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20 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read
The only "damaging indictment" here is on Chad Wolf himself, who let local jails openly flout ICE rules, kept sending people to Irwin after allegations of forced hysterectomies, and ignored the MA AG's recommendation to terminate Bristol's contract for violating detainee rights.
Here's what the Massachusetts AG's office wrote about how the Bristol County Sheriff's violated the rights of ICE detainees.

The report came out while Wolf was still in office and after a federal judge also excoriated Bristol. But Wolf ignored all of it.
The Bristol County Sheriff sicced dogs on ICE detainees and used so much pepper spray multiple people were taken to the hospital—all in direct violation of ICE rules.

Chad Wolf's crocodile tears about law enforcement today come after he shrugged off those illegal actions.
A guy literally passed out in cardiac distress and had to be revived with chest compressions after the Bristol County Sheriff's assault on protesting detainees, and then instead of sending him to the hospital, they sent him to solitary confinement.

Chad Wolf's response? 🤷‍♂️
So when you see people like Chad Wolf bemoaning today's decision to end the Bristol ICE detention contract, remember that he's actually *against* enforcing the laws that hold his anti-immigrant buddies accountable.

Law enforcement for thee, not me.
You can read the Massachusetts AG's report on how Bristol violates ICE detainee rights here. mass.gov/news/ag-healey…

It concludes by saying that "The AG’s Office also recommends that DHS terminate its partnership with the BCSO."

Today the Biden administration did just that.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
20 May
Welcome news that ICE will terminate detention contracts at the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office and the Irwin County Detention Center!

Both facilities have appalling records of harm and abuse, including allegations of nonconsensual sterilization at Irwin.
washingtonpost.com/immigration/ic…
The Irwin County Detention Center was the site of the horrifying revelations last year about immigrant women pressured into hysterectomies they didn't need and other invasive gynecological procedures carried out by a local doctor.

nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/…
The Bristol County Sheriff's Office is run by a virulently anti-immigrant sheriff who's on the board of an anti-immigrant hate group, FAIR.

Last year, the Massachusetts AG's office recommended ICE terminate the contract, citing repeated rights violations. wbur.org/news/2020/12/1…
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19 May
I've been out on vacation for a few days so haven't posted this daily chart, but now that I'm back, time to talk about a not-so-good week the Biden administration is having.

After two straight weeks of progress, the number of kids in custody has unexpectedly hit a plateau.
One of the reasons this week hasn't seen a plateau is that there are a few hundred more unaccompanied children coming to the border this week compared to last week. But that could easily be normal variance and the trendline is still good.
The real concern is releases from ORR custody to sponsors. Last week was the first week since the Biden administration began reporting daily numbers that we saw the average number of children released to sponsors go *down.* And this week is on track for another drop!
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12 May
Border numbers came out. Some interesting trends tracked by Adam below, which I'll dive into as well once I've had a chance to review them carefully.

Big picture? Single adult apprehensions—rising for a year now—continue to increase. Meanwhile, families and kids dropped by 9.7%.
The number of families processed at the border under normal immigration law (and not expelled with no chance to seek asylum) continues to be much lower than 2019.

Last month 36% of all families arriving at the border were expelled back to Mexico.
One note on the expulsion of families. CBP has quietly made a major change to March's data on Title 42 expulsions—and families in particular.

CBP is now reporting over 4,000 additional expulsions of families, meaning 40% of families were expelled in March, not 33%.
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11 May
CBP routinely, as a matter of general practice, takes peoples' belongings (including phones) and throws them all in the trash, except for "valuables" they let people keep.

All of that is against policy yet they just keep doing it. And it leads to things like this. 👇
In 2019, the DHS Office of Inspector General documented CBP throwing away everyone's belongings except for valuables—including this doll and a little girl's backpack.

CBP's explanation? The "items might be wet, have
bugs, and be muddy, and, therefore, presented a 'biohazard.'"
Not all phones are thrown out, and sometimes people do get them back. But it is inconsistent.

CBP also tosses peoples' medication in the trash as a matter of policy, because it wasn't prescribed in the US. But if people are only held for a few hours, that can be dangerous.
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10 May
Yep, another good day of numbers on migrant children for the Biden administration. Yesterday hit a record low for unaccompanied children encountered at the border and the overall number of children in government custody dropped by 1,421 since one week ago. The trend line is good! Image
For reasons that are not entirely clear, the number of unaccompanied children coming to the border has been falling steadily for weeks after peaking in late March.

Numbers are still higher than 2019 but they keep falling. All those who predicted a peak in May were wrong. Image
Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues to succeed at ramping up ORR's capacity to release children to their sponsors.

This week starts with the highest total for a Sunday since they began reporting numbers in late March. Every week has seen an overall capacity increase. Image
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8 May
How much of that $850 million went to building a dashboard for “Operation Artemis,” as we just learned the border effort is called?
Some really interesting stuff here. Once again shows that CBP’s dire predictions about numbers are not coming true, which has given the Biden administration more breathing room. A “daily encounters forecast” set of bars, showing May d
Man, this list of reasons specific DOD sites were deemed not viable to hold migrant children is fascinating. Lost of six military bases and reasons they were rejected as
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