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Protesters facing federal law enforcement outside ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon with crowds and police vehicles

ICE Raids, State Violence, and Community Resistance in Oregon: How Federal Enforcement Came to Main Street

ICE agents in Oregon were ordered to meet daily arrest quotas, used unreliable surveillance apps to target people, and detained individuals with legal status — including in Woodburn, where officers smashed a farmworker van's windows and detained seven people. A federal judge restricted warrantless arrests, but enforcement continues. This is federal violence hitting Main Street.

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June 20, 2026

ICE agents in tactical gear restraining a protester on the ground outside a detention facility at night

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The Siege of Delaney Hall: A Week of Clashes, Families in Agony, and the Machine That Crushes Protest

For a week, protesters have faced off against heavily armed ICE agents outside Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ, in some of the most intense immigration enforcement confrontations in recent history. A senator was gassed. A protester was Tased on train tracks. Families were turned away. Pro-Trump counter-protesters arrived to cheer the agents on.

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May 30, 2026

Family photo of the Egyptian mother Hayam El Gamal and her five children who were held at the Dilley detention center

The Courts Said They Were Free. ICE Said They Weren't.

An Egyptian family of six was taken back into ICE custody two days after federal judges ordered their release from a Texas detention facility, revealing the dangerous expansion of executive power where immigration enforcement operates as a law unto itself.

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May 3, 2026

Activist removed from ICE facility in Burlington, Massachusetts

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The Liberal Handbrake Slips: Why 11 Mainstream Protesters Crossing the Line Matters

When ministers, lawyers, and therapists start getting arrested for blocking ICE facilities, something fundamental is shifting in how liberals view the system.

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April 29, 2026

Detainee from 'Alligator Alcatraz' appears on video call with black eye and battered face.

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Systemic Torture and the Cover-Up at Alligator Alcatraz

On April 2, 2026, guards at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz cut off detainee phones for an entire day in direct violation of a federal court order. When detainees complained, guards beat them, broke a wrist, pepper sprayed 32 men in a cage, and caused an elderly man to pass out. This is what systemic torture looks like.

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April 20, 2026

Donald Trump smirks as he poses in front of caged beds while touring a deportation detention facility.

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The Immigrant Prison Boom: Billions for Detention, Nothing for Justice

With $45 billion in funding, ICE is building a detention system that will rival the entire federal criminal prison system by 2029. Detention has increased 75% to 66,000 people, with plans for 135,000 capacity. The goal: pressure people into giving up their rights.

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April 18, 2026