Mary Turck

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Immigration News: July 28, 2026

In immigration news: Ending TPS  Mega-Master Hearings: Shortcut to Deportation No Due Process, No Hearing for Asylum Seekers Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 27, 2026

In immigration news: “The Perils of Looking Mexican” Uncovering ICE Lies Deporting the Best, Not the Worst Less Publicity, More Arrests Short Takes (more…)

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In Minnesota immigration news: July 24, 2026

In Minnesota immigration news: CNN on the occupation of Minnesota In the courts ICE gets Minnesota license plate reader data Still targeting everyone: documented or undocumented Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 23, 2026

In immigration news: ICE Enforcement, Personal Tragedies Using Children as Bait In the Courts Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 21, 2026

In immigration news: False Charges by the Feds Calling Off FBI Investigations of ICE Actions Secret Proceedings: More on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 20, 2026

In immigration news:  ICE Killings and Threats Imprisoning Chinese Human Rights Lawyers—in China and the United States Secretive Deportation Court Activated Documenting Abuse: ICE enforcement actions; Camp East Montana Changes in Public Benefits Rule Deporting Indiana Sometimes Pressure Works: Private Prisons Lose Short Takes ICE Killings and Threats In the aftermath of July’s ICE…

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Minnesota Immigration News: July 17, 2026

In Minnesota immigration news: ICE Raid in Bemidji Holding ICE Accountable: Operation Metro Surge murders, Roosevelt High Teacher, Illegal St. Paul Arrest Adult Adoptees and ICE Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 16, 2026

In immigration news:  ICE: Still Stopping, Still Chasing, Still Killing No Immigrants Welcome Here Short Takes ICE: Still Stopping, Still Chasing, Still Killing Tuesday’s DHS directive to ICE agents telling them to suspend vehicle stops after they killed two people in one week was reversed by Trump on Wednesday morning. During almost 18 months of Trump’s second term, federal immigration…

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Immigration News: July 15, 2026

Brooklyn Bridge – photo by Tiago Fioreze, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. In immigration news: Stopping ICE Killings Documenting DHS Brutality From Bruises to Brain Injuries and Blinding  Under the radar changes to immigration rules Children Caught Up in Immigration Confusion Haiti Update Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: Another ICE Killing— Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine

On July 13, ICE agents shot and killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. Agents were not wearing body cameras. Like Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the man killed by ICE in Houston on July 7, Guerrero was not the target of the ICE operation. He had work authorization, a Social Security number, and a pending asylum application. The ICE agents did not know any of that. They shot him before they…

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Immigration News: July 13, 2026

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo,. Photo by Ronaldo Salgado In immigration news:  Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Delaney Hall Reports More Third Country Deportations Increasing ICE Raids Across the Country Fighting Back Short Takes (more…)

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Defending Elections Against Right-Wing Attacks

Will your vote still count in 2026 or in 2028? Trump’s attacks on elections go beyond anything that has been attempted in the United States. He even told Reuters news service in an interview: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.” This post has: a list of some of the attacks on voting and elections, with very brief description and links to longer explanations; brief…

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For Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

I believe the ICE agents are lying, the lawyer said, recounting the storiesof survivors, the un-dead, still-threatenedsurvivors of another ICE shooting. I believe the ICE agents are lying,about “weaponizing the vehicle,”about why they stopped it in the first place,about unreasonable suspicion. I believe the ICE agents are lying,as they did in Minneapolis and again in Minneapolis, and thenagain,…

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Minnesota Immigration News: July 10, 2026

In Minnesota immigration news:  Celebrating Citizenship ICE vs. Constitution and International Law Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 9, 2026

In immigration news: Accelerating ICE Arrests One More ICE Killing Families in Fear: USCIS Puts Immigrant Spouses on Hold Short Takes (more…)

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Immigration News: July 8, 2026

In immigration news: Betraying Iranian Dissidents: turning over information on asylum seekers to the Iranian government Deporting the Children Stripping Protection from Survivors of Domestic Violence Betraying Iranian Dissidents A lawsuit filed by the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund and Public Citizen charges that the Trump administration shared information from asylum applications filed…

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Immigration News: July 7, 2026

SEIU image of health care workers. In immigration news:  Ending TPS, Crippling U.S. Health Care Perverting ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility  ICE Targets Long-Time Residents, Military Veterans, Children Short Takes (more…)

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