All the poems are made from words in the newspaper articles.
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ICE agents detain mother in Pasadena in front of children without showing a warrant
 June 28, 2025


children formed


a human wall
around
their mother
as
masked men
reached for her
 
Don't let go
don't let go
a child said
 
"I'm still shaking," — A bystander
 
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agents-detain-mother-in-pasadena-in-front-of-children-without-a-warrant/






Homeland Security Targets Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

July 11, 2025 artnews.com/art-news/news/national-museum-of-puerto-rican-arts-and-culture-homeland-security-
 
It's about
crazy spectacles of violence
dismantling resistance
suppressing dissent
paralyzing the community
authoritarianism and control
gestapo-style intimidation
 
We let them in
they asked to use the bathroom
they did not use the bathroom
 

"We were not ready," —Museum Worker.




"No Sleep for Ice" 2025/06/30/los-angeles-ice-immigration-protests-noise USAtoday


3pm to 3am


We dance
honk horns
play music
 
kidnappers
hunt down our family members
throw them down on concrete
question the very workers
who clean their rooms
 

"A peaceful protest just very noisy," —Verita Topoke.