If you have the capability, opportunity to kill a monster, and you choose not to do so, you're also responsible for every evil deed that monster commits thereafter.

A border patrol helicopter was seen circling Capitol Hill yesterday. Theories range from scare tactic, planning for future raids or even active stingray snooping.

So if you have a stingray detector in the flight path maybe check your logs.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n741c

https://bsky.app/profile/victoriascott.bsky.social/post/3lnonj253os2h

@eff

Olivia Hebert: 'Unfathomable': Calif. woman facing deportation for decades-old reportedly-expunged conviction

#CBP #ICE #trump #deportation #immigration
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-woman-faces-deportation-20295051.php

Tlaib: #CBP Has Detained 200 in #Michigan Where People Took Wrong Turn to Canada
Tlaib said the detentions, which occurred over the course of just two months, are “outrageously cruel and inhumane.”

https://truthout.org/articles/tlaib-cbp-has-detained-200-in-michigan-where-people-took-wrong-turn-to-canada/

VERMONT : U.S. Customs and Border 'Protection' #CBP raided the state's largest #DairyFarm on Monday.

8 immigrants kidnapped.

Emergency Rally will be held today 24 April at #BurlingtonCityHall 6PM Vermont time.

I keep thinking back to this pivotal moment in Nov. '23 and wondering how very different things would be if Americans had listened to her then.

c: @factsandfire

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18 – two young German tourists, were handcuffed, dressed in prison uniforms, jailed overnight in Honolulu, Hawaii, then deported.

Their crime? Booking just two nights in a B&B. Victims of Trump’s ICE power-tripping.

This is not border control — it’s institutionalised terrorism.

Don't travel to US if you can avoid it.

"A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months — putting crucial scientific advancements at risk."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-detain-kseniia-petrova-protest-harvard-cancer-research-rcna202180

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US #Border

Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
#privacy #security #cbp #4thAmendment

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/

#PoliceState #ICE #CBP #profiling

"Immigration officials detained a US citizen for nearly 10 days in Arizona, according to court records and press reports.

As the NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media, first reported, 19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, a New Mexico resident visiting Arizona, was detained by border patrol agents in Nogales, a city along the Mexico border about an hour south of Tucson.

According to a border patrol criminal complaint, on 8 April, a border patrol official found Hermosillo 'without the proper immigration documents' and claimed that the young American had admitted entering the US illegally from Mexico. Two days later, the federal court document notes that Hermosillo continued to claim he was a US citizen. On 17 April, a federal judge dismissed his case.

Hermosillo’s wrongful arrest and prolonged detention comes amid escalating attacks by the Trump administration on immigrants in the US. Since Donald Trump took office, the administration has emboldened immigration officers to arrest and deport undocumented people, including foreign students whose visas have been revoked, leading to a series of errors.

'Under the Trump administration’s theory of the law, the government could have banished this U.S. citizen to a Salvadoran prison then refused to do anything to bring him back,' Mark Joseph Stern, a legal analyst for Slate, wrote on Bluesky. 'This is why the Constitution guarantees due process to all. Could it be more obvious?'

(. . .)

According to AZPM’s report, Hermosillo was visiting the Tucson area from Albuquerque, got lost without identification and was arrested by border patrol officials near its headquarters in Nogales. Hermosillo’s girlfriend’s family made numerous calls looking for him before they discovered he was being held at the Florence correctional center, a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. After his arrest, the court docket shows, he was temporarily detained in the custody of the US marshals.

After the family tracked him down, they provided officials with his birth certificate and social security card.

'He did say he was a US citizen, but they didn’t believe him,' Hermosillo’s girlfriend’s aunt told AZPM. 'I think they would have kept him. I think they would have, if they would have not got that information yesterday in the court, and gave that to ICE and the border patrol. He probably would have been deported already to Mexico.'

ICE, Customs and Border Protection and Hermosillo’s attorney did not respond to requests for comment."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-jose-hermosillo-border-patrol

"According to CBP, every single person arriving at a U.S. port of entry is subject to inspection...While most people will pass through without issues, it's still important for travelers to know their rights and how to handle any stops.

Here's a guide on what to do if you're stopped at U.S. borders."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/04/03/my-rights-stopped-us-border-agents/82763296007/

Nearly 1,000 Rally and March in #SeaTac Demanding an End to #ICE Incarcerations, Supporting Public #Education, Student Safety, Public Workers

https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/04/08/nearly-1000-rally-and-march-in-seatac-demanding-an-end-to-ice-incarcerations-supporting-public-education-student-safety-public-workers

Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity #OWLS #MeltICE #AbolishICE #HandsOff #AngleLake #Seatac #ICE #DHS #CBP

”Is the Trump admin hell bent on destroying the US #tourism IDU?
(Trump’s destroying everything he can, in his 1st 100 days)

German teens arrived in Honolulu to begin their 5-wk trip but were pulled into secondary by #CBP, denied admis, sent to a det fac, and deported to Japan *they’d not booked accommodations & were accused onf preconceived intent *were coming to work but didn’t have a work visa (ESTA +VWP: allowing them up to 90 days for tourism). “
-N Glazer
#USPol
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14630155/reason-two-hawaii-tourists-jailed-deported.html

American citizens detained after short trip to Canada
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/us-citizen-says-he-and-his-wife-detained-without-explanation-after-returning-from-canada/

#ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets

Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to bring together data from a wide variety of other U.S. gov agencies, including the Dept of Labor ( #DOL ), Health & Human Services ( #HHS ), Dept of Housing & Urban Development ( #HUD ), & the #IRS to make a centralized database to identify #immigration targets, according to a document viewed by 404 Media.
#cbp #privacy #surveillance

https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-central-database-of-health-labor-housing-agency-data-to-find-targets/

#California is begging #Canadians to come visit. The Canadians aren't holding back! #USpol #ICE #CBP #DHS #Trump #KilmarAbregoGarcia

https://www.latintimes.com/canadians-reject-gavin-newsoms-plea-keep-visiting-california-over-deportation-concerns-i-dont-581157

Customs And Border Patrol Agent Arrested For Multiple Child Sex Crimes
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/customs-and-border-patrol-agent-arrested

US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada #CBP #Nazi #Border #Immigration

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/us-citizen-says-foreign-names-says-he-was?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=101363

BREAKING NEWS: By Executive Order, President Donald Trump has just increased tariffs on goods from China to "one hundred thousand million kajillion billion zillion percent" with "no erasies or takebacks". #tariffs #China #CBP #uspoli #donaldtrump #tradewar #econsky #usa #trump #usmca