Chris Gelardi
@chrisgelardi
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Exasperated journalist investigating the criminal-legal system for @nysfocus. Also @theintercept, @thenation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️
Queens, NY
Joined March 2013
Some rare happy news: A Trump-appointed federal judge ordered ICE to release a New York teenager with protected status. He returned home last night after three months in a Louisiana detention center. https://t.co/7XQJZnDR59
nysfocus.com
After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said…
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ICE is considering offering private sector bounty hunters cash bonuses for quickly tracking down the home addresses of immigrants across the US using "“all technology systems available,” according to a DHS document I reviewed. https://t.co/d2CXH6vMhb
theintercept.com
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
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Everything is under control, lawyers for the state prison system told a judge last week. That’s news to thousands of incarcerated people, who remain living under various degrees of lockdown eight months after a guard strike led to chaos. 🔗⬇️ for @nysfocus:
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BREAKING: Netanyahu's corruption hearing truncated today due to 'security developments': Report 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/QbR0b44VuW
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Homeland Security has started sending $5,000 fines to unaccompanied kids. It's one of many anti-immigration financial pressure tactics established under the OBBB. https://t.co/yytLWIuWWO
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The Trump administration is slapping unaccompanied teenagers with fees for crossing the border.
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Scoop from @IsabelleTaft: The Department of Homeland Security has sent unaccompanied immigrant teenagers $5,000 fines for illegally entering the United States. https://t.co/yytLWIvuMm
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The Trump administration is slapping unaccompanied teenagers with fees for crossing the border.
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Bewildering statement here. Either Hamas is planning on attacking IDF-organized militias (whose executions were the source of accusations of killing civilians in the right-wing press), or Israel is planning on breaking the ceasefire in a major way and the US is getting out ahead.
🚨State Department: "The United States has informed the guarantor nations of the Gaza peace agreement of credible reports indicating an imminent ceasefire violation by Hamas against the people of Gaza" 🚨State Department: "This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would
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The @Suntimes reports immigration agents rammed a car, then fired so much tear gas at a crowd that 13 Chicago police were overcome. They detained a 15-year-old U.S. citizen “without informing his family” or “stating any charges.”
chicago.suntimes.com
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors...
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Italian Americans, wrote @chrisgelardi in 2020, should be at the forefront of confronting Christopher Columbus idolatry.
thenation.com
For over a century, Italians have mythologized the genocidal explorer to gain access to American whiteness.
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Exclusive: Leaked U.S. documents reveal expanded security cooperation between Israel and key Arab states despite public condemnation of the Gaza war. The collaboration, driven by concerns over Iran, includes military planning and training.
washingtonpost.com
Documents from U.S. Central Command show meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.
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Not sure people not subject to this in their cities truly comprehend how much ICE is terrorizing Chicago. They are everywhere, kidnapping whomever they want, arresting journalists, targeting construction and domestic laborers, deliberately sowing fear in almost every neighborhood
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“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”
theintercept.com
“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”
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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.
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Called it.
Many people are obviously concerned about why Hegseth is trying to gather every top military leader at once, concerns I share, but my impression of Hegseth is that he is constantly searching for the biggest audience possible to listen to him be important. It may be that stupid.
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The elected mayor of Al-Bireh in the West Bank, before and after his release from Israeli prisons.
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The SCOC is the most powerful oversight body you've never heard of. It could enact policies to establish real accountability and create safer prisons & jails. There is a bill on @GovKathyHochul's desk that would empower it to do so. She should sign it.
nysfocus.com
Jails and prisons across the state are facing many crises. Someone should tell the Commission of Correction.
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New York’s jails and prisons are facing numerous crises. Someone should tell the State Commission of Correction. https://t.co/g8vdR73DhB
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Jails and prisons across the state are facing many crises. Someone should tell the Commission of Correction.
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