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#massdeportation

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Release dates for "Libromendel" -- my audio drama adaptation of Stefan Zweig. 24 speaking roles. The FIRST production to tackle ICE and mass deportation in the second Trump administration. But I assure you it's entertaining and we've been getting HUGE raves from early listeners.

8/3 -- sonicsociety.org
8/5 -- grayareapod.com

I will have an audio trailer in a few days.

Thanks everyone!

#Volunteers flock to #ImmigrationCourts to support #migrants arrested in the hallways

By MARTHA BELLISLE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Updated 8:38 AM EDT, July 20, 2025

SEATTLE (AP) — "After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom, taking his car keys for #SafeKeeping, helping him memorize phone numbers and gathering the names of family members who needed to be notified.

"When Judge Brett Parchert asked why they were doing that in court, the volunteers said Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers were outside the door, waiting to take the man into custody, so this was their only chance to help him get his things in order. '#ICE is in the waiting room?' the judge asked.

"As the #MassDeportation campaign of President Donald #Trump focuses on cities and states led by Democrats and unleashes fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants, their legal defenders sued this week, seeking class-action protections against the arrests outside immigration court hearings. Meanwhile, these volunteers are taking action.

"A diverse group — #FaithLeaders, #CollegeStudents, #grandmothers, #retired #lawyers and #professors — has been showing up at immigration courts across the nation to escort immigrants at risk of being detained for deportation by masked ICE officials. They’re giving families moral and logistical support, and bearing witness as the people are taken away.

"The #NorthwestImmigrantRightsProject was inundated by so many community members wanting to help that they made a volunteer training video, created '#KnowYourRights' sheets in several languages and started a Google sheet where people sign up for shifts, said Stephanie Gai, a staff attorney with the Seattle-based legal services non-profit.

" 'We could not do it without them,' Gai said. 'Some volunteers request time off work so they can come in and help.'

"Robby Rohr, a retired non-profit director said she volunteers regularly.

" 'Being here makes people feel they are remembered and recognized,' she said 'It’s such a bureaucratic and confusing process. We try to help them through it.' "

Read more:
apnews.com/article/immigration

FMI about #NWIPR:
nwirp.org/

Immigration court volunteer Marjorie Miller gives guidance and support to a Colombian man who was about to be taken into custody by Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers in the hallway after his hearing with an immigration judge in Seattle, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
AP News · Volunteers help migrants at hearings where ICE agents detain themA diverse group of volunteers from faith leaders to grandmothers to retired lawyers have been escorting people to immigration courts across the country. They provide moral support and bear witness if people are taken away by masked ICE officers. The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle had so many wanting to volunteer that they created an online signup sheet, a training video and multilingual “Know Your Rights” sheets to hand out. As President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign unleashes fear among asylum-seekers, immigrants and their families, these volunteers are helping families as people disappear into detention.

Volunteers in Denver, across the nation, flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

Denver volunteer Don Marsh said he’s never done anything like this before, but wants to do something to preserve the “rule of law” now that masked government agents are “snatching” people off the streets

sentinelcolorado.com/metro/vol

Sentinel Colorado · Volunteers in Denver, across the nation, flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallwaysBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press

Volunteers in Denver, across the nation, flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

Denver volunteer Don Marsh said he’s never done anything like this before, but wants to do something to preserve the “rule of law” now that masked government agents are “snatching” people off the streets

sentinelcolorado.com/metro/vol

Sentinel Colorado · Volunteers in Denver, across the nation, flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallwaysBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press

“The family of an 82-year-old #Chilean national…detained by #ICE after he misplaced his green card... …on June 20…he & his wife visited the Philadelphia immigration office to replace his lost #greencard… officers handcuffed him & took him away without explanation... His family was left scrambling…for…information on Leon’s whereabouts… this week, his family…learned…[he was sent]…to #Guatemala.” | Independent independent.co.uk/news/world/a #EnforcedDisappearance #MassDeportation #ThirdCountry #DueProcess

The Independent · ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green CardBy Kelly Rissman

The #IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of #Taxpayers#Data With #ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the #Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to #DHS in order to speed up the agency’s #MassDeportation efforts.

#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration
propublica.org/article/trump-i

ProPublicaThe IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
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Federal judge orders end to racial profiling in Trump's California immigration raids

The judge said there was a “mountain of evidence” presented in the case that the federal government was committing the violations they were being accused of.

sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo

Sentinel Colorado · Federal judge orders end to racial profiling in Trump’s California immigration raidsBy By The Associated Press

Federal judge orders end to racial profiling in Trump's California immigration raids

The judge said there was a “mountain of evidence” presented in the case that the federal government was committing the violations they were being accused of.

sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo

Sentinel Colorado · Federal judge orders end to racial profiling in Trump’s California immigration raidsBy By The Associated Press