“When you’re born into this world, you’re given a ticket to the freak show. If you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.”

– George Carlin

Guess which person was charged with felony assault in this photo of an ICE agent hauling away a 4’10” woman, an American citizen abducted on her way to work in LA’s garment district…?

A former employee at Alligator Auschwitz backed up what detainees have been telling people about the horrific conditions at the prison, where she said detainees are kept in cages, like “an oversized kennel,” hold 35 to 38 inmates each: “ It’s inhumane the way that they’re keeping their residents. When I got there, it was overwhelming,” she said. “I thought it would get better. But it just never did. They have no sunlight. There’s no clock in there. They don’t even know what time of day it is. They shower every other day or every four days. The bathrooms are backed up because they have so many people using them. On rainy days, water pours into the tents.”

It doesn’t get much creepier than this…

It’s like Faulkner’s “The Bear,” only Pop and Jr. bond by hunting humans…

ICE “targeted” a female priest for expedited removal. Yeonsoo Go is a South Korean national with a valid visa that does not expire until December 2025. She spent most of her life working to protect the rights of Korean immigrants—and was the first woman ordained by the Anglican Church of Korea. “I never imagined my own family would end up being a target of Trump,” Yeonsoo said.

“She’s staying at 26 Federal Plaza, which, as we know, is not actually a facility that has showers or beds or hot food. And so the detentions here are not only illegal, but they’re immoral,” said Rev. Matthew Heyd.

According to a new suit filed in the federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana, ICE illegally deported three children who are US citizens along with their noncitizen family members, including a two-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy with Stage Four kidney cancer. The children and their families were abducted by ICE in April when they showed up for scheduled hearings with immigration officials. The children were immediately separated from their families and denied contact with their parents or lawyers before they were deported to Honduras. The four-year-old cancer patient’s mother was not even allowed the opportunity to tell ICE officials about his perilous........

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