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www.scrippsnews.com - Chicago residents have come up with a simple solution to alerting neighbors about ICE raids: they are assembling whistles and passing them out to the community. We need to do this in all of the towns around America where ICE has a presence. If you...

www.rawstory.com - According to a redacted ICE document (a link is in the article) "ICE does not provide the opportunity for individuals to decline or consent to the collection and use of biometric data/photograph collection." This means everyone must allow them to...

www.westernslopenow.com - In Colorado, the Durango Police Department received a report that one of the children in ICE custody may have been in distress and experiencing child abuse. Officers tried to conduct a welfare check and bring food, but the federal agents denied them...

www.ted.com - Our nation is in great danger. There are 7 steps to The Authoritarian Playbook, and Trump has completed all of the steps. We are losing our rights at an astonishing rate, and I don't think people realize how much trouble we are in. Here's a 16...

www.lawdork.com - Chris Geidner has an excellent "Law Dork" blog on what just happened in the Supreme Court, the effort of DHS to protect Gregory Bovino, and about the indictment of six protesters at the Broadview ICE facility, including congressional candidate Kat...

www.oregonlive.com - Hours after US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary restraining order regarding deployment of troops, they sent an "Advanced MP Squad" to help ICE. They opened fire on local police officers with pepper balls, and the judge is not happy....

www.theguardian.com - A Pentagon memo orders the National Guard in all 50 states and our territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers, and pepper spray. This is not what our troops signed up to do....

www.courtlistener.com - The 3-day bench trial by Federal Judge Karin Immergut starts today regarding deployment of National Guard troops. Docket #119 has the telephone number and instructions to listen in. Here's a bookmark for the complete court docket.  

time.com - Federal agents have “Supremacy Clause immunity” which protects federal officers from state criminal prosecution when they are carrying out their official duties under federal law, provided their actions were "necessary and proper." That means they...

apnews.com - The border patrol chief must produce all use-of-force reports from agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz since September 2nd. The judge said, “My role is not to tell you that you can or cannot enforce validly passed laws by Congress. … My role...

www.washingtonexaminer.com - In his efforts to start a civil war that justifies his use of the Insurrection Act, this morning he told troops in Japan that "more than National Guard was needed" for his deportation efforts. Over the weekend, Trump and Noem wanted the leaders of...

www.courtlistener.com - In filing (docket #142) of CHC et al. v. Noem et al. they are asking the court to modify the TRO to prohibit the use of any tear gas until their motion on a preliminary injunction is heard. They say: "Plaintiffs suspect Defendants are inciting...

www.courtlistener.com - Chicago Headline Club v. Noem - Another Notice of Violations of TRO which shows how DHS completely fabricated a story to justify their use of violence against peaceful protestors (paragraph 7). The attorneys bring some damning receipts against...

www.lawdork.com - 50 days ago, the corrupt SCOTUS essentially burned our 4th Amendment rights by allowing racial profiling. Chris Geidner goes into details about their decision and the consequences. I highly recommend subscribing (either paid or free) to his Law Dork...

znetwork.org - "Authoritarian regimes rarely criminalize dissent all at once; they normalize repression step by step." This article takes a look at the USA quickly falling into a repressive fascist authoritarian regime that refuses to give up power.

www.northjersey.com - Yes. "Federal agents can face arrest or prosecution under state law if they commit crimes that fall outside their official duties; for example: excessive force, assault, or other criminal acts unrelated to enforcing immigration law."  

reason.com - In September alone, ICE spent $1.4 billion in new surveillance technology contracts which are being used against US citizens violating the 4th and 1st Amendments of the US Constitution.

atlantablackstar.com - It took 10 years to finally remove officers from San Francisco Police Department who exchanged numerous messages containing racist sentiments and slurs aimed at Black, Hispanic, and gay people.

reason.com - After the Miami New Times asked why nearly two dozen U.S. citizens showed up on a Florida immigration enforcement dashboard, those numbers disappeared.

www.theguardian.com - The #BlueLeaks hacked data trove revealed the pipeline of propaganda that travels from federal agencies like the FBI, to DHS Fusion Centers, and then down to state and local law enforcement agencies. The data being shared was usually racist and was...

www.fox32chicago.com - Tear gas deployed in Chicago against peaceful protestors in violation of the recent federal court order. These masked heavily-armed thugs think they are above the law. #AbolishICE   

ag.ny.gov - New York Attorney General Letitia James launches portal to collect photos and videos of ICE activity. The US House Oversight Committee is working on a national portal. If you or someone you know is in New York, please make sure they have this link...

idahonews.com - Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue and Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram say that a statement released by the Department of Homeland Security regarding an FBI raid on an illegal gambling ring was "completely false and a serious misrepresentation of...

www.vox.com - Broadly, there are 5 ways to constrain rogue federal law enforcement agents. The Supreme Court nuked 3 of them.

deftechtimes.com - A loose group of hackers known as “the Com” has released the personal information of hundreds of United States federal officials in what experts are calling a massive data leak. The leak has reportedly exposed sensitive details belonging to members...