Democrats offered a way out of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but Republicans refused to play. What now?
Immigration
Posted inLaw and Justice
ICE Is Strangling the Minneapolis Economy
Trump’s masked kidnappers are recreating the effects of the COVID pandemic in miniature.
Posted inLaw and Justice
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison routinely sexually assaulted immigrants.
Posted inTAP
The Occupying Army Retreats
The announcement of ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota, like that of the British from Boston 250 years ago, marks a victory for people power.
Posted inSports
Olympic Spirits on ICE
Why would tourists come to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics when Trump is transforming the entire country into a xenophobic danger zone?
Posted inPolitics
Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing
Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency’s surveillance technology needs more attention.
Posted inTAP
Republican Frostbite
Defense of ICE has become a political loser, and the deal to trade reforms for continued funding is off the table.
Posted inPodcasts
Left Anchor: One Battle After Another
What does Paul Thomas Anderson think about fighting oppression?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Bad Bunny Bowl
Fresh off Grammy glory, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny is set to perform on America’s biggest stage. It’s shaping up to be Puerto Rico’s moon-landing moment.
Posted inTAP
GOP on Thin ICE
In the fight to drastically limit ICE as a condition of funding DHS, Democrats have the advantage. Let’s see how they press it.