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The US Warehousing Of Immigrants

The Trump administration has a perverse and degrading plan that has been in effect since last year and will expand even further in 2026. It is being implemented by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): converting commercial warehouses into detention centers, which will join those already established on military bases until they cover the entire territory of the United States. Reports from various US media outlets are explicit: ICE has already purchased, or is in the process of acquiring, a dozen commercial buildings or department stores since December, which would further increase the 212 immigrant detention centers it had at the beginning of 2026.

How To Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths At Work

Anti-immigrant myths flood our airwaves. They dominate news cycles and our online feeds. And now they’re amplified from the highest halls of power. President Donald Trump has asserted, for example, that millions of immigrants came to the U.S. “from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums,” a claim one expert found “too ridiculous to dignify.” The lies spread like wildfire. Corrections, if they’re issued at all, fade into the background. Trump’s baseless claim that Haitian immigrants were eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio, prompted bomb threats against Springfield schools.

Immigrant Children Lead Uprising At Texas Detention Center

An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility — many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go,” according to an attorney who witnessed the event. The protest took place at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, which closed in 2024 but was reopened by the Trump administration this year to detain immigrant families. On Saturday, facility personnel abruptly ordered immigration attorneys who were present to leave, saying “an incident” had taken place.

Somali Business Owners Spearhead Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE

“We are not backing down. We’re here to stay and we’re here to fight,” said Kadija, a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis. Kadija is one of hundreds of small business owners participating in what is rapidly developing into a historic, multi-sector general strike in Minnesota on January 23. Zahra Abdullah, owner of the Somaliweyn Community Center in Minneapolis, told Peoples Dispatch that her community is fully committed to driving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of the state. “We just want to get in the fight and keep fighting and send a message that we are not afraid,” Abdullah said.

Immigration Agents Are Using Banned Moves That Cut Off Breathing

Immigration agents have put civilians’ lives at risk using more than their guns. An agent in Houston put a teenage citizen into a chokehold, wrapping his arm around the boy’s neck, choking him so hard that his neck had red welts hours later. A black-masked agent in Los Angeles pressed his knee into a woman’s neck while she was handcuffed; she then appeared to pass out. An agent in Massachusetts jabbed his finger and thumb into the neck and arteries of a young father who refused to be separated from his wife and 1-year-old daughter. The man’s eyes rolled back in his head and he started convulsing.

Minneapolis: Massive Protest Slams Reactionary Jake Lang

Minneapolis, MN – The People’s Action Coalition Against Trump (PACAT) organized a massive mobilization to protest Jake Lang’s planned “Crusader March,” where he announced that he would burn a Quran on the steps of City Hall before marching into the predominantly Somali Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. He and a handful of other racists were confronted by extreme cold weather. They were shut down and chased away by an overwhelming crowd of at least 1000, who answered PACAT’s call for a “Protest to defend our neighbors!”

24 years after 9/11, 15 Still Imprisoned In US Military Prison At Guantanamo

On January 11, 2026, thousands of citizens of many countries held vigils for the 15 men still in the U.S. military prison at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo, Cuba.  As these citizens have done for over two decades, from London to Washington, DC to Honolulu, Hawaii, they are the voices of conscience for one of the most brutal episodes in U.S. history, the torture and imprisonment of hundreds of men who had nothing to do with the events of September 11, 2001. 24 Years Ago, xxxx days ago On January 11, 2002, twenty-four years ago, the first twenty detainees from Afghanistan arrived by military aircraft to the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. 

We Are All Somalia

On two recent occasions, Donald Trump, president of the United States, engaged in a racist meltdown against the African nation of Somalia and its citizens who migrated to the United States. In the first instance, he called Somalia the “worst country on earth” and claimed that Somalis “destroyed” Minnesota and turned it into a “hell hole.” Not long after, while speaking to the press at a cabinet meeting, he referred to a member of congress, Ilhan Omar, as “garbage.” He also used the term to describe everyone coming from her home country of Somalia.

Decision On Birthright Citizenship Depends On Interpretation Of One Phrase

The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling next summer. In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order removing the recognition of citizenship for the U.S.-born children of both immigrants here illegally and visitors here only temporarily. The new rule is not retroactive. This change in long-standing U.S. policy sparked a wave of litigation culminating in Trump v. Washington, an appeal by Trump to remove the injunction put in place by federal courts.

As Immigrant Youth Come Under Attack, Schools Try To Protect Them

In Sanctuary School: Innovating to Empower Immigrant Youth, Molloy University assistant professor of education Chandler Patton Miranda presents an in-depth and emotionally resonant look at a network of 31 small public high schools in seven states that provide “radical welcome, protection and empowerment” to migrant youth from 119 countries. The Internationals Network for Public Schools was initially founded in 2004 in Queens, New York, but it now has expanded to serve schools in California, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., among other locations.

Immigration Raids At This Home Depot Got More Aggressive But Less Effective

Arturo had only ever seen agents at the border before, never in Los Angeles. But on Friday, June 6, the Department of Homeland Security descended on a Home Depot near MacArthur Park. As on any other morning, Arturo had arrived at the store to wait alongside more than a hundred jornaleros for a day, or even a few hours, of construction work. He saw people running and heard screams of “la migra” before he laid eyes on the men in fatigues or understood that they were making arrests. He broke into a run, following a crowd through the store’s automatic doors.

How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class

When federal immigration agents thread through her Chicago neighborhood and circle above her home in a helicopter, Araceli hides with her husband. ​“You hear the whistles,” she says through an interpreter. ​“You hear the people yelling, ​‘Don’t go out! Stay inside! There’s immigration here!’ ”  Sometimes they are forced to hide for days.  “It’s alarming, it’s not normal, it’s like being in a crisis,” explains Araceli, who is 55 and originally from Mexico City, though she has lived in Chicago for 30 years. That means Araceli often misses work as an apartment cleaner and her husband misses work in construction.

Employers And Labor Groups Try To Protect Workers From ICE

A lot of undocumented immigrants — and their employers — remember when the siege began.Federal immigration agents equipped with tactical gear and rifles descended on downtown Los Angeles in armored trucks on June 6, arresting dozens of workers at an apparel factory. Within hours, another group of agents raided a Home Depot a few miles away, arresting day laborers who were looking for work.  Those operations quickly became a flashpoint, sparking spontaneous large-scale street protests. But President Donald Trump’s administration doubled down, and more high-profile raids followed as the White House sought to make good on the president’s promise to conduct the largest mass deportation program in the nation’s history. 

How To Build A Union Culture That Welcomes Immigrant Members

Here is some basic advice for union officers and activists who are new to working with immigrant members. You probably already know that immigrant workers want pretty much the same things any unionized worker wants. A decent job. A living wage. Respect and trust. Some measure of control over their lives. The other thing you should know is: Don’t presume to know anything. Forget stereotypes. Approach immigrant workers in an open, straightforward manner and see what you can learn. Many immigrants may have as much to teach you about the labor movement as they have to learn. Some may have been involved in labor, political, or even revolutionary movements in their native countries.

More Than 170 US Citizens Have Been Held By Immigration Agents

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned. “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.” But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
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