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NEW: The Trump admin is building a network of super-powerful A.I. cameras at the border. But the cameras have been placed near parks, homes and beaches. Already, more than 1 million people live in areas where these cameras can watch them. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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BREAKING: The 5th Circuit has ruled that ICE detainees with pending immigration proceedings have no constitutional right to a bond hearing, regardless of the length of their detention. The en banc ruling appears to be 10-7. s3.documentcloud.org/documen…
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ICE agents posed as NYPD officers to arrest Haitian migrant in his Brooklyn home, neighbors say amny.com/immigration/ice-age…
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JUST IN: A federal judge in California has barred DHS from conducting field interrogations of people they identify as potential noncitizen voters based on data sources that have proven unreliable and could improperly identify citizens. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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The Trump admin is asking a federal judge to agree to looser restrictions on standards at the ICE holding cells in Lower Manhattan. The feds say they don't want to provide pillows (security risk), a light dimmer at night (unclear why), or 24/7 medical services (too expensive).
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El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"
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New: Mamdani will hand out campaign literature with Hochul in Brooklyn tomorrow — the mayor's first in-person appearance to boost the moderate Democrat’s reelection. They'll be back together in Brooklyn Sunday for a Hochul canvass launch. w/ @NickReisman politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
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Detained immigrants with serious medical conditions were told they will be deported to African countries where they have no family or ties. Held at Krome detention center in Florida, they were told they were headed there this week, though not which country.miamiherald.com/news/nation-…
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Mamdani's on the City Hall steps to call for the passage of @tiffany_caban's Delivery Protection Act. It's a bit of an unusual dynamic, as Speaker Menin has yet to chime in on the bill. Mamdani hasn't done a lot of public pushing for Council legislation like this as mayor.
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When asked to comment on my recent @NewYorker story, ICE said it doesn't use white SUVs in York, PA. That contradicts multiple witnesses I intervened (as well as photos I had access to). But a reader pointed me to this footage from the York Daily Record: ydr.com/videos/news/local/20…
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Menacing workers with a baseball bat Threatening to call ICE Workers peeing on themselves Women on their period not allowed bathroom breaks Those are just some of the horrors of working at HelloFresh Read about it in my latest for @Documentedny 👇 documentedny.com/2026/10/22/…
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What is the New England Review of Boats and who is it for?
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Sent them an email yesterday with my co-professor. Still haven't heard back!
Hey @MTA any reason your press office has been treating student journalists like they're not real journalists? If your press team had time to send a condescending responses about how they don't deal with student journalists, surely, they could have just responded to the question.
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Hi, looking into a couple of stories at the intersection of immigration enforcement and food. If you're a lawyer or organizer who works with immigrant families in ICE detention or know groups/orgs who do, please reach out? I can explain more. I'm at tanvim.05 on Signal.
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Gary Tyler, a quilt artist who spent decades on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-600…
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A 79-year-old Colorado pastor who lost 35 pounds and the strength to walk after being placed in immigration detention 13 months ago has been released by order of a federal magistrate judge. wapo.st/4Bk8KXH
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