#immigrant-rights

#immigrant-rights

The word that comes to my mind is dissidence. If we want to understand why the whistleblowing, camera-wielding people of Minneapolis have caused the Trump administration-and Donald Trump himself-to flinch, I believe we need some added history, and a bigger map. What we've been watching is part of a long, established tradition-one that might help Americans unlock a different kind of future.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE and CBP and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities and any who stand with them. We do not make this decision lightly, but we will not remain silent.

The demonstration gathered at the shelter in the northeast of the capital where the man, El Hacen Diarra, 35, had been living and in front of which he was violently arrested by police on the night of January 14th. Video filmed by neighbours, shared on social media, showed a policeman punching what appears to be a man on the ground as another officer stands by and watches.

"We've already been seeing them throw people to the ground, now they're just going to shoot them point blank in the window," says one of last night's protesters, Jennifer Dees of San Francisco, speaking to NBC Bay Area. "I'm here in San Francisco marching with hundreds of people marching to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by ICE in Minnesota today while protecting her Somali immigrant neighbors," says Sanika, an activist with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, in a video posted to social media. "On less than three hours notice, we've gathered hundreds of people here alongside protests across the country. ICE brings terror and violence to our communities wherever they go, but we know the people will rise up and fight back against these attacks and all attacks on working people."

Anyone who sees ICE agents in the area can call (707) 621-8220 to report sightings to the Mendocino County Rapid Response Network, which has volunteers trained and ready to quickly identify, verify, and inform the community if ICE is conducting raids or detaining immigrants locally. The network also works to dispel false rumors of ICE sightings, share verified information with local news outlets, and post updates about ICE activity on social media.

In the name of heaven, I beg you for shelter.

Some people have found a safe space in two video games known for their violence: Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V. New Save Collective, a group of gamers, is using the former to recreate raids like those carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as a way to educate people about their rights when confronted by officers in the real world and, above all, to create a safe community of virtual gamers.

That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants,

groups that are on the ground here in Chicagoland, helping people understand their rights, whether they're citizens, residents, or undocumented.

A group of Catholic priests and hundreds of congregants marched about a mile to an ICE facility in Cook County, IL, to pray for the detainees and offer Holy Communion, but were barred from going inside the facility, Fox32 Chicago reported on Saturday. Nearly 200 people from Saint Eulalia Catholic Church in Maywood, IL, gathered outside the Broadview processing facility for the blessing as state troopers and other authorities looked on. A viral video captured the prayer.

Brad Lander is one of New York City's most prominent progressive elected officials. He became the city's Comptroller in 2022 after serving on the City Council for a dozen years, representing Park Slope and other parts of brownstone Brooklyn. He ran for mayor as a Democrat this year, finishing third behind Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo. Shortly before Election Day, Lander and Mamdani cross-endorsed one another, forming a left wing bulwark against Cuomo in the city's ranked-choice voting.

On Tuesday night, Berkeley City Council will vote on a contract with Flock Safety to operate fixed surveillance cameras throughout Berkeley. But given reports in the past month on Flock's illegal cooperation with ICE and the Trump administration, such a contract will put the Berkeley community in grave danger. The council must uphold our sanctuary city commitments and vote no on a new contract with Flock.

Many hundreds of people marched from the 16th St. BART Station to Dolores Park Monday at noon in a "Workers Over Billionaires" march that took aim at everything from President Donald Trump to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Israel's actions in Gaza. Participants talked about general fear of the country's direction, the plight of immigrants and the feeling of living in troubled times.

The University does not assert that it relied on the requirements of a federal statute or regulation in deciding to not to amend its policy - only on the risks associated with adopting a policy that the federal government might consider unlawful.

County officials urge Pescadero residents to report unsafe drinking water and emphasize that reporting can be done confidentially without questions about immigration status.

Agustin and Ricarda Toledo load empty water jugs onto their truck to refill them at a nearby water store, as their home’s clean water supply is insufficient.

Mayor Daniel Lurie expressed a limited stance on San Francisco's Sanctuary City status, indicating unwillingness to comply with Donald Trump's enforcement measures. His lack of action on immigrant legal services funding reveals a concerning oversight of the city's vulnerable immigrant population.

I heard them saying, 'Where are you from? Where are your parents from?' Wilder told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. 'And I just stepped in and said this is very inappropriate to ask these kids anything ... I'm just going to have them implement their Fifth Amendment right, and not say anything to you.'

The enactment of Donald Trump's megabill will finance a huge expansion of mass deportations of immigrants, which could become widely unpopular across the nation.