The British Are Coming! UK Journalist Tom Latchem on exposing Stephen Miller's cruel immigration policies in a post-truth White House and a new plan to treat Panama as an arm of DHS. @thedailybeast.bsky.social
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Daily Beast correspondent Tom Latchem on his PunchUp investigation into a DHS-built deportation system inside Panama, the five-day appeal window, and how Trump is offshoring immigration enforcement.
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The researcher and Substack writer shares his thoughts on the Delaney Hall protests, the Trump administration’s narratives on immigration, and what gives him hope in this current moment.
it's important to remember, this follows a botched surge in Minneapolis earlier this year that ended with two U.S. citizens dead and had Gregory Bovino, Homan's predecessor, removed from command.
This was such a great conversation. If you missed it, please check it out!
Austin Kocher, PhD
Austin Kocher, PhD
Austin Kocher, PhD
When local jails don't share information with ICE, agents can no longer pick people up in a controlled setting. They have to find them in the street instead and these street arrests carry more risk for everyone involved.
New York's governor recently signed laws that ban local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. Homan says those laws left ICE no choice but to send more agents to do the work on their own.
More on ICE enforcement trends and what the data actually shows at austinkocher.substack.com
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The data question we all should be tracking: how many of the people arrested in any NYC surge have criminal records, and how many don't? That breakdown will tell you a lot about what this operation actually is.