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@jonahmv
journalist, poet. ✍🏽for @theintercept // former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup // 🇵🇭 // Send tips - Signal: jonahmv.05 proton📧: [email protected]
We tracked 1 month of ICE's immigration raids in Los Angeles — violent patterns emerged: Federal agents repeatedly drew guns, launched tear gas & flash bangs, beat people during immigration operations. Visuals by @binaricorn Our report @theintercept : theintercept.com/2025/07/07/ice…
Pentagon press releases say 20,000 federal troops have deployed to support ICE across the country. The real number may be markedly higher. interc.pt/4f1xwkx
SCOOP: For migrants and asylum seekers, a tattoo of a clock or an autism ribbon could land you in CECOT But if you’re a Border Patrol agent, it’s all good! The CBP “grooming standard” rules allow agents to have “obscene or gang-related” tattoos — so long as they cover them up
People detained at Alligator Alcatraz aren’t showing up in a government locator. Families and attorneys are struggling to find them. We obtained a list of 750+ names, and are publishing it here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
SCOOP: San Francisco and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from automated license plate cameras with federal law enforcement. In one instance, OPD fulfilled a request related to an ICE case. sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oak…
immigration raid at cannabis farm led a farmworker fall several stories from a building. the worker is not expected to survive. latimes.com/california/sto…
Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon. Details: ktla.com/news/local-new…
Breaking news via @knightcolumbia: "A senior ICE official testified that the agency assembled a team in to investigate student protestors. The team rapidly compiled over 100 reports based on a list of 5,000 people identified on the Canary Mission website."
JUST IN: ICE agents in San Francisco just now drove through protesters, used pepper spray, & brandished rifles at those who had gathered to try to stop an immigration arrest. A woman, holding onto the hood of an ICE SUV, was thrown off. youtu.be/GQ_YGzfaQLM
EXCLUSIVE: ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa An Intercept investigation shows that immigration officials deceived the men now expelled to South Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/07/08/ice…
Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work... Working with Evident and @CalMatters we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. bellingcat.com/news/2025/07/0…
Please read NPR's Anas Baba's devastating first-hand account of the nightmare quest for food in Gaza npr.org/2025/07/06/g-s…
In exclusive video we obtained from a Gaza aid site, heavily-armed men appearing to be US contractors discuss how to disperse nearby Palestinians. Gunshots erupt. One man yells, "I think you hit one!" Another shout is heard: "Hell yeah, boy!" Read more: apnews.com/article/palest…
"ICE is just driving around Los Angeles and racially profiling people." 📹 @JordanUhl @jonahmv Community Defense Groups Take the Last Stand Against ICE in LA: interc.pt/44tvndK
ICE came to my neighborhood recently. So @jonahmv and I talked to one of the people they harassed. This is what he told us:
"ICE is just driving around Los Angeles and racially profiling people." 📹 @JordanUhl @jonahmv Community Defense Groups Take the Last Stand Against ICE in LA: interc.pt/44tvndK
A ‼️strip charge‼️ on the door of a family home …?
NEW: Ring camera footage in Huntington Park, California shows ICE using breaching charges against a family in apparent retaliation for making them look bad on camera.