- Good news: Black Deaf Minnesota man Ike Muringai, who was taken by ICE last month, has been released from custody and is home with his fiancee.
- Anthony Paredes, a Latino and Chicano deaf high schooler, was violently arrested by DHS at a protest in Los Angeles last week. Paredes was tackled by multiple armed agents for failing to respond to verbal commands and taken into custody, despite bystanders on video informing the agents that he is deaf. DHS lied to his family and said they provided an interpreter while detained, but Paredes says he had no access to an interpreter. He now has a court date of 1 April.
- Maher Tarabishi, a 62-year-old father taken by ICE in October, leaving behind his disabled son Wael, for whom Maher was the primary caretaker. Five of Wael’s extended family members attempted to step in and care for him in the wake of his father’s arrest, but did not have the extensive knowledge of Wael’s needs. Wael died on 23 January. His father was denied humanitarian release to attend his son’s funeral.
- A Massachusetts-based Army veteran and member of Veterans for Peace, Noah, was detained after travelling to Minnesota and participating in a peaceful protest. Noah has a serious medical condition for which his life-saving medication was withheld. Fortunately, he was released yesterday. Four journalists and one other veteran were also detained at the Whipple Federal Building at the same time.
- ICE chaos in Minnesota has left disabled children particularly vulnerable, with families skipping school, therapy appointments, and doctor visits for fear of leaving home. Similar concerns are rising in Ohio, where thousands of Haitian immigrants are due to lose their protected status on Tuesday, 3 February.
- The family detention center in Dilley, Texas–which holds parents and children– has gone into lockdown after reporting several active measles infections. In a convergence of racist and eugenicist antivaccine policy, unsanitary conditions, poor ventilation, limited access to medical treatment, and overcrowding make the prison rife for an outbreak.