Making sense of the immigration provisions in the Republican mega spending bill that narrowly passed the Senate today .

RT @AndyROlsen: An pastor filmed as ICE agents arrested two of his church members. He told the agents that the Iranian couple was fleeing r….

The ruling prevents a single district judge in Boston or San Francisco from blocking Trump’s policies from taking effect nationwide. But it doesn't decide on the constitutionality of Trump’s plan to limit birthright citizenship. Via @DavidGSavage.

To stay safe, some immigrants have swapped in-person activities with digital approximations. Others are simply shutting themselves away from society.

RT @latimes: Living in lockdown: Undocumented immigrants trade freedom for safety

RT @kevrector: 10 years ago, Jim Obergefell changed the world for LGBTQ+ people, helping win marriage equality. I recently spent a couple….

RT @racheluranga: More than 1,600 immigrants detained in Southern California this month, DHS says —⁦@andreamcastillo⁩ .

RT @Haleaziz: Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to he….

RT @LAURA_N_ROD: ICE took her mother in Chicago. Now a 6-year-old is left without a guardian or a legal path to reunite in Honduras. A sto….

RT @CalMatters: The immigration raids across Los Angeles have all the hallmarks of Gregory Bovino’s Kern County sweep, which a federal judg….

RT @David_J_Bier: I have obtained new nonpublic data from ICE that shows that 2/3 of the people it had booked into detention facilities thi….

RT @brittny_mejia: Just got a statement from DHS spokesperson. “CBP arrested 30 illegal aliens in Hollywood, California, and 9 illegal ali….

The debate over whether certain facilities count, he said, is misguided because “if they are housing people there then it’s open to Congress to show up unannounced.”.

“Denying members of Congress access to facilities is a direct assault on our system of checks and balances,” congressional oversight expert James Townsend of @Levin_Center told me.

RT @kreighbaum: More than half of CHNV parolees whose protections were revoked by the Department of Homeland Security have pending claims f….

RT @ujohnnyg: Historically, Border Patrol’s El Paso sector — which includes New Mexico’s border with Mexico and El Paso and Hudspeth counti….

RT @SilviaElenaFF: ICE moves to deport Atlanta-based Latino reporter who covered immigration raids.

“I’m an American citizen,” Gavidia said he told the agent at least three times. Despite his responses, the agent pushed him into a metal gate, put his hands behind his back and asked him what hospital he was born in, Gavidia said. via @brittny_mejia .

Critics of the administration’s tactics said the White House’s strategy boils down to frightening immigrants into leaving on their own. “They arrest one, they scare 10,” said one former senior ICE official. “That’s a win.”.

RT @brittny_mejia: “He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.”.