Noah Michelson

@noahmichelson.bsky.social

Director of HuffPost Personal Editor. Writer. Queer. More tattooed than not. Co-host of “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast Noah.Michelson@HuffPost.com

My latest for @huffpost.com: ICE Denies Wrongdoing In Death Of Man In California Immigration Facility "ICE can deny wrongdoing, but the reality remains the same: Alberto Gutierrez Reyes died while in their custody," LA Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez told HuffPost. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-de...

ICE Denies Wrongdoing In Death Of Man In California Immigration Facility

"ICE can deny wrongdoing, but the reality remains the same: Alberto Gutierrez Reyes died while in their custody," Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez told HuffPost.

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NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees. But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty

A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.

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At this point, if you win an award on any major award show and get to make a speech and essentially are given a chance and a platform to say something about what's going on in this country and you don't, that's a problem

it's a good time to remind ourselves: love isn't a get out of jail free card or an excuse to look the other way & it's never too late to draw a line in the sand or stop giving chances to people who refuse to change

Dems should introduce lots of such legislation, demand hearings and debate, make a huge fuss, use paid media to call out GOP members who are blocking their consideration--and make clear this GOP Congress is enabling the madness.

More and more angry residents keep pouring in and are shouting at the federal agents, who have been retaliating with lots of tear gas. People have been running up to people getting tear-gassed and giving them water to pour in their faces. It's negative six degrees out here

I'm on site where a federal agent shot a Minneapolis man this morning. It's bad. Dozens of federal agents are facing off with hundreds of outraged residents. People being tear gassed, helicopters above, I keep hearing pops, and lots of loud BANGS. This smoke is from tear gas:

New: In the days following the killing of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, ICE agents in one local office were called into a meeting. “We were briefed on avoiding standing in front of cars, wherever possible,” one agent present at the meeting told HuffPost. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-of...

ICE Agents Told The Obvious After Renee Good's Killing, Says Source

“Not standing in front of vehicles, especially when the driver is still there, is common sense,” one agent told HuffPost.

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Scoop: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requiring officers to undergo more crowd-control training to square off with demonstrators in cities like Minneapolis. This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump Admin Issues Concerning New Training Requirements In Internal DHS Memo

As anti-ICE protests erupt, the new requirement shows how rapidly the mission is changing at an agency traditionally focused on terrorism, drug smuggling and border security.

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