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New ICE locations in the South

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CONFIRMED purchased warehouses:

10900 Hopewell Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740 (capacity 1,500)

3619 Atlanta Hwy, Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (capacity 1,500)

542 SE Loop 410 Acc Rd, San Antonio, TX 78220 (capacity 1,500)

1365 E Hightower Trail, Social Circle, GA 30025 (capacity 8,500)

UNCONFIRMED proposed warehouses:

2070 Commercial Dr, Port Allen, LA 70767 (capacity 500) – Owned by CAP INDUSTRIAL PARK LLC (https://wbrassessor.azurewebsites.net/Details?parcelNumber=305200012800/0)

8660 Transport Dr, Orlando, FL 32832 (capacity 1,500) – Owned by BEACHLINE LOGISTICS CENTER LLC (https://ocpaweb.ocpafl.org/parcelsearch/Parcel%20ID/312336384900013)

950 I-45, Hutchins, TX 75141 (capacity 9,500)

New and expanded offices (from WIRED):

Washington, DC – Potomac Center North

Jacksonville, FL – One Enterprise Center

Miami, FL – One Riverview Square

Naples, FL – 75 Vineyards Boulevard

Orlando, FL – 12249 Science Drive

Sunrise, FL – 1551 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway

Alexandria, LA – 1201 Third Street

Cockeysville, MD – 201 International Circle

Hyattsville, MD – 6505 Belcrest Road

Cary, NC – 11000 Regency Lakeview

Charlotte, NC – Whitehall Corporate Center

Oklahoma City, OK – Corporate Tower

Columbia, SC – 1441 Main Street

Memphis, TN – 5904 Ridgeway Center Parkway

Nashville, TN – Estes Kefauver Federal Building

Nashville, TN – Nashville House Office Building

Eagle Pass, TX – 3381 US Highway 277

El Paso, TX – Epicenter Office Community

Harlingen, TX – 222 E. Van Buren Avenue

Irving, TX – 125 E. John Carpenter Freeway

San Antonio, TX – 15727 Anthem Parkway

The Woodlands, TX – 1700 Hughes Landing

Annandale, VA – Heritage Center

Richmond, VA – The Moorefield

Sterling, VA – Cabot Park

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data centers incoming

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DCFL BHM01, marketed as the Birmingham AI Factory, is a planned 300-megawatt data center to be operated by Nebius Group N.V. of Amsterdam on the site of the former Regions Lakeshore Operations Center at 201 Milan Parkway in the Oxmoor Corporate Park in Birmingham’s Oxmoor neighborhood.

Nebius acquired the former bank operations center and adjoining parcels totaling 75 acres for $90 million in 2025. Hoar Construction was awarded the contract for initial construction, which is expected to be completed in 2028. A demolition permit for the existing building was awarded in January 2026.

The company negotiated with Alabama Power Company for its electrical needs, and is constructing a power substation on site. The facility is designed to operate with a closed-loop cooling system, which would use significantly less water than the former banking center.

Nebius has projected that its operation would employ about 100 people, and would “generate $80 million annually for Birmingham City and Jefferson County Schools.” It also plans to offer its “TripleTen” online career training program to local grade schools. It has applied for sales and use tax abatement incentives from the Birmingham Industrial Development Board.

Source: https://bhamwiki.com/w/DCFL_BHM01

Data center developer snags Bham land for $90M: https://archive.ph/xCzvN

Nebius executive details billion-dollar plans for Birmingham AI factory: https://archive.ph/xCzvN

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Miami-Dade Woman Faces 11 Counts of Attempted Murder, Arson in Alleged Attack on Sheriff’s Office

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January 25, 2026

A 36-year-old woman has been arrested for an alleged arson attack at a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office station, authorities confirmed. She faces 11 counts of second-degree attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and arson, according to the Miami Herald.

Officials reported that [name] purchased Tampico juice containers at an Exxon gas station on NE 79th Street, emptied and refilled them with gasoline, and pre-paid $5 for fuel. She then entered the MDSO Northside District Office, poured gasoline in the lobby, and ignited it, according to NBC Miami and the arrest affidavit. Deputy A. Young witnessed the incident at 2:12 p.m. and detained [name] after she left the building. Deputy J. Socarras extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher, and no injuries were reported.

[Name] appeared in court yesterday and expressed a desire to plead guilty, but the judge denied bond. She is currently being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center awaiting further proceedings. Eleven deputies were inside the station at the time of the alleged arson.

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Immigrant families detained in San Antonio-area lockup protest ICE detention of 5-year-old boy

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January 25, 2026

Immigrant families protested Saturday inside a detention facility near San Antonio where federal authorities sent 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy Liam Conejo Ramos and his father after detaining them in Minneapolis last week.

Aerial photos captured by the Associated Press show parents and children at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley holding signs reading “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids” as they’re surveyed by guards. The lockup is located an hour southwest of the Alamo City.

“The message we want to send is for them to treat us with dignity and according to the law. We’re immigrants with children, not criminals,” Maria Alejandra Montoya Sanchez, 31, told the AP in a phone interview from the Dilley site. She and her 9-year-old daughter have been confined there since October.

Department of Homeland Security officials didn’t respond to the AP’s request for comment.

In videos shared on social media platform X, immigration attorney Eric Lee said detainees were protesting the treatment of Ramos, whose detention triggered a national uproar.

In the video clips, Lee explains he was ejected from the detention center while visiting a client held there. In the footage, inmates can he heard chanting “Let us go!” and “Libertad!” as the attorney films from the parking lot. Eventually, a detention center employee demands that he leave the premises altogether.

In one of the videos, Lee relates that he’d spoken to people inside the facility via phone and learned that around 80% of detainees, or a total of 1,500 people, participated in the demonstration.

“Guards are trying to physically block people from protesting — from joining the protest,” Lee says in the clip. “They’ve closed off a gate between two separate parts of the facility to prevent another section of the detention center from joining the protest. Up along the highway and on the roads, you can still see ICE, [Customs and Border Patrol] and county sheriffs’ vehicles traveling to this.”

As he closes out the video, Lee says he hopes the crackdown on the prisoners won’t turn violent.

ICE agents sent Ramos and his father to Dilley after detaining them outside their Minneapolis home. Family and neighbors maintain agents used the child as “bait” to convince his mother to open the door — an account ICE officials deny.

The South Texas Family Residential Center is the only family detention center currently operating in the U.S. Although the Biden White House shuttered it in 2024, President Donald Trump ordered it reopened when he returned for a second term.

Court testimony filed by immigrant advocacy group RAICES in July reported that Dilley detainees voiced concerns about lack of heath care, clean drinking water and the absence of adequate food. One detainee said her 9-month-old son lost more than 9 pounds during the first month of the family’s detention.

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Response to the pro-war left’s “petition”

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de.indymedia.org
December 25th, 2025

/ English / Ελληνικά / Românesc / Magyarul / Česky / Slovensky / yкраїнський / Русский / Español / Português / Français / Italiano / Dutch / Viimeistele / Deutsch /

A statement in support of Solidarity Collectives and ABC-Belarus has been published on the internet, signed by a number of groups and individuals[1]. We are publishing our response, which is not, however, a dialogue with these open and covert supporters of militarism. We simply want to share our analysis publicly and strengthen the connection between people with an anti-militarist and revolutionary defeatist perspective.

The statement to which we are responding was written by supporters of the war, who reproduce a binary narrative for this purpose: empathetic and supportive Eastern European anarchists versus arrogant and unsupportive anarchists from Western Europe. This narrative is false and manipulative. Those who share this narrative refuse to acknowledge that criticism of pro-war projects such as Solidarity Collectives and ABC-Belarus also exists within the anarchist milieu in Eastern Europe. The signatories of the statement ignore this anti-militarist tendency in their narrative or lie when they claim that these are Putinists or pro-Russian propagandists. They repeatedly claim that the “Eastern European voice” is overlooked in Western Europe, while they themselves overlook anti-militarist and anti-war voices from Eastern European regions. It should be added that these overlooked voices also come from a relatively large number of people directly from the war zone. By this we mean not only anarchist collectives, but also other working-class people who refuse to support the war efforts of “their” and neighboring states. Let’s look at how many people have deserted from the Russian and Ukrainian armies and how many people in both countries are avoiding mobilization[2]. Hundreds of thousands of people are ignored by this “radical left” that tells us it represents the voices of Eastern Europe and fights against the arrogance of the West. Their binary narrative is hypocritical. The contradiction is not between anarchists from the West and those from the East. There is only a contradiction between the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary tendencies, which exist in all regions.

We quote from their statement: “They are writing various kinds of “statements” condemning work in support of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.”

We respond: We do not condemn resistance to the Russian invasion. We are not even opposed to armed struggle, as long as it does not replicate militaristic logic and is directed against states and their armies. However, we reject the strategy of conventional warfare and militaristic forms of struggle. From an anarchist perspective, resistance to the aggressive policies of one state (e.g., Russia) should not be a practical service in the defense of another state (e.g., Ukraine). We support autonomous resistance against Putinism and Russian imperialism, but also against the Zelensky regime and EU/NATO imperialism. This is anarchist resistance against war.

We quote from their statement: “We believe in the need for dialogue on controversial issues.”

We respond: They have long presented themselves as “experts in monologue”, but suddenly they pretend to be interested in dialogue. This is not at all convincing. People who deliberately avoid face-to-face dialogue, slander anarchists[3], engage in dangerous doxxing[4], and are verbally and physically aggressive[5] are collaborating on these projects. Some signatories also pressure other groups to prevent anti-militarists from attending anarchist events[6] or directly participate in sabotaging anti-militarist activities[7]. We believe that the call for dialogue is a manipulative political calculation in this context. They want to gain spaces in which they will receive money and resources for soldiers. We believe that they do not want to listen to criticism from their opponents and discuss controversial issues. Anarchists have repeatedly expressed critical analysis of their militaristic and pro-war tendencies in the past. There has been no self-reflection or acknowledgment of mistakes. So why insist on dialogue with them? It cannot be a constructive process.

We quote from their statement: “We do not consider the work of the “Solidarity Collectives” and “ABC-Belarus” to be in any way pro-war or supportive of state militarism.”

We respond: Both of these groups provide propaganda, financial, and material support to the soldiers of the Ukrainian army, which is at war with Russia. Why do the signatories of this statement refuse to acknowledge that the Ukrainian army and its soldiers are the embodiment of state militarism? There is no structure more militaristic than a state army. Why do these people refuse to acknowledge that they are defending a pro-war position when they support soldiers of the state army involved in the war? Is it insincerity, political manipulation, or do they fail to understand the basic context? They claim to be against militarism, but when soldiers desert the Ukrainian army or men in Ukraine are forcibly mobilized, they do not show practical solidarity with these people. They object to Russia’s militarism, but the militarism of Ukraine/NATO/EU is their main ally. We refuse to cooperate with them because they advocate cooperation with Western imperialism in its war against Russian imperialism. However, we also do not cooperate with those who cooperate with Russian imperialism, because this is not a constructive strategy that the working class could effectively use against American and European imperialism. We reject all one-sided anti-imperialism. We fight against all imperialist states and blocs.

The list of names and titles under the declaration is very long, but that does not mean it is significant. Socially revolutionary groups do not evaluate the quality of practice by quantitative measures. The number of signatures under a manipulative and deceitful statement does not make it a valuable document. Not even the biggest sum of socially reactionary and pro-war groups can never give rise to revolutionary anarchist practice.

The list of signatories to the aforementioned statement includes quite a few liars, manipulators, aggressors, collaborators with the far right[8], as well as dangerous doxxers and nationalists[9]. Groups such as Solidarity Collectives and ABC – Belarus discredit themselves by publicly declaring that they maintain contact with these controversial individuals. If they express concern that anarchists do not want to cooperate with them, this is actually a positive sign. While left-wing supporters of militarism are losing support, the revolutionary anarchist tendency is gaining the necessary energy.

– Some anarchists from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans
anarchist_voices [a] riseup.net

NOTES:

[1]
https://www.solidaritycollectives.org/en/on-silencing-voices-from-eastern-europe-at-anarchist-events-in-eu/

[2]
Around 250,000 conscripts left Russia to avoid being forced to fight in the war, and more than 300,000 fled Ukraine.Moreover, in 2024 alone, the Russian war Ministry recorded 50,500 cases of desertion and unauthorized abandonment of a unit in a warring army. https://antimilitarismus.noblogs.org/post/2025/11/22/interview-with-anarcho-syndicalists-from-russia-on-mobilization-and-repression/

Pro-presidential MP Mariana Bezuhla stated on October 11 that the number of personnel who fled the Ukrainian army equaled the total number of personnel that there was before the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. A few days later, crime statistics emerged, showing that twice as many military servicemen had escaped this year than in the first two and a half years of the war. In total, nearly 290,000 criminal cases for SZCh and desertion were opened during the war. From January 2022 to September 2024, there were nearly 90,000 cases. This means that over the past year alone, an additional 200,000 were opened. It is important to underscore that we are not talking about the number of fugitive persons, but only about the number of registered criminal cases. https://libcom.org/article/ukraine-sporadic-resistance-war-first-hotbeds-collective-struggle

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Here is some footage from the head of a demonstration in Brussels which was co-organized by one of the official signatories of this appeal, Anarchist Collective Antwerp (Belgium)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeYzkjv1CFY

In English the slogans which were marched behind are “Glory to the Nation! Death to its enemies!” and “Ukraine above all!” (adopted from ‘Deutschland uber alles!”). So yeah, it must be a complete mystery as to why these groups are having so much trouble spreading their ideas at anarchist events…

Via Anonymous Submission

Ex-Marine arrested in connection to Turtle Island Liberation Front – New Iberia, Louisiana

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December 16, 2025

The FBI arrested another suspected member of the Turtle Island Liberation Front over allegations that [she] was plotting a terrorist attack in Louisiana. 

[Name], 29, “intended to travel to New Orleans to carry out an attack by means of weapons,” an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit. [She] is being charged with one count of making threats in interstate commerce. 

Earlier this month, [name] was under surveillance by the FBI due to accusations that [she] was affiliated with four individuals recently charged in court with plotting multiple New Year’s Eve terrorist attacks across Los Angeles for TILF.

When [name] was stopped by law enforcement on a Louisiana highway on Friday, the former Marine had an assault-style rifle, pistol, gas canister, and body armor in [her] car, according to court papers.

[Name] served as a New Iberia police officer before being placed on administrative leave in May 2022 and resigning that fall. 

[She] now stands accused of being connected to TILF, an extremist group that perpetuates Marxist ideology advocating “liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty” and argues that “freeing the world from American imperialism is the only way to a safe and peaceful future.” The Trump administration has described TILF as a “far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group.”

The Justice Department also charged four alleged TILF members on Monday with planning to launch terrorist attacks in Los Angeles later this month.

The plan called for backpacks with bombs to be simultaneously detonated in at least five locations targeting two unnamed U.S. companies, described as “logistic centers,” at midnight on New Year’s Eve, according to the agency. The group also allegedly discussed attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles with pipe bombs in January or February “to take some of them out and scare the rest of them.”

The four suspects were testing bomb-making components in the Mohave Desert when the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested them, according to officials.

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River North “Correctional” Center: Rest in Piss, Jeremy Lewis Hall!

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December 5, 2025

At a prison facility not far from the (supposedly) New River, a tributary of the Kanawha River: in September, incarcerated people set fires, including to their own bodies, in response to their conditions of captivity. The prison managers respond by locking down the unit where the fires took place, for 2 months. The 2 months pass: one of the jailers, Jeremy Hall, is killed. Repression breeds resistance. (Warden Kevin McCoy is in charge of the prison; Chadwick Dotson is the overseer of all prisons in the “Virginia” colony.)

Some sources: This reformist report; this campaign update on medical oppression in the prison; this repulsive LinkedIn post; maps of Appalachia; this profile of Chad.

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Twelve More People Federally Charged in the July 4 Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case

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November 18, 2025

Twelve More People Federally Charged in the July 4 Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case

Majority of Defendants Expected to Enter ‘Not Guilty’ Pleas December 3, Refusing Early Plea Offer of Up To 15 Years in Prison

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Twelve people were federally charged late last week in connection with the immigrant solidarity demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on July 4, 2025. The new indictment and charges, including rioting, attempted murder, and material support for terrorism, came as a majority of defendants are expected to plead not guilty on December 3. Notably, federal prosecutors are offering early plea deals with recommended sentences of up to 15 years in prison.

A number of defendants could plead guilty in the coming days as a result of pressure by the federal government. The terms of the plea agreements have not been made public, but some defendants are refusing to cooperate against their codefendants. Historically, in politically motivated cases, defendants who take federal plea deals that involve cooperating with the government against their codefendants have not necessarily received more lenient sentences, and may not lessen the potential legal harm stemming from their corresponding State cases.

“The prosecution is grasping at straws,” said National Lawyers Guild member Kris Hermes. “Plea deals offered this early show the government is desperate for a quick conviction that fits their nonsense ‘Antifa’ narrative. This case is a shoddy attempt to terrorize the movement in solidarity with immigrants, but it’s not going to work.”

The defendants who were federally charged last week were added to the case of Autumn Hill and Zachary Evetts, who were federally indicted last month. US District Court Judge Mark Pittman granted the government’s motion earlier in November to designate the Prairieland case as “complex”, thereby delaying the trials of Hill and Evetts, which were scheduled to start later this month. Another defendant, Daniel Sanchez-Estrada was previously indicted separately and has now been added to this case, and his trial has been delayed from early December, as originally scheduled. It’s now unclear when Hill, Evetts, Sanchez-Estrada, and the other defendants will go to trial.

The Prairieland case has been hailed by the Trump administration as the first legal case against Antifa.  FBI director Kash Patel called the defendants “Antifa-aligned anarchist violent extremists,” sharing Fox News coverage of the case on X. On September 25, the White House released the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), which ordered all federal law enforcement agencies to prioritize combating “Antifa” as a domestic terrorism threat.

The latest indictments come just weeks after criminal charges were filed against Johnson County Sheriff Adam King, whose office is working with the federal government to prosecute the Prairieland defendants. Supporters of the defendants call into question the credibility and integrity of King and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. “I’m just worried about the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office respecting defendants’ rights and following the law,” said Irina Popova, a member of the DFW Support Committee. King is facing four felony charges, including aggravated perjury, corrupt influence, and abuse of official capacity, casting doubt about the veracity of the Prairieland case.

The new charges have been devastating for not only the defendants but also their families and loved ones. “It was really heartbreaking to see my sister is facing eleven of the twelve total charges. We all want her to come home,” said Diana Rueda-Muñoz, sister of Maricela Rueda. “But she’s strong, and we stand with her as she fights these outrageous charges.”

In addition to the federal charges, a total of fifteen defendants were also indicted last month on state charges, including aggravated assault, engaging in organized criminal activity, and hindering the prosecution of terrorism. The concurrent state and federal charges are forcing some defendants to defend themselves in two separate but related cases, with testimony and evidence from one potentially impacting and prejudicing the other.

The various cases stem from a noise demonstration in solidarity with ICE detainees at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025. Toward the end of the demonstration, an officer with the Alvarado Police Department arrived and allegedly quickly became involved in an exchange of gunfire with someone else on the scene. The officer sustained minor injuries, and was released from the hospital shortly afterwards. Ten people were arrested at the scene or shortly after, and a manhunt ensued in the subsequent days for another defendant. Eight more defendants were arrested in the days and weeks following the protest.

Source: Dark Nights

Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say

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November 12, 2025

Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said on Tuesday that the attendance data showed that 30,399 students were absent. Initially, it was reported that 20,935 students were absent.

Officials said that the number is still unofficial and the data needs to be finalized by the state.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools did not say if the absences were connected to the ongoing immigration operation in the city.

With operation “Charlotte’s Web” entering its fourth day in the Charlotte Metro area, hundreds of students across four different schools staged walkouts to protest Border Patrol.

Students from East Mecklenburg High School, Philip O. Berry Academy, Ballantyne Ridge High School, and Northwest School of the Arts left class and protested the deportations of their fellow classmates.

“I think this is a direct contact for students to be able to say something and voice their opinion in a positive way,” said parent Portia Jones.

Border Patrol agents were seen in Charlotte over the past few days as part of their immigration operation “Charlotte’s Web.”

During the first two days of the operation on Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16, 130 people had been arrested, including a “record-breaking” 81 arrests on Saturday.

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