Post B1Db5DWzaFY23zrdTM by evoterra@podvibes.co
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(DIR) Post #B1Db5CIQAwIYEW2U7c by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T02:34:37Z
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I’m standing outside the ICE Field Office in Phoenix with a friend waiting for her family member—who is here on a valid tourist visa—to be released from the gulag. This is the same location I’m out in front of every Thursday, protesting against the American Gestapo using this 24-hr holding facility to inhumanly hold people for a week or more. And now we’re told he’s not getting out tonight. We’re back on the phones with Senators, Consulates, and anyone else.This shit is real.1/5
(DIR) Post #B1Db5DWzaFY23zrdTM by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T02:55:56Z
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He’s 27 years old. Lives and works in Rockey Point (Puerto Peñasco). Visiting his family for the holidays. Like he does every year. No criminal record. None. Nabbed during a “routine” traffic stop for “obstructed tags.” He wasn’t driving. Just a passenger. The vehicle was a work truck, so the cops called ICE on the suspicion he was working. He was not. And, again, valid and current travel visa. And now they’re just fucking with him. And us. Fuck everyone who voted for this.2/5
(DIR) Post #B1Db5EdPTsH9UBsH7A by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T03:28:03Z
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We’ve moved across the street in the off-chance (it’s not an off-chance) that the assholes inside who weren’t hugged enough as children are choosing not to let him out because of our presence at their gate. We’re pretty intimidating. His aunt, brother, two sisters-in-law, and me and @SheilaDee. No signs (they are in the car.) No noisemakers. (Also in the car.) Just people who want to take him home. 3/5#FuckICE
(DIR) Post #B1Db5FW0CtwcDVPsCu by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T03:47:35Z
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Holy shit. Did that work? Apparently, we’ve been told that if Sam, the sister-in-law, goes up to the gate—by herself and with a flashlight (WTF?), they’ll release him. I’m ignoring the absurdity for now and staying focused on this new glimmer of hope. Details to follow.4/5
(DIR) Post #B1Db5GXoNezBPPGpfM by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T04:57:30Z
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He’s out! He’s now with his family, and very much looking forward to a shower and a bed. Oh, and food, since they’ve only given him—and the rest of the abductees—one meal a day. Yeah. Nice people, ain’t we? Well, ICEholes. If you were trying to radicalize me even further, mission accomplished. I was using my white, strait, cisgenderd old man status as a shield. Now I’ll use it as a cudgel. 🖕5/5#FuckICE #Phoenix #RhRR #resist #protest #activism
(DIR) Post #B1Db5HgM9NPmwCHAci by squid64@fedi.squid64.ca
2025-12-13T21:31:19Z
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Good he hear that he's out. And yeah I heard about those ICE facilities and the horrible conditions in there. It shouldn't be a thing.
(DIR) Post #B1Db5QnmF9hNDooiwK by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T14:21:43Z
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Epilogue, pt 1This story had a happy ending. But most don’t. In the cage were dozens of other detainees, all of them from Latin American, South Asian, or Middle Eastern dissent. Phone calls out cost $50. And who memorizes phone numbers any more? This has to stop. We need Nuremberg 2.0 trials. It will take generations of work to repair the U.S.’ reputation around the world. 6/5#FuckICE #Phoenix #RhRR #resist #protest #activism
(DIR) Post #B1Db5Z8zEBPx5unm6q by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T17:08:14Z
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Epilogue, pt 2Belay that "happy ending”. 😡ICE, DHS, HSI, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, or some other group of cruel and incompetent buffoons managed to "lose” his tourist visa card, his I-94, his driver's license (from Mexico), and his voter registration card (also from Mexico). So... how's he supposed to get *back to Mexico* now?Whatever our government does to them they'll do to us. This is why I keep showing up, making a scene, and spreading the word.Did I mention #FuckICE?7/5
(DIR) Post #B1Db5hfBYLvXW5vbPM by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T18:03:29Z
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Epilogue, pt 3The Phoenix New Times covers the story: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/mesa-family-says-ice-detained-relative-despite-valid-visa-40628120/8/5
(DIR) Post #B1Db5pohEsHwnuRJLM by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-12T23:05:39Z
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Epilogue, pt 4I’m back in front of the ICE Field Office in Phoenix, supporting Sam, who’s doing a follow up interview with the media. We’re lot letting this shit go. 9/5
(DIR) Post #B1Db5xkNknahOqTyjI by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-13T00:48:19Z
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Epilogue, pt 5As if by magic, Edward’s missing documents—some of which are the property of Mexico—have been located! And by “magic,” I mean we raised hell with the Mexican consulate until they went in to the ICE Field Office and got them. So now, Edwar can return home. I’m seriously considering driving him back across the border myself. And, as always, #FuckICE. 10/5