Astrid Vasquez
@AstridEquis
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ICE agents arrested a man and assaulted him. He had his hands up wtf is wrong with these people
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A must read investigation into a Mexican immigrant with no criminal record who was hospitalized in Minneapolis with multiple skull fractures while in ICE custody. Federal agents claim he ran headfirst into a wall. Doctors determined that was impossible. https://t.co/l6MWyUv2FR
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe has formally banned I.C.E. and U.S. Border Patrol from entering the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. đȘ¶
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January was a warning. Federal agents killed protesters. Judges were ignored. Journalists were arrested. Elections were raided. If this month was any indication, the march toward dictatorship isnât gradualâitâs exponential. https://t.co/x1Ct8tO5OB
motherjones.com
The administration's authoritarian project is accelerating.
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Hanover Virginia warehouse owner says it's pulling out of ICE deal https://t.co/befUwj3zNw via @rtdnews
richmond.com
In a one-sentence statement, the company said the following: "The transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia will not be proceeding."
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Protesters took to the frozen lakes in Minneapolis Friday to broadcast a message of distress to the world, spelling out "SOS." The demonstration occurred as thousands marched through downtown Minneapolis in opposition to the ongoing surge in federal immigration enforcement
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These masked goons terrorizing American cities are not behaving like legitimate law enforcement. Nobody knows that better than real cops.
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Theyâre playing musical chairs with Greg Bovino, Tom Homan, and Kristi Noem. But the chaos, the violence, and the fear that ICE agents are inflicting on our community continues.
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Masked armed men carrying out warrantless arrests. Jailing journalists. Labeling opposition âterroristsâ. Purging voter roles. Prosecuting opposition. Lying with impunity. As we fight this descent into authoritarianism, we need to be armedâarmed with a plan. So I talked to the
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âItâs worse since Bovino got kicked out ⊠The number of abductions, the number of agents in our community, has not decreased. If anything, it feels retaliatory now.â
newyorker.com
Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
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Guns out, trespassing Homan changed nothing (From Somali snaps)
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50 years ago today, the Supreme Court made a decision in Buckley v. Valeo that spending money on elections is protected speech. And if money is speech, its âexpressionâ in politics can not be limited. Without this reasoning, there would be no Citizens United. Today, we are
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ICE agents initially claimed MondragĂłn had tried to flee while handcuffed and âpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.â But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the manâs
apnews.com
A Mexican immigrant was taken to a Minneapolis hospital earlier this month after bones in his face and skull were broken while he was in federal custody.
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Adam Friedland on whatâs happening in Minneapolis: âI donât think the next question is being asked, which is how many fucking migrants have been fucking shot in the head also? Thatâs the question.â
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âRecent events have brought Trumpâs governing style into sharper focus,â Jonathan Rauch argues. ââFascistâ best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse.â https://t.co/KjgpxTS5D9
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As a first step on the long road to winning back public trust, ICE agents should be better trained, stop wearing masks and start wearing body cameras and identification numbers
economist.com
Is Americaâs president building his own paramilitary militia?
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This is one of the school superintendents in a western district of the Twin Cities. She and school board members are being followed and intimated. This has nothing to do with immigration. Itâs about creating fear.
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