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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · 8d

BREAKING: DC District Court just granted our emergency motion, filed with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, stopping ICE from locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18.

Locking up young people in ICE jails only inflicts more harm on vulnerable youth.

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Sarah Pierce @sarahpierce.bsky.social · 10d

Even before the $45 billion for detention money started leaving the government, Trump officials were already self-dealing.

When contract bidders hire someone with direct ties to the border czar to ‘help win work,’ that’s not innovation — it’s corruption.

Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: This story by Avi Asher-Shapiro and Jeff Ernsthausen and me looks inside several tent companies push to cash in on the Trump administration's deportation campaign and how they hired a consultant with ties to Tom Homan who would become the border czar www.propublica.org/article/tom-...

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign

A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · 10d

FBI is supposed to investigate threats of domestic terrorism & political violence but instead they are raiding buildings full of hard-working immigrants w deep ties to our country who pose NO safety threat—this makes everyone LESS safe.
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · 16d

Since President Trump began his second term, the number of agreements allowing local law enforcement agencies to perform federal immigration duties have ballooned across the U.S.

@naynagupta.bsky.social spoke to @naomidelkamiller.bsky.social about how these 287(g) agreements erode public safety.

As ICE partnerships spread in the Midwest, incentives rise and civil rights concerns deepen

The ICE 287(g) program is expanding in the Midwest, and immigration advocates say there’s not enough oversight. This month, the Department of Homeland Security announced new financial incentives that ...

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 17d

Interesting. The Tooele Co. Sheriff has expressed concern about ICE poaching deputies during 287g training.

“I’m looking for a little more confidence that the names of the deputies I provide are not going to be actively recruited by ICE as they complete the training."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18d

Yet another decision holding this. With the exception of a single bad 2nd Circuit decision surrounding Byrne JAG grants in Trump 1.0, the Trump admin has a near-perfect losing streak on imposing immigration enforcement conditions on federal grants.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 18d

Fed. judge holds that it violated the APA and the Spending Clause for Trump administration to condition federal grants to states on whether they were cooperating in immigration enforcement.

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Before the Court is Plaintiff States’ Motion for Summary
Judgment (“Plaintiffs’ Motion”), Dkt. No. 58, and Defendants’
Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion
(“Defendants’ Motion”), Dkt. No. 61. In their motion, Plaintiff
States ask this Court to declare that several contested conditions
attached to the award of federal grants under the Department of
Homeland Security (“DHS”) are beyond the scope of DHS’s statutory
authority, are a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act
(“APA”), and are unconstitutional. Defendants seek summary
judgment finding the opposite. The Court finds that the contested
conditions are arbitrary and capricious and thus invalid under the
APA and are also a violation of the conditions attached to the
Spending Clause and thus unconstitutional. Therefore, Plaintiffs’
Case 1:25-cv-00206-WES-PAS Document 71 Filed 09/24/25 Page 1 of 45 PageID #:
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Motion is granted, and Defendants’ Motion is denied.

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · 18d

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Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities

YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · 18d

Grateful to testify last week before members of Congress alongside friend & fellow Northwestern alum Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation who testified on harms of using National Guard & military for civil immigration enforcement. Mass deportation makes all Americans LESS safe.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 19d

Under this administration, federal agents tasked with fighting child trafficking, drug cartels, and domestic terrorism were pulled into low-level immigration arrests.

@immcouncil.org ’s Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social: “This means far less focus on real public safety priorities.”

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Sarah Pierce @sarahpierce.bsky.social · 25d

12 Senate Dems on Armed Services write strongly against use of military as immigration judges:

"the Trump administration views skilled personnel as pawns to be traded between agencies, rather than as professionals essential to their core missions, in order to advance misguided immigration policies"

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · 23d

The Trump administration continues to use safety as a pretext for mass deportation—but it is mass deportation itself that makes all Americans LESS safe.

Watch @naynagupta.bsky.social's testimony at @jayapal.house.gov's shadow hearing on the impact of mass deportations on our communities.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 24d

Nayna Gupta, Policy Director at @immcouncil.org:

"While nannies disappear from local parks and masked agents drag immigrant fathers from cars, this administration continues to use safety as a pretext for mass deportation. But it is mass deportation that makes all Americans less safe."

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 26d

This Thursday, 9/18, @jayapal.house.gov is hosting a shadow hearing to shine a light on the lawlessness and harm of Trump’s mass deportation regime.

With @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, we're supporting two brave witnesses — Chelsea White & Mimi Lettunich — in advocating for their loved ones in D.C.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 11

We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.

Chart showing Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The data goes back to 2019 and is divided into three groups of people who were arrested by ICE: Any prior conviction, pending charges, and no criminal record. The chart shows that until 2025, the single largest group was always people with prior criminal convictions. But starting in the Trump admin, the population of people arrested with no criminal record began skyrocketing. It surpassed people with pending criminal charges in June and is now extremely close to those with prior convictions.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · Sep 11

ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States
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ICE's 287(g) Enforcement Program Reaches 1,000 Active Agreements Across 40 States

New data reveals massive growth in the 287(g) program under the Trump administration, a 7.5x increase since January. Half are the most aggressive Task Force Model MOAs.

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · Sep 11

The Trump admin is engaging in federal policing in a way that rips at the seams of relationships between state & local police and the federal government..and between communities & their local police. This erodes public safety👇🏽
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Potential federal intervention poses challenges for Chicago police on the ground

As President Donald Trump signals plans to order federal intervention in Chicago, experts say the likely escalation of immigration enforcement operations is setting the stage for a contentious dynamic...

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · Sep 10

For the first time, #USCIS will create “special agents” with powers to carry firearms and make arrests.

Shev Dalal-Dheini (@aila.org) and @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social explain how this move defies Congress’ mandate and raises serious legal concerns.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/uscis-s...

New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants - American Immigration Council

USCIS, the agency tasked with issuing green cards, will have “special agents" authorized to carry firearms and arrest immigrants.

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · Sep 9

This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that clears the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social shares what you need to know 👇

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · Sep 8

The Supreme Court just cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps.

This means the Trump administration could rapidly expand its plans for law enforcement to harass people based on their skin color, the neighborhood they live in, or the language they speak.

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Today the U.S. Supreme Court rubber stamped EXPLICIT racial profiling during DHS immigration raids. This green lights the worst ICE & CBP practices we are seeing against Latino communities around the country. We can expect this racist enforcement to expand rapidly.🚨

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨The Supreme Court today gives Trump a license to engage in racial profiling, with Justice Kavanaugh writing in concurrence to expressly endorse ICE and Border Patrol targeting any Latinos they observe in Los Angeles speaking Spanish and then demanding their papers.

Here,
those circumstances include:
that there is an
extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area; that those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work; that those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs, such as day labor, landscaping, agriculture, and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants; and that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak much English. Cf.
Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 884-885 (listing "[a]ny number of factors" that contribute to reasonable suspicion of illegal presence). To be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this Court's case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a

KAVANAUGH, J., concurring
"relevant factor" when considered along with other salient factors. Id., at 887.
Under this Court's precedents, not to mention common sense, those circumstances taken together can constitute at least reasonable suspicion of illegal presence in the United States. Importantly, reasonable suspicion means only that immigration officers may briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status. If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 17

We have to talk about this also as an insult to the National Guard, who are being used as political props by the President and governors. They signed up to serve their country and their communities, and are now being turned into playthings of a political operation. It’s a slap in the face.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · Aug 17

Updated this story @taskandpurpose.com. Ohio and South Carolina are joining West Virginia in sending National Guard troops in DC. That brings the number of Guardsmen activated for this to ~1,500. taskandpurpose.com/news/west-vi...

3 states sending 700 National Guard troops to DC

At least 700 National Guard troops will be sent to Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the number of Guardsmen active in the capital.

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · Aug 15

Trump’s ICE is moving rapidly to expand imprisonment of immigrants to largest ever in U.S. history. Plans to make the system hold over 100K ppl will make it comparable to the U.S. federal prison system—but it will be full of ppl with NO criminal convictions 🚨
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year

Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · Aug 12

The immigration system was broken before President Trump returned to office.

But instead of fixing it, the Trump administration has chosen to make things worse — on purpose.

Read more from our policy director @naynagupta.bsky.social in @msnbc.com ⤵️

Opinion | Trump’s immigration policies make Americans less safe

Trump has turned immigration enforcement into a cudgel that is destroying the core pillars of our democracy.

www.msnbc.com

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

Trump is undertaking an unprecedented realignment of the federal government, turning it into a detention & deportation machine that threatens communities, upends legal norms & shakes the foundation of American democracy. Mass deportation makes Americans LESS safe👇🏽
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Trump’s immigration policies make Americans less safe

Trump has turned immigration enforcement into a cudgel that is destroying the core pillars of our democracy.

www.msnbc.com

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Nayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

Trump’s second-term immigration policies, in just six months, represent an unprecedented and coordinated assault on democratic rights and principles. My thoughts on using immigration to attack democracy & how Trump immigration makes us LESS safe in MSNBC👇🏽
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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