The Minneapolis “dirtbag lawyer” challenging ICE detentions—and winning

“It’s all hands on deck for the legal community.”

Mother Jones
Shadow fleets of sanctions-skirting ships facing global crackdown: analysis
A CBC News analysis reveals the global scope of an enforcement crackdown on ships belonging to shadow fleets — vessels often flying under false flags in order to skirt sanctions — as the scale of seizures and detentions has skyrocketed in recent months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/shadow-fleet-russia-venezuela-crackdown-9.7128428?cmp=rss

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/ice-agent-court-testimony-oregon

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
March 13, 2026

Details about #ICE officers’ #surveillance tools and arrest goals in the state have come to light in a federal lawsuit that compelled officers to answer questions under oath, offering a rare window into opaque, internal strategies that are generally kept secret and have been driving mass #detentions and chaotic raids.

The class-action suit, filed by Innovation Law Lab, challenged ICE’s practice of detaining people without warrants or probable cause. Advocates said the tactic resulted in widespread racial profiling and unconstitutional arrests, and a federal judge sided with the plaintiffs, issuing a ruling broadly halting warrantless arrests in Oregon.

#AbolishICE
#US #USpol #politics #news #immigration

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony

Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

The Guardian

"California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after alleging wrongdoing while she leads the federal department. Lieu also questioned Noem at her House Judiciary Committee hearing about Minnesota ICE raids where children were impacted."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBIqqFx8gk #Senate #hearing #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #detentions #Trump #fascism

Watch: Rep. Lieu alleges Noem engaged in corruption and abuse of power at DHS

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#Minnesota Governor Tim Walz delivered a stark address warning that what is unfolding across #Communities in his state is no longer a matter of #Immigration enforcement, but an abuse of #Power by the #FederalGovernment. Walz described thousands of armed, masked #ICE #Agents operating in #Neighborhoods, #Schools, #GroceryStores, and #TransitStops, stopping people indiscriminately, demanding #Papers from #Residents including #USCitizens, and carrying out #Detentions without #DueProcess.

From a #LGBTQ perspective, this moment raises urgent #Concerns. History shows that expansions of #Surveillance, #Policing, and #Enforcement disproportionately harm #Queer people, #Trans people, #Immigrants, #PeopleOfColor, and other #MarginalizedGroups. Walz framed the situation as a campaign of #StateViolence and #Authoritarianism, where #Fear and #Chaos are used as tools of #Control.

The governor also referenced the death of Renee Nicole Goode, criticizing the #TrumpAdministration for attacking the #Victim and her #Family instead of pursuing #Accountability. He noted the resignation of multiple #FederalProsecutors, citing threats to the #Constitution, #CivilRights, and the #RuleOfLaw. Walz warned that escalating #Rhetoric about #Retribution targets Minnesotans who exercised their #RightToVote.

Walz urged #PeacefulProtest, #Documentation, and #MutualAid, reminding residents of their right to film #ICEActivity to create a #Record and preserve #Evidence. He framed #CommunityCare, #Solidarity, and #Witnessing as acts of #Resistance.

What is happening in #Minnesota is a warning to the rest of the #Country. When #Democracy erodes and #Cruelty becomes #Policy, it rarely stops at one place. The question now is whether #People choose #Silence or stand up for #HumanDignity, #Justice, and #Freedom before this becomes the #Normal.

A Year Into #Trump’s War on #Immigration, Images of an Altered America

The #crackdown and #detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní Photographs by Todd Heisler

From Texas and New Mexico to Illinois and New York, a New York Times reporter and photographer spent the year documenting Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Dec. 30, 2025

Excerpt: "The silence [at the border with Mexico] is pierced by the thudding of military helicopters conducting surveillance with infrared cameras. Soldiers deployed by Mr. Trump are perched on eight-wheeled armored vehicles that had typically been used for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Gift article:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial/trump-immigration-crackdown-first-year.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlA.G3px.1snY2vqJ5Xlo&smid=url-share

#USPol #PoliceState #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #Authoritarianism #WarZone #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Year 1 of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown: ICE Raids, Deportations and Protests

The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.

The New York Times

President Donald Trump's brutal police state rollout: from masked officers to unnecessary cruelty to more immigration detention centers #detentions

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/ice-statistics-deportations-agents-hiring-trump-obbb-detention-centers/

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

Mother Jones

President Donald Trump's brutal police state rollout: from masked officers to unnecessary cruelty to more immigration detention centers #detentions

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/ice-statistics-deportations-agents-hiring-trump-obbb-detention-centers/

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

Mother Jones