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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 48m

Know Your Rights: Trump’s Registration Requirement for Immigrants

@nilc.org has a very helpful explainer on docs people need to carry: www.nilc.org/resources/kn...

Know Your Rights: Trump’s Registration Requirement for Immigrants

This resource provides critical information for community members about the newly announced registration process for some undocumented immigrants, including potential risks such as detention, deportat...

www.nilc.org

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 54m

I told @royalpratt.bsky.social that I hadn't heard of this happening before--if others have, please share & raise awareness!

This is yet another example of the Trump admin's policies creating a nationwide show your papers situation--both for immigrants & for US citizens

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 10h

Across the U.S, state lawmakers this year have passed more than 100 bills relating to immigration, according to an Associated Press analysis aided by the bill tracking software Plural. The measures are divided almost evenly between those providing and denying protections to immigrants.

California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump's immigration agenda

A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers.

apnews.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 11h

Law enforcement had the most contact with people from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

There were 27 people who were U.S. citizens as well.

"If you are a U.S. Citizen, you should have your ID" on you

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 11h

and 2,205 of those arrests were under 287(g) agreements

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 11h

The Florida Board of Immigration Enforcement launched an encounters online dashboard earlier this month

According to the website, law enforcement had 5,074 encounters with people suspected of being in the country illegally from August 1 to October 9. Of those, 4,083 people were arrested...

State publishes immigration enforcement arrest numbers in new dashboard

The state of Florida is sharing the scope of its immigration enforcement efforts. State officials published an online dashboard breaking down arrests and encounters with people suspected of being in t...

www.fox13news.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 11h

its misuse for immigration enforcement,

AB 1261 requiring court representation for unaccompanied minors subject to funding availability &

SB 281 clarifying judges must give word-for-word warnings to noncitizens of adverse immigration-related actions against them in criminal cases

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 11h

Newsom signs bills pushing back against Trump’s deportation agenda

Including AB 495 empowering parents to designate caregivers for children if separated due to deportation,

SB 580 directing the state AG to issue guidance to state and local agencies to protect sensitive data & prevent...

Newsom signs bills pushing back against Trump’s deportation agenda

The slate of bills is part of an ongoing effort by California leaders to push back against Trump’s policies, particularly his most intense moves to quickly deport undocumented residents.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 11h

Immigrant advocates sued the Dept. of Homeland Security and ICE in Northern CA District Court for re-arresting and detaining immigrants previously released after being determined not to be dangerous or flight risks

davisvanguard.org/2025/10/laws...

Advocates Sue Trump Administration over Policy of Re-Arresting Immigrants without Legal Justification - Davis Vanguard

Civil rights advocates have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing immigration officials of unlawfully re-arresting and detaining immigrants who were previousl...

davisvanguard.org

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Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

La migración venezolana en América Latina y más allá es una de las historias más trascendentes del hemisferio occidental en los últimos 15 años.

Millones de personas se han asentado y han comenzado a construir nuevas vidas

➡️ https://bit.ly/48Jjd2P

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 1d

"A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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MassLive @masslive.bsky.social · 2d

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old held at ICE adult detainee facility

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old from ICE custody

The federal court ruled the boy must be freed unless immigration officials can justify detaining a juvenile with adult detainees at the Burlington facility.

www.masslive.com

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d

Loss in court for Trump Admin:

Appeals court blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protest

www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago

The Defense Department announced earlier this week that about 200 National Guard soldiers from Texas and another 300 from Illinois were federalized and sent to the Chicago area.

www.cbsnews.com

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

annually & 380 destroyed labs. The MX govt said, homicides have dropped by almost 1/3, to their lowest level in a decade & fewer drugs are being seized at the border

Has also increased efforts on migration, helping to bring illegal border crossings to their lowest level in years

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

In Sheinbaum’s 1st year in office that ended 9/30, Mexican authorities said they arrested nearly 35,000 people for high-impact crimes & destroyed nearly 1,600 drug labs. Under her predecessor, López Obrador, there were an average of 8,900 such arrests...

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump Is Blowing Up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next?

U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs."

By @jacknicas.bsky.social

Trump Is Blowing Up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next?

www.nytimes.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has said he would consider invoking it [the Insurrection Act] and has laid the groundwork by describing U.S. cities as “war zones” and those protesting immigration raids as “insurrectionists.”

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

Trump signed a presidential memo last month that attributed political violence to “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism & anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the US Govt; extremism on migration, race & gender; & hostility towards those who hold traditional American views

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has made clear that he is eager to use the might of the American military & the resources of the federal government to crack down on what he sees as domestic threats: violent crime, illegal immigration & the antifa movement.

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump deploys tactics and language of war against perceived domestic threats

It represents a dramatic shift in the use of the military, which has been focused for most of American history on threats from abroad."

Very helpful article from @emilydavies.bsky.social

Trump deploys tactics and language of war against perceived domestic threats

It represents a dramatic shift in the use of the military, which has been focused for most of American history on threats from abroad.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Welker: "Are you seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act?"

Vance: "Well, the president's looking at all of his options right now."

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants and American Nobel Prizes

Three of the six U.S. science winners this year are foreign-born.

www.wsj.com/opinion/nobe...

Opinion | Immigrants and American Nobel Prizes

Three of the six U.S. science winners this year are foreign-born.

www.wsj.com

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