people are vowing to pause everyday activities on Friday as part of a #GeneralStrike against the #Trump administration’s #immigration crackdown.

As tensions mount and a sense of fear of detention by immigration agents permeates the state, vendors, #LaborUnions and residents are set to participate in an economic blackout and gather at prayers and #protests on what organizers called a “Day of Truth and Freedom.”

#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics
#news

‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
After protesters called for a pause on economic activity and work to strike against the federal immigration crackdown, many business owners won’t open their doors on Friday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.0qUf.ucdTcBcd2nM6&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Jan. 23, 2026, 5:04 am ET

No work, no shopping, no dining out. Hundreds of businesses across #Minnesota are expected to close and many people are vowing to pause everyday activities on Friday as part of a #GeneralStrike against the #Trump administration’s #immigration crackdown.

As tensions mount and a sense of fear of detention by immigration agents permeates the state, vendors, #LaborUnions and residents are set to participate in an economic blackout and gather at prayers and #protests on what organizers called a “Day of Truth and Freedom.”

#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics
#news

US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/protesters-blind-us-federal-agents

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Sat 17 Jan 2026 08.00 EST

Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti- #ICE #protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to reports.

Widely seen video recorded at the Santa Ana protest showed a homeland security agent shoot Kaden Rummler, 21, in the face with a less-lethal munition at a distance of only a few feet. Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/protesters-blind-us-federal-agents

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Sat 17 Jan 2026 08.00 EST

Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti- #ICE #protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to reports.

Widely seen video recorded at the Santa Ana protest showed a homeland security agent shoot Kaden Rummler, 21, in the face with a less-lethal munition at a distance of only a few feet. Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.U8r5.xd1K-UIIEQuJ&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Opinion - Lydia Polgreen
Jan. 19, 2026

Like many Americans, I had watched the video of the killing of #ReneeGood by an #ICE officer on a residential street in #Minneapolis with horror and sorrow. From afar, this tragic and possibly criminal act of violence could plausibly be seen as incidental to President Trump’s mission to deport #undocumented people from the country. But when I landed in Minneapolis on Monday and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against #Trump’s dark vision of America.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
#ReneeGoodICEBad #MeltICE
#immigration #immigrants #deportations
#USA #US #USpol #politics #protest
#news