Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧2d ago

US Moves to Deport Son of Prominent Figure in Iranian Revolution
Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/deportation-iranian-revolution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aVA.PJJy.59ZXJcwncyay&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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April 11, 2026

A State Department statement on the matter did not accuse the three arrested of any specific unlawful or harmful acts but stated that the #Trump administration “will never allow America to become a home for foreign nationals tied to anti-American terrorist regimes.”

Mr. Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, who served as the English-language spokeswoman for the #Islamist embassy captors during the 444-day hostage crisis. Mr. Hashemi had been the subject of recent reports in conservative media outlets that portrayed him as living comfortably in Los Angeles while working as a psychology professor.

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#news #politics #USpol #Iran

U.S. Moves to Deport Son of Prominent Figure in Iranian Revolution

Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.

The New York Times
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 9

Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in #Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’
ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after #Trump repeatedly used racist language against group
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/ohio-ice-somali-community

from #TheGuardian
March 9, 2026

#ICE agents have been turning up in cars around Somali-owned businesses and schools that teach children from immigrant backgrounds. Rightwing so-called “influencers”, including leaders at #TurningPointUSA, have followed suit.

Since then, Somali-owned businesses have struggled to attract customers and schools have closed due to low attendance fueled by the presence of federal agents and anti- #immigrant provocateurs.

Today, the #Somali community in #Columbus, which numbers around 60,000 people, is still reeling from the fallout.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
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Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’

ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after Trump repeatedly used racist language against group in December

The Guardian
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 6

ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care'
Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s ‘arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for #immigrants’ rights
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/ice-arrest-oregon-shop-owner

from #TheGuardian
March 6, 2026

The moment 19-year-old Emely Agustin spotted the group of masked #immigration agents tackling a woman face down on the pavement, her heart dropped.

She saw the woman’s red jacket.

“Oh my fucking God. That’s my mom!” she screamed.

It was the morning of 5 November in Cottage Grove, #Oregon, and masked officers with #ICE had dragged Juanita Avila out of her van. The agents pinned her down as she cried out for her daughter, who started filming. Juanita, a legal permanent resident, had her green card in her pocket, but officers handcuffed and detained her.

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ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care’

Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s ‘arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrants’ rights

The Guardian
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 4

CALL FOR LEQAA KORDIA's RELEASE
[this appeal is copied from the March 4 Drop Site Daily on dropsitenews.com]

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old #Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, has spent nearly a year in #ICE detention in Texas after speaking out against #Israel’s war in #Gaza, despite an #immigration judge twice ruling that she is eligible for release. Drop Site joins the IMEU Policy Project, MPower Action, Jewish Voice for Peace ACT, and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action in calling for her immediate release. The link below allows users to send emails and make calls to your member of Congress on Leqaa’s behalf:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-free-leqaa-kordia-from-ice-detention?source=direct_link&referrer=group-drop-site-news&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fgivebutter.com%2Fsupport-dropsite

#FreeLeqaaKordia
#FreePalestine
#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
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#StopTheDeportations
#LeqaaKordia #Palestine #news #politics #USpol
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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Feb 16

Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/list-of-ice-detention-centers

from #CommonDreams
Feb. 13, 2026

President Donald #Trump’s anti-#immigration agenda has supercharged opposition in cities where he has deployed federal agents to conduct raids, and communities in states including New York and Missouri are already working to block the next step the Department of Homeland Security plans to take in its push for mass #deportations: acquiring massive warehouses across the country to use as #immigrant detention centers.

#AbolishICE
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#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
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Trump's Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions | Common Dreams

The Trump administration's aggressive anti-immigration agenda has sparked fierce opposition in cities where federal agents conduct raids. Plans to acquire warehouses as detention centers—or concentration camp—for immigrants are now raising concerns about human rights abuses.

Common Dreams
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Feb 10

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans Trained to Monitor ICE Occupation
Federal Gov’t Tries to Defuse Resistance with Cosmetic Changes
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/07/nearly-30000-minnesotans-trained-to-monitor-ice-occupation/

from #WorldOutlook
Feb. 7, 2026

This activity is coupled with mass #protests that have included rallies by tens of thousands and walkouts by high school students after federal goons murdered in cold blood two of these volunteer observers — #US citizens #ReneeGood and #AlexPretti. In response, the #Trump administration is trying to diffuse the growing resistance through cosmetic changes.

On February 4, White House “border czar” #TomHoman announced that the Dept. of Homeland Security (#DHS) would reduce by 700 the number of agents deployed to #Minnesota. State officials, #immigrant rights and community groups, and those involved in resisting the DHS “Operation Metro Surge” since early December reacted with skepticism.

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Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans Trained to Monitor ICE Occupation

Federal Gov’t Tries to Defuse Resistance with Cosmetic Changes. This is an article that first appeared on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News. It describes an explosion in the number of trained volunteer observers — now nearly 30,000 across Minnesota — who monitor and record the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents. This registers the breadth of popular resistance to the terror by federal thugs deployed by the Trump administration to crack down on immigrant workers and undermine everyone’s democratic rights in that state. This activity is coupled with mass protests that have included rallies by tens of thousands and walkouts by high school students after federal goons murdered in cold blood two of these volunteer observers — U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti. In response, the Trump administration is trying to diffuse the growing resistance through cosmetic changes.

World-Outlook
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Feb 2

A ‘Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed,’ Warns #Minneapolis Mayor as More ICE Horror Stories Emerge
In an interview with the New York Times, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey described “marauding gangs of guys just walking down the street indiscriminately picking people up.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mayor-jacob-frey-interview

from #CommonDreams
Jan. 31, 2026

According to a Saturday report in the #NYT, concern over #ICE’s brutality has grown to such an extent that many #Minnesota residents, including both documented immigrants and #US citizens, have started wearing passports around their necks to avoid being potentially targeted.

CNN on Friday reported that ICE has been rounding up #refugees living in Minnesota who were allowed to enter the US after undergoing “a rigorous, years-long vetting process,” and sending them to a facility in Texas where they are being prepared for #deportation.

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A 'Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed,' Warns Minneapolis Mayor as More ICE Horror Stories Emerge | Common Dreams

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey warns of federal immigration agents brutalizing and abducting people in his city, calling it a "terrifying line" crossed.

Common Dreams
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Jan 31

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a #Minnesota hospital
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospitals-32cd5ca61d495e155d43b7cfd5e563b9

from #TheAssociatedPress #AP #APNews
Updated 10:12 AM EST, January 31, 2026

Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal #immigration officers when they arrived at a #Minneapolis hospital with a #Mexican #immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

#ICE agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.

But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.

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ICE presence at hospitals triggers friction with workers

Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries. ICE agents said Alberto Castañeda Mondragón ran headfirst into a wall while handcuffed. But hospital staff found his injuries inconsistent with that account. The seemingly implausible explanation from ICE is just one example of recent encounters that have undermined the agency’s credibility at Minneapolis hospitals and contributed to mounting friction between medical staff and immigration officers. Workers at the Hennepin County facility say ICE officers have restrained patients in defiance of hospital rules and stayed at their sides for days. The agents have also lingered around the campus and pressed people for proof of citizenship.

AP News
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Jan 30

We Stand with Congresswoman #IlhanOmar
Trump’s Anti-#Somali Bigotry Behind Physical Attack on #US Representative
https://world-outlook.com/2026/01/30/we-stand-with-congresswoman-ilhan-omar/

from #WorldOutlook
January 30, 2026

The congresswoman did not cower behind the lectern. She instinctively lunged at her attacker with defiance and a raised fist. The shock from the assault notwithstanding, she quickly composed herself and continued her talk, brushing aside efforts by her staff and security who tried to persuade her to retreat.

“I’m built that way,” Omar said calmly as she left the community room at Urban League Twin Cities after her event, reminding a CNN reporter that she was a survivor of war.

Faced with such racist bullying, Omar showed the value of dignity and determination. All those resisting the #Trump-inspired anti-#immigrant terror can learn from her conduct. She stood tall and channeled her ire into her message.

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#ICE #USA #USpol #politics #Trump #news

We Stand with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

On January 27, 2026, a man attacked U.S. congresswoman Ihan Omar while she was addressing a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, a city she represents along with a number of its suburbs. The attacker, using a syringe, sprayed Omar with a pungent liquid before he was tackled and taken away by security. There is little doubt that behind this odious assault was the unceasing bigotry and vilification of Omar and the entire Somali American community in Minnesota by U.S. president Donald Trump and much of the Republican Party establishment.

World-Outlook
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Jan 30

Administration Social Media Posts Echo #WhiteSupremacist Messaging
A flurry of posts from the White House, Department of Labor and #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity have included images, slogans and even a song used by the #WhiteNationalist right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.vvzT.h56e9gsx9xPC

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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The posts have referred to neo-#Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies, mused about deporting nearly a third of the #US population, and promoted lyrics from an anthem bellowed by the far-right militants of the Proud Boys.

Their authors are not on society’s fringe. They are in the offices of the White House and the departments of Homeland Security and Labor, using official government accounts.

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Trump Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging

A flurry of posts from the White House, Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security have included images, slogans and even a song used by the white nationalist right.

The New York Times