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Alabama Needs DOJ To Follow-Up On Prison System

CleverNews.Net — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:16:05 -0500

In April 2019, DOJ issued the results of their investigation into the conditions inside Alabama prisons. Sadly, nothing has been done. Governor Kay Ivey says "The Alabama Solution" is to build more mega-prisons, so she took funds from education and COVID relief to build new billion dollar prisons. That fixes nothing!

Election time is coming up, and we have a chance for new leaders to take the helm. As citizens, we have to get organized and demand a change. But in the interim, we need the DOJ to actually follow through on their investigation. During the Trump administration, that may not be realistic, so it may be up to us to force a change in the system. ✊

Their investigation reported that our entire prison system is broken. They wrote:

“There is reasonable cause to believe that the Alabama Department of Corrections(“ADOC”) has violated and is continuing to violate the Eighth Amendment rights of prisoners housed in men’s prisons by failing to protect them from prisoner-on-prisoner violence, prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse, and by failing to provide safe conditions, and that such violations are pursuant to a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of rights secured by the Eighth Amendment. The violations are severe, systemic, and exacerbated by serious deficiencies in staffing and supervision; overcrowding; ineffective housing and classification protocols; inadequate incident reporting; inability to control the flow of contraband into and within the prisons, including illegal drugs and weapons; ineffective prison management and training; insufficient maintenance and cleaning of facilities; the use of segregation and solitary confinement to both punish and protect victims of violence and/or sexual abuse; and a high level of violence that is too common, cruel, of an unusual nature, and pervasive.”

Here is the full report:
https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/5793211-DOJ-Report-on-Alabama-Prisons/

Broadview ICE Lawsuit Is Granted Class Action Status

CleverNews.Net — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:32:52 -0500

Federal District Judge Robert W. Gettleman has just certified the lawsuit against the Chicago ICE facility as a class action lawsuit. The class shall be: "All immigration detainees who are detained and those who will be detained in the future at the Broadview ICE facility at 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, Illinois."

There are "deplorable" conditions at the detention center:
1. Lack of adequate food;
2. Lack of sufficient clean water;
3. Lack of personal hygiene products;
4. Extremely overcrowded holding cells;
5. No access to sufficient bedding or space to sleep;
6. Dirty holding cells that are rarely or never cleaned;
7. Insufficient and dirty toilet facilities;
8. Lack of access to medication, including those that detainees arrived with on their person or that were provided by family members;
9. No access to showers or other bathing facilities; and
10. Lack of access to adequate clothing.

Through their abuse and deprivation of rights, DHS is forcing detainees to sign self-deportation papers without legal counsel and without it being in their language, so they have no clue what they are signing.

The judge made a personal visit to the facility last week, and allowed attorneys to hand out their cards to the detainees that are understandably fearful of talking. I'm sure we will hear of more detention center horror stories in the coming days.

Here is the order granting class certification which gives more details:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/87/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/

Trump's DoJ Using "Antifa" Label for Enhanced Terrorism Charges

CleverNews.Net — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:29:43 -0500

Just as the DoJ abuses the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers, they are now labeling people as "antifa operatives" in order to file enhanced terrorism charges against them.

"Antifa" is just short for anti-fascist, and I'd like to think the majority of people in the world are anti-fascists. We already fought a world war over fascism, and the good guys won. Antifa in the US is not an organization and has no leaders. The only people in any danger from antifa are fascists, which is why Trump and some other authoritarian world leaders are paranoid about them. Trump also designated several foreign groups as "antifa networks" because they speak out against him.

They are claiming to have caught a "North Texas Antifa Cell" after the July 4th attack on the ICE detention facility in Alvarado, TX. Some of the people arrested have been charged with "providing material support to terrorists" and other federal charges that will greatly increase the penalty if convicted.

A federal grand jury has indicted all of these people, but we don't know what the prosecutor told them and what choices of charges they were given. This is happening in deep red Texas, so we'll have to watch how the court case plays out. Even if those indicted were criminals, saying they were part of an "antifa cell" is ridiculous.

Here's local media coverage of the people who were arrested:
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/9-alleged-north-texas-antifa-cell-members-indicted-july-4-attack-texas-ice-facility/

Trump Makes An Example Out Of Representative LaMonica McIver

CleverNews.Net — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:22:14 -0500

There are federal charges against Rep. McIver for trying to do her job of congressional oversight of Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility on May 9th in Newark, NJ. She is a sitting Congresswoman representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, and DHS claims she "did forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with a" federal agent. These charges are just an intimidation tactic to dissuade other members of Congress from conducting their oversight duties of ICE detention centers.

Rep. McIver and two other members of Congress tried to inspect the Delaney Hall facility. There was a protest in the front of the facility, so they allegedly followed a vehicle into a secure area, but then the mayor showed up and was denied access. The complaint alleges "the Mayor returned with members of his security detail and was able to enter inside the gate because the guard was under the impression that the Mayor was part of the Congressional delegation." When they tried to arrest the mayor, Rep. McIver then allegedly made "multiple attempts to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with the agents attempting to take the Mayor into custody." They say the members of Congress tried to act as human shields to prevent the mayor from being arrested, and they allege Rep. McIver assaulted them. They provided still shot photos from surveillance cameras and BWC (Body Worn Cameras), but I haven't seen any video of the incident which probably tells a more accurate story. The photos are part of the original Complaint.

Rep. McIver tried to have the case dismissed and even claimed legislative immunity, but Federal District Judge Jamel K. Semper has denied her motion to dismiss and says the case must move forward.

Here's the complete court docket for the case, docket #1 is the Complaint, and docket #45 is the Order denying her motion to dismiss:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70515005/united-states-v-mciver/?order_by=desc

Broadview ICE Class Action Lawsuit Update

CleverNews.Net — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:27:27 -0500

Yesterday, Magistrate Judge Laura McNally along with the attorneys for the plaintiffs took a tour of the ICE facility outside of Chicago. Seventeen minutes before the scheduled visit, the govt asked to accompany them on the tour. That request was denied as moot because of such little notice given to the court. I'm waiting for the results of that inspection to be filed on the court docket.

ICE is claiming that the facility surveillance video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 that the plaintiffs requested has been "irretrievably destroyed" and so they can't produce that evidence in accordance with discovery. That sounds like a cover-up effort to hide the evidence!

The lawsuit is based on violations of the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Due Process, ICE policies, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). They are complaining about the inhumane living conditions, lack of access to legal counsel, denial to medical care, lack of food and water, and other basic human rights violations.

ICE intentionally makes things difficult for them to pressure them into signing self-deportation forms that they don't understand. That is despite a key rule that says, "The use of threats, coercion, or physical abuse by the designated immigration officer to induce a suspect to waive his or her rights or to make a statement is prohibited."

The lawsuit says that when detainees make requests for basic essentials, ICE officers respond with "threats, abuse, or contempt." They say they were "being belittled or ignored by officers when they asked for food and water." "When people asked for necessities, officers would insult detainees or make light of their suffering." One detainee says, "She saw a man who was very ill and appeared to be having a heart attack. The officers at Broadview laughed at him and made light of his medical emergency."

In the latest Joint Status Report, they have agreed to hold a hearing on the preliminary injunction on December 17th. Here is the court docket for Moreno Gonzalez v. Noem, Case 1:25-cv-13323:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/?order_by=desc

ICE Ignored Removal TRO

CleverNews.Net — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:34:13 -0500

I previously wrote about Alabama's Chanthila "Shawn" Souvannarath who had been detained and held in Louisiana's horrific Angola prison. He has been in the US and a lawful permanent resident since an infant, and his father had citizenship, so Federal District Judge Shelly Dick issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to prevent his removal until he was able to litigate his claim of citizenship. The judge wrote, "Though the Court does not tend to issue orders before all parties have had an opportunity to be heard, Petitioner’s substantial claim of U.S. citizenship and the irreparable harm that would be caused by immediate deportation warrant temporary intervention in this case." Despite the TRO, ICE has deported him to Laos and claims they weren't served with the order until after he had been deported.

Folks, the government gets electronic court docket notices just like I do, so there is no excuse for not knowing about the court orders. DHS/ICE is just clearly ignoring the US Constitution, as well as the orders by multiple federal judges. This does not bode well for the future our nation, as a lawless heavily-armed masked police force is terrorizing our communities. Get organized and protect each other!

FBI Wants ICE Agents to Drop Masks and Identify Themselves

CleverNews.Net — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:44:21 -0500

An October 17th FBI Bulletin was obtained by Property of the People that revealed five instances where criminals impersonated ICE agents in order to commit crimes. The bulletin states that all law enforcement officers should “adequality identify themselves during operations and cooperate with individuals who request further verification."

“Due to the recent increase in ICE enforcement actions across the country, criminal actors are using ICE’s enhanced public profile and media coverage to their advantage to target vulnerable communities and commit criminal activity. This not only effects the victims and communities but also has broader negative consequences on law enforcement agencies.”
“These criminal impersonations make it difficult for the community to distinguish between legitimate officers conducting lawful law enforcement action and imposters engaging in criminal activity, which damages trust between the local community and law enforcement officers.”

I don't see the FBI bulletin posted on their website yet, but Property of the People has lots of other good documents of interest that they've obtained through FOIA.