NEWS: ICE collected 6.2 million+ financial records on those using Western Union & Maxi to transfer money—getting names, addresses, & more. It was part of a secret program, done w/out warrants.

They targeted the very services people use to send money to family here & back home.
ICE targeted anyone sending $500+ to Mexico, Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas.

It was uncovered by @RonWyden last month, & ICE stopped the program as soon as they were contacted about it.

They knew it was illegal. They were just hoping not to get caught.
But the program existed for more than a decade in some form, since 2010, & shared data not just w/ICE, but hundreds of federal/state/local law enforcement agencies.

ICE shared all this Western Union & Maxi data w/out requiring any agency to get a warrant.
These mass surveillance programs should not exist. This is Snowden-era bulk collection, only targeted at immigrant families & those who rely on money transfers, those who are usually unbanked.

Congress must do a full investigation. This illegal surveillance cannot happen again.

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Mar 9
We're starting our second Tech Wars, "Rogue One: The Blue Death Star" NOW, on how cops & other law enforcement use surveillance against our communities

Join us, our speakers @safiyanoble & @hypervisible, & the hundreds who registered here: instituto.mijente.net/courses/tech-w… Image
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Then we're going to highlight folks fighting back. Image
Jacinta Gonzalez, our #NoTechforICE campaign lead, introduces the purpose of today: Just like the rebels in Star Wars, we're trying to get the blueprint for the "Death Star" of policing—so that once we have that blue print, we can abolish it. Image
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BREAKING: ICE no longer has access to 171 million people’s utility information following pressure from our #NoTechForICE campaign ‼️

We've cut the data off from the source.

This thread explains what this means, and what needs to happen next.

More: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
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"The data never should have been used in this way.”
This blocks ICE from using personal info to surveil, arrest, detain & deport our community. It’s just the 1st step. We continue to demand an end to the practice of data broker corps like LexisNexis & Thomson Reuters selling utility data, a practice that endangers us all.
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Israel has been separated from his daughter since '19 & has been a leader w @ResistenciaNW during tht time. When Israel's case was submitted for prosecutorial discretion, ICE denied his request w/o even reading his file!

We demand Israel be #HomeForTheHolidays! #FreeThemAll🧵⬇️
The Seattle ICE Field Office MUST revisit Israel's case!! He has been diagnosed w/ pre-diabetes, a condition he didn't have before being in detention & contracted COVID 19. He needs proper treatment.

EMAIL ICE FIELD DIRECTOR! Tell her to #ReleaseIsrael! mijente.net/DefensaInWA
📢 Organizers fought hard for the changes to the prosecutorial discretion memo released by DHS on Nov 29th. STILL, the new guidelines are not being followed by the Seattle ICE Field Office.

WE DEMAND OUR GENTE BE #HomeForTheHolidays!✊@ICEgovSeattle #ReleaseIsrael TODAY!
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ICYMI: Today the Department of Justice announced it will begin an investigation of the Phoenix Police Department.

It’s a confirmation what local community members have been calling for and it’s about time.
Phoenix Vice Mayor Carlos Garcia, Mijente founding member, shared in his statement:

“[The investigation] is a clear message that this department is unfit to serve our community and further violates the violence & distrust that our community has been experiencing.” @PhxDistrict8
The @PhxDistrict8 office has been pushing against violations of civil rights by the Phoenix Police Department from day one — including urging for an independent investigation despite the push back. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

It’s no coincidence that the DOJ decided to step in.
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Aug 5, 2021
NEW: We just released a report w/@JustFuturesLaw & the @UWSchoolofLaw Immigration Clinic.

We documented a years-long pattern of ICE retaliations against activists—arrests, surveillance, deportations.

And we're demanding the Biden admin. stop now. 👇👇👇
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ICE agents followed activists to meetings, photographed them, circulated photos of them w/in ICE, & spied on their social media accounts—for nothing more than exercising First Amendment rights.

It's a constant state of surveillance, w/the threat of deportation always looming.
Beto, whose brother was in @OCAD_CHI, was picked up by ICE in 2019.

In detention, Beto organized fellow detainees decrying living conditions, like dirty cells & unwashed laundry, & was shuffled between detention centers.

He was then deported.
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May 25, 2021
🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨

Thomson Reuters is facing shareholder calls to investigate its business for human rights abuses b/c of its work w/ICE.

The two biggest shareholder advisors in the world, ISS & Glass Lewis, just came out *in favor* of an investigation.

This is huge for investors.
This is how it works: Shareholders can ask the board of directors to change company policies or review business practices.

A shareholder in Thomson Reuters, @BCGEU, called for a human rights assessment b/c Thomson Reuters works for ICE.

That proposal is now gaining steam.
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