Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport
Over the past several months, an "aviation geek" in Minnesota who goes by ottergoose on reddit has been tracking, photographing, and posting his documentation of deportation flights online.
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Local ‘Participating Agencies’ Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions
The 287(g) program links local law enforcement agencies into ICE. The program has grown incrementally in Minnesota this year; meanwhile counties are collecting millions of dollars by detaining immigrants for ICE.
A Chaplain Trapped Between Trump’s Deportation System and Egypt’s Autocratic Regime
Ayman Soliman found himself trapped between the U.S.’s quota-driven deportation system and Egypt’s autocratic regime known for killing and silencing critics. Now out of jail, he’s revealing the glaring errors in President Donald Trump’s deportation campaigns.
Calls For a Migrant Labor Strike Grow on Social Media
Since the xenophobia-fueled presidential re-election of Donald Trump, calls have been growing on social media for a pro-immigrant labor strike beginning on January 11, days before Trump is to take office. The emerging movement’s goal is to highlight the social, cultural, and economic importance of…
Rally to “End the War on Immigrants” Outside ICE Building
Bloomington, MN – Dozens of people gathered outside the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detention center at the Whipple Building in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on February 20 to demand an “end to the war on immigrants.”
After an opening ceremonial dance by Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli, Unicorn…
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GEO Group’s ICE Jail Lies to Immigration Lawyer, Attempts Unlawful Deportation
Aurora, CO — On the morning of June 30, 2020, Pablo Mackleen Grijalva’s lawyer tried to contact him at the GEO Group’s ICE jail where he is detained, but to her shock, the officer on the phone told her he was not there. She immediately…
Another Immigrant Claims Sanctuary from Deportation in Colorado
Denver, CO – Like others who have claimed sanctuary from deportation, Jorge Araiza Ávila decided to skip his appointment with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official on December 10, 2019, and instead, took refuge at Park Hill United Methodist Church and Temple Micah. On…