"Lunas Campos died of asphyxiation after guards put pressure on his neck and chest during an altercation during which Lunas Campos asked for his medication. Two detainees testified that they saw guards choking Lunas Campos, who repeatedly told them he couldn’t breathe. The Trump administration has since tried to deport the two witnesses."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #Texas #immigrants #cruelty #violence
/10

heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

January 21, 2026

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

“'Based on the investigative and examination findings, it is my opinion that the cause of death is asphyxia due to neck and torso compression,' Adam C. Gonzalez, deputy medical examiner for El Paso County, said in the report. 'The manner of death is homicide.'”

#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #Texas #immigrants #cruelty #violence
/9

"The recent death of a detainee [Geraldo Lunas Campos] at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner."

~ Douglas MacMillan

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #KristiNoem #DHS #Texas #immigrants #cruelty #violence
/8

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"This [i.e., ICE breaking into homes without a valid warrant] is a deeply disturbing development and one we’ll be following closely. It is such a departure from established Fourth Amendment rules that it’s perilously close to open disregard for constitutional rights."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/6

joycevance.substack.com/p/ice-…

ICE Says It Doesn't Need A Judicial Warrant

It’s been a long time since we took a night off.

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

"Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches."

~ Rebecca Santana

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/5

apnews.com/article/ice-arrests…

"This is only the latest cruel outrage I’ve heard about. All this is being done in our name — the United States of America — with our authority, our tax dollars, and, seemingly, our acquiescence."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #cruelty #violence #children
/3

"ICE agents have kidnapped a 5-year-old child to use him as “bait” to arrest his parents. The child and his father are now in a detention center in Texas, although no one knows their exact whereabouts. They were in America legally."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #cruelty #violence #children
/2

robertreich.substack.com/p/aga…

Seriously, what can we do about the fascist now loose upon America?

We’re in a far more dangerous and violent stage of Trump’s regime. What should we do to stop it?

^{Robert Reich}

"The Columbia Heights [Minnesota] Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks. One child is a 5-year-old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as 'bait' to draw family members out of their home."

~ Elizabeth Shockman

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #cruelty #violence #children
/1

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“'Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing that his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community, to have successful businesses—to live a rewarding life.' This—not 'saving' our 'dying' country, as Miller absurdly claims Trump is doing—will be Miller’s ugly legacy."

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
/7

"We’re giving the last word to Miller’s cousin on his father’s side, Alisa Kasmer. Over the summer, Kasmer posted a scalding Facebook takedown of Miller that made big news. She refused all subsequent interview requests. But she agreed to talk to me for this piece."

“'We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,' Kasmer told me."

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
/6

"It should go without saying that if immigrants were dissolving our social bonds in any sense that most normal people care about, Miller and his allies would not have to lie constantly about immigrants committing crimes, about immigrants stealing social welfare benefits, and about immigrants adopting alienating social habits like eating people’s pets."

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
/5

Yet "Miller’s own ancestors were subjected to similar claims: They, too, were deemed unfit to participate in the inheritance of Western civilization that the U.S. represented at the beginning of the 20th century. Obviously history disproved this, as does Miller’s own story."

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
/4

"At the core of Miller’s worldview is the idea that the immigration levels and humanitarian resettlement programs that existed under Biden posed an existential threat to American civilization, whereas those that now exist under Trump will preserve it from ruin and even outright extinction."

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
/3

Part two of Sargent's series opens:

“'If you import the Third World, you become the Third World,' Stephen Miller declared as the presidential campaign heated up in 2024. “Elect Joe Biden, and America becomes the Third World.

This is one of the single most revealing quotes Miller has ever uttered."

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
/2

theunpopulist.net/p/the-dark-i…

The Dark Ideology Behind Stephen Miller's Immigration Crusade: Part II

He believes immigration threatens Western civilization itself, echoing the same xenophobia once directed at his own ancestors

^{Greg Sargent (The UnPopulist)}

Yesterday, I posted some excerpts from a series of essays Greg Sargent has published about the dark ideology behind Stephen Miller's immigrant crusade. A link to that posting is here:

theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi…

Today, Sargent has published a second, and concluding, essay in this series. I'll post the link for that part of the essay in my next posting in this thread.

#StephenMiller #Trump #immigrants #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
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Stephen Miller’s Assault on America’s Immigrant Legacy: Part I

The man whose Russian Jewish ancestors fled persecution now oversees a sweeping deportation machine designed to terrorize immigrant families

^{Greg Sargent (The UnPopulist)}

"Trump is attempting to create his own occupying army for resistant localities. Initially this took the form of National Guard troops that — along with ICE agents — descended on Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago, carrying out military-style raids utilizing tear gas and stun grenades. But after the bill passed, ICE had more resources. In a matter of months, the number of ICE agents doubled from 10,000 to 22,000."

~ Silky Shah

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants
/17

truthout.org/articles/trump-ha…

Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country | Truthout

With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.

^{britney (Truthout)}

"Despite what might seem like their overwhelming force, those 3,000 CBP agents and ICE officers are wildly outnumbered by Angry Minnesota Neighbors. Moreover, these Bovino operations are hugely resource-intensive, and can only happen in 2-3 cities at the same time across the country.

The terror — and danger — is real, yes, but don’t let that blind you to the fact that right now on America’s streets, good people are winning."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/16

"We know precisely how much of ICE and CBP’s current strategy is just out-and-out racial profiling because during the brief window last summer when an LA judge ordered them to stop racial profiling, arrests dropped by 2/3.

The deportation rate of people without criminal convictions went up nearly ten-fold in 2025, and the rate of deportations of people who have been in the US for four years or longer nearly tripled."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/15

"Now ICE officers are cruising the streets of America without any idea who they’re looking for — they’re conducting 'Kavanaugh Stops,' profiling people of color anywhere they dare show their face in public. Heavily armed CBP agents, meanwhile, are raiding Home Depot parking lots to round up day laborers because it’s the low-hanging fruit of immigration enforcement."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/14

"There is a US city living under occupation by fascist presidential secret police right now. ...

The moment that Stephen Miller set his '3000 arrests a day' quote last spring, ICE and CBP had to abandon any pretext of doing targeted enforcement operations; it took too long and required too many officers."

~ Garrett Graff

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/13

doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-…

"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police

ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.

^{Garrett Graff (Doomsday Scenario)}

"[Brooklyn Park Mark] Bruley’s words show that ICE is not only engaging in racial profiling; they are desperate. It’s now known that the Trump administration feels that it can target just about anyone in its immigration enforcement efforts, contrary to laws and the Constitution."

~ Hafiz Rashid

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/12

newrepublic.com/post/205453/mi…

Minnesota Police Chief Warns ICE Is Targeting His Cops Now

Masked ICE agents are terrorizing Minnesota residents—including local police officers.

^{The New Republic}

"Further, all three said their own off-duty officers of color — all US citizens — had reported being pulled over by ICE thugs who wanted to see their 'immigration' papers, noting that if it can happen to cops in their private vehicles, it can happen to anyone."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/11

"All three of the top local cops said they were getting 'endless complaints from US citizens' about harassment by ICE, and that DHS hasn’t done dick to communicate with local law enforcement."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/10

"Donald Trump’s federal occupation of Minnesota’s Twin Cities has poured something like 3,000 deportation officers into the area, and on Tuesday a trio of local police leaders held a press conference at the state Capitol to warn that the DHS goons’ out of control actions are undermining the public’s trust in law enforcement."

~ Marty Kelley

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/9

wonkette.com/p/ice-now-demandi…

ICE Now Demanding Papers From Off-Duty Cops Caught Driving While Brown

Well of course that's happening.

^{Doktor Zoom (Wonkette)}

"Minnesota police chiefs came out against ICE tactics as civil rights violations after numerous off-duty officers of color were repeatedly stopped by federal agents."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #Minnesota
/8

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

The Judicial Branch Didn’t Actually Cover Itself In Glory in the Lindsey Halligan Saga

INSIDE: Pam Bondi ... Renee Good ... Lisa Cook

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}

"Miller plainly places more importance on reducing the totals of people here—or trying to get here—than on removing people who pose any actual danger. He appears to be actively prioritizing shifting the ethnic mix of the country over public safety."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #EthnicCleansing #cruelty
/7

"Miller’s mission of boosting deportation numbers of necessity requires arresting people who are not criminals or gang members—people who have jobs and have become integrated into U.S. communities—because there’s no other way to get the removals up. But it makes us less safe."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #EthnicCleansing #cruelty
/6

"Miller’s grander aims are best understood as an effort to destroy the entire architecture of immigration and humanitarian resettlement put in place in the post–World War II era."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #EthnicCleansing #cruelty
/5

"When the final book is written on the Trump administration, Stephen Miller may well go down as the most decisive driver of its agenda, the figure who did more than anyone else to shape not just Trump's immigration policy but other core areas of his populist-nationalist vision."

~ Berny Belvedere

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #EthnicCleansing #cruelty
/4