🧊Detention, Deportation, and Resistance

Together, we can protect our loved ones, defend our rights and democracy, hold leaders accountable, and inspire voters to make a real difference.

Hi there! I’m a bit out of sorts after some dental work and not quite clear-headed enough to finish the piece I started earlier. But this feels like the perfect moment to share a quick reminder—we recently launched 🧊 ICEbreaker News!

I’m including our latest newsletter below. If you’re interested in staying informed and taking action on immigration issues, I invite you to subscribe and join us in the fight for justice.

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ICEbreaker News Briefs: Detention, Deportation, and Resistance

US launches new bid to keep migrants detained by denying hearings, memo shows
Reuters | By Nathan Layne, Chris Michaud
An internal ICE memo reveals that migrants could be denied bond hearings, potentially keeping them detained throughout deportation proceedings—a move likely to surge ICE's detention numbers and face legal scrutiny. 🔗 Read article

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ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
The Washington Post | By Maria Sacchetti and Carol Leonnig
A newly released memo from ICE acting director Todd Lyons reinterprets immigration laws to prevent bond hearings for millions of undocumented immigrants—even long-term residents—prompting criticism that it denies due process. 🔗 Read article

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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The Washington Post | By Jeremy Roebuck and Maegan Vazquez
ICE may send immigrants to third countries—even without safety assurances—on as little as six hours' notice, raising legal and humanitarian alarm over rights violations. 🔗 Read article

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L.A.'s protest movement shifts tactics as ICE raids continue
The Washington Post | By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Anumita Kaur
Los Angeles activists, unions, and nonprofits have reorganized protests—holding workshops, monitoring ICE activity, and planning a strike—to resist ongoing immigration raids and federal enforcement. 🔗 Read article

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Protesters' most powerful weapon is rising
The Washington Post (Opinion) | By Editorial Board
The essay discusses how art, from fashion to dance, is being used as protest against inhumane ICE and DHS practices, highlighting community resistance to aggressive immigration enforcement. 🔗 Read article

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Homeland Security's Noem says in talks with five Republican-led states to build detention site
Reuters | By David Morgan
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is negotiating with several states to replicate Florida’s controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention site—a remote, wildlife-surrounded facility criticized for harsh conditions. 🔗 Read article

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‘How is this even legal?’: Experts react to shocking new ICE memo | MSNBC

‘The floodgates are about to open’: The cost of Trump-era’s ICE raids on women | MSNBC

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ICEbreaker News: The Fight to End Cruelty, Detention, and Fear

ICE isn’t just a rogue agency—it’s part of a larger system of state violence that targets immigrants, tears families apart, and undermines our most basic human rights. Empowered by far-right lawmakers, ICE operates with impunity, weaponizing fear and surveillance to criminalize entire communities.

Fueled by anti-immigrant hate and backed by extremist agendas, ICE's operations reflect a broader push toward authoritarianism. Mass raids, indefinite detentions, secretive deportations, and collaboration with local police all feed into a system designed to intimidate, control, and erase. These tactics don’t make us safer—they make us less free.

ICE’s Pattern of Harm Includes:

• Targeting immigrant families through mass raids and surveillance

• Detaining asylum seekers in inhumane, for-profit facilities

• Collaborating with local law enforcement to bypass sanctuary protections

• Abusing detainees and violating basic rights and due process

• Using fear to silence communities and suppress dissent

• Advancing policies rooted in xenophobia and white nationalism

We Must Act:

ICE is not just enforcing laws—it’s violating them. It’s time to dismantle the cruelty, end the detentions, and protect our communities. We must organize, resist, and demand a future rooted in dignity, justice, and liberation for all.

Join us. Speak out. Hold ICE accountable. Together, we can break the cycle of fear.

Calls to Action

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed justices and elites aren't serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

• Click here to become a subscriber to 🧊 ICEbreaker News

• Click here to Shut Down Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" Concentration Camp

• Click here to Release the Epstein Files! Force a vote on the bipartisan discharge petition in the U.S. House now

• Click here to Tell Congress: We need immigration reform now

• Click here to Unmask ICE. No Secret Police in America.

• Click here to send a letter to your member of Congress: Unmask ICE

• Click here to take more actions

ICEblock app - See something, tap something

• Click here to get the ICEBLock app (only available on Apple Appstore). The app enables users to anonymously report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in their area. Its purpose is to alert communities about ICE activity and help individuals avoid potential encounters. Read more about the app here on MSNBC.

Yes, You Have the Right to Film ICE

• You have the right to record law enforcement officers performing their duties in public, but you must remain calm, courteous, and avoid interfering by keeping a safe distance. While you can take photos, video, or audio, officers cannot legally search your device, access your passcode, or delete footage without a warrant—even if you're arrested. They may order you to move for safety reasons, but not simply because you’re recording. Be aware that officers might still retaliate illegally with arrest, force, or threats, so stay alert. In cases involving ICE, consider the risks to the person being arrested—get consent when possible and blur identifying details if sharing the footage publicly to protect their safety while holding ICE accountable.

• Check out these two articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation for more information: Yes, You Have the Right to Film ICE & Right to Record

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Together, we can protect and empower those we love, champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests)

Laurie joining others to drop thousands of petitions off to Congress for reforms to the Supreme Court

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