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Judge orders release of #PortlandME teen from #ICE facility after 6 months

PORTLAND (WGME) – "A Portland teen who has been held in a Texas ICE facility for more than six months is reportedly set to be released by Friday.

That's according to Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, who traveled to the facility this week to demand that ICE release 19-year-old #OliviaAndre .

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"She is originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was a first-year nursing student in Portland when she was taken into custody.

"#DHS previously said Andre is in the United States illegally but didn’t explain why the rest of her family was released and she wasn't.

"Pingree called the conditions at the facility inhumane, and Andre's lawyer says her physical and mental wellbeing deteriorated from not having access to clean drinking water, palatable food and appropriate medical care.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/judge-orders-release-of-portland-teen-from-ice-facility-after-6-months/ar-AA22zjF4

#USPol #MainePol #DefundDHS #DefundICE #ICESucks

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Marcia Geotsalitis ❌️👑May 5

More evidence of Trump's fascist police surveillance state. Fed workers who attended Pretti's vigil were illegally targeted for harassment and disciplinary action after using their First Amendment Rights to how support for MN protesters. www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p... 8647 #DefundICE #86RepublicanParty

VA conducted internal investig...

Exclusive: VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti

Becky Halioua, who attended a vigil for Pretti after his death, feels the VA probe is a “scare tactic” and an attempt to silence those “with the loudest voices.”

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AZ Advocacy Hub May 1

The GOP reconciliation bill would add $140B more to ICE on top of existing funding. If your rep is Republican, call or email them now. Don't sit this one out. https://act.indivisible.org/sign/reject-the-deportation-and-detention-agenda/
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Reject the Deportation & Detention Agenda

Tell your Members of Congress to publicly oppose any warehouses or detention centers being expanded in your community or anywhere in the country.

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Zannis Apr 29

#DeICE #DivestFromICE #ShutDownICE #NoPrivatePrisons #CitizensBankDivest #EndForProfitPrisons #AbolishICE #PrisonIndustrialComplex #HumanRightsOverProfit #DefundICE #SolidarityWithImmigrants #CorporateAccountability #ProvidenceProtest #JusticeForImmigrants #NoBorders

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Will

Apr 29

In light of the CATO study, $85 billion in ICE funding is not only morally wrong, it is economically illiterate, devastatingly counter-productive & possibly the most spectacular waste of money in history.

#defundice

Lisa Crabtree Apr 23

Go for the Good CT House & Gov. Ned Lamont! You can do it! 👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻 "If you operate here you operate in the open, and if you break the Constitution you answer for it in a courtroom!" #ICEOut #DefundICE #Citizens'Rights #TrechorousTrump #LyingLiars #TheNotWar

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@Adventurer56 - Don’t Major in Minor Things!Apr 18

ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds #DefundICE !! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

ICE went on a hiring spree. St...

ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds

An allegation of lying in a police report to justify a felony charge against an innocent woman — an incident that led to a $75,000 settlement and criticism...

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻Apr 11

#DefundICE #FundNASA

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@Adventurer56 - Don’t Major in Minor Things!Apr 2

California woman returns home after the Trump administration deported her to Mexico #Stop-ICE-And-CBP Now ! #DefundICE !! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

California woman returns home ...

California woman returns home after the Trump administration deported her to Mexico

A California woman who had been living in the U.S. for 27 years before the Trump administration deported her to Mexico in February reunited with her daughter...

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DoomsdaysCW Mar 31

Citing #FirstAmendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for #NPR and #PBS

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Updated 4:37 PM EDT, March 31, 2026
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WASHINGTON (AP) — "Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities.

"The operational impact of U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss’ decision was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by the president and Congress.

"Moss ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech 'does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.' "

Fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (#CPB), not #CBP! #DefundICE #FundPBS
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Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. The two are media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss cited the First Amendment in his decision. The impact was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by the president and Congress.

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