Ruth Delgado
@heylookitsruth.bsky.social
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ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
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This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
![“I was so happy when I got there [to Babson],” Lopez Belloza said. “I was just living the college life — going to events, going everywhere ... everything there was really great. I really loved the school."
She and her father also had a special shared aspiration. With her business degree, Lopez Belloza was going to help her father open his own tailor shop, they hoped.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u6ajzyiqzkzbppp2x2y7fpfu/bafkreib33kpkgmvas4z6avgq62styxbzrzuawjufqyddtoynqgbiwnhtzy@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"Arnulfo" shares, "These are heads of broccoli that I've harvested. I've been working in the fields of CAs Central Coast for 21 years. I plant and grow broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, and other vegetables you probably will see on your #Thanksgiving tables." #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"Arnulfo" shares, "These are heads of broccoli that I've harvested. I've been working in the fields of CAs Central Coast for 21 years. I plant and grow broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, and other vegetables you probably will see on your #Thanksgiving tables." #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Arnulfo" shares, "These are heads of broccoli that I've harvested. I've been working in the fields of CAs Central Coast for 21 years. I plant and grow broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, and other vegetables you probably will see on your #Thanksgiving tables." #WeFeedYou
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From delicious side dishes like green beans and corn, to main courses like turkey with gravy or roasted ham, to desserts like pumpkin pie served with a healthy dollop of whipped cream, these essential workers labored in fields, orchards, dairy farms, and factories to feed us 👇🏽
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
From delicious side dishes like green beans and corn, to main courses like turkey with gravy or roasted ham, to desserts like pumpkin pie served with a healthy dollop of whipped cream, these essential workers labored in fields, orchards, dairy farms, and factories to feed us 👇🏽
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As we gather around the table this #Thanksgiving, we’re thinking about the workers who made it all possible: the hands that picked the pumpkins, sorted the sweet potatoes, and processed the turkey.
Many are immigrants. All are essential.
Thank you for feeding us.
Many are immigrants. All are essential.
Thank you for feeding us.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As we gather around the table this #Thanksgiving, we’re thinking about the workers who made it all possible: the hands that picked the pumpkins, sorted the sweet potatoes, and processed the turkey.
Many are immigrants. All are essential.
Thank you for feeding us.
Many are immigrants. All are essential.
Thank you for feeding us.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE
The Governor of West Virginia now has two conflicting back-to-back posts about the health status of the two National Guard members who were shot in Washington, DC.
I have deleted my previous post sharing the news that they had died.
The Governor of West Virginia now has two conflicting back-to-back posts about the health status of the two National Guard members who were shot in Washington, DC.
I have deleted my previous post sharing the news that they had died.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE
The Governor of West Virginia now has two conflicting back-to-back posts about the health status of the two National Guard members who were shot in Washington, DC.
I have deleted my previous post sharing the news that they had died.
The Governor of West Virginia now has two conflicting back-to-back posts about the health status of the two National Guard members who were shot in Washington, DC.
I have deleted my previous post sharing the news that they had died.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspect is in custody in shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., police say.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspect is in custody in shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., police say.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
UPDATE: After 48 days, Emmanuel is home.
“Emmanuel was released last Friday following a ruling from a judge ordering that the teen be reunited with his family.”
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
“Emmanuel was released last Friday following a ruling from a judge ordering that the teen be reunited with his family.”
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
UPDATE: After 48 days, Emmanuel is home.
“Emmanuel was released last Friday following a ruling from a judge ordering that the teen be reunited with his family.”
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
“Emmanuel was released last Friday following a ruling from a judge ordering that the teen be reunited with his family.”
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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"A longtime ICE official told me Bovino is “out of control,” and warned that his expanding role will lead to the detention of more U.S. citizens and “more hate and more violence.”"
NEW Every State is a Border Patrol State — why the Trump admin wants border agents to take over the mass deportation campaign and deliver the arrest numbers ICE has missed www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
The Green Machine
Why the Border Patrol–not ICE—is taking over Trump’s mass-deportation campaign
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"A longtime ICE official told me Bovino is “out of control,” and warned that his expanding role will lead to the detention of more U.S. citizens and “more hate and more violence.”"
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This is a win for due process.
The Trump administration was keeping immigrants with ZERO criminal records locked up in detention for weeks and months on end. A judge just ruled that these individuals must be entitled to bond hearings. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tho...
The Trump administration was keeping immigrants with ZERO criminal records locked up in detention for weeks and months on end. A judge just ruled that these individuals must be entitled to bond hearings. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tho...
Thousands of immigrants could be eligible for bond hearings, striking down DHS policy: Judge
The decision could potentially allow thousands of immigrants who have been subject to mandatory detention to be released.
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is a win for due process.
The Trump administration was keeping immigrants with ZERO criminal records locked up in detention for weeks and months on end. A judge just ruled that these individuals must be entitled to bond hearings. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tho...
The Trump administration was keeping immigrants with ZERO criminal records locked up in detention for weeks and months on end. A judge just ruled that these individuals must be entitled to bond hearings. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tho...
“Folks are going into work thinking that, ‘I’m going to come home,’” said Viri Martinez of @njaij.bsky.social.
Except many workers aren't. NJ temp workers are being sent to bonded warehouses controlled by federal agents, with no warning.
They're walking into potential ICE raids.
Except many workers aren't. NJ temp workers are being sent to bonded warehouses controlled by federal agents, with no warning.
They're walking into potential ICE raids.
Advocates fear immigrant workers are targeted at warehouses storing imported goods • New Jersey Monitor
Federal customs agents have access to certain warehouses that store imported goods. Activists fear immigrant workers are sitting targets.
newjerseymonitor.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Folks are going into work thinking that, ‘I’m going to come home,’” said Viri Martinez of @njaij.bsky.social.
Except many workers aren't. NJ temp workers are being sent to bonded warehouses controlled by federal agents, with no warning.
They're walking into potential ICE raids.
Except many workers aren't. NJ temp workers are being sent to bonded warehouses controlled by federal agents, with no warning.
They're walking into potential ICE raids.
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“When’s my mom coming home? Will she be home for Thanksgiving? Will she be home for Christmas?”
Karoline, do you have an answer for your nephew? Would you like to explain to him the role you have played in the disappearance of his mother? 2/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
Karoline, do you have an answer for your nephew? Would you like to explain to him the role you have played in the disappearance of his mother? 2/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“When’s my mom coming home? Will she be home for Thanksgiving? Will she be home for Christmas?”
Karoline, do you have an answer for your nephew? Would you like to explain to him the role you have played in the disappearance of his mother? 2/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
Karoline, do you have an answer for your nephew? Would you like to explain to him the role you have played in the disappearance of his mother? 2/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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A lot is being said about Karoline Leavitt’s non-response to ICE abducting the mother of her nephew. But I want to talk about her nephew.
He is 11. He lives with both his mom and his dad — until now. Because now he doesn’t know where his mom is. 1/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
He is 11. He lives with both his mom and his dad — until now. Because now he doesn’t know where his mom is. 1/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A lot is being said about Karoline Leavitt’s non-response to ICE abducting the mother of her nephew. But I want to talk about her nephew.
He is 11. He lives with both his mom and his dad — until now. Because now he doesn’t know where his mom is. 1/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
He is 11. He lives with both his mom and his dad — until now. Because now he doesn’t know where his mom is. 1/2
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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From New Jersey, Father Gary Graf sends a message to families in the shadows this Thanksgiving: “We can’t let fear overcome us.”
We must keep stepping up, speaking out, and fighting for our immigrant communities. @stepup2025.bsky.social
We must keep stepping up, speaking out, and fighting for our immigrant communities. @stepup2025.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
From New Jersey, Father Gary Graf sends a message to families in the shadows this Thanksgiving: “We can’t let fear overcome us.”
We must keep stepping up, speaking out, and fighting for our immigrant communities. @stepup2025.bsky.social
We must keep stepping up, speaking out, and fighting for our immigrant communities. @stepup2025.bsky.social
“We are a nation of immigrants.”
Had the opportunity to hear Father Gary’s homily as he continues his pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty.
As the daughter of immigrants, I am so moved that he is using his voice and his footsteps to speak out for the community my family is a part of.
Had the opportunity to hear Father Gary’s homily as he continues his pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty.
As the daughter of immigrants, I am so moved that he is using his voice and his footsteps to speak out for the community my family is a part of.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“We are a nation of immigrants.”
Had the opportunity to hear Father Gary’s homily as he continues his pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty.
As the daughter of immigrants, I am so moved that he is using his voice and his footsteps to speak out for the community my family is a part of.
Had the opportunity to hear Father Gary’s homily as he continues his pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty.
As the daughter of immigrants, I am so moved that he is using his voice and his footsteps to speak out for the community my family is a part of.
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i didn’t think karoline leavitt could be more despicable, but finding out she says the shit she says about immigrants and knowing her nephew’s mother was part of DACA is a new level of sick.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
i didn’t think karoline leavitt could be more despicable, but finding out she says the shit she says about immigrants and knowing her nephew’s mother was part of DACA is a new level of sick.
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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👉🏽New lawsuit Fanfan v. Noem, filed by CILP and @chrclla.bsky.social seeks to end the unlawful Trump administration practice of detaining immigrants without due process in San Diego County.
Learn more: bit.ly/fanfanvnoemf...
Learn more: bit.ly/fanfanvnoemf...
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
👉🏽New lawsuit Fanfan v. Noem, filed by CILP and @chrclla.bsky.social seeks to end the unlawful Trump administration practice of detaining immigrants without due process in San Diego County.
Learn more: bit.ly/fanfanvnoemf...
Learn more: bit.ly/fanfanvnoemf...
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So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
This Year, Remember To Thank The Unseen Guests At Our Thanksgiving Table
Thank you for feeding us.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
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WATCH: “It is a miracle that none of us has been killed.” - Rev. David Black
Rev. David Black’s testimony at last week’s shadow hearing led by Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social exposes the escalating violence of Trump’s immigration enforcement.
Rev. David Black’s testimony at last week’s shadow hearing led by Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social exposes the escalating violence of Trump’s immigration enforcement.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
WATCH: “It is a miracle that none of us has been killed.” - Rev. David Black
Rev. David Black’s testimony at last week’s shadow hearing led by Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social exposes the escalating violence of Trump’s immigration enforcement.
Rev. David Black’s testimony at last week’s shadow hearing led by Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social exposes the escalating violence of Trump’s immigration enforcement.