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@gabydvj.bsky.social

policy reporter @ the verge ✨other work elsewhere ✨ writing a book about ecofascism

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gaby :)@gabydvj.bsky.social · 5mo ago

a few days ago, i made a stupid, careless joke. i wasn’t aware of who i was quote-tweeting, which is on me. this hurt a lot of people, and i am extremely sorry and will be more careful, both with my words and who i engage with online, going forward

Carly Goodman@carlygoodman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Maybe it’s worth highlighting that this is/has been project of ending legal immigration because legal immigration since 1965 has been less white. It’s never been about “enforcement of laws” although restrictionists found that focus on undocu ppl helped legitimize their ethnic cleansing project.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Worth noting that Rubio's speech also suggests that the 1965 immigration act is when our "western" inheritance started going to shit. Amazing to see Rubio go full Miller/Vance here. In this discussion, @polphilpod.bsky.social and I go hard at that big idea in what I hope is an ambitious way:

Emily Tamkin@emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am sure I will regret weighing in here but this piece also uses the profile structure to get at what some of what really matters: how movements stay together and fracture, what goes into organizing, online v offline, how activism sometimes calls for annoying earnestness, etc.

gaby :)@gabydvj.bsky.social · 6mo ago

if you’re mad that i profiled will instead of writing about what “really matters” in minneapolis, may i direct you to my 6,500-word feature on the mutual aid networks there: www.theverge.com/policy/87710...

David Noll@david.noll.org · 6mo ago

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6mo ago

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Nikki McCann Ramírez@nikkimcr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please do not let Will’s tantrum over getting the attention he wanted distract you from the amazing Minneapolis coverage Gaby has been producing all month (all while also writing a book because she’s just that good)

gaby :)@gabydvj.bsky.social · 6mo ago

if you’re mad that i profiled will instead of writing about what “really matters” in minneapolis, may i direct you to my 6,500-word feature on the mutual aid networks there: www.theverge.com/policy/87710...

gaby :)@gabydvj.bsky.social · 6mo ago

i told you i was doing a mini-profile of you as part of a broader series out of minneapolis. and that’s what i did!

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I specifically tell reporters on ridealongs that I’m not the story, that I’m bringing them along so they can see what’s happening in Minneapolis. Including this reporter. She said she also wanted to interview me, about why I’m doing it. I would not have agreed if I’d known it would be about ME ONLY

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Even though refugees CANNOT apply for green cards until one year after arrival, DHS now claims that the 1980 Refugee Act actually *requires* ICE to “detain and inspect” refugees who don’t have a green card at year one. Reaching this conclusion required overturning decades-old interpretations.

III. Prior Policies Past policies on this topic include a Memorandum from James Chaparro, ICE Director of Detention and Removal Operations, titled Detention of Refugees Admitted Under INA § 207 Who Have Failed to Adjust to Lawful Permanent Resident Status (May 10, 2010) (Chaparro Memorandum). Under those policies: Failure by a refugee to obtain LPR status, by itself, was not treated as a basis for removal and was not considered a proper basis for detention. If an unadjusted refugee was arrested, DHS was required, within 48 hours, to either: (1) release the individual or (2) initiate removal proceedings by issuing a Notice to Appear. If it became apparent earlier that no ground of inadmissibility or deportability applied, the individual was to be promptly released. IV. Rescission DHS rescinded the Chapparo Memorandum on December 18, 2025.2 While ICE believes the December rescission is valid, DHS has undertaken a fresh look at the past policies and rescinds them anew. For the reasons stated below, we rescind the Chaparro Memorandum and any other policies that conflict with the policies stated in this memorandum.
gaby :)@gabydvj.bsky.social · 6mo ago

talking to a college journalism class today thinking about the best advice i ever gave a group of journalism students (if you're the person at a party who's looking around the room for more important people to talk to everyone will notice and they WILL hate you <3)

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help. “A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities

Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...

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Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi. Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.

Mohsen Mahdawi gestures as he is escorted by immigration authorities in handcuffs during his arrest in Colchester, Vermont, on April 14, 2025. Photo by Christopher Helali via Reuters
Kevin Nguyen@knguyen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Incredible, on-the-ground reporting from @gabydvj.bsky.social. It's easy to embrace the triumphalist "Minnesotans fought back" narrative, but the reality is that the Trump administration has done long-term damage

The Verge@theverge.com · 6mo ago

ICE may have lost the battle for public opinion, and its operation may be hampered by local pushback, but it has succeeded in one respect: It has instilled terror in Minnesota’s immigrant communities, forcing them into the shadows. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: buff.ly/eSAhblK

Verge headline: ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground by Gaby Del Valle Photos by Jack Califano Photo depicts a white brick wall plastered with two recurring posters: One that says Alex Pretty ICU Nurse - Murdered by ICE, shows his photo with red highlights. Another is similar but reads Renee Nicole Good American Mom - Murdered by ICE