Witness at the Border
Witnessing: the Subversive Act of Seeing. Tornillo, Homestead, Brownsville, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Nogales, San Ysidro & more.
- gift article from The NYT. You can read it without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o... “we do not need to use our own version of the Gestapo-like tactics of federal law enforcement. We do not need to thirst for our enemies’ blood or pretend that some lives matter more than others.”
- apple.news/At4Ey9D5rRB6... Chicago police said they responded but found no signs of anyone having been struck by gunfire where the alleged shooting took place. “There are no reports of anyone struck by gunfire,” the Chicago police said in a statement.
- www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “Today in the country and the world, I wonder whether we can even recognize our country, because we were founded on these principles and our Lady of Liberty has stood where so many of our immigrants have entered as a sign of hope, as a place of justice.”
- www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... “officials have retaliated against immigrants who challenged deportation orders by forcibly separating them from their children, … The officials misclassified the children as “unaccompanied minors” before placing them in government-run shelters or foster care.🤬
- www.npr.org/2025/09/28/n... After burning several blocks once made up of homes and shops, the mob killed 28 Chinese people and injured another 14, in what is one of the deadliest incidents of anti-Chinese violence in U.S. history.
- www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... ICE coming after veterans isn’t theoretical.
- wapo.st/4pKK5pq Pres. Trump announced Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, and to immigration detention facilities around the country, authorizing “Full Force, if necessary” and escalating a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent.
- www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” Justice Sotomayor wrote ... “Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.”
- And, what is happening to the roughly 150 non-Koreans detained during the raid? apple.news/AQvRdfuGEQWm...
- apple.news/AduxNONkLTBS... The decision affirms a previous July order from Todd M. Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who told ICE officers in a memo that such immigrants should be detained “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
- apple.news/AYMlreQK6SEC... “Unlike migrants detained at or near the border… the people the administration are now targeting have long since entered the country,That means that they have a weighty liberty interest in remaining here and therefore must be afforded due process under the 5th Amendment,”
- apple.news/A7XHc7cpfSN6... Sheahan, whose job consists of running ICE’s “day-to-day operations,” according to her official bio, has alienated many career officials who dislike being bossed around by a 28-year-old who has never worked in immigration enforcement.
- apple.news/ADsXyLqW0TMy... “money is about to get more expensive to send, thanks to a new tax tucked into President Donald Trump’s new spending bill. The 1 percent tax passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill enacted by Congress last month and will go into effect starting January 1, 2026.”
- "Please understand that what's happening here in the city of Los Angeles, we are the canary in the coal mine. What you see happening in MacArthur Park is coming to you ... So wake up." apple.news/A0p8OOduLQ9C...
- "What the govt wants to do, concretely, is send the eight noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan, where they will be turned over to the local authorities without regard for the likelihood that they will face torture or death," apple.news/ATXzTZhYiTx-...
- The budget sends children back into the hands of traffickers and abusers, all while dismantling lifesaving protections. We must raise our voices NOW. 📢 Tell Congress: NO on the budget bill. youthlaw.org/voteno
- This #FathersDay, the families of those disappeared to El Salvador’s CECOT prison are missing their dads, sons, and partners, unsure if they will see them again. Families belong together and free. Take action to demand their safe return: bit.ly/cecotaction #BringThemBack
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- It's #fathersday Sunday, exactly 3 months to the day since over 200 migrant men were transferred to a notorious prison in El Salvador #CECOT, with no #dueprocess. Many of them are fathers! Celebrate Fathers by using your right to peacefully protest! #nokings #freethem
- Video of Padilla being forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security news conference sent immediate shockwaves on both coasts Thursday. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
- Vineyard immigration activists are urging people to report what they see — including photos and videos — to the LUCE Immigration Justice Network of Massachusetts’ hotline at 617-370-5023. www.mvtimes.com/2025/05/27/i...
- “It’s not clear if the pause that Sauer is seeking would resolve the dispute over the men previously destined for South Sudan. Those men are being held at a U.S. military base in Djibouti“ apple.news/Ajys8sv1ZQQm...
- Join us in requesting that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus visit CECOT on Father’s Day. forms.gle/3Sv4X4UpdmmV...
- The Trump administration has transferred thousands of acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to be controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD). responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-border...
- The Trump administration sends a single 60-passenger plane to Cuba every month, … at that rate, it would take almost 700 years to send back the estimated 500,000 Cubans who arrived during the Biden administration and now lack protected status. www.wptv.com/news/trump/t...
- “The recipients of the notices were informed that they had 30 days to contest, in writing, under oath, and with evidence as to why the penalty should not be imposed.”https://apple.news/A-CSCdu55T5aLSyXKYk-gbA
- Attended a small protest this morning organized by Nauset Citizens Alliance. It was fairly typical, some honks of support, a few passersby in their MAGA hats being nasty, and good conversation with like-minded people. I passed out a few Blue Triangle buttons and stickers.
- Lee Goodman at Navy Pier (Chicago): #bluetrianglesolidarity He had a weapon in a holster on his hip. His shirt said, “Security.” “If you like migrants so much, why don't you bring them home?” he asked me, then he went on, “They are all criminals. Ninety percent of them are criminals. MS-13.”
- “And while more dismissals of the trespassing charges are expected, most, if not all, defendants are still facing illegal entry charges and remain in federal custody at jails across southern New Mexico.” www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
- “Activists like Wade from Sonoma County have called the deportations “kidnappings,” arguing that Avelo’s participation contradicts the welcoming values of the communities it serves, like New Haven.” aviationsourcenews.com/avelo-airlin...
- US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship - Reuters apple.news/AdPCNab5kR5m...
- Cartwright said it was unusual in recent years for commercial passenger carriers to carry out deportation flights. “At least since I have been involved (in tracking ICE flights), they’ve all been charter companies.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Sign dedication today at 2:30 pm Central time, Northbrook, Illinois.
- Wow! Give that man a Blue Triangle #bluetrianglesolidarity apple.news/A56-e3IfdSwe...
- In his latest report, Tom Cartwright of Witness at the Border found zero military planes taking migrants to Guantanamo in April, following only one in March and 17 in February. He did count 11 civilian ICE contractor aircraft flying to or through Guantanamo in April. www.wola.org/2025/05/week...
- "The decision was not made here in El Paso, or in the region, but a crushing decision that came from above that said this event shouldn't happen," www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
- “The Venezuelans have not had a trial. They have not been convicted. They’ve been deported to El Salvador and disappeared into one of the most brutal prisons in the hemisphere. They’re outside the reach of the rule of law at this point.” apple.news/AN5z83xprS4O...
- Learning from the atrocities of the Holocaust, we seek ways to stop crimes against humanity and to create awareness of heightened and unchecked persecution of migrating people through racist, inhumane, harsh, and punitive immigration enforcement. #bluetrianglesolidarity
