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DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

Published by skeptic

The Department of Homeland Security tried to obtain a Canadian man’s location information, activity logs, and other identifying information from Google after he criticized the Trump administration online following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis early this year. Lawyers for the man, who has not been named, are alarmed in part because they say that the man has not entered the United States in more than a decade. “I don’t know what the government knows about our client’s residence, but it’s clear that the government isn’t stopping to find out,” says Michael Perloff, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia who is representing the man in a lawsuit against Markwayne Mullin, the secretary of DHS, over the summons. The lawsuit alleges that DHS violated the customs law that gives the agency the power to request records from businesses and other parties. Perloff argues that the government is using the fact that big tech companies are based in the US …

As arrests at anti-ICE protests piled up, prosecutions crumbled

As arrests at anti-ICE protests piled up, prosecutions crumbled

Published by Sam Flores

The National Guard soldiers in desert camo piled out of unmarked vans in East Los Angeles last June, cordoning off East Sixth Street, a residential street lined with single family houses, and blocking a nearby road leading to an elementary school. A squad of federal agents moved in flinging flash-bang grenades — explosives designed to disorient — into a small home before storming inside. They’d come for Alejandro Orellana, a Marine Corps veteran and UPS employee accused of being a central figure in a secret confederacy of insurrectionists. A news video had shown the 30-year-old distributing water, food and face shields to people protesting the Trump administration’s immigration roundups in Los Angeles. Bill Essayli, a former state legislator who leads the federal prosecutor’s office in Los Angeles, joined the raid along with a Fox News crew. With cameras rolling, Orellana, his parents and brothers were led out in handcuffs as agents searched their home. On Fox News, Essayli, sporting a blue FBI windbreaker, hyped the arrest of Orellana, a quiet, wiry man with a long …

Climate Organization Behind Anti-ICE Protests Is Leading May 1 School Walkout Plan, Parent Group Reports

Climate Organization Behind Anti-ICE Protests Is Leading May 1 School Walkout Plan, Parent Group Reports

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One of the main organizations behind the recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations is encouraging children to walk out of class en masse next month to help promote its agenda, which includes achieving what it said are “Eco-socialism, [a] multi-racial democracy, and Green New Deal legislation,” according to a April 8 report by representatives of parent group Defending Education. Organized by the Sunrise Movement, hundreds of young climate activists march to the White House to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden work to make the Green New Deal into law in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Sunrise Movement, during its March 17 online membership meeting, called on schools to “train up” employees and students to disrupt the federal government ahead of planned May 1 “May Day” protests as part of an ongoing “political revolution” to “structurally change the foundations of this country,” according to slides Defending Education, a nonprofit opposing indoctrination in classrooms, obtained from a tipster …

Private Messages Reveal Lead Up to Canceled Anti-ICE Show

Private Messages Reveal Lead Up to Canceled Anti-ICE Show

Published by José Betancourt

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines SORRY, NOT SORRY. Newly revealed text messages and emails shed more light on what happened before University of North Texas (UNT) leaders decided to cancel an anti-ICE exhibition by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez. Adam Schrader reports for Urgent Matter that the communications, obtained through a public records request, show school president Harrison Keller and provost Michael McPherson initially believed they could manage “any barking from Austin” over the show’s cancellation and at first considered removing only a selection of works. Instead, they ultimately opted to pull the exhibition entirely from the university’s College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD), a move that sparked student protests and accusations of censorship. ARTnews previously reported on leaked transcripts from a faculty meeting suggesting the decision was an “institutional directive,” driven by concerns the university could become a target for elected officials. In one particularly cold calculation, CVAD dean Karen Hutzel advised gallery director Stefanie Dlugosz-Action on how to break the news to the artist, recommending a “personalized …

Anti-ICE billboards show Angelenos how their tax dollars are ‘wasted’

Anti-ICE billboards show Angelenos how their tax dollars are ‘wasted’

Published by Sam Flores

There are some new billboards in town that want you to know what the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is doing with its newfound funding. “Your tax $ wasted” reads the top of these billboards that can be found around L.A. and in several other cities around the country, including Memphis, Miami and Raleigh, N.C. Other messages found on the signs are: “ICE weapons spending increases 600%, 17 million people lose healthcare;” “ICE cruelty is costing you $28 billion;” and “Funding ICE is a slippery slope to fascism.” The coordinated action was put together by the activist group Mijente Support Committee, a Latinx rights advocacy group whose ethos is “no one is coming to save us, so we have to save ourselves and each other.” Joseline Garcia — who serves as Mijente’s community defense director, as well as community defense training for L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez’s first district — spoke with The Times about the advocacy organization’s billboard campaign. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen an increase in the use of billboards for …

CNN Forced To Admit Dems Are Tanking On Immigration Despite Anti-ICE Propaganda

CNN Forced To Admit Dems Are Tanking On Immigration Despite Anti-ICE Propaganda

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Fresh analysis lays bare the Democrats’ crumbling position on immigration, with voters trusting Republicans more than ever to handle border security—even as radicals ramp up their attacks on ICE and deportations. CNN data analyst Harry Enten highlighted the stark shift during a recent segment, noting that despite the barrage of anti-ICE rhetoric, Democrats are faring worse now than during Trump’s first term. “Despite EVERYTHING that’s been going on, Democrats in a WORSE position than Trump’s 1st term!” Enten said. ? BREAKING: CNN was just forced to confirm that Democrats are PLUMMETING on the issue of immigration despite the relentless propaganda and smears on ICE WOW, they are down -11 points from Trump’s first term! ? “Despite EVERYTHING that’s been going on, Democrats in a WORSE… pic.twitter.com/9LV5DY3U4H — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 26, 2026 He pointed to polling data showing voters believe “They think Democrats will do a WORSE JOB on immigration than Republicans.” On border security specifically, Enten added: “Border security? HELLO! 2018, Republicans up 13. The advantage is a …

Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus Mumford reacts to track being used in anti-ICE videos

Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus Mumford reacts to track being used in anti-ICE videos

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Mumford And Sons frontman Marcus Mumford has expressed his delight that the band’s track, “White Blank Page”, is being featured in protest videos against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). His comments follow the deployment of ICE officers to American cities as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation initiative. Notably, around 2,000 federal agents have been sent to Minnesota, and have faced significant criticism regarding their aggressive tactics. Agents fatally shot two US citizens in Minneapolis just weeks apart: Renee Good on 7 January and Alex Pretti on 24 January. Mumford told Big Issue: “One of our songs, ‘White Blank Page’, has been used a bit by some anti-ICE protest videos, which I’m thrilled about. “I cried watching the news … after what looked like the execution of Alex Pretti. As a band that’s spent a lot of time in America, we’re …

Hundreds of students suspended, schools under close watch over anti-ICE walkouts

Hundreds of students suspended, schools under close watch over anti-ICE walkouts

Published by Sam Flores

Hundreds of K-12 students across the country have received detention or suspension after participating in classroom walkouts to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts.   Such anti-ICE or “ICE out” walkouts have increasingly popped up after Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month. But experts… Source link

Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts

Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts

Published by skeptic

The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to The New York Times. This echoes other recent reporting, with Bloomberg pointing to five cases in which Homeland Security sought to identify the owners of anonymous Instagram accounts, with the department withdrawing its subpoenas after the owners sued. And a Washington Post story described Homeland Security’s growing use of administrative subpoenas — which do not require the approval of a judge — to target Americans. Now the NYT says a practice that was previously used sparingly has become increasingly common in recent months, with the department sending hundreds of these subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta. The subpoenas reportedly focused on accounts that did not have a real name attached and either criticized ICE or described the location of ICE agents. Google, Meta, and Reddit have reportedly complied in at least some cases. Echoing past comments, Google said that it informs users of these subpoenas …

Big Tech targeted in anti-ICE boycott. Could it work? : NPR

Big Tech targeted in anti-ICE boycott. Could it work? : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Demonstrators march in Minneapolis on Jan. 30, calling for an end to ICE operations in Minnesota. John Moore/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images North America In Portland, Ore., Brittany Trahan started buying DVDs rather than paying for Netflix and Apple TV, while Lisa Shannon has been relying on public transit instead of taking an Uber. And in McDonough, Ga., Brian Seymour II has been embracing the cold to shop locally instead of buying through Amazon. They’re among a growing number of Americans participating in a boycott this month, targeting tech companies who, they believe, are not doing enough to stand up against President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown. “ I have not gotten the impression that outrage among the citizenry is a problem for this administration,” Shannon said. “I think money is a problem for this administration, so I’m leaning in on that front.” The campaign, “Resist and Unsubscribe,” was started by influential podcaster and business commentator Scott Galloway, who said he was increasingly frustrated by what he sees as the Trump …