Dianne Solis

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Curious journalist/storyteller #immigration #justice #booksky 🦋📚 @dallasnews @wsj alum / Words: Guardian, El País, Texas Observer

Per the Los Angeles Times: U.S. citizens and immigrants alleging brutal encounters with federal immigration agents are now demanding financial compensation. People across the country are seeking millions through federal tort claims, precursors to possible lawsuits.

After raids, U.S. citizens and immigrants seek millions for shootings, injuries, trauma

Dozens of U.S. citizens and immigrants are seeking millions in damages, alleging excessive force, wrongful detention and other abuses by federal agents during immigration raids.

latimes.com

apnews.com/article/san-... San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos. San Francisco is the first major city to be left without a primary immigration court, in a region known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.

San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos

San Francisco's main immigration court has closed, leaving chaos and dysfunction in a region long known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.

apnews.com

DHS officials previously insisted children were not zip-tied during this raid, but in his claim, a 16-year-old boy who hyperventilated at the sight of agents assaulting immigrants said he and his mom were zip-tied outside the building.

Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages

New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed thi...

propublica.org

“Frio County 911. What is your emergency?” “I’m calling from the Dilley immigration center … I’m calling for a little kid going through respiratory distress.” At least 11 times since September, EMS crews have been called to a Texas detention center for children in crisis. Listen to the audio:

under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/ @mckenziefunk.com

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

propublica.org

You know you're in the bad place when a news story about a missing teenager includes this near the end: "Salazar confirmed that Mendoza Olmos was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite her being a U.S. citizen."

Texas teen missing since Christmas Eve believed to be in 'imminent danger': Sheriff

A Texas teen who went missing early Wednesday morning has not been since she left her home just before 7 a.m., according to officials.

abcnews.go.com

“It’s sort of a Catch-22,” said Nikolai Mischler, an organizer for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, a NYC-based nonprofit that watches court proceedings. “It’s completely understandable for people to be scared to go to court,” he said, though it puts them at even greater risk.

AILA@aila.org · last yr.

"These are people that are showing up for their court proceedings like the US government has asked them to," said AILA practice & policy counsel Vanessa Dojaquez-Torres. “They are simply wanting a fair chance to request...asylum or another form of relief."