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  1. 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
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m

    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

  2. Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, released from Louisiana jail

    PhD student arrested in March for political speech released on Friday after federal judge’s ruling

    from #TheGuardian #Guardian
    Maya Yang and Noa Yachot in New York and agencies
    Fri 9 May 2025 19.32 EDT

    "#RümeysaÖztürk, the #Tufts University student arrested in March for her political speech, has been released from the Louisiana detention center where she was being held in what she and her lawyers had argued was a breach of her constitutional rights."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

    #DefendAcademicFreedom
    #ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
    #repression
    #NoDeportationOfRümeysaÖztürk
    #StopTheDeportations
    #DefendFreeSpeech
    #ProtestIsNotACrime
    #DefendStudentProtesters
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #DefendRuleOfLaw
    #USA #US #USPolitics #politics #Trump
    #news #press @palestine