Katrina Katrinka 10h ago
Erin Kissane
The @[email protected] Immigration timeline update is up with 47 new entries: unbreaking.org/issues/immig... I don't usually say this but…content warning: Super rough.

Immigration — Unbreaking
Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
These updates cover a ton of territory, most of which is just violence enacted by the state, from policy to physical harm. "Immigration" is the excuse. One major lever is the revocation of legal status, to make people vulnerable to imprisonment and deportation: unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking
Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
And then we have brutal detention conditions, which hurt and kill people the state grabbed off the street: unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking
Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
After DHS's "operations" and "surges" fall out of national headlines, we get data about what they actually did, and to whom: unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking
Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
And all the time, all over the country, there's just so much intentional physical violence and harm. We had to hold our update for another shooting. unbreaking.org/issues/immig... (If this looks like what state and local police do to mostly Black people in "normal" years: yes.)

Immigration — Unbreaking
Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
It is wild to me how hard it is to turn the news flood into a timeline—even though we only use existing reporting and lean on what human rights documenters call "emblematic incidents." Many of these entries represent tens of thousands of unreported experiences. But we think the list needs to exist.
Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
If you are a person who—like us—just cannot leave this alone, we could use your help on the Immigration team, which handles a much higher volume than any other team. We keep things chill in our Slack for quality of life, but underneath, we're all running on fury. unbreaking.org/how-to-help/

How to help — Unbreaking
How to help — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

Show threadErin Kissane10h ago
But one caveat: If you're someone whose family or immediate communities are being directly targeted by these actions, we'd *love* to have you on the project—but maybe we find you another team. You'll be the best judge, but so far, that's been our emergent experience as a community. It's so much.