In Mar 2025,🚨Posner rec an RIF notice *CH of ext rels at: #DHS #Detention Ombs➡️was being abolished *handled complaints about conds & trt in det facs *among 110 FT OIDO staff -were put on a 60-day admin leave.

Detn ombs:🚨not the only DHS OVS off affected -most of the 150 FT ees with CRCL +44 *worked at the USCIS ombs arm were also put on adm leave.

By early 2026, OIDO: down to a few ees🚨-now it's shutdown.

49 ppl💔have died in detn since Jan 2025...‼️

#DeathCamps #USPol
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/how-the-trump-administration-gutted-immigration-detention-oversight/#:~:text=Follow-,Advertise%20with%20Mother%20Jones,complaints%20with%20the%20watchdog%20offices%20had%20been%20removed%20from%20their%20facilities.,-Tricia%20McLaughlin%2C%20then

"Immigration crackdown’s🚨rotten core: #deception, #lies, vigilante tactics
-OP-ED

There's🚨no lie too brazen or tactic too lawless for fed IMM authorities conducting Trump’s mass #deportation cmpn.

Re Dec 2025 arrest & #detention of No Co farm worker M Aguilar-Garcia reveals how🚨fed agents, aided by loc LE act like lawless vigilantes, not faithful offs under the CON. By their lies & corrupt intent -forfeit the public’s trust in govt.
It💔was a setup..."

#DHS #ICE #USPol
https://www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026/05/immigration-crackdowns-rotten-core-deception-lies-vigilante-tactics-editorial-board-opinion.html

Rep McIver says🚨the push for profits within the mass #deportation -IND complex has put it at odds w the Trump admin’s goal of deporting Ms of #immigrants ASAP.

For McIver, efforts to hold #ICE accountable: personal.💔She's facing up to 17 yrs in prison for making contact with an ICE agent outside the DHl ICE fac in Newark, NJ. Fed prosecutors have charged her w 3 counts of forcibly interfering with a fed off.
Trumped-up chgs‼️
#Injustice #DHS #Corruption #Detention #USPol
https://truthout.org/articles/immigrants-are-reportedly-being-held-in-ice-jails-despite-agreeing-to-leave-us/

As Trump continues his mass #detention & #deportation agenda & expands: privately owned IMM prisons: >60K ppl detained➡️profits of private contrs are skyrocketing. New rpt:💔~50% of #immigrants *detained for > than a few days end up in the govt’s VWP, earning $1/day while they keep the detn cens running.

Cos:🚨price gouge, forcing: “voluntary worker”💔to work FT for 11 days to afford a tube of Sensodyne toothpaste *$11.02 -comp to $5.20 on Amazon.

#Cruelty #ICE #DHS #USPol
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/prison-industrial-complex/for-profit-immigrant-detention-centers-exploiting-prison-labor-with-1-per-day-wages

Evidence of #abuse, #neglect..:🚨CA St investigators➡️surge in detainee pops strained conds & access to med care..

Some detainees described only having💔beans & bread to eat & X cold temps... At one fac: not enough toilets to serve the pop, w dirty bathrooms.

#Detention cens hadn't⬆️med staffing to match the rise in the#s. At CC last yr: crisis-level med staffing: delays in care. 1 doctor/~1K‼️
Most:🚨not convicted of any crime.

#Torture #DHS #ICE #Deaths #DeathCamps #USPol
https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/05/ice-detention-centers-state-inspections/

Malfunctioning oxygen tank:🚨tried & failed to revive Ramos. The 52-yr-old lived in the US for nearly 30 yrs.

“I don’t want to accept it”💔-his widow *lives with their 2 children.

Nearly 50 #ICE detainees🚨*died since Trump returned to off & began pushing➡️mass #deportations.

Many of the #deaths appear preventable -deadly in >24 cases:💔substand trt, understaffed...

Failures by: #DHS /contrs➡️deadly trend. Care in #detention cens *often decline to release info‼️
#ICE #USPol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/us/ice-immigration-detention-centers-medical-care-deaths-invs-vis?brand-site=cnn&language=en&agent=any&region=any

"Nasdaq & S&P500🚨dropped sharply as #tech stocks led the broader market lower.

Nvidia fell 4% as traders reduced bullish AI bets ahead of next wk's earnings rpt.

Treasury yields🚨surged Fri,
pressuring US stocks as the 30-yr yield climbed above 5.1%.

Borrowing costs🚨rise across: #economy & the discount rate applied to future earnings goes up➡️same time."

Result of Trump's abysmal policies: #IranWar, #tariffs, #BBB, mass #detention & #deportations, #inflation...

#USPol
https://www.fxempire.com/forecasts/article/sp500-forecast-rising-yields-and-nvidia-selloff-pressure-us-indices-1598159

Adrian Carrasquillo: #tRump Just Handed Mass Detention Policy to a Private Prison Executive, David Venturella.

#ICE #prison #detention #concentrationcamps #immigration #corruption
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-just-handed-mass-detention-private-prison-executive-venturella-homan-mullin

Sexual violence by Israeli forces against Palestinians is widespread, according to new reports and harrowing first-hand accounts.

The Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof details a pattern of systemic abuse and “unrestrained power” within Israeli detention centers that challenges the moral silence of the international community.
By Nicholas Kristof

#Israeli #Detention
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010886586/the-horror-of-sexual-assault-in-israeli-prisons.html

Thursday, May 14, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-14-2026/