Jesse Self

Most DACA recipients are over the age of 31. They began adulthood with a new chance: work, drive & live without fear of deportation. Now, with the admin goal to limit protections they risk losing that opportunity & all they built with it. My latest: npr.org/2026/05/19/g-s…

WOW: here’s an email showing how a USCIS staffer was ordered to include claims in the TPS terminations that had zero empirical evidence. She put her objections in writing to ensure that there would be written proof and because she knew it would open the up to lawsuits.

They Left for the School Bus. ICE Picked Them Up Instead. nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/…

Appeals court rules against ICE’s mandatory detention policy politi.co/49h1m2K

The sheer bureaucratic violence of it all never ceases to disgust me. We say abolish ICE, I also say 1) mass amnesty now 2) free them all 3) abolish deportations. Enough. No one should be targeted with the violence of being arrested, chained, detained due to their place of birth.

Statistics confirm that immigration courts have created a "rocket docket" for Somali nationals, advancing their hearings with little notice and assigning cases to specific judges bklg.org/blog/somali-ro…

ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care’ theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

What's the difference between states like Florida, where ICE arrests are sky-high, and states like Illinois with much lower rates of arrests? It's all about police & jails. Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.

A reminder as lawmakers vote on DHS funding: In less than 10 years, funding for immigration policing and detention swelled by 171%.

Yes, Chicago Names Its Snowplows. The Latest Choice: ‘Abolish ICE.’ 👏👏👏nytimes.com/2026/02/24/us/…

If you want to know where the U.S.'s priorities lie, funding for immigration policing & detention skyrocketed by $20 billion in less than 10 years. Meanwhile, funding for vital community resources–like public libraries–didn't even keep up with inflation. prisonpolicy.org/reports/money2…

Last year, the U.S. spent more than $200 billion on policing – a 40% increase in less than 10 years. Meanwhile, funding for libraries only increased 22%, which doesn't even keep up with inflation. Reveals a lot about the country's priorities.

@BSuslovic Congratulations! That’s great to hear! 🥳👏🎉

I'm thrilled to share that in August, I will be starting a tenure-track Assistant Professor role at University of California, Berkeley in the School of Social Welfare! Thank you to the collaborators, colleagues, mentors, family members, and friends who have supported me.

This is insane. Also, don't think for a second ICE will not make collateral arrests in households.

This is a major expansion of ICE powers. ICE has long relied on probation/parole depts to enter homes residences to snatch people up in states that permit it. Illinois does not! Until now, this was limited to households w/someone on probation/parole. cnn.com/2026/01/21/pol…

In a Historic Resolution, Tommy Lee Walker Is Declared Innocent 70 Years After His Execution in Dallas innocenceproject.org/news/tommy-lee…

@athletelogos @AdamHoge I want this on a shirt!

@AdamHoge The Iceman loves it ❄️

Ben Johnson has been making the #Bears practice in the cold without heaters this season. Kevin Byard laughed and said it’s been a complaint among players, but now he thinks it’s paying off.

And 2 of those are against the Packers 😂 #Bears

ICE's deportation agenda is not possible without state & local collaboration. Learn more from our latest briefing 👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/12/1…

ICE taps new surveillance tech as Trump cuts down privacy protections politi.co/4pVMvkT via @politico