#uscitizen — Public Fediverse posts
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US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search
https://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063022
#HackerNews #GrapheneOS #privacy #airportsearch #cybersecurity #UScitizen
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Meet #AliyaRahman, #Disabled #USCitizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by #ICE in Minneapolis
#DemocracyNow, February 09, 2026
"We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has become the epicenter of the government’s immigration crackdown in the city. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled and had a brain injury, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation."
Read / watch / listen:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice#USPol #ICESucks #Autism #Autistic #ViewerSupportedNews #DrivingWhileAutistic #ICEHarassment
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#ICE is cracking down on #USCitizen #protesters with charges, tracking
February 10, 2026
A Reuters analysis found that the Trump administration has charged at least 655 people with assaulting a federal officer or impeding law enforcement operations since launching a series of city‑focused crackdowns last summer. The government has charged more people with breaking that law over the past 12 months than it did after Trump supporters besieged the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Ryan Brooks reports.
"They're learning how to scare us..." - #BeckyRingstrom.
Watch:
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW346306022026RP1/#USPol #Authoritarianism #Fascism #SilencingDissent #DefundICE #ICESucks #SecretPolice #Gestapo
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Although the #BadBunny show would air at Trump’s golf club ( https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7upoypvlxudsiv4pzbi5jtwf/post/3meflpg2tzc2u ), #Trump (or a staffer) would post “This “Show” is just a “slap in the face” to our Country,” which again raises the question of if Trump thinks Bad Bunny is a U.S. Citizen. This follows Laura Loomer’s claiming the Super Bowl had been "ruined" by immigrants, #GregKelly of Newsmax referring to Bad Bunny as a foreigner, and podcaster #TomiLahren claiming Bad Bunny is "not an American artist". #LauraLoomer #USCitizen
After the event, we still have options.
For example, we could learn the difference between the #UnitedStates and "America." #America, the continental mass, was named in 1507 by a German mapmaker after the Italian explorer who correctly pointed out it wasn’t Asia. In 1781 the #ArticlesOfConfederation and Perpetual Union went into effect. Article 1 said officially, for the first time, that the name of the then-confederacy was “The United States of America”. Article 13 allowed a process for a successor document. That successor document, the United States #Constitution, went into effect in 1789 and also names “the United States of America” in its Preamble and Article VII. The Department of State regulations (5 FAH-1 H-1030) require “United States of America” in all formal documents and the adjective form “United States” before “citizens” in matters where sovereignty matters.
This was important because the end of Bad Bunny’s show was dedicated to all of the #Americas and the 30+ countries which comprise it. https://youtu.be/ni6qsQi8Aiw
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From VSN Newsroom: He’s a U.S Citizen
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BmxyGj39Jb
#vsn #badbunny #uscitizen #threat #bulletproofvest #unsafe #puertorico #grammys #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
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HT @bob
#DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old #USCitizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
Hafiz Rashid/ February 3, 2026
"The #Trump administration is targeting #FreeSpeech with a little-known legal tool: #AdministrativeSubpoenas.
"The #WashingtonPost reports that a retired #Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, #JosephDernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an #AfghanRefugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the #Taliban.
" 'Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,' Jon wrote from his #GMail account. 'Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.'
"Later that day, Jon received an email from #Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security 'compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.' Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.
"Laws are supposed to restrict the use of administrative subpoenas, but DHS has used the tool against dissent protected under the #FirstAmendment to the #Constitution. Jon could not find who in the agency issued the #subpoena, let alone a record of it to show an attorney.
"Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the #UK, Jon was worried about potential violence. The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by #DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"Eventually, the agents agreed that Jon had committed no crimes after he told them he found Dernbach’s email address through a simple Google search. Jon secured pro bono representation by #ACLU attorneys, who argue that the government is violating a statute that limits how administrative subpoenas can be used for '#ImmigrationEnforcement' and that the government targeted Jon for #ProtectedSpeech.
" 'It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. 'That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.'
"Both #Google and #Meta received a record number of subpoenas in the United States during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"
Source / listen:
https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email#USPol #GoogleSucks #BigTech #Fascism #DefundDHS #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #NineteenEightyFour #Authoritarianism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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Man Feds Killed in #Minneapolis Was an #Observer, Eyewitness Says
The killing marked the second fatal shooting by federal agents in the city in less than a month. Neither victim appeared to be the target of immigration enforcement.
Noah Hurowitz, Jacqueline Sweet
January 24 2026, 12:55 p.m."The man federal agents fatally shot in Minneapolis Saturday did not appear to be a target of immigration enforcement, according to two eyewitnesses who spoke with The Intercept. One of the witnesses said the man appeared to be acting as a #civilianobserver.
"Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a press conference Saturday that the victim was a 37-year-old resident of Minneapolis and is believed to be a #UScitizen. The Minnesota Star Tribune identified him as #AlexJeffreyPretti.
"According to the paper and a public records database accessed by The Intercept, Pretti had a #Nursing license issued in 2021.
"The shooting came just weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Renee Good and a day after hundreds of thousands of people braved subzero temperatures to march in Minneapolis against weeks of rolling immigration-enforcement raids by ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agencies.
"A video of the incident, which surfaced on Reddit just before 10 a.m. Central Time, shows a number of apparent federal agents in tactical gear wrestling with a person on the ground and striking them multiple times before a shot rings out. As many of the agents scatter from the person, at least nine more shots ring out and the person slumps to the ground.
"A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed the shooting and claimed that the man was carrying a handgun, attaching a photo of a Sig Sauer weapon. The Intercept has not been able to independently verify the Department’s claims. [AND CAN WE BELIEVE ANYTHING FROM THE #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity?!!]
"Minnesota allows open carrying of firearms by people with valid permits. O’Hara said Saturday that the victim’s only known law enforcement interactions were over traffic tickets, 'and we believe he is a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry.' "
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/24/minneapolis-killing-immigration-agent-federal-crackdown/#USPol #ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #DHS #KrustiGnome #StormTroopers
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Video: "Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That’s according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions."
#USCitizen #Minnesota #ICE
https://apnews.com/video/us-citizen-says-immigration-agents-in-minnesota-broke-into-his-home-without-a-warrant-1da80176a10448549d7842b9c6f67c20 -
#ICE Terrorizing #Navajo, #Yaqui and #Shawnee in #Arizona and #Oklahoma
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews , Jan. 16, 2026
"ICE is terrorizing #NativeAmericans. A Navajo on his way to work in the #Phoenix Valley was grabbed by ICE on Monday. A #PascuaYaqui tribal member grabbed near #TohonoOodham's San Xavier District, bordering Tucson, reveals how federal agents are terrorizing U.S. citizens and migrants in detention. In Oklahoma, Absentee Shawnee are now being harassed and detained by ICE agents.
"Peter Yazzie, #Dine', was on his way to work in Peoria, in the Phoenix Valley, at 4 a.m., on Monday, when ICE grabbed him, ignoring his tribal ID and the fact that he is a U.S. citizen, reports Arlyssa D. Becenti, at the Arizona Republic.
"Peter Yazzie told ICE agents where they could locate his Certificate of Indian Blood, birth certificate and other documents proving that he was both a #USCitizen and #NativeAmerican. It made no difference. They aggressively placed him in the back of their vehicle and drove away early the morning of Monday, Jan. 12.'
"Yazzie was unaware that ICE was expanding operations throughout Phoenix and surrounding cities. Parked at a QT gas station between Peoria and Sun City near his job site, his morning began as usual, waking at 4 a.m. for his 5 a.m. shift."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-terrorizing-navajo-yaqui-and.html#USPol #ICESucks #ICEOut #KrustiNoem #DepartmentOfHomelandTerrorism #NativeAmericansAreAmericans
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Feel offended because you're a couch sitting #Asian #USCitizen watching from comfort of home - while your USA has gone fascist & harming/killing people & I'm calling your asses out?
Get the fuck over your offended feelings.
Get out there & start actually fighting back, hella hard & much more than you have ever fought.#AsianMastodon #DoMore #DoBetter #GetSomeCourage #USPol #BraveUp
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Trump administration wants to set quota for denaturalizing American citizens
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5649729/trump-administration-wants-to-set-quota-for-denaturalizing-american-citizens#immigration #uscitizen #uscitizens #naturalized #naturalizedcitizen #naturalizedcitizens
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#Aurora, a #Chicago suburb, #ICE "agents" surrounded the car of a #U.S.Citizen in a parking lot, FIRING INTO HER WINDSHIELD AS SHE SCREAMED THAT HER CHILDREN WERE INSIDE! They dragged her from the car without presenting a warrant or probable cause. EXCESSIVE force. No WARRANT. And no JUSTIFICATION!!
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#USCitizen detained and held at #ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says
By CLAIRE RUSH
Updated 9:33 PM EDT, October 10, 2025PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — "A U.S. citizen in #PortlandOR, was detained by plainclothes officers and held at the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released, according to his attorney.
Frank Miranda was outside his place of work early on Oct. 2 when multiple agents wearing masks, who did not identify themselves, approached him and told him he was “on an overstay,” his attorney Michael Fuller said. In a video that Miranda took of his detention, he can be heard saying, “What do you mean, overstay? I don’t know what that is.”
He told the officers that he was born in California. After objecting to being taken into custody and saying he hadn’t done anything wrong, an officer can be heard on the video saying, “We’re gonna put you in cuffs or you’re gonna get the dog.”
Miranda was then struck from behind, handcuffed and put into an unmarked vehicle that took him to Portland’s ICE building, Fuller said. He was held there for several hours before being driven back to his place of work.
ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment."
https://apnews.com/article/us-citizen-detained-ice-portland-oregon-646ac425d32902b5f447e021f70da7df
#IndefiniteDetention #ICE #Fascism #USPol #Trump #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Orwell #ICEKidnapping
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#Man Escapes #BorderPatrol After Taunting "I am #NOT a #USCitizen" | #yt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz-fvDrcHag
#fckthefakeicepolice from the underground xD hahaha
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The Guardian:
Mother of #disabled #UScitizen boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim
The teenager, a US citizen with disabilities, was in a vehicle with his mother outside #Arletahighschool in Los Angeles on 11 August when masked immigration agents surrounded them and pulled them from the vehicle
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/immigration-agents-los-angeles-detention-damages-claim -
#Immigration agents told a teenage #USCitizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from #KennyLaynezAmbrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the #Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
July 25, 2025
"On the morning of 2 May, teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the #FloridaHighwayPatrol.
"In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.
"A highway patrol officer asked everyone in the van to identify themselves, then called for backup. Officers with US #BorderPatrol arrived on the scene.
"Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: 'You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.' Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use 'funny' and quipping: 'You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.' "
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrestArchived version:
https://archive.ph/Neup6#ACAB #Florida #USPol #ResistICE #ICEKidnapping #ICEDetention #CBP #TrumpSucks #ForProfitPrisons #ForProfitArrests!!! #Corruption #Fascism #FascistDictator #authoritarianism
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#Disabled #UScitizen and #ArmyVet demands full investigation into his being abducted for 3 day by #ICE
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#IsraeliSettlers beat #USCitizen to death in #WestBank
By Alana Wise, July 12, 2025
"#Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank beat a U.S. citizen to death, according to local officials, during a Friday confrontation between a group of #Israelis and #Palestinians.
"A municipal official and a relative of 21-year-old #SayfollahMusallet confirmed his death to NPR. Musallet was born in Florida and was in the village of #Sinjil this week visiting family.
"The Israeli military said that a confrontation had broken out between Palestinians and Israelis, and officials were investigating reports of a Palestinian civilian killed.
"A U.S. embassy spokesperson confirmed Musallet's death.
"Israeli officials rarely prosecute those accused of violence against Palestinians, and when they do, a very small percentage end in conviction."
#IsraeliWarCrimes #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #Genocide #SettlerColonialism #WorldPol
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Disgusting to have to acknowledge this murder might count for more than all the thousands of others #USCitizen #IOF
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Rep #HakeemJeffries has highlighted the case of a 2-year-old #US #citizen known as “VML” who was detained with her mother & sister, who both lacked legal status to be in the United States, at a routine #immigration check-in in New Orleans & subsequently deported to Honduras with no meaningful #DueProcess.
As a #UScitizen “deported” to Honduras, #VML is now effectively stateless.
#House #Democrats #Trump #OneBigUglyBill #OneBigBeautifulBill #MagicMinute
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A #USA citizen born in one of the 50 #UnitedStates may not be a #USCitizen in other States? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-dom40LXM #Citizenship #Republicans
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Thursday, June 26, 2025
Something unknown hits key Russian drone facility in Taganrog — Putin insists the Russian economy is fine, but Kremlin officials say otherwise — Donetsk Oblast city ‘on brink of humanitarian catastrophe,’ governor says as drones cripple infrastructure — America signals support for sending more Patriot missiles to Ukraine … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/thursday-june-26-2025/
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#MahmoudKhalil on his #ICE #detention & return home
After 104 days in a Louisiana #immigration detention center, #ColumbiaUniversity graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail.
Khalil, a #legal permanent resident married to a #UScitizen, has become the face of the #Trump admin's crackdown on #student #protesters opposing #Israel's war in #Gaza. He was the first of several students across the US who were detained & threatened w/ #deportation.
#law
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5441691/mahmoud-khalil-interview -
The former #ColumbiaUniversity graduate #student left a federal facility in Louisiana on Friday. He is expected to head to New York to reunite with his #UScitizen wife & infant son, born while #MahmoudKhalil was detained.
“Justice prevailed, but it’s very long overdue,”he said outside the facility in a remote part of Louisiana. “This shouldn’t have taken 3 months.”
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #dissent #AmericanAutocracy
