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NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
www.propublica.org
August 28, 2026 at 12:12 PM
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
August 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
The murders this week, by ice, are so profoundly disgusting. Heartbroken for the families forever impacted.
HAYES: “For the 2nd time in less than a week ICE officers have shot and killed a motorist in the middle of the street. For the 2nd time in less than a week the man they shot dead was not their intended target.”
#JoanSebastianGuerrero #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo
#JoanSebastianGuerrero #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo
July 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
The murders this week, by ice, are so profoundly disgusting. Heartbroken for the families forever impacted.
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This could be an all-timer rule of threes
BREAKING — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died, per his office. He was 71.
July 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
This could be an all-timer rule of threes
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NEW from me: He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h... via @thebulwark.com
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He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
www.thebulwark.com
July 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
NEW from me: He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h... via @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h... via @thebulwark.com
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NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
www.thebulwark.com
July 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
July 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
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Some 11,000 Los Angelenos are at new risk of living on the streets after the Trump administration cut off funding to a major homeless services agency
The Collateral Damage of the White House’s War on Fraud
When President Donald Trump announced in April that he was creating a task force to root out fraud and corruption from social safety net programs, he promised it would recover enough “stolen” federal funding from Democrat-led states to “literally be able to balance our American Budget.”
bloom.bg
June 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Some 11,000 Los Angelenos are at new risk of living on the streets after the Trump administration cut off funding to a major homeless services agency
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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
June 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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An Orlando green card applicant was given permission to travel to Egypt after his father’s death. When he returned, ICE sent him to a PA concentration camp for six months. During which he suffered vision loss and lost 45 pounds. He wasn’t informed of kidney disease diagnosis for 2 months.
‘I lost everything’: Orlando resident returns home after months in ICE custody in Pa.
The green card applicant was allowed to leave the U.S. temporarily to settle his father’s affairs — only to be turned over to ICE on his return.
www.orlandosentinel.com
June 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
An Orlando green card applicant was given permission to travel to Egypt after his father’s death. When he returned, ICE sent him to a PA concentration camp for six months. During which he suffered vision loss and lost 45 pounds. He wasn’t informed of kidney disease diagnosis for 2 months.
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The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save...
www.propublica.org
June 18, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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This Day in Labor History: June 15, 1990. 400 striking janitors organized with Service Employees International Union held a rally in Los Angeles. The LAPD proceeded to beat the shit out of them in front of office workers wondering what the hell was going on. Let's talk about Justice for Janitors!
June 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This Day in Labor History: June 15, 1990. 400 striking janitors organized with Service Employees International Union held a rally in Los Angeles. The LAPD proceeded to beat the shit out of them in front of office workers wondering what the hell was going on. Let's talk about Justice for Janitors!
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ACA enrollments projected to decline by 17-26% amid premium hikes
May 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
ACA enrollments projected to decline by 17-26% amid premium hikes
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I'll tell ya something I will vote for the Democratic candidate who promises to go after corruption and hound these people til the day they die. Bonus points if he/she tells the first reporter who asks them about "unity" to fuck off.
May 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I'll tell ya something I will vote for the Democratic candidate who promises to go after corruption and hound these people til the day they die. Bonus points if he/she tells the first reporter who asks them about "unity" to fuck off.
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They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
May 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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BIG STORY: ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Miss.
While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
Now, they tell their story.
While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
Now, they tell their story.
Shackled, Isolated and Pressured to Self-Deport: Makoka Brothers Recount ICE Arrests
After their arrests by ICE in Mississippi, brothers Israel and Max Makoka share their stories of detention and isolation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
BIG STORY: ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Miss.
While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
Now, they tell their story.
While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
Now, they tell their story.
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By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond.
Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.
Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.
Opinion | Ruling by Ruling, the Supreme Court Is Undoing the Civil Rights Movement
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond.
Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.
Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.
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62-year-old Roberto Hernandez, who has no criminal record, has been held in a New Mexico detention center for nearly 4 months minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/01/f...
Father of Minneapolis police detective faces deportation after arrest during Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer
Roberto Hernandez Vargas lived in the United States for nearly three decades without any contact with ICE agents. He has no criminal record. There was no warrant for his arrest or order for removal. H...
minnesotareformer.com
May 1, 2026 at 12:10 PM
62-year-old Roberto Hernandez, who has no criminal record, has been held in a New Mexico detention center for nearly 4 months minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/01/f...
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"the losses suffered by farmworkers in Santa Barbara County alone — where I conduct research — could range from $126 million to $152 million annually, with subsequent decreases in spending and tax revenue reverberating through the region."
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: ICE raids and migrant pay cuts are devastating California economies
Many of the harms of recent immigration enforcement are incalculable. But researchers have put a number on the economic toll in Southern California's agricultural communities.
www.latimes.com
April 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"the losses suffered by farmworkers in Santa Barbara County alone — where I conduct research — could range from $126 million to $152 million annually, with subsequent decreases in spending and tax revenue reverberating through the region."
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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A toddler nearly died at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. After more than a week in intensive care, she was sent back. Sarah Stillman reports. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Return of Family Detention
Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect.
www.newyorker.com
April 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A toddler nearly died at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. After more than a week in intensive care, she was sent back. Sarah Stillman reports. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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During the first 100 days of 2026...
CAISO grid met >100% of demand with WindWaterSolar on 76 days, for an avg of 3.7 h/d over all 100 days
Compares with 5 days / 0.1 h/d in 2023
Fossil gas down 59.2% v '23, replaced by solar (up 73.4%), batteries (up 329%), imports (57% WWS)
Gas not needed
CAISO grid met >100% of demand with WindWaterSolar on 76 days, for an avg of 3.7 h/d over all 100 days
Compares with 5 days / 0.1 h/d in 2023
Fossil gas down 59.2% v '23, replaced by solar (up 73.4%), batteries (up 329%), imports (57% WWS)
Gas not needed
April 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
During the first 100 days of 2026...
CAISO grid met >100% of demand with WindWaterSolar on 76 days, for an avg of 3.7 h/d over all 100 days
Compares with 5 days / 0.1 h/d in 2023
Fossil gas down 59.2% v '23, replaced by solar (up 73.4%), batteries (up 329%), imports (57% WWS)
Gas not needed
CAISO grid met >100% of demand with WindWaterSolar on 76 days, for an avg of 3.7 h/d over all 100 days
Compares with 5 days / 0.1 h/d in 2023
Fossil gas down 59.2% v '23, replaced by solar (up 73.4%), batteries (up 329%), imports (57% WWS)
Gas not needed