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Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:
INDY WeekPrisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
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Max GrangerBREAKING: Tree sit goes up to stop border wall construction in Arizona. The action is reportedly the first tree sit in the U.S. aimed at stopping construction of a border barrier. Land defenders on the ground are asking people to show up and support.
BREAKING: Tree sit goes up to stop border wall construction in Arizona. The action is reportedly the first tree sit in the U.S. aimed at stopping construction of a border barrier. Land defenders on the ground are asking people to show up and support.
BREAKING: Tree sit aims to block border wall constructionThe action is reportedly the first tree sit in the U.S. to attempt to stop construction of a border barrier. Land defenders on the ground are asking people to show up and support.maxgranger.substack.comAn incredibly insightful conversation, for the launch an indispensable new book by @jwashing.bsky.social, out now @haymarketbooks.org. With @danieldenvir.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, and @harshawalia.bsky.social
How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant DetentionYouTube video by Haymarket Booksm.youtube.comCorrection: at least *33 people* killed by immigration enforcement so far in 2026. I have updated this list to include Dr. Linda Davis, who died in a car crash caused by ICE on February 16, 2026. Updated list here: maxgranger.substack.com/p/ice-killings…
Max GrangerAt least 32 people have died at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol so far in 2026. These are their names.
At least 32 people have died at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol so far in 2026. These are their names.
Max GrangerI wrote about ICE & Border Patrol killings, and the normalization of mass incarceration and police violence. To date in 2026, at least 32 people have died at the hands of 'immigration enforcement'—more than one person a week, on pace to break all records. These are their names.
I wrote about ICE & Border Patrol killings, and the normalization of mass incarceration and police violence. To date in 2026, at least 32 people have died at the hands of 'immigration enforcement'—more than one person a week, on pace to break all records. These are their names.
ICE killings: Naming the deadAt least 32 people have died at the hands of U.S. 'immigration enforcement' so far in 2026—a year on pace to break all records. These are their names.maxgranger.substack.comOld habits (atrocity apologia) die hard, I guess. From The New Yorker Archives:
The New YorkerTop officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
ICE and Geo Group are blocking an investigation into a possible tuberculosis outbreak at their concentration camp in Aurora, Colorado.
Investigation into possible tuberculosis spread at Aurora ICE facility blocked by private company, health officials sayGEO Group, which operates the Aurora immigration detention facility, is blocking a tuberculosis investigation, county health officials say.coloradosun.comThird person this week to die at the hands of ICE
The Associated PressBREAKING: A man running from an encounter with U.S. immigration agents in Florida is struck and killed by a tractor trailer, police say.
Resharing this in light of the latest uptick in ICE's killing spree
Fearing for his life, an agent fired a defensive shotTrump's theater of fascist terror raises the curtains on its catastasismaxgranger.substack.comA note on the crónica as form and three new translations for @elfaro.net: Óscar Martínez on resisting ICE in New Orleans, Carlos Martínez on clandestine graves in El Salvador, and @carlosdada.bsky.social on Sarajevo in the aftermath of the Bosnian genocide. Read them all @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
'Solo el migrante salva al migrante': Surviving ICE terror in New OrleansExiled Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez profiles migrant mutual-aid organizer Leticia Casildo, in my translation — and two other crónicas from the El Faro archives...substack.comNew post, three new translations. Read them, and more, @elfaro.net
'Solo el migrante salva al migrante': Surviving ICE terror in New OrleansExiled Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez profiles migrant mutual-aid organizer Leticia Casildo, in my translation — and two other crónicas from the El Faro archives...maxgranger.substack.comEl Faro EnglishOur digital magazine, Beacon, has arrived, and it’s well traveled. 🗞️ 🌍️ An investigation in El Salvador. An interview with Guatemala’s defense chief. Chronicles from Louisiana and the Balkans. A short story from Mars. A poem from a Nicaraguan exile. #Beacon #ElFaroEnglish #ABrighterBeacon
Three extraordinary stories in my translation, for the latest issue of Beacon, a magazine from @elfaroenglish.bsky.social Give it a read!
El Faro EnglishOur digital magazine, Beacon, has arrived, and it’s well traveled. 🗞️ 🌍️ An investigation in El Salvador. An interview with Guatemala’s defense chief. Chronicles from Louisiana and the Balkans. A short story from Mars. A poem from a Nicaraguan exile. #Beacon #ElFaroEnglish #ABrighterBeacon
"Fascism itself is constituted through the quotidian violence of the border." -Harsha Walia
Harsha WaliaI have a new piece out Reflecting on 20 years of migrant struggles, it goes into what abolish ICE does - and doesn't - mean; merging of immigration enforcement with policing & military power; and how fascism is made through bordering. Despite resisting it for so long, I also now define the border.
It's not a "failure" if you're not even trying. This is state-sanctioned murder.
Chicago TribuneICE detainees are dying by suicide at an ‘alarming’ rate, an AP investigation finds