BREAKING: (THREAD) Today, in a historic lawsuit on behalf of @MigrantJustice and membership, we sued ICE for its continued pattern of targeting immigrant activists. It’s an example of egregious federal law enforcement and if you didn’t believe in ABOLISH ICE before, buckle up /1 Migrant Justice is a labor rights advocacy org in Vermont. Following the footsteps of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez of the UFW + Chicano movement, along with @ciw, they are the lifeline to the immigrant community + the gold standard for labor organizing in New England /2

Here is a long thread directly at the intersection of the not-missing 1500 kids and the “new” U.S. policy to separate kids from their parents. It is extremely confusing and I hope this gives you a good background in addition to allowing me space to vent via missive/screed /1 CBP arrests individuals it finds along the border and transfers them to ICE custody for processing, where they begin outright their civil immigration proceedings (leaving out criminal prosecution/Operation Streamline—for now, Sessions seems intent on prosecuting all parents). /2