Social media reaction wave calls policy authoritarian
4 Sep 21 1:42 PM · 2d ago · 8 articles · 35 posts · 165 comments · 4 sources · development 4 of 4
Bluesky and mastodon users reacted with alarm, comparing the practice to disappearances under authoritarian regimes and calling for political and legal pushback, as coverage spread across wire-service outlets nationwide.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) federal agency executing the policy
Department of Homeland Security ICE's parent agencyGreg Chen Senior director of government relations, American Immigration Lawyers AssociationAaron Reichlin-Melnick (reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) Immigration policy analystGillian Brockell (gillianbrockell.com) Journalist/advocate on Bluesky
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch
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first by Boston Globe, 2d ago · also Washington Post, Guardian, HuffPost, Philadelphia Inquirer, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun +2
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first by New Republic, 2d ago · also Independent UK
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- ICE quietly wipes thousands of detainees from public tracking system, advocates say Independent UK · 1d ago
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first by Mother Jones, 8h ago
What people said 24 voices · best of 184 · verbatim
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Disappearing people is what happens in authoritarian regimes. How much you wanna bet this is the brainchild of Stephen Miller? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
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The U.S. news today is nuts. I expect a similar pace and intensity from now through Election Day, probably beyond through Jan 3. Even amongst the swirl, though, this report of ICE/DHS latest anti-rule-of-law doings stands out. https:// apnews.com/article/ice-detaine e-locator-disappear-removal-orders-c3329a70bce424879bc5880b286c019c People in the…
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I think it's much more likely that one day, some government bureaucrat finds an accidentally retained duplicate of a digital ledger of some kind documenting the number of bodies incinerated at certain camps run by ICE/DHS, and then we'll finally know where all the people disappeared to. Because they aren't all making it back to their home…
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Trump's ICE is disappearing thousands of people in their system, hiding their locations from loved ones & lawyers, & preventing them from exercising their constitutional rights. This is the lawlessness Republicans keep writing blank checks for. Not another dime!
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ICE is deliberately digitally disappearing thousands of detainees to escape oversight and accountability. When this is over and all these bastards are held to account, the fact they have digitally ERASED our neighbors and community members so they are denied their constitutional rights is *criminal.* HOW will families reunite? How will we know how…
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Makes sense since if they are banished to a deserted area in Africa and have their passports and phones confiscated, what legal recourse do they have especially since they aren’t in the US anymore? Even the locals don’t speak their language nor is there internet. Probably don’t even get their check for leaving in the first place, I don’t trust…
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The MSM had the story by Friday, which is why I knew something was coming out. Glad to get official confirmation though!
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"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, according to current and former officials familiar with the practice." https://…
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We are witnessing fascist takeover of the U.S. in real time. Every American should be very worried
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It sounds like this is to prevent people from filing habeas petitions, and oh how ironic it's at a moment when SCOTUS said no nationwide injunctions.
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🚨 ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish. https:// apnews.com/article/ice-detaine…
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If the potential energy isnt enough to turn the tide, there will be enough kinetic energy.
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The problem is how long this will last before it’s smacked down, IF it is smacked down. Trump’s third-country removal scheme is obviously illegal, but it took a year and a half to get it smacked down, and the fight may not be over!
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https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/21/ice-hides-detainee-locations ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders Immigration agency’s move makes it harder for lawyers and family to find detainees, in line with stringent Trump policy US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stopped publicly revealing…
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There was that rumor a few weeks ago about ICE investing in a bunch of crematoriums.
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Now these MFs are digitally disappearing people too. Drumpf/Vance magagop prioritize chaos, corruption, & cruelty and MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. REGIME CHANGE BEGINS NOV 3. VOTE BLUE
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Note the use of the phrase "erasing immigrants." That's not by accident. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark as they try to find out where someone has been taken." https://www. washingtonpost.com/immigration…
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No matter how much you hate them, you do not hate them enough
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This is the very definition of kidnapping in the dictionary. kid·nap (kĭd′năp′) tr.v. kid·napped, kid·nap·ping, kid·naps or kid·naped or kid·nap·ing To abduct or confine (a person) forcibly, by threat of force, or by deceit, without the authority of law. https:// apnews.com/article/ice-detaine…
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I'm afraid elections alone cannot fix this.
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“If you can’t find your client, don’t know what’s happening to your client, you can’t get that information to the court to stop their removal,” she said. https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/21/ice-hides-detainee-locations
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Abhorrent behavior. The regime is a humanitarian nightmare.
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# ice is getting good at disappearing people, but somehow it’s not making the # news https:// newrepublic.com/post/215672/ic e-detainees-vanish-system
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I am not a lawyer, but boy does this seem like a slam dunk civil rights lawsuit waiting to happen I know the current Supreme Court is hostile to civil rights, especially those of the non-white variety, but this is a systematic and methodical effort to undermine the rule of law and the judiciary
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