Immigration journalists: if you started during Trump, now is the time to pause and talk to organizers and lawyers who fought for immigrant rights under Obama. I’m concerned with initial reporting that says Biden will pause deportations starting Friday. Policy is not practice. 1/4
ICE and Border Patrol violate law and their own policies daily. Border Patrol is the most corrupt federal law enforcement agency. It took Obama months, even years at times, to bring agency practice in line with written policy. 100 days is nothing.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220

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These rotten agencies have had four years of free reign and largely unquestioned loyalty to Trump. Officials up and down the hierarchy will obstruct administration directives. ICE and Border Patrol facilities operate largely without oversight and accountability. 3/4
It will take your dedicated reporting and the work of immigrant rights organizers and lawyers to monitor deportations and expose ICE and Border Patrol violations of Biden administration’s policies. Get ready for a wild 100 days. 4/4
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