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When #ICE Agents Lie: DOJ Drops Charges Against 2 #Minneapolis Men Falsely Accused of Attempted Murder

#DemocracyNow, February 17, 2026

"Two ICE officers have been placed on administrative leave and are accused of lying under oath about an incident in Minneapolis last month involving two Venezuelan immigrants, one of whom was shot in the leg by an agent. After the incident, the two Venezuelan men, #AlfredoAlejandroAljorna and #JulioCesarSosaCelis, were charged with felony assault, falsely accused of beating an ICE officer with a broom and snow shovel. Sosa-Celis was shot in the right thigh. While the Department of Homeland Security originally claimed the two men had attacked the agent, video evidence and witness testimonies contradicted the accusations. Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis last week dropped the felony assault charges against Aljorna and Sosa-Celis."

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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/17/alfredo_alejandro_aljorna

#AbolishICE #ICEOutForGood #ViewerSupportedNews #USPol

When ICE Agents Lie: DOJ Drops Charges Against 2 Minneapolis Men Falsely Accused of Attempted Murder

Two ICE officers have been placed on administrative leave and are accused of lying under oath about an incident in Minneapolis last month involving two Venezuelan immigrants, one of whom was shot in the leg by an agent. After the incident, the two Venezuelan men, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, were charged with felony assault, falsely accused of beating an ICE officer with a broom and snow shovel. Sosa-Celis was shot in the right thigh. While the Department of Homeland Security originally claimed the two men had attacked the agent, video evidence and witness testimonies contradicted the accusations. Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis last week dropped the felony assault charges against Aljorna and Sosa-Celis. Criminal defense attorney Frederick Goetz, who represents Aljorna, says the admission of wrongdoing is “unusual” given that the Justice Department has been zealous in carrying out President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda. It was “not only a dismissal, but a dismissal with prejudice, meaning that my client can never be charged again for anything to do with this incident,” says Goetz.

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DoomsdaysCW Feb 12

“De Facto #Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront #ICE, #CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics

#DemocracyNow, February 11, 2026

"House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out #MassDeportations. 'These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country, whether it’s in detention, whether it’s in the streets or even in the courts,' says Illinois Congressmember #DeliaRamirez, who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to their demands to rein in federal immigration agents. We play excerpts from Ramirez and other representatives’ remarks about the killings of U.S. citizens #ReneeGood and #AlexPretti in Minneapolis, the deaths of #immigrants in ICE custody and the fear and terror experienced by civilians confronted daily by masked federal agents. 'This is more than #authoritarianism. This is a de facto dictatorship,' says Texas Congressmember #AlGreen, who also spoke at the hearing."

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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/11/ice_congress

#USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #DetentionCenters #ICERaids #Terrorism #ViewerSupportedNews #ICESucks #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism

“De Facto Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics

House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations. “These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country, whether it’s in detention, whether it’s in the streets or even in the courts,” says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to their demands to rein in federal immigration agents. We play excerpts from Ramirez and other representatives’ remarks about the killings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the deaths of immigrants in ICE custody and the fear and terror experienced by civilians confronted daily by masked federal agents. “This is more than authoritarianism. This is a de facto dictatorship,” says Texas Congressmember Al Green, who also spoke at the hearing.

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DoomsdaysCW Feb 11

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Meet #AliyaRahman, #Disabled #USCitizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by #ICE in Minneapolis

#DemocracyNow, February 09, 2026

"We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has become the epicenter of the government’s immigration crackdown in the city. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled and had a brain injury, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation."

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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice

#USPol #ICESucks #Autism #Autistic #ViewerSupportedNews #DrivingWhileAutistic #ICEHarassment

Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis

We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has become the epicenter of the government’s immigration crackdown in the city. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled and had a brain injury, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. “I was taken out of that place unconscious,” says Rahman, who describes lasting injuries and trauma from her detention. Rahman was not charged with any crime. “What I saw in that detention center was truly horrific.” We also speak with attorney Alexa Van Brunt, director of the Illinois office of the MacArthur Justice Center, who says victims of ICE violence like Rahman can sue the federal government for violating their rights, “but they cannot sue the officers in their individual capacity.”

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DoomsdaysCW Feb 11

#Immigrant Family Files a Lawsuit Claiming Their Toddler Was Returned to an #ICE Jail Amid a #Measles Outbreak

#DemocracyNow, Feb 11, 2026

"In more immigration news, an immigrant family filed a lawsuit earlier this month, saying their 18-month-old toddler was returned to the #ICEJail in #Dilley, #Texas, amid a measles outbreak and denied medication after she was hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness. The girl is identified as 'Amalia' in the lawsuit. The girl and her two parents have since been released from ICE custody."

Source:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/11/headlines/immigrant_family_files_a_lawsuit_claiming_their_toddler_was_returned_to_an_ice_jail_amid_a_measles_outbreak

#USPol #RFKJr #MeaslesOutbreak #ChildEndangerment #DefundICE #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #ViewerSupportedNews #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

Immigrant Family Files a Lawsuit Claiming Their Toddler Was Returned to an ICE Jail Amid a Measles Outbreak

In more immigration news, an immigrant family filed a lawsuit earlier this month, saying their 18-month-old toddler was returned to the ICE jail in Dilley, Texas, amid a measles outbreak and denied medication after she was hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness. The girl is identified as “Amalia” in the lawsuit. The girl and her two parents have since been released from ICE custody.

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DoomsdaysCW Feb 11

“Devastating”: #Trump #EPA to Scrap Landmark #Climate Finding in Pro-#FossilFuel #Deregulatory Push

#DemocracyNow, February 11, 2026

"In a victory for the fossil fuel industry, a set of Obama-era rules that required the federal government to regulate the emissions of six #GreenhouseGases is being reversed by the Trump administration. The changes would undo the legal basis of the fight against global warming, as well as remove #industrial reporting obligations and roll back #emissions standards for cars and trucks. Environmental engineer Gretchen Goldman helped author those emission standards while working for the Department of Transportation under the Biden administration. Now as the president of the #UnionOfConcernedScientists, she says their repeal will not only increase what drivers pay at the pump but also set U.S. innovation back on the world stage. 'We’re really seeing the abdication of U.S. leadership on climate, and that has huge implications, both for our immediate ability to reduce heat-trapping emissions globally … but also in terms of our standing and contribution in the world.' "

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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/11/trump_climate_change_policy

#USPol #WorldPol #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Petrogarchs #Oiligarchy #BigOil #Polluters #EPAFail #ViewerSupportedNews

“Devastating”: Trump EPA to Scrap Landmark Climate Finding in Pro-Fossil Fuel Deregulatory Push

In a victory for the fossil fuel industry, a set of Obama-era rules that required the federal government to regulate the emissions of six greenhouse gases is being reversed by the Trump administration. The changes would undo the legal basis of the fight against global warming, as well as remove industrial reporting obligations and roll back emissions standards for cars and trucks. Environmental engineer Gretchen Goldman helped author those emission standards while working for the Department of Transportation under the Biden administration. Now as the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, she says their repeal will not only increase what drivers pay at the pump but also set U.S. innovation back on the world stage. “We’re really seeing the abdication of U.S. leadership on climate, and that has huge implications, both for our immediate ability to reduce heat-trapping emissions globally … but also in terms of our standing and contribution in the world.”

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DoomsdaysCW Feb 3

#DemocracyNow - #ImmigrantRights Leader in #Maine Says #ICERaids Caused Panic & “Wave of Fear”

February 03, 2026

"Activists in Maine are resisting #ICE immigration raids in #PortlandME and #LewistonME that the #Trump administration dubbed 'Operation Catch of the Day.' The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years, with an influx of #AsylumSeekers and #Somali immigrants in particular. 'As a small state, community means a lot,' says #MufaloChitam, executive director of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, adding that her organization has received thousands of phone calls to their immigrant support hotline in recent weeks."

#MaineResists #ResistICE #DefundICE #DefundBorderPatrol #MIRC #NewMainers #CatchOfTheDay #ICESucks #ICEOut #ICEOutOfMaine #MaineImmigrantRightsCoalition #ViewerSupportedNews

Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & “Wave of Fear”

Activists in Maine are resisting ICE immigration raids in Portland and Lewiston that the Trump administration dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.” The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years, with an influx of asylum seekers and Somali immigrants in particular. “As a small state, community means a lot,” says Mufalo Chitam, executive director of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, adding that her organization has received thousands of phone calls to their immigrant support hotline in recent weeks.

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DoomsdaysCW Dec 5

#WestAfrican #AsylumSeekers Find Safe Haven in #NYC Volunteer-Run Kitchen

#DemocracyNow, December 04, 2025

"Amid escalating #ICERaids in #NewYorkCity, Democracy Now!’s Messiah Rhodes spoke to #immigrants and advocates supporting newly arrived #migrants and asylum seekers from West Africa with hot meals, legal advice and job training. 'When I help the people here, the people will help me one day,' Guinean immigrant Abdul Karim, a cook at #Cafewal weekday kitchen, told Rhodes.

"Murad Awawdeh, of the #NewYorkImmigrationCoalition and a member of New York City Mayor-elect #ZohranMamdani’s transition team, also comments. He shares how the incoming mayoral administration can work to protect immigrants from Trump’s #AntiImmigrant agenda."

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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/west_africa_immigrants

#USPol #ViewerSupportedNews
#ICESucks #ICERaids

West African Asylum Seekers Find Safe Haven in NYC Volunteer-Run Kitchen

Amid escalating ICE raids in New York City, Democracy Now!’s Messiah Rhodes spoke to immigrants and advocates supporting newly arrived migrants and asylum seekers from West Africa with hot meals, legal advice and job training. “When I help the people here, the people will help me one day,” Guinean immigrant Abdul Karim, a cook at Cafewal weekday kitchen, told Rhodes. Murad Awawdeh, of the New York Immigration Coalition and a member of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team, also comments. He shares how the incoming mayoral administration can work to protect immigrants from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

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DoomsdaysCW Dec 4

WTF!!! #Immigration Agents Deploy to #NewOrleans and #TwinCities, Seeking to Arrest Thousands

#DemocracyNow, Dec 04, 2025

"The Trump administration deployed federal Border Patrol agents across immigrant communities in the New Orleans area Wednesday, calling it '#OperationCatahoulaCrunch.' Gregory Bovino, a senior #BorderPatrol official who has been the face of President Trump’s #MassDeportation campaign, was seen patrolling the city’s #FrenchQuarter. A New Orleans resident told the Associated Press he watched agents arresting men outside a #HomeImprovementStore. The Trump administration says it’s seeking to arrest 5,000 people during the surge. It comes as Immigration and Customs agents have begun a mass arrest campaign in #Minnesota targeting #SomaliAmerican communities in the Minneapolis- #SaintPaul region. The raids follow a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday in which Trump called Somalis 'garbage.' Trump then doubled down on his racist rhetoric Wednesday."

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/headlines/immigration_agents_deploy_to_new_orleans_and_twin_cities_seeking_to_arrest_thousands

#USPol #ViewerSupportedNews #ICESucks #ICERaids #MurderPatrol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Immigration Agents Deploy to New Orleans and Twin Cities, Seeking to Arrest Thousands

The Trump administration deployed federal Border Patrol agents across immigrant communities in the New Orleans area Wednesday, calling it “Operation Catahoula Crunch.” Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official who has been the face of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, was seen patrolling the city’s French Quarter. A New Orleans resident told the Associated Press he watched agents arresting men outside a home improvement store. The Trump administration says it’s seeking to arrest 5,000 people during the surge. It comes as Immigration and Customs agents have begun a mass arrest campaign in Minnesota targeting Somali American communities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. The raids follow a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday in which Trump called Somalis “garbage.” Trump then doubled down on his racist rhetoric Wednesday.

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DoomsdaysCW Jul 18, 2025

#Trump Cuts to #PublicMedia Threaten #NativeAmerican Stations That Protect #Culture & #PublicHealth, Issue Alerts

July 18, 2025

"We speak to Loris Taylor, president of #NativePublicMedia, about the Trump administration’s drastic #defunding of public media and its impact on tribal nations. Fifty-nine #TribalRadioStations and one tribal #TelevisionStation that depend on federal funding will be among the first to face possible closure, putting some of the essential services that #PublicBroadcasting provides, including warning systems for missing #IndigenousWomen and girls, at risk.

"Taylor shares how Native-led public media helps preserve #IndigenousLanguages and helped keep communities informed during the peak of the COVID-19 #pandemic. She fears that without these same resources and 'with the #ClimateCrisis increasing, [we] are going to be operating on the margins of information and are not going to have real lifesaving information available to our citizens when they need it most.' "

Listen / watch / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/public_broadcasting_cuts_native_public_media

#ViewerSupportedNews #DemocracyNow #CulturalGenocide #EmergencyCommunications #CorporationForPublicBroadcasting #TrumpHatesThePoor #CorporateColonialism #LanguagePreservation #NativeAmericanNews #NativePublic #NativeAmericans #USPol

Trump Cuts to Public Media Threaten Native Stations That Protect Culture & Public Health, Issue Alerts

We speak to Loris Taylor, president of Native Public Media, about the Trump administration’s drastic defunding of public media and its impact on tribal nations. Fifty-nine tribal radio stations and one tribal television station that depend on federal funding will be among the first to face possible closure, putting some of the essential services that public broadcasting provides, including warning systems for missing Indigenous women and girls, at risk. Taylor shares how Native-led public media helps preserve Indigenous languages and helped keep communities informed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. She fears that without these same resources and “with the climate crisis increasing, [we] are going to be operating on the margins of information and are not going to have real lifesaving information available to our citizens when they need it most.”

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DoomsdaysCW Apr 9, 2025

#DemocracyNow: #NewYork Mayor Eric Adams Orders #RikersJail to Reopen ICE Office

Headline, Apr 09, 2025

"Here in New York, Mayor #EricAdams is reopening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office inside the #RikersIsland jail complex. Adams first signaled the move after he met with Trump’s so-called border czar #TomHoman in February. The #NewYorkCivilLibertiesUnion slammed the Adams administration for 'selling out New Yorkers for Trump’s dangerous deportation regime.' The group said in a statement, '#ICE’s presence on Rikers serves no legitimate purpose, and opens the door to unlawful collusion between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials in violation of our city’s well-established sanctuary protections. … New Yorkers see this for what it is: Mayor Adams skirting the City Council, cozying up to Trump, and putting immigrant New Yorkers in harm’s way.'"

Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/9/headlines/new_york_mayor_eric_adams_orders_rikers_jail_to_reopen_ice_office
#NYCLU #ICE #ICEDetention #RikersIslandPrison #MayorEricAdams #USPol #ViewerSupportedNews

New York Mayor Eric Adams Orders Rikers Jail to Reopen ICE Office

Here in New York, Mayor Eric Adams is reopening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office inside the Rikers Island jail complex. Adams first signaled the move after he met with Trump’s so-called border czar Tom Homan in February. The New York Civil Liberties Union slammed the Adams administration for “selling out New Yorkers for Trump’s dangerous deportation regime.” The group said in a statement, “ICE’s presence on Rikers serves no legitimate purpose, and opens the door to unlawful collusion between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials in violation of our city’s well-established sanctuary protections. … New Yorkers see this for what it is: Mayor Adams skirting the City Council, cozying up to Trump, and putting immigrant New Yorkers in harm’s way.”

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