📍 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀: Ex-ICE detainee says elderly, pregnant and sick individuals were treated like “animals in a zoo” while in immigration custody. “There were people that had cancer. They did their first chemo before they were in, and they were not allowed to get their second chemo.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

Ex-ICE detainee says elderly, pregnant women, and breast cancer patient were mistreated in Broward

Claudia Carolina Rodriguez Caglianone, who has been living in South Florida since 2017, said she and other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees were treated like animals.

local10.com

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The Associated Press@apnews.com · 6h ago

President Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.

“Burke Law Group has 26 employees across eight offices … None of the firm's attorneys list immigration law as a practice area. Instead, their practices include administrative law, white-collar defense, commercial litigation, securities litigation and other areas.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

Abuse of Power Watch@abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 3h ago

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Small Texas law firm without immigration expertise is set to receive a $150M contract to represent thousands of immigrant children. Meanwhile, advocacy groups that had formerly represented kids are still owed millions in overdue fees by the Trump administration. #AbuseofPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Small Texas law firm without immigration expertise is set to receive a $150M contract to represent thousands of immigrant children. Meanwhile, advocacy groups that had formerly represented kids are still owed millions in overdue fees by the Trump administration. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Small Texas law firm without immigration expertise set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children

The Trump administration is set to award a $150 million contract to a Texas law firm without immigration expertise to represent migrant children in custody.

abcnews.com

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WIRED@wired.com · 2d ago

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now, the genetic information of hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime–including children–are held in an FBI criminal database forever.

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE is scouring the internet from FB to IG to X for speech "that could endanger the agency's mission". It has paid millions to uncover potential threats or activities that could "disrupt ICE's operations," signaling increased surveillance. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

wsj.com

📍 𝐄𝐋 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐎, 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: The fed. govt has ceased funding a program that provided legal representation for children, leaving more than 20,000 children without support. As a result, Estrella de Paso, one of the immigrant legal aid organizations funded by this program, will shut down. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Migrant children lose legal aid as El Paso program shuts down

Estrella del Paso is shutting down its defense program for unaccompanied minors as a federal contract ends.

elpasotimes.com

📍𝐎𝐇𝐈𝐎 Around 50 Haitian immigrants who were under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) were called in for ICE check-in and were conditionally released with ankle monitors after the Trump administration ended TPS for Haitians on July 27th. #AbuseofPowerWatch

ICE begins outfitting Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors, attorneys say

Haitian immigrants in Ohio with temporary protected status are being called to ICE offices for check-ins after federal officials said their protections had ended.

washingtonpost.com

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐘 Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a father, is now the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year. He was held at Delaney Hall, which has been under national attention earlier this year for allegations of physical abuse and spoiled food. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Immigrant being held at Delaney Hall dies, marking 22nd death in ICE custody

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, was arrested in New Jersey in June, and died after a ‘medical emergency’, agency said

theguardian.com

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: DHS is directing ICE to pursue conspiracy charges against people accused of helping immigrants evade arrest, signaling an escalation in enforcement that expands potential criminal liability beyond undocumented immigrants to those alleged to assist them. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door

The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.

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Candice Norwood@candicenorwood.bsky.social · 6d ago

Norma Bowe, a nurse in New Jersey, runs a mobile health clinic that stops outside Delaney Hall detention center, where she provides blood pressure checks, stroke assessments and other care. Yesterday, she told me about the day she says she was assaulted by an ICE agent. My latest via @19thnews.org

📍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: At least 11 Bay Area residents have been detained by ICE at airports in recent weeks, including asylum seekers, people with pending green card applications, visa holders, and spouses of U.S. citizens — many with no criminal record. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

At least 11 Bay Area residents have been detained in ICE airport crackdown

Bay Area politicians, attorneys and activists are warning immigrants with unresolved immigration issues to avoid traveling through airports.

sfchronicle.com

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are on the verge of losing their legal representation after the Trump administration allowed a federal legal services contract to expire. Advocates warn many children could be forced to face immigration court alone. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Thousands of immigrant children may soon face a judge alone

A federal contract that provides attorneys for vulnerable undocumented minors is set to expire Friday. Advocates fear children will be left to defend themselves in court alone.

washingtonpost.com

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: The Trump administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is leaving hundreds of thousands of longtime residents at risk of losing their work authorization and facing deportation to a country still gripped by widespread violence. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

They immigrated legally. Under Trump, 1.8 million have been ‘de-legalized.’

Lawful channels allowed them to come to America. Now many face deportation to countries they say they won’t survive.

ms.now

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FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 7d ago

ICE has awarded an additional $776 million to Texas' largest detention facility despite calls to close it over violence against detainees.

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America's Voice@americasvoice.bsky.social · last wk.

📍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: A court-appointed monitor found that California's largest ICE detention center failed every major measure of adequate medical care, documenting missed medications, delayed treatment, inadequate mental health care, and systemic failures that put immigrants at risk. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE is increasingly using TSA passenger information to identify and arrest people at airports, with plainclothes agents detaining travelers at security checkpoints, boarding gates, and baggage claim after domestic flights. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

nytimes.com

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: A federal judge ordered ICE to release a key witness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Araujo Salgado, finding that his detention violated his due process rights. The witness disputes DHS’s account of the shooting and had previously been protected from deportation. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Judge orders immigration officials to release key witness in Texas ICE shooting

A federal judge has ordered U.S. immigration authorities to release a key witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by a U.S.

apnews.com

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: As Temporary Protected Status protections expire, thousands of TPS holders are at immediate risk of losing their work authorization and facing deportation, even though many have lived in the U.S. for years and built families and careers here. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Thousands of TPS holders could face deportation as work permits are set to expire

Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire, after the Trump administration stripped them of temporary protected status.

npr.org

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)@cliniclegal.bsky.social · last wk.

The facility is owned by GEO Group, one of the largest private prison operators in the country. Documents show that the facility will have about 1,400 beds, making it among the largest detention centers on the East Coast. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

📍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: A California family has filed a lawsuit after federal immigration agents allegedly opened fire on their truck without warning, then arrested the driver and accused him of assaulting officers despite later dropping the criminal charges. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun

After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and his family are seeking justice, and says the harro...

theguardian.com

📍 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒: A longtime green card holder has spent nearly a year in ICE detention while fighting deportation, forcing her daughters to take over the family's mortgage, legal bills, and household expenses. The family says she remains detained far from home as her appeals continue. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Illinois woman with green card has been detained by ICE for 12 months. Her daughters plead for her release.

ICE arrested Beata Siemionkowicz, a Poland native and green card holder of more than two decades, last year while she was gardening in her daughter’s backyard in Des Plaines.

chicagotribune.com

📍 𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐍: Oregon State Police and the FBI are investigating after armed men posing as ICE agents allegedly pulled over a driver, forced them into an SUV at gunpoint, assaulted them, and held them for up to 20 minutes before releasing them. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Officials investigating assault by fake ICE officer near Woodburn

Officials are investigating a report of men impersonating immigration enforcement agents and tossing a person from their vehicle in Clackamas County.

statesmanjournal.com

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ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency.

📍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀: A Ukrainian woman was violently detained by plainclothes ICE agents inside San Francisco International Airport, with video showing her on the ground screaming for help as bystanders questioned why officers had not identified themselves. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Video shows ICE agents in plain clothes detaining Ukrainian woman at SFO

Video of the arrest posted on social media by Richmond City Councilmember Doria Robinson, shows Iryna Gorb asking for help as agents in plainclothes detain her at SFO.

abc7news.com

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊: An investigation found ICE is increasingly relying on license plate reader technology to locate and track people for immigration enforcement, allowing agents to identify vehicles and conduct traffic stops far from the border. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

ICE is arresting immigrants on Long Island by surveilling parking lots and running license plates

A Newsday review of court records sheds new light on ICE's Long Island operation and where it's happening.

newsday.com

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Ruth Delgado@heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2w ago

‼️ ICE goons kidnapped a U.S. citizen in Passaic, NJ ‼️ Prior to this video being taken, he was confronting ICE for trying to kidnap his neighbors. Video from 8:25am on 7/23/26

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: New witness accounts contradict ICE's version of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, with passengers saying officers were not in danger and that Salgado had already parked the van when agents opened fire. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Passengers in Texas ICE shooting say officers not in danger, driver was parking when shots fired

Two witnesses have told a federal court the immigration agent who fatally shot a Mexican man in Houston on July 7 was in no danger of being run over.

apnews.com

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE and CBP are now averaging 1,593 immigration arrests per day — the highest daily rate since the administration took office — and are on pace to exceed 50,000 arrests in July alone. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

ICE and CBP averaging 1,593 arrests per day, highest since Trump took office

Arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have surged in recent weeks to the highest levels seen in the Trump administration, according to new government data released overnight. In the firs...

denvergazette.com

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: A new report documents 59 current and former ICE and Border Patrol agents accused, charged, or convicted of violent or sexual crimes, including offenses against children. These cases reflect systemic failures in hiring, oversight, and accountability. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

They Walk Among Us - Criminal ICE and Border Agents — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released “They Walk Among Us: A List of 59 Sexually and Physically Abusive ICE and Border Agents,” an analysis of sexual and violent crimes committed by ICE and Border Patr...

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