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KatherineHawkins
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Senior Legal Analyst for the Constitution Project at @pogowatchdog. Trying to annoy CBP for rights violations as badly as I used to annoy the CIA. Personal account; views are my own, etc.
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KatherineHawkins @krhawkins.bsky.social · Sep 30
A new writing project--please check it out. Subscriptions are welcome but not necessary and all content will be free. un-disappearing.ghost.io
Un-Disappearing
Research, Research, analysis and documentation of rights abuses in the name of immigration policing
un-disappearing.ghost.io
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.

More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Bringing the war home
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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bradmossesq.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
krhawkins.bsky.social
Park slope takes decorative gourd season seriously
Rat/mouse figure dangling from orange bumpy pumpkin dangling from fire escape. Maybe the idea is some kind of parachute/hot air balloon setup?
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.

She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
krhawkins.bsky.social
America is already great bsky.app/profile/bria...
briancgrubb.bsky.social Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 1d
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
busta rhymes on a float at the macy's thanksgiving parade with the ninja turtles
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
krhawkins.bsky.social
I still don’t know what that word means and I’m keeping it that way
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
krhawkins.bsky.social
Murder is murder but only racists and fascists assign collective guilt by ethnicity
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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thenyic.bsky.social
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨

At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.

If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
krhawkins.bsky.social
Trying to get in the habit of sketching for #artadventcalendar. This is called “New Jersey Turnpike.” (guess where I am)
Ink sketch of winter trees, mainly overcast sky, generic warehouse, light pole and wires
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul. At least three local photojournalists were injured by less-lethal munitions deployed by St. Paul police officers while covering the story. One was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. All three journalists were clearly identified as press with badges and/or vests, in addition to having cameras in hand, clearly at work. All three photojournalists and multiple other local journalists on scene were also injured by chemical irritants. Kerem Yücel, with MPR News, was hit by a less-lethal munition in the shoulder and was transported to a hospital by ambulance. He has since been released and is recovering. Tim Evans, a freelance photojournalist with Reuters, was struck in the stomach with a pepper ball round. Aaron Nesheim, a photojournalist with Sahan Journal, was struck in the head with a pepper ball round. Evans and Nesheim did not require hospitalization. The three journalists hit by munitions shared with MNSPJ that they believe they were targeted by law enforcement for doing their jobs. Photojournalists are on the frontlines of documenting history and it is imperative that they are kept safe and their First Amendment rights are protected. Attacking journalists sends a message to both journalists and everyday citizens that their First Amendment rights will not be respected. The First Amendment protects the rights of journalists to report on their communities and provide information that communities need — information that, on Tuesday, was not transparently available from any law enforcement agency. We demand answers from St. Paul city leadership about why the city’s police department attacked our colleagues and a commitment to seeing that this will never happen again.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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etxgov.bsky.social
Hope both soldiers make a full recovery and get home to their families.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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annesh.no
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
Four articulated buses blocking each other in a roundabout making them stuck.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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jesspish.bsky.social
From my anecdotal experience, this is absolutely true
mguariglia.bsky.social Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 2d
Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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brennancenter.org
Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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tanvi.bsky.social
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.

nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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akuzee.bsky.social
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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joshuaeaton.bsky.social
I can’t stop watching this. Paging @neolithicsheep.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
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.
juliedicaro.bsky.social Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d
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. “
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove provided DHS with legal advice regarding the Court’s order as to flights that had left the United States before the order issued, through DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara. Mr. Mazzara then conveyed that legal advice, as well as his own legal advice, to Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem. See 6 U.S.C. § 113(a)(1)(J). 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. As explained below, that decision was lawful and was consistent with a reasonable interpretation of
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.

Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless

www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM