New: Data centers elsewhere have caused energy prices to jump — now that same thing could happen here. Genesee officials are entertaining a bid for a massive data center at the STAMP industrial park. It would use 500MW of power — enough for 400k homes. https://t.co/RC9jT6EFBS

This data center, if approved, would be located adjacent to the Tonawanda Seneca Nation which has vehemently opposed STAMP & data centers in the past. Such projects could harm a forest they need for hunting. The Nation fought a past Stream proposal & won. https://t.co/RC9jT6EFBS

Breaking: A massive data center proposed for the STAMP industrial park would use so much electricity it could cause rates to rise. STAMP, Micron, + other projects, could strain the grid in coming years, says NYISO. Subsidies north of $500M likely. Story: https://t.co/RC9jT6EFBS

An Amherst resident posted this video earlier of what appears to be a joint ICE-FBI raid of the roofing crew working on their house. One roofer is tackled to the ground & arrested. An FBI agent then pulls a gun on one of the other workers. Seeking info from feds on this:

Getting this “set up Face ID” notice is a good time to remind everyone that Border Patrol (within 100 miles of the border) has the right to seize and search your property, and having biometrics on your phone only makes it easier for them to do so.

I don’t really have a dog in this fight (no kids in BPS) but this school is in my neighborhood. If it wasn’t on the list for closure, how on earth did they pick D’Youville Porter? Really feels like, from this article, the committee has some Qs to answer: https://t.co/xHFK8C9jZQ

This is a problem in WNY: Our investigation found dozens of cases where a cop stopped a migrant for a low-level offense and then handed them over to the feds. Cops can’t enforce federal civil law, yet some kind workarounds: https://t.co/7WtYIchJQb

New: The UB Buffalo Human Rights Center & local advocates are calling on state lawmakers to ban local cops from collaborating with Trump’s crackdown on immigration. Police turning migrants over to Border Patrol or ICE endangers them and their communities: https://t.co/qRdHlziKw3

“When federal contractors get state and local tax breaks, we consider that to be double-dipping,” @GregLeRoy4 told @ipostnews. “Why should state and local taxpayers make their profit margins bigger?”

New: Defense contractors have a healthy profit margin built into their DoD work. But for a Niagara Falls company that makes materials for missiles, that wasn’t enough. So it went after some $4M in state & local subsidies too. The IDA was happy to oblige: https://t.co/GFQ8zSRF5d

So close, it’s China’s version of rightwing religious propaganda. But also, I was at family Christmas a few years ago and a distant relative was just like “oh by the way we went down to Pittsburgh to see Shen Yun recently, it was so good!”

When local police play immigration agent — as they do across Western NY — they make serious mistakes. In one case, cops called Border Patrol on an American citizen. In another, a lawfully-present asylum seekers were subjected to a month of ICE detention: https://t.co/7WtYIchc0D

Local cops don’t have the authority to enforce federal immigration laws. But in Western NY, they’ve found a workaround: Question a migrant on their status & then hold them til Border Patrol (or ICE) shows up. We ID’ed 31 such cases across 8 agencies: https://t.co/7WtYIchc0D

While we count 31 cases where the cops handed someone over to the feds, that # is a significant undercount. We only cover a handful of agencies & there's reason to believe more engage in this practice. If you know of more cases, please email: jdshoemaker@investigativepost.org

In some cases, asylum seekers and American citizens have been caught in the dragnet. Agusto Diaz, for example, was questioned by Border Patrol after Cheektowaga cops accused him of lying to them. He’s got curly hair & an accent. He was born in the Bronx. https://t.co/7WtYIchJQb

The cases followed a pattern: Cops stop a migrant for a low-level offense like running a stop sign or shoplifting. If they speak Spanish, Border Patrol is called to translate. BP then takes custody and transfers them to ICE. Experts warn of racism: https://t.co/7WtYIchJQb

🚨NEW: Local cops & sheriff's deputies in Western NY are regularly turning migrants over to federal agents, aiding in Trump's crackdown on immigrants. We ID’ed 31 people who wound up questioned, detained or deported by feds. Cheektowaga PD did the most. https://t.co/7WtYIchc0D

The cases followed a pattern: Cops stop a migrant for a low-level offense like running a stop sign or shoplifting. If they speak Spanish, Border Patrol is called to translate. BP then takes custody and transfers them to ICE. Experts warn of racism: https://t.co/7WtYIchc0D

The way corporate news is trending, you’ll soon be able to gamble on which city ICE & CBP will deploy to next. “oh hell yeah! ICE is raiding Buffalo! I’m gonna be rich!” As this excellent essay argues, the media needs to find a soul, and fast: https://t.co/dj9YR8uXMV

You wouldn’t know it from this propaganda video but the Batavia ICE jail is a uniquely brutal place. Over-use of solitary confinement is common. So are beatings by guards. And the substandard medical care has put several detainees’ lives at risk: https://t.co/hxPtXAnPC8