The Immigrant Legal Resource Center

“After immigration authorities detained a man in Emeryville last week and brought him to an Alameda County hospital, some medical staff said they didn’t receive legally required training that would have helped them respond to enforcement activity.” 🔗

“The right to due process is a fundamental constitutional protection, and it is meant to protect every person in this country. Because of today’s decision, that right is hollow for immigrants in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi” 🔗

“The division is growing under a rule that took effect Oct. 6, 2025, and gave USCIS the power to make arrests, carry firearms, and execute search and arrest warrants.” 🔗

“Appearing on Fox News over the weekend, border czar Tom Homan gave the starkest indication yet that the administration is moving forward with plans to “denaturalize” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), stripping her of U.S. citizenship status that she’s had since she was 17 years old. 🔗

“This fight is not only about whether I get to stay in this country, it’s really about whether anyone in this country can speak out for Palestinians without being punished for it,” Khalil said during a press conference on Monday.” 🔗

“The Fresno City Council will decide…whether to set aside a record amount of funding for legal support for the city’s immigrant residents as a surge in…enforcement continues to rattle the Central Valley.” Fresno may follow other cities in securing a needed Immigrant Legal Defense Fund. 🔗

“Since President Donald Trump’s return to office, federal immigration agents have secretly detained people — cutting them off from lawyers and family — for hours, days and, in some cases, weeks, according to numerous media reports.” 🔗

“Houston city officials retained a conservative consulting firm this year to assist with Mayor John Whitmire's initiative to address homelessness, a spokesperson for Mayor John Whitmire’s office told Houston Public Media on Thursday.” 🔗

“Federal agents spent the past week grabbing people off the streets in and around Fresno, with local immigrant advocates condemning what they described as widespread warrantless detentions throughout the Central Valley, just weeks before the midterm elections.” 🔗

“On Friday, an off-duty ICE officer described by police as “intoxicated and agitated” was found passed out before assaulting a Fresno homeowner. Police said the 72-year-old Tower District man shot the drunken ICE agent in self defense.”

“The naturalization cliff that we see in the data, it’s unprecedented,” said Lucia Martel Dow, director of the New Americans Campaign at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.” 🔗

AI-generated images showing fake ICE arrests are circulating across WhatsApp & social media, spreading fear among immigrant communities in CA. Some families are avoiding work & school because of these false reports. 🔗 sfstandard.com/2026/10/17/a...

“ICE signed seven contracts with a combined ceiling of around $8 billion for construction at 13 government-owned sites nationwide, including several outside of the continental United States.” Remember — the violence the state is enacting on our communities is to engorge their own pockets! 🔗

“The statute does not define “material support.” For generations, the U.S. government has weaponized the term “terrorist” and lodged it against specific groups of people as needed and by any means necessary. Immigrants are next. 🔗

“A group of previously detained immigrants has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging the agency is unlawfully refusing to return their documents and personal items long after they were released from custody.” 🔗

The Trump admin is now attacking refugees — a category of relief falling under the MOST scrutinized applications for entering the country. None of this has EVER been about safety. It’s been about racism, fascism, and exerting authoritarian violence on our communities. 🔗

“The Trump administration is cutting the time refugees have to contest the termination of their status, a move critics say could put tens of thousands of people who fled persecution and wars in their home countries on a path to deportation.“

“The city of San Antonio filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government to try to block an immigration detention center from opening on the East Side.” San Antonio local electeds are showing the rest of the country what the power of public office can do when leveraged against ICE. 🔗

GardaWorld is colluding with ICE and DHS to renovate and operate a detention center in San Antonio, Texas. With a price tag of over $380 MILLION — it’s clear that the terror on our streets is a point of profit for private stakeholders. 🧵