Blurred the number. Feel free to message me for it if you have info to call in, just being careful in case of trolls.

I don't have words for how angry this makes me. I don't know if anyone has any information but figured it doesn't hurt to post.

EDIT: This was apparently the Target employee who was released, thank god. I am, admittedly, terrible with names and hadn't seen this photo of him.

I'm not sure why this up given that he was picked up then released a while ago. I'll see what else I can find about the situation.

https://www.youtube.com/live/RZ0dWec2uUw?si=QpUK2aVngAgLA-VU

Still not enough, the fact 700 are leaving and that’s not all of them already is a problem, that there’s even more than that in the first place. He says 2,000 will remain, peak of the Chicago surge was around 300.

this won’t and can’t shut us up.

Edit: he’s now saying in the live press conference that he intends to end the surge but it’s “largely contingent” on when “violent and unlawful actions against our officers stops” so he is just blaming Minneapolis for it basically.

We ran out of chairs and people are still coming in!

A federal judge in Texas granted habeas relief and ordered the release of Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias.

The order granting relief is pretty epic. He basically gives the government a civics lesson:

• He openly talks about the government chasing “deportation quotas” and says it’s ill-conceived and incompetently implemented, “apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”
• He invokes the Declaration of Independence, quoting grievances about “swarms of officers,” “quartering” troops, and “standing armies,” then says “'We the people' are hearing echoes of that history".
• He calls the Fourth Amendment a “pesky inconvenience” (pure sarcasm) and then lays into the idea of “administrative warrants” where the executive branch basically rubber-stamps itself, calling it the “fox guarding the henhouse.”
• He straight up frames this as the Constitution vs. unrestrained power, and he does not mince words about what it looks like when the government treats rights as optional.

This quote was particularly pointed: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."

At the end, the judge signs the order and directly under his signature he includes the photo of Liam being kidnapped by ICE, along with Bible citations (Matthew 19:14 and John 11:35). The judge seems just as pissed as we are and I'm here for it.

This is one of the best things I have seen recently besides pics of the protests. I'd be there if I wasn't sick. Thanks to each and every last one of you who showed up today for Alex & Renee. Love you all!

I want to raise awareness about Keith Porter Jr. because not enough people know his name.

Keith Porter Jr. was killed on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty ICE agent, making him the first person killed by ICE this year. He was a father, a loved one, and part of a community that is still calling for accountability and justice.

Because his death did not receive much national media coverage, many people never heard his name or learned about what happened to him. Awareness matters.

Say his name. Include him. Say his name in protests and organizations. Raise awareness. Let his story be heard, not lost in the sea of news.

Say his name,

Keith Porter Jr.