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Forcing legal immigrants to leave the US & separate fr their families just 2 wait out endless green card backlogs is cruel & counterintuitive. It was never about “doing it the right way”—it’s about shutting the door entirely. A disaster for our economy. nytimes.com/2026/05/23/us/po…
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Nearly 3 in 4 people booked into ICE detention in 2026 had no criminal conviction. Only one in 17 had a violent criminal conviction. There is a disconnect between the types of people DHS highlights and the types of people DHS arrests.
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The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank.
It just published a 30-year study showing immigrants paid 14.5 trillion dollars more in taxes than they received in government benefits.
Every single year. For thirty years. Without exception.
The country was lied to.
Here is what the study found.🧵
Quoted in @RonBrownstein’s latest piece on how Trump’s mass deportation is playing out very differently across the country showing “an astounding disparity” which underlines “the political nature of the enforcement regime.” bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…
Deploying ICE to do TSA’s job isn't a "security fix"—it’s a targeted intimidation tactic. Using immigration agents for routine travel checks creates a "show me your papers" environment that chills the rights of US citizens and LPRs alike.
nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/po… via @NYTimes
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People may think it’s hyperbolic when I call out what DHS is doing and saying but it’s often because they do not know what DHS is doing and saying. Thank you for sharing, Senator Kennedy
Cato Institute Immigration Studies Director @David_J_Bier: "They're trying to deport U.S.-born citizens…These are not hyperbolic statements!"
.@SenJohnKennedy: "What planet did you just parachute in from? You trigger my gag reflex, Mr. Bier."
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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.
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We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic reengineering project will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*
That's his real agenda.
newrepublic.com/article/2041…
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.@DHSgov
Your statement claiming Minnesota does not honor DHS/ICE detainers is FALSE.
“… detained until they can be taken into federal custody” FALSE.
By law, DOC cannot hold someone beyond their sentence. If ICE does not show up by the release date, they must release.
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My grandfather, Judah (“Joachim”) Leopold, a Jew, was a decorated pilot in the German AF in WWI. Shot down by the French in battle, he escaped captivity & continued to serve until the war ended. In 1938 he fled the Nazis with my grandmother & 2 sons (my dad & uncle).
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An iconic image: A group of Jewish soldiers in the German Army gather on a frosty Chanukah in 1916 to kindle the menorah and warm themselves by its light. But who is the chaplain in the center?
I believe I have the answer.
Putin gets applause and a limo ride. Gazan children get refused medical visas. Who’s the real national security threat? nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/po… via @NYTimes
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No matter what deal Trump may plan in Alaska with Putin, it will be worthless without Ukraine and Europe agreeing. And the U.S. knows that.
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Tens of thousands protest in Tel Aviv for a hostages deal and an end to the war in Gaza
Fact reported in this article—>“Undocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year, which the ITINs help facilitate.” washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Sickening. It’s like it’s still 1850 or something
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NEWS --> An internal DHS memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987…
The administration’s deportation playbook reads like a dystopian travel guide—CECOT, South Sudan, torture included. But when lawyers push back, suddenly we’re the problem? Sorry, zealous advocacy isn’t a crime. Yet. politico.com/news/2025/08/06…
