And all of that is happening now is based on the racist Insular Cases

Opinion | MAGA is coming for Puerto Ricans’ birthright citizenship next

Julio Ricardo Varela: The proposed “End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act” would deny U.S. citizenship to many children born in U.S. territories.

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Stephen Miller: "The president is using his authority as commander as chief to sign an executive order using the new ruling the Supreme Court issued to expand the definition of people who are ineligible for birthright citizenship. That includes, for example, alien enemies ... "

Our new End the ICE Tax campaign breaks down the real economic costs of Trump's mass deportation agenda: higher prices, slower economic growth, struggling local businesses, and American families paying the price. Learn why it's time to #EndtheICETax americasvoiceeducationfund.org/end-the-ice-...

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Stephen Miller’s dystopian dream: Government-sanctioned child abuse

The harm is not just physical.

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Puerto Ricans continue to experience severe water 💧 shortages, but sure prioritize a 2000-acre luxury development for the wealthy 🙄 apnews.com/article/puer...

Puerto Rican cities hit with water rationing measures as record dry conditions persist

Puerto Rico will implement water rationing measures in San Juan and other major cities as a drought grips the U.S. territory with no relief in sight.

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“The Esencia project has a clear goal: to create a ‘paradise’ in the Caribbean for foreigners while continuing to destroy the land and displace the native population of Puerto Rico.” Learn more and sign the petition: c.org/9QwMTxmdN8 www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Stop Project Esencia Puerto Rico - Defend Cabo Rojo

This is outrageous. In the midst of a drought, which has resulted in the Puerto Rican National Guard being called out to distribute over half a million gallons of water to Puerto Ricans…

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In this episode, she traces her personal journey from Philadelphia, New York City, and back to Puerto Rico, asking what it means to be Puerto Rican when your nation lives everywhere, and how 9 million people, scattered across the world, stay rooted to the same home.

Episodio 6: Una nación migrante

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The True Agenda of the World Oligarch Class (feat. Sarah Kendzior) youtu.be/5r8mEzTdggk?... via @YouTube @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

The True Agenda of the World Oligarch Class (feat. Sarah Kendzior)

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Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. “They’re cutting off access to lawyers for these children, but they need lawyers now more than ever."

Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.

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Imagine the uproar if the cards were flipped and white people were being dragged from cars, some shot and killed, many in detention centers cause they support maga. The physical Civil War Would have started again. But since is POC thats ok?

Via @washingtonpost.com The Trump administration launched a plan Tuesday to channel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a change that some attorneys said could lead to people being removed from the United States without a hearing.

Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule

The Trump administration rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to immigration judges, who could dismiss the asylum petitions.

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After failing to overturn birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Republicans are looking to disenfranchise non-citizens whose children are born in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico.

Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights As Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA

After failing to overturn birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Republican legislators are turning to new tactics to disenfranchise people born on U.S. soil. Their latest targets are those born...

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USA named on international Workers’ Rights Watchlist for the first time in history, for “systematic violations of workers’ rights.” www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Trump Is Rolling Back So Many Workers' Rights, He's Placed the US on a Watchlist | Common Dreams

​The inclusion of the United States on the International Trade Union Confederation's Watchlist serves as a troubling indicator of the country’s current state of affairs.

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For #AmericanColony, @deffnotant.bsky.social takes a look at how the Jones Act effects Puerto Rico's economy and their importing of goods.

65,765 people were in ICE detention as of July 11, in ICE's first data since April. Arrests hit a record 1,474 a day, and the largest group in custody has no criminal history at all. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

The state-sanctioned hunting of our immigrant neighbors is resulting in an unprecedented body count: open.substack.com/pub/americas...

ICE Equals More Deaths

Four immigration enforcement-related deaths within the span of one week – with no end in sight.

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I joined @cnn.com to discuss my latest New York Times essay. Democrats need to understand that President Biden’s decision to stop pushing for legalization, alongside his border policies, helped drive Latino voters away.

Grateful to @moiradonegan.bsky.social The Guardian for calling out what US media won’t: ICE is “carrying out the president’s mass deportation and ethnic cleansing regime, is terrorizing communities, stalking disfavored populations, targeting innocent, hardworking people on the basis of their race”

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When Maga’s power fades, we cannot abandon those ICE killed | Moira Donegan

Marco Rubio and Cuban American hardliners like him want you to believe that both the global shock of watching Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd and the ensuing outrage were manufactured by Cuba.

NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...

Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home

The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.

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The 1997 Flores settlement says children can only be in immigration detention for 20 days. A new legal filing shows that kids at CoreCivic's detention facility in Dilley, TX have been there as long as 323 days, & includes firsthand accounts of the abuse guards are inflicting on children.

Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights - The American Prospect

The 1997 Flores ruling requires immigrant children be released from detention after 20 days. Trump is keeping some for as long as 323 days, new filings in a lawsuit state.

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(Gift Link) Great reporting by the NYTimes with receipts on 200+ cases DOJ has dropped/lost after initially alleging protestors forcibly impeded officers - using the law as a tool of suppression/intimidation. At some level, we knew this. The scope/detail makes the case for reform.

They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling. (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of criminal cases against protesters and immigrants, a Times investigation found.

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I’ve been struggling to put into words what these past few weeks have felt like as a Latina lawyer who has spent my career trying to reform our immigration system. I’m grateful to @nytimesoped.bsky.social for giving me space to reflect on how we got here: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/o...

Opinion | Can Democrats Finally Understand the Latino Voter in an Era of Mass Deportations? (Gift Article)

For decades, Democrats have misunderstood Latino voters. Trump’s deportation campaign offers a chance for them to get it right.

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This is a pattern of manipulation: stripping away every detail of a human’s life until all that’s left is “illegal alien,” because it’s easier to kill someone once you have already decided they were never fully a person to begin with.

The Maine and Texas shootings are two more reasons to abolish ICE

Immigration policy through continued militarized enforcement will only lead to more deaths.

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This regime is guilty of Human Rights vIolations every single day www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Detainees at ICE facility in Texas were beaten and abused, rights groups say

Detainees at ​a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas told two rights groups they were ‌beaten by guards, denied medical care and prevented from contacting family and la...

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In November ICE broke into a New York family’s apartment. Their children are still dealing with the emotional fallout.

'I Don't Wanna Remember That Anymore': ICE Enforcement Takes Mental Toll on Immigrant Children

In November ICE broke into a New York family’s apartment. Their children are still dealing with the emotional fallout.

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NEW EPISODE OF #AmericanColony Never Felt Freer During the Negro Leagues’ golden age, their biggest stars came to play winter ball in Puerto Rico. In the United States, they experienced racism. On the archipelago, they never felt freer.

Episode 3: Never Felt Freer

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"A government that conceals its identity cannot demand perfect recognition from frightened civilians," writes @jamilsmith.bsky.social. "ICE mistook Lorenzo Salgado Araujo for another man. He was expected to identify ICE instantly. Only one side was allowed to make an error."

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is dead. How long will ICE be allowed to hide its face? | Jamil Smith

A government that demands instant obedience while concealing its identity cannot expect trust – or escape responsibility for the consequences

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“Women-led organizations, despite their essential role in reaching and supporting women and girls in crisis settings, have been disproportionately affected by these cuts.” Research by Women’s Refugee Commission and Refugees International: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...

At What Cost? Women-Led Organizations, Funding Cuts, and the Price of Survival | Women's Refugee Commission

At a time when humanitarian needs are reaching record levels, the global humanitarian system is confronting a profound funding crisis. Beginning in late 2024 and intensifying throughout 2025, major do...

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Deaths in ICE custody are at their highest level in over a decade — and have more than doubled since Trump’s second term began. Some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison corporations that have received huge government contracts to run detention centers. Cashing in on cruelty.

Dying in Detention

The 73-page report, “Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System,” documents the i

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