KatherineHawkins
@krhawkins.bsky.social
Senior Legal Analyst for the Constitution Project at @pogowatchdog. Trying to annoy CBP for rights violations as badly as I used to annoy the CIA. Personal account; views are my own, etc.
I spoke to the Associated Press yesterday about ICE’s terrible new body camera policy: apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.
apnews.com
No “may“ about it except in the sense of predicting just how far this terrible Supreme Court will go IMO bsky.app/profile/reic...
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: President Trump is taking aim at birthright citizenship again, this time with a narrower order aiming to deny citizenship to four groups of children. This new order is far less sweeping than the original, but may also violate the Constitution. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 5d agoThis likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.
Nathaniel Raymond pioneered the use of satellite imagery for war crime forensics. His alarm about Google's baffling decision is appropriate. I tried it earlier today hoping it would be hard, but in ~65 seconds I'd put a convincing F35 base in Papua New Guinea. Google needs to delete this feature.
I wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.
ICE’s Secret Weapon Is in Your Community
While attempting to maintain a relatively lower profile, ICE is managing to arrest record numbers of people. Here’s how it’s doing that.
newrepublic.com
“I guess I was in more fear because of what I had just seen happen to the young guy in Maine. I had just seen that in the morning before I left to the movies. So, can you imagine my train of thought when I saw him pull the gun on the kid?”
ICE Never Stopped Chasing People in Cars in the Rio Grande Valley
Immigration agents sped after a vehicle through a residential neighborhood on the same day of the agency’s traffic stop pause, reportedly endangering a mother and son—before pulling a gun on and…
texasobserver.org
Alito: doesn’t look like anything to me bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "They're coming from Africa, they're coming from South America, they're coming from different parts of Asia, and they're invading Europe. They're invading Europe! It's an invasion. And the UK is a prime suspect."
As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.
Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis
Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...
ancljkuy.donorsupport.co
Our affiliates are demanding accountability for: - Parents dragged away in front of their kids - Citizens racially profiled and illegally detained - Families detained in a hot windowless cell with limited clean water - And many more. Immigration agents' widespread abuses endanger us all.
BREAKING: ACLU affiliates are filing 54 claims against the federal government across 17 states and DC on behalf of people who’ve suffered serious violence and abuse at the hands of federal immigration agents. The Trump administration is not above the law.
We only rate dogs. This is a very fast tater tot. Please stay out of the way as he clearly has places to be, and only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: choppertp)
Continuing the recent(?) "longstanding community and familial ties are actually ADVERSE factors for bond because that means they have more to lose when we deny their relief" logic. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
I've compiled my reporting on Camp East Montana into a post on my personal website. There are over 50 reports I've filed on the detention center. I may be missing a few. Anyways, I will keep updating this list as I do more reporting here in El Paso for the El Paso Times.
Compiled Reporting on Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas
Camp East Montana opened in August 2025, photo by me from January 2026 I have been covering Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas for the El Paso Times since the Trump administration suggested their …
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“‘Should I keep paying my mortgage?’ Haitian families confront impossible choices around #TPS. As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.” haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
'Should I keep paying my mortgage?' Haitian families confront impossible choices around TPS
Many Haitian TPS holders are beginning to grapple with the potential domino effects of TPS ending, including financial, family and mental health impact due to job loss and potential detention or depor...
haitiantimes.com
New: The Trump admin subjected at least one person on hunger strike in immigrant detention to forcible medical treatment. A document from the ICE Health Service Corps confirms the first case of forced treatment since Trump's second term. w/ José Olivares
Trump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention, document reveals
ICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torture
theguardian.com
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
stlpr.org
NEW via Politico: The Trump Justice Department has moved to drop its final charge against a California labor leader who protested immigration enforcement — the latest setback for the Trump administration's efforts to punish people who resist its deportation agenda.
DOJ moves to drop case against California labor leader
The arrest of SEIU leader David Huerta sparked outrage around the administration's immigration agenda.
politico.com
"Once again our community members find themselves in a state of extreme trauma, fear and terror," said Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of @haitianbridge.bsky.social. "Her little girl doesn't even want to go to school for fear of coming home and not finding her mother." #SaveTPS
ICE plans to target Haitians as Temporary Protected Status is set to end, sources say
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
cbsnews.com
(Pretti was killed by CBP agents--ICE is often used to describe both agencies, which are both in need of drastic, drastic changes) bsky.app/profile/look...
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 2w agoA letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
Miriam Jordan reports tens of thousands of immigrants got letters demanding civil fines up to $1.8 million or departure, with the government using debt collectors and seizing tax refunds to force self-deportation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/immigration-civil-fines-self-deportation.html
nytimes.com
Geez, Crystal city, if the main Street entrance to the metro is blocked by construction PUT UP SIGNS
Govt takes the position that Kristi Noem made the decision not to turn the CECOT-bound planes around, so Judge Boasberg shouldn't be allowed to explore the issue further. But Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan report that Steven Miller & Todd Blanche were involved; don't name Noem as a key decider.
ICE posted an RFI for over 1,000 "surge parking" spaces in 14 cities across the nation. While the posting doesn't state a specific time, it could indicate increased presence in those cities in the near future. sam.gov/workspace/co...
ICE officer linked to Maine shooting was deemed not credible in court last year. @mariasacchetti.bsky.social and @silviafosterfrau.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE officer linked to Maine shooting was deemed not credible in court last year
State and local officials are rebutting David Brouillette’s claims in court about losing his driver’s license and being employed as a local officer.
washingtonpost.com
New, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...
techcrunch.com
