Target Practice

“Protesters, observers and passersby taken into custody by federal agents were declared terrorists and attackers in hundreds of social-media posts by U.S. officials and departments since the start of the immigration sweeps in cities … Of the 279 people accused by officials on X of attacking federal officers in the past year, 181 were U.S. citizens, the Journal found. Close to half of those Americans were never charged with assault. None have been convicted at trial.” WSJ (Gift Article): Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown. (Just in case Minneapolis didn’t already convince you of that…)

+ ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community. (Feel safer?)

+ “At one point he said he overheard a security guard talking about bets made among the staff over which detainee would be next to die by suicide.” AP: Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility.