"People are finding one another"

Breaking: ICE-InvolvedShooting of Protester in Minneapolis

The war against immigrants has always been a war against us all.

As we assemble this week’s newsletter on Wednesday, January 7, the shocking news that an ICE agent shot at a woman sitting in her car at point blank, at the site of a protest in south Minneapolis. Renee Nicole Good, a US citizen, died in the hospital after ICE agents at the scene refused to let a physician standing nearby administer first aid.

We will continue to follow this tragic story as it breaks so we can update TL;DR readers. The continual escalation of taxpayer-funded brutality comes as absolutely no surprise. The current regime promises that their war against immigrants will extend to “anti-American,” “terrorist” protesters. That’s us, folks.

At this writing, emergency vigils are being planned around the country. It’s important to keep showing up to bear witness to these unacceptable developments.

What’s happening in Venezuela

This past Friday, December 2nd, the US public and the world was informed that the US military had bombed the capital of Venezuela and kidnapped its President, Nicholas Maduro.

Widely regarded by US War on Terror experts and journalists as the most naked act of imperialism the Trump administration has displayed, it’s too soon to understand the full impact of this on the people of Venezuela, its government, and Venezuelans living outside their home country.

Instead this week we would like to offer our readers some resources on how US military and political intervention in Latin America has shaped that continent and its people, more often than not for the worse. Here are some links to follow and read more:

  1. ‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
  2. Open Veins of Latin America, by Eduardo Galeano; find a copy to purchase from an independent bookstore here or check and see if your local library has it via Overdrive here.
  3. View the 60 Minutes piece CBS scrapped about CECOT, which includes an interview with the young Venezuelan make up artist who was sent to CECOT by the US government, who claimed without evidence he was in a gang and used that to send him to the torture prison.

The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’

The concentration camp in the Everglades is still going. So is the resistance.

Week after week after week, people of all ages and backgrounds have been showing up for a Sunday vigil deep within the Everglades, sending a message to the state and federal government that this outrageous affront to human decency will not be allowed to function unopposed. The coalition organizing these weekly vigils includes immigrant rights advocates, indigenous communities, civil rights activists, and people of all ages and backgrounds.

Arianne Betancourt’s father was detained during an immigration check-in appointment and is now languishing within the facility. Pastor Andy Oliver encourages locals from the area to join the vigil, and has even arranged bus transportation to get people there. John Reynolds is a Vietnam vet outraged by the violence within so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.” Lois Cohen is a 91 year old civil rights activist. Noelle Damico is the director of social justice at the Workers Circle, and helps organize the weekly event:

“One of the most rewarding parts of this ongoing resistance is that people are finding one another. They’re breaking their isolation. They’re coming out from their homes and their neighborhoods, and they’re saying, ‘I’m not alone in thinking this is wrong, and I’m not alone in wanting to do something about it,’” Damico said.

The incredible work of this weekly resistance event shows that our collective humanity is stronger than the inhumanity this administration seeks to force upon us.

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump on Monday, 12/22/2025, to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The appeal was issued by Miami Archbishop and outspoken immigrant rights advocate Thomas Wenski, and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Responding via email, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson did not mention the holiday season in her two-sentence reply. "President Trump was elected based on his promise to the American people to deport criminal illegal aliens. And he's keeping that promise," Jackson wrote.

Judge permits regime to steal confidential medical data

Turning back an appeal from 22 Attorneys General, a District Judge has ruled that the regime can share location data about undocumented immigrants receiving public health insurance benefits with ICE. States had argued that recipients shared personal information under a promise of confidentiality that this seizure violates. The judge did attempt to limit what data will be shared, but since there are no enforcement mechanisms for this limit and we have a government that openly flouts court orders, it doesn’t like we have no reason to expect that limit to stand.

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