Al Jazeera: "The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza."

“Basically, this is just putting the weather on steroids,” he continued. “So a flood that would’ve happened anyway is probably gonna be worse.” A related story from last week

Thank goodness 🙏

NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz. The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site We're publishing the list here: https://t.co/YQcQnI0KHe

@nat_m_anderson (reporting as well from @DevlinEpding, @elizaknoe, @TrevorEMetcalfe and @stacypparker)

also in today's paper, @nat_m_anderson has this look how Hampton Roads sheriffs offices are working with ICE:

More here:

Reminder that these are arrests, not convictions. It's impossible to know if any court has agreed with the assessment that at least most of these people are violent criminals without knowing their names. (7)

Other reporters have asked for a breakdown of how many of those people are accused of violent crimes (answer: "a significant portion"). I've asked for communications from the governor's office about the task force (answer: no, citing gov's working papers) (6)

In the meantime, Gov. Youngkin says the number has gone up to 2,512 arrests as of earlier this month. I've asked him how to track those cases (answer: EDVA, where I started, or the media office for ICE). (5)

There's several departments to request records from under DHS. I started with ICE. They pointed me to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (I still have one more FOIA pending with that agency). Emails to ICE asking about how the task force works have gone unanswered. (4)

I started with the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who's referenced as leading the VHSTF. That office referred me to Virginia State Police. VSP pointed me to the Department of Homeland Security. (3)

The release said that 132 of those people were affiliated with gangs like MS-13. Those are concrete numbers, not estimates. They suggest that someone compiled data that would include, at a minimum, the names of the people that were arrested and what they were arrested for. (2)

In April, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that 521 "criminal illegal immigrants" had been arrested through the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force. (1)

In March, federal ATF analysts tried to catch 4 fugitives from Virginia's Farmville ICE detention center. They tapped into Richmond's Flock cameras, which the department says was a violation. In response, Richmond police will cut off all federal access to the camera network.

Richmond cut a deal to get its inspector general to leave. It’s so secret, officials can’t even say it exists. https://t.co/AFIiOmk4eh

After ICE arrest, Baltimore courts tighten rules on law enforcement entering buildings, including requiring uniform and/or prominently displayed identification or badge, @Dylan_Segelbaum reports

'I was expecting him to come home': Family split by Chesterfield ICE arrest

New documents obtained by The Cavalier Daily reveal months of pressure the Department of Justice put on UVA over admissions policies, DEI and more. Here are some of the findings 🧵

Good morning #VALeg - @Jaaavis and I spent some time in Chesterfield County Court this am after reports of undocumented folks being taken from court hearings. This is what I saw - and didn't see... 1/?