Alex Arriaga
@alexarriaga__
Followers
4K
Following
125K
Media
39
Statuses
740
ICE agents deployed gas from their vehicle at random people in Chicago across from Funston Elementary, Rep. Jimenez confirms. Here are some images:
109
1K
2K
ICE agents handcuffed and detained Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes inside a hospital emergency room today. She had demanded they share a warrant for a man they detained inside the hospital who was reportedly injured during a chase, she said. She was later released.
1K
3K
10K
In other news, Kristi Noem is complaining that the Village of Broadview wouldn’t let her in to use the toilet amid giant ICE raids.
13
24
134
A few years ago I wrote about the @MidwestBondFund, which raises funds to free people from immigration detention in the Midwest. https://t.co/uXwTLFjXZb
borderlessmag.org
New Bond Fund Freeing Immigrants from ICE Detention – Organizing – Borderless Magazine NFP
Federal agents claim as many as 900 people have been detained in recent weeks in the Chicago area, but have shared few details on the arrests, making it difficult to independently verify the information and background of individuals. https://t.co/OqseMPx89v
1
6
9
This summer, @ameliaschonbek and I have been capturing the experiences of people expelled to third countries by the Trump administration. This story, brilliantly reported & written by Amelia, is the first in the series for @NYMag ->
nymag.com
How Trump’s third-country removal strategy forced an asylum-seeking family to start over — in Monteverde.
0
6
15
The disrespect
Keith Urban, 57, sang to guitarist Maggie Baugh, 25, in flirty onstage moment before changing Nicole Kidman-inspired lyrics https://t.co/BCXDZxEcih
1
0
3
In July, I went to a village in Michoacán, Mexico destroyed by combat between cartels the Trump administration categorized as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. What did I find? Bullets produced in a US Army factory and used by those very same FTOs. https://t.co/tuWRLf8kCm
theintercept.com
The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while enabling the flow of guns into Mexico by slashing federal regulators.
13
82
237
Please read this report about the people who were arrested and detained from this raid:
chicago.suntimes.com
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
DHS law enforcement has made OVER 900 ARRESTS during Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois. To every criminal illegal alien: Darkness is no longer your ally. We will find you.
30
591
2K
Almost half of New York's newspapers have closed in the last 20 years. New York Focus launched in 2020 to fill those gaps. We’ve grown into a statewide newsroom making real impact: ✨ Nearly 1 million annual readers ✨ 15 full-time staff ✨ Investigations that sparked change
1
1
3
Eleven hour work days picking apples at a backbreaking pace, deplorable port-a-potties, and the threat of punishment hang over the workers at Wafler Farms. The farm still isn’t following the union contract’s terms. https://t.co/L8E3gFwSRC
nysfocus.com
An entire season has come and nearly gone, and Wafler Farms still isn’t following its union contract.
0
7
6
We have a new merch shop! 🥁 Support local investigative journalism with New York Focus swag. https://t.co/QFN4n6kVgJ
0
1
3
imagine having a job like "animal conservationist" your entire life and becoming a household name and a pop culture mainstay for it. a legend, an inspiration
8
2K
28K
full audio and transcript makes it incredibly hard to see how, exactly, Bovino was taken out of context
Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @WBEZ/@Suntimes report about his team's Sunday work in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT: https://t.co/t2dXFZwrKz
1
17
42
An ICE officer pushed a photojournalist to the ground today at immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC. The photojournalist couldn't get up afterwards, and EMS was called.
10K
3K
10K
As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. @atmccann, @jennymedina and I took a closer look at the encounters.
nytimes.com
As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.
0
51
83
NEW: Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in the US strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug boats, per 3 people familiar. At times, his role has superseded that of Marco Rubio @guardian exclusive
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say
417
2K
4K
New York state helped hundreds of asylum seeker families leave crowded NYC shelters to find housing and jobs upstate. Now, some of them have been swept up in Trump’s deportation dragnet. New from @IsabelleTaft: https://t.co/2cVXwohloW
nysfocus.com
The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.
1
4
3