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📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝐍𝐘:

Report shows that federal Immigration officers entered NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants in multiple instances, violating NYC laws that bars staffers from letting officers to enter private areas of city property. #AbuseofPowerWatch
ICE enters NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants, reports show
Here's how 'incident reports' detail interactions between federal immigration enforcement officers and staff at city shelters for immigrants.
gothamist.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐀:

Rep. Ilhan Omar says ICE agents pulled over her son this weekend and asked him to prove his citizenship.

“Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by ICE agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go” #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Ilhan Omar says ICE pulled over her son in Minnesota, asked for ID
President Trump has repeatedly targeted the Somali-born congresswoman amid a surge in immigration raids in the Twin Cities.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐒, 𝐅𝐋:

A South Florida family says 21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Tapia was detained without warning during a routine immigration check-in. Despite full compliance with ISAP, an alternative-to-detention program.

Tapia is now being held at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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South Florida family says 21-year-old detained after immigration appointment is now at "Alligator Alcatraz"
His father, fearing months of confinement, says he would rather see his son deported than remain in those conditions.
www.cbsnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
📍 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐃𝐂:

Rep. @magaziner.house.gov challenged DHS Secretary Noem after she claimed no U.S. veterans had been deported. Magaziner then introduced Sgt. Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart recipient deported to South Korea earlier this year, appearing via zoom. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Kristi Noem said the Trump administration hasn’t deported any US veterans. Then an R.I. lawmaker featured one on Zoom. - The Boston Globe
Seth Magaziner introduced US Army veteran Sae Joon Park, who was deported to South Korea by the Trump administration.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📍 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄, 𝐌𝐃:

A federal judge had to issue an emergency order this morning to stop ICE from locking up Kilmar Ábrego García again, despite his unlawful deportation and ongoing danger.

#AbuseOfPowerWatch
Federal Judge Issues Restraining Order Forbidding Agents From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia | Common Dreams
Federal judge issues restraining order preventing ICE from detaining Kilmar Ábrego García unlawfully imprisoned by Trump administration.
www.commondreams.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📍 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘, 𝐔𝐓:

A father of a 4-year-old was taken by ICE mid-interview, the first time his attorney has ever seen a client arrested inside a USCIS appointment.

Jair Celis is a longtime Utah resident with no criminal record and is married to a U.S. citizen. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
A Utah soccer coach was ‘following exactly’ process to get legal status — but ICE arrested him anyway
A 29-year-old Utah father and soccer coach was arrested at what should have been his final interview before being granted permanent residency, his attorney said.
www.sltrib.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
📍 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈, 𝐎𝐇:

ICE agent Samuel Saxon, once awarded a DHS “exceptional leadership” medal, is in court today after a witness reported he put a household member in a chokehold. Police have been called to his home 22 times in 18 months. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
AM Dispatch: ICE and Border Patrol Agents Continue Raping and Beating Women
Plus, Noem buys more jets, USCIS joins deportation force, Trump plans mass dismissal of asylum cases, court finds 400 migrant children jailed for months, ICE drops migrants in the desert, and more.
migrantinsider.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍:

Mubashir was tackled, put in a chokehold & arrested by federal immigration officers while on his way to get food.

“Mubashir said he told officers multiple times that he is a U.S. citizen... Officers ignored him, dragged him in the snow & pushed him into a car” #AbuseOfPowerWatch
U.S. citizen offered to show I.D. but was arrested by immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside
A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.
sahanjournal.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICE puts a U.S. citizen in a chokehold, forcing him to his knees in the snow.

When he offers his ID, agents ignore him.
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍:

Omar Abdulle, a father of two, was arrested by ICE outside his home Tuesday morning. His detention is one of several reported this week amid a federal crackdown targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. #AbuseofPowerWatch
‘Creating fear and chaos’: ICE officials target Somali neighborhoods, scoop up U.S. citizens in sweep
Local activists reported a series of arrests across the Twin Cities, including outside Somali housing areas, malls and at a Latino day labor spot, after a contingent of ICE agents descended on the Twi...
sahanjournal.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
📍 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐃.𝐂.:

A new Senate investigation led by @blumenthal.senate.gov finds that federal immigration agents unlawfully detained and brutalized at least 22 American citizens, contradicting Sec. Noem’s claim that “no American citizens have been arrested or detained.”

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Senate Report Exposes Systematic Abuse of U.S. Citizens by ICE and CBP, Directly Contradicting Noem’s Denials
Pregnant women, disabled veterans, and a 6-year-old autistic child among those seized by agents operating as 'paramilitary force,' report finds
migrantinsider.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐋𝐀:

A 23-year-old U.S. citizen was filmed running inside her home after masked ICE agents chased her down a suburban street in Marrero — she says she was targeted simply because “I’m brown.” #AbuseOfPowerWatch
US citizen chased by federal agents in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’
Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked officers following her to ‘leave me alone’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

Arrests by ICE at U.S. airports have surged — up 94% in 2025 compared with 2024 — with a steep rise in detentions of people without criminal convictions or charges. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Airport ICE Arrests See a 94% Spike — Putting Thousands of Immigrants In Danger - Documented
Across the country, more and more immigrants are being arrested, detained and sometimes deported while embarking on domestic flights.
documentedny.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📍 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐀:

65-year-old veteran Godfrey Wade — who served in the U.S. Army and spent decades living and working in the U.S. — was detained by ICE after a traffic stop for driving without a license, and now faces deportation despite a lifetime of service and family in the States. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Who is Godfrey Wade? Veteran detained by ICE faces deportation
Godfrey Wade, a longtime U.S. resident, was taken into custody following a September 2025 traffic stop for driving without a valid license, according to KENS5.
www.newsweek.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📍 𝐁𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐌𝐀:

Immigrants who had completed all the steps to become U.S. citizens were pulled out of line just moments before their oath-of-citizenship ceremony at USCIS because of their country of origin — despite approval. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

The USCIS is rolling back work-permit rules: the maximum validity for refugees, asylees, and other immigrants is being cut from 5 years to just 18 months, and automatic renewals are ending. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
U.S. tightens immigration work permits in latest move to expand crackdown
The Trump administration said it would reduce the period of time that work permits are valid for refugees, asylees and other immigrants granted legal protections in the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
📍 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐃.𝐂.:

A new ICE crackdown under the 2025 federal “crime emergency” in D.C. has resulted in over 1,100 arrests — and more than 80% of those detained had no criminal record. Many arrests reportedly occurred without warrants or probable cause. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📍𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀:

Amnesty International says people held at Alligator Alcatraz — a detention facility used by ICE — endured conditions amounting to torture: cramped “box”-cages outdoors, 24-hour lights, overcrowding, lack of water/sanitation, medical neglect, and enforced disappearances. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
AM Dispatch: Amnesty Finds Torture at Alligator Alcatraz
Plus, Stephen Miller "CREEP"posters back to DC, Texas courts flooded with habeas corpus petitions, ICE vehicles' tires slashed in Staten Island, a rumored deportation flight to Iran, and more!
migrantinsider.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐋𝐀:

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained multiple people with work permits and American citizenship in the agency's "Catahoula Crunch" immigration sweeps so far, according to immigrant rights groups and attorneys representing one detainee. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Citizens, permit holders detained in New Orleans immigration sweeps, attorneys and advocates say
"They’re not focusing on particular people, they're focusing on particular traits," said attorney Homero López, a former immigration judge. "Those traits tend to be physical in nature.”
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
📍 𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒, 𝐂𝐀:

A 39-year-old man was detained by ICE during a green-card interview in downtown L.A.— even though he said he came to the U.S. as an infant and has no criminal record. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
39-year-old man taken into ICE custody during green card interview in LA
A wife is speaking out after her 39-year-old husband was detained by ICE during his green card interview in downtown Los Angeles.
abc7.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📍 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀:

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries — normally a wildlife/hunting agency — has signed a 287(g) deal and is now detaining people and handing them over to ICE, including at least six individuals with no criminal charges at the time of arrest. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝐍𝐘:

The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in Manhattan — one of the busiest immigration courts where ICE conducts many deportation hearings — replacing them with temporary appointees lacking immigration-law experience. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Eight More Immigration Judges Fired in NYC as Mass Deportation Policy Spreads
The Trump administration reportedly fired eight immigration judges working at 26 Federal Plaza in on Monday, according to media reports.
lavocedinewyork.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

The USDA, under the Trump administration, is threatening to withhold funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Democratic-led states — unless they hand over detailed data on recipients’ immigration status and personal info. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP benefits from blue states over immigration data
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the remarks after a judge ruled that the administration couldn't withhold food assistance funds over the requested data.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

DHS has expanded its SAVE database to include millions of U.S. citizens, giving agencies — including ICE — access to voter and ID data far beyond its original purpose. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
NEWS: DHS Expands Migrant Database to Screen U.S. Citizens
Fair Elections Center filing reveals bulk SSN queries, driver's license plans as 26 states weaponize flawed data against voters.
migrantinsider.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝐍𝐘:

ICE agents arrested a Chinese father and his 6-year-old son, separating the two and sending the father to Orange County Jail while the whereabouts of the son remain unknown. #AbuseofPowerWatch
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM