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ICE training ‘deficient’, ‘defective’ and ‘broken’ but well armed

ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’ former agency lawyer tells congressional forum By Associated Press Updated Feb 24, 2026 ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank … AP —  A former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new … Continue reading

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Ruben Ray Martinez, R.I.P

Internal ICE records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit revealed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent fatally shot 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez during a March 2025 traffic incident in Texas, contradicting earlier public reporting and sparking mounting calls from … Continue reading

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What does ‘co-operating’ with ICE mean?

Michael D. Sellers, on Substack, is posing this question and considering consequences in his Feb 12 2026 Substack. Here is an extract: Robert Reich, Substack: Who, exactly, is ICE arresting, jailing, and abusing? History will judge this a crime against … Continue reading

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Killing a country

I read this recently on a Substack: The night before I read this, I had been watching the excellent TV series, Babylon Berlin: Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden … Continue reading

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