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@worc-indivisible.bsky.social

🖤 Wear black. Bring signs.

Organized by LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts.

#WorcesterIndivisible #ImmigrantJustice #StandWithImmigrants #LUCE #WorcesterMA

October 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM

The Not So Common Gal

@thenotsocommongal.com

#NoHumanIsIllegal #ImmigrantsBuiltThis #TNSCGEmpower #TheNotSoCommonGal #ImmigrantRights #StandWithImmigrants #AmericaWasBuiltByImmigrants #FashionWithPurpose #WearYourValues #GiveBack #SocialJustice

Shop it here 👉 https://thenotsocommongal.com/collections/no-human-is-illegal

October 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Robert C. Fried (Bob Fried)

@robertcfried.bsky.social

#ICE #ImmigrationRaids #EconomicImpact #LocalEconomies #SmallBusinesses #ImmigrantOwnedBusinesses #Minneapolis #Minnesota #LakeStreet #OperationMetroSurge #MassDeportations #ImmigrantCommunities #StandWithImmigrants #SupportSmallBusinesses #CommunitySolidarity

ICE came to town and left behind weakened economies
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 30: Protestors march during a "Nationwide Shutdown" demonstration against ICE enforcement on January 30, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests continue calling for an end to immigration raids in the Twin Cities which have already resulted in the deaths of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a VA medical center who died January 24, after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents, and Renee Good a 37-year-old mother of three children
Protestors march during a “Nationwide Shutdown” demonstration against ICE enforcement on Jan. 30, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Stephen Maturen | Getty Images

MINNEAPOLIS — Operation Metro Surge has been over for months. The same can’t be said for the crisis facing Daniel Hernandez’s Colonial Market grocery stores.

After Hernandez’s parking lot became a well-known hangout spot for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the lines that Hernandez grew accustomed to seeing each morning at his stores disappeared. The rebound in traffic Hernandez hoped to see after the end of the surge never materialized.

“We’re barely — literally barely — surviving,” Hernandez told CNBC in an interview inside one of his stores, where Spanish-language music played through speakers and piñatas dangled from the ceiling. “The damage has been done.”

Daniel Hernandez inside Colonial Market, his Minneapolis grocery store.

Alex Harring | CNBC

This summer, Hernandez shuttered Colonial Market’s location on Lake Street, the heart of Minneapolis’ Hispanic business community. Hernandez had spent savings and borrowed money against his house to open the store two years prior. He said sales at his stores have declined by roughly 60%.

The financial turmoil facing Hernandez and others in Minneapolis is being experienced, to varying degrees, in communities across the country. As President Donald Trump has directed federal immigration o…

October 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM

The Not So Common Gal

@thenotsocommongal.com

25% of every purchase supports immigrant rights, legal aid, and policy reform. Link in comments.

#NoHumanIsIllegal #ImmigrantRights #TheNotSoCommonGal #TNSCG #AmericaWasBuiltByImmigrants #EmpowerCollection #WearYourValues #ImmigrantsAreAmerica #FashionWithPurpose #StandWithImmigrants

September 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM

Quote Of The Day, Connecticut 🌎

@qotdct.bsky.social

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 9/1/2026
#Quote by: members of the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut,
in an opinion piece for the New Haven Register
#ImmigrantsWelcome #StandWithImmigrants

September 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM

Salem Region Indivisible

@salemorindivisible.bsky.social

SRI Visibility Brigade members had a captive audience at the traffic light at Liberty & Trade, educating the commuters that ICE is terrorizing Salem neighborhoods. ✊

#ICEOut #iceoutofourcommunities #ICEOutOfOurBarrio #Resist #AbolishIce #StandWithImmigrants #VisibilityBrigade #ResistFascism

November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM

The Witch Next Door

@gothiclg.bsky.social

I expected this. They arrested legal immigrants which isn’t helpful.

#JusticeForImmigrants #StopImmigrantDetention #HumanRights #NoMoreUnjustArrests #DefendLegalImmigrants #DueProcess #EndArbitraryEnforcement #EqualityUnderLaw #ICEReform #StandWithImmigrants

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/u...

ICE shooter’s writings were ‘definitively anti-ICE’ and included ‘hatred for the federal government,’ prosecutor says | CNN

Evidence the FBI has gathered on Wednesday’s shooting that killed a detainee at a Dallas ICE field office includes a handwritten note indicating a desire to “give ICE agents real terror,” as well as o...

www.cnn.com

September 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Flowers of the Apocalypse

@jeaninetb.bsky.social

#StandWithImmigrants
#AbolishICE

youtu.be/Eryflbw0NTI?...

From Agents on Horseback in L.A. to a Chicago Arts Festival, Latino Communities Mobilize Against ICE

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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July 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM

matt wong

@hindsightunited.bsky.social

Immigrants belong here #standwithimmigrants #NoKings

June 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM

matt wong

@hindsightunited.bsky.social

“This is us affirming the dignity, worth, and rights of all migrants. We are responding to our call to welcome the sojourner. Our community is under attack by the Trump administration.” #dignity #worth #guaranteedrights #taggolmigrante #defendmigrants #standwithimmigrants #supportrefugees #handsoff

April 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM

matt wong

@hindsightunited.bsky.social

You are not alone! #shutitdown #now #NWDC #ICEoutofWA #handsoff #defendmigrants #standwithimmigrants #supportrefugees

April 27, 2025 at 5:22 AM

matt wong

@hindsightunited.bsky.social

Northwest Detention Center is inhumane #inhumane #NWDC #meltingice #monarchbutterfly #dignity #resilence #tanggolmigrante #defendmigrants #standwithimmigrants #supportrefugees

April 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM

Theo 💅🫶🕺🐱

@theotropolis7.bsky.social

Bigger heads up this time. Come to our meeting in #aurora #standwithimmigrants
Fight #massdeportation

January 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM

ellaallison.bsky.social

@ellaallison.bsky.social

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SJ43cr/
And we fight!

una canción - MELT THE ICE ❤️‍🔥🔥🧊 es decir #chingalamigra #stoptheiceraids #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #justiceforimmigrants #standwithimmigrants #dueprocessmatters #elpueblounidojamasseravencido #w...

TikTok video by Kristen Young

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September 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM

Gayle (she/her/hers)

@gaylehoisington.bsky.social

My ❤️ is with those at the US-Mexico border (& elsewhere) trying to come or stay in the US. The US has contributed to people’s need to flee their countries worldwide, see article below re: Central America. #standwithimmigrants #immigrants #nohumanisillegal
jsri.msu.edu/publications...

Manmade Immigration Crisis Caused by U.S. Intervention in Latin America - Julian Samora Research Institute - Michigan State University

The mission of the Julian Samora Research Institute is to generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest and across the nation.

jsri.msu.edu

January 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM

If Not Us

@ifnotusofficial.bsky.social

6/ Take action here: 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#SignsOfSolidarity
#StandWithImmigrants
#CourageIsContagious
#Indivisible
#ResistAuthoritarianism #TogetherWeResist
#IfNotUs #EscambiaStrong #WeKeepUsSafe

Signs of Solidarity Neighbors Toolkit

Having trouble with this Google Doc because of traffic? Check out https://www.nokings.org/signs-of-solidarity-toolkit Want to make a copy of this Google Doc and add your own notes along the way? 👉 M...

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August 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM

If Not Us

@ifnotusofficial.bsky.social

7/ commit to opposing these internment camps?

📚 Sources

apnews.com/article/dce8...

www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...

nypost.com/2025/08/07/u...

#NoInternmentCamps #HumanRights
#IfNotUs #ImmigrationJustice #StandWithImmigrants #DueProcessForAll #ProtectFLImmigrants #SupportFLOrganizers

Federal judge orders construction pause at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention center

“It is another attempt to prevent the President from fulfilling the American people’s mandate for mass deportations,” a DHS spokeswoman said.

nypost.com

August 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM

jen-bryant.bsky.social

@jen-bryant.bsky.social

Powerful and worth a read.

#standwithimmigrants

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Jul 10

“As they go up to the stage to accept awards and diplomas, their families fill the auditorium with cheers.

Ten minutes from here, ICE arrests day laborers in a Home Depot parking lot.”

New from Cathy Mayer.

Graduation: A Comics Reflection on the LA Ice Raids

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www.muthamagazine.com

July 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM

liefrunsfar.bsky.social

@liefrunsfar.bsky.social

I #standwithlosangeles #standwithla #standwithimmigrants #deportICE
youtu.be/uAWm9fdOaBI

Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 7th

YouTube video by NBC News

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June 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM

Disappeared from the US

@disappearedfromus.bsky.social

Very powerful and informative congresional
shadow hearing.

This cruelty must be stopped

#humanrights
#standwithimmigrants
#justice

Necessary Trouble GA @necessarytroublega.bsky.social · Dec 4

Full video of the shadow hearing this morning on Trump’s deportation abuses. Georgia speakers included Mildred Pierre (fiancée of disabled detainee Rodney Taylor), US Rep. Nikema Williams, and Attorney Sarah Owings. The entire hearing is so worth watching - informative and heartbreaking 💔