He spent 7 weeks in ICE detention. Why his case shows new legal obstacles for immigrants An immigration judge granted Idris Demirtas' release from detention, but that wasn't enough to reunite him with his wife in San Diego.

“My body didn’t want to go to sleep last night because I’m afraid I’ll dream I’m back there in jail,” Demirtas said about his first night home.

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Just your periodic reminder from a journo that when you’re in ICE detention and/or CDCR and they say they might be recording your calls, THEY ARE RECORDING YOUR CALLS

Ok so they’re really really really gonna start enforcing the Real ID, y’all. Feb 1. If you have a passport card though or passport book, you’re OK via @TravelGov

I’ll check it out. I mostly have to do what I’m assigned but I’ll read up on it and can maybe see if SPJ has any awareness on it too. Thank you.

Me explaining to my future husband how it’s not true that you can’t just leave church spaghetti sitting out on the stove all night. If that were true, all of Texas would already be dead, luv. 😘✌🏽

How it started vs How it ended. Yo. Join SPJ today. Together maybe we can make a difference. (And you get a huge discount on contest entries!)

“There,” the great legal mind thought as he added his footnote. “That should put an end to the ‘Kavanaugh Stops’ thing.”

Don’t miss this. H2A worker visas will only go up. www.instagram.com/reel/DSoIj4T...

I’m just gonna note here that my mom still does not think it’s funny that I hid a whole human being (my bestie) in our own house for several weeks completely undetected like the wanna be CIA agent that I am. That’s how little our parents paid attention in the 90’s.

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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

Immigration rights activist Jeannette Vizguerra-Ramirez was released yesterday from a for-profit GEO Immigration Detention Center in Denver. A federal immigration judge ordered her release on bond after finding that the Department of Homeland Security failed to justify her continued detention.

Baja authorities are searching for this 15-year-old last seen in Colonias de California in Tijuana. Please share.

CA Attorney General Rob Bonta finds unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the newly opened California City ICE detention center run by CoreCivic. CoreCivic has said they're following all fed regs. DOJ staff finds some detainees have to spend 23-24 hours a day in their housing unit.

Look I did it! I can't BELIEVE that actually worked and I could follow all of @adamisacson.com steps. But it did, and it took me a little longer, but I could follow all the steps! 🙌That's so cool thank you so much!

Me too! I wanna try - I want to see what nationalities are being sent to MX as 3rd country and try to see if MX Gov will confirm the 7,000+ Wonder where they all are in MX. Haven’t seen a lot of new arrivals in TJ. My laptop just suddenly died yesterday 😆 It’s done for the year, I guess.

Wow.

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'We may be deporting the wrong people': New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.

“The corrections department also provides ICE with information that helps the agency locate, arrest, and deport people who are not directly transferred. CalMatters obtained and reviewed more than 27,000 pages of emails between state prison employees and ICE.“

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My friend on Marco Polo: “I started watching this show on Netflix about this at-risk youth from a bad neighborhood whose parent dies and then he’s sent to live with his aunt and uncle who are rich.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Was he chillin out maxin, relaxin all cool, playing some b-ball outside of school? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Beyond the Border | Kate Morrissey | Substack Beyond the Border brings you human stories about the U.S. immigration system. Click to read Beyond the Border, by Kate Morrissey, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Today my Beyond the Border subscription renewed and I have to say it was worth every penny last year so I highly recommend you subscribing as well beyondthebordernews.substack.com

NEW: @governor.ca.gov & @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov announced an online portal for the public to share information with the CA DOJ regarding potentially unlawful activity by federal agents & officers across the state

Fed agents have broad authority to enforce federal laws, but they must do so lawfully

An immigration judge denied Idris bond this morning during a bond hearing in San Diego fed immigration court.

Oh man. Me and Cubby. This is a memory worth keeping. I channeled my old Politically Speaking poetry scripts for our @LatinoUSA podcast writing several weeks ago.

Same same. I didn’t touch the cherry tho. 🥧🤤

'They still need care': California farmworkers avoid medical clinics over immigration fears Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor who work...

Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor in Fresno County. calmatters.org/economy/2025... via Larry Valenzuela @calmatters

Letter from Reps. Jacobs, Vargas and Levin about ICE’s new policy detaining foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens at their USCIS green-card appointments:

Yo. SD Media. The holiday party at same place as last year. HMU for details. (Or even better, join the newsletter mailing list!) 6pm Dec 10. Be there. Be merry. Be bright. 🎄🎁🎉🎁🎄🎅

Idris Demirtas, a San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs, and his wife Mae Bovenzi, a U.S. citizen. Demirtas was arrested last week at an immigration call-in appointment. He’s the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across California at routine immigration check-ins. Photo courtesy of Mae Bovenzi

A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97

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He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in 'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.

He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.

When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.

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