Nick Benson

HUGE, GOOD NEWS: In total reversal from Friday’s stonewalling, perjury-flirting “status report,” ICE now says it has secured a one-way travel document so Ahmed Soliman can return to the US via a commercial flight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

An FAA notice issued a few minutes ago implies JD Vance will be in St. Cloud on Friday, Oct 30.

Delta is still helping ICE and there are still 2 flights moving our friendals and neighbors out of MN each week, so we're back at it again across from baggage claim 10 at MSP until 10pm tonight.

Hello, new followers. I track ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. This is what the ICE Air operation looked like yesterday, Oct. 23, 2026. --88 flights --14 removal stops --3 third-country removal stops --Nearly all adult passengers shackled at the ankles, wrists & waist.

Pathetic. “We didn’t lie because the ICE flight that landed there was a regular deport and not a third-country removal”? So what! They’re the same flights! The other two stops are still TCRs. And once again, ICE provides someone without personal knowledge. ICE is playing in the judge’s face.

Another Kilmar Armando Ábrego García situation unfolding in Equatorial Guine right now - you'll be shocked to learn ICE lied to a judge.

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DHS spotted at MSP Airport F gates today. Much like those khakis, the surveillance state is tightening its grip.

SCOOP: I've obtained documents showing an ICE flight is scheduled to land Thursday or Friday in Equatorial Guinea -- where Ahmed Soliman is still imprisoned and seriously ill, despite a federal judge ordering his return to the US more two weeks ago. prospect.org/2026/10/21/i...

🧊✈️ GRANDMA IN CHAINS 😲⛓️ SEATTLE: Guards escort a frail, shackled woman up the stairs of a GlobalX jet (tail: N630VA) to be transported south to a concentration camp in Arizona 👀

Tantalizing new clue here from @markalfred.bsky.social on the failed “deportation fleet.” I first reported in February that DHS contractor (a former Noem donor) overpaid for the planes, starting last December. gillianbrockell.com/noems-luxury...

DEEP DIVE is up! How the Star Tribune turned Republican “Somali gangs” rhetoric into an election-year crime narrative—and helped give demands for expanded local, state, and federal enforcement the authority of news.

Today's ICE Air flight at MSP: 20 loaded, three unloaded. If a loved one may have been transferred in or out of Minnesota today, the full video can be seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=dUXeEFbLlt

“We want people to see what it really looks like,” she said of ICE flights. “It’s when the shackles are all laid out on the pavement, and the sun is shining on them, and you see them getting put on people, and people struggling to walk. People should know.” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

We’ll be back at MSP’s T1 across from bag claim 10 this afternoon and evening to chat with folks returning from MEA / fall break trips on one of MSP’s busiest travel days.

ICE flights have deported Somalis three times in as many weeks. It’s unprecedented.

(1/2) 76 people were removed to Haiti on the October 15 removal flight from Alexandria, LA. Haiti is not safe for deportations and these flights raise serious protection and human rights concerns.

If you were expecting a signal that the ICE detention center in Appleton, MN was going to open soon, it would look a lot like this.

NEW: Ahmed Soliman’s lawyers tell me he is seriously ill and has been hospitalized. They don’t know what exactly is wrong bc an Equatoguinean attorney was not allowed him to see him today. A federal judge ordered him returned nine days ago. He should already be here. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...

Nov 6 @ U of MN Bringing together scholars, advocates & practitioners to examine the legal, historical & human dimensions of mass deportation & immigration detention. Sessions on mass deportation, constitutional limits of mandatory detention & the urgent concerns for MN community. Register below:

🧊✈️ SIGNATURE AVIATION doesn't want you to know that they *still* service ICE transport flights daily at airports across the country. In San Diego, they've tried to cover up their logo on these air stairs to avoid seeing more photos like the one on the right below 👀

A family re-united outside the Whipple Detention Center. Photo by Jack Lynch A husband was reunited with his family (and cute dog) after a couple months in detention. It's a rare glimpse of joy. Posted with permission of the family. Please follow donate HavenWatch.org @havenwatchmn on instagram.

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

As predicted, the third ICE charter, this one operated by Talon Air, has now taken off. Based on information I’ve received, I believe there are Mauritanians and Somalis onboard. This would be the third removal flight of Somalis in as many weeks.

HSI doing political theater on behalf of Trump this morning in DC reminds me of the last time I saw them up close, when they were raiding a local daycare center, with cooperation from our local police, in an operation that was cheered on by Gov. Walz.

Of all the impeachable things Donald has done—and the list is extensive—this extreme abuse of power is the *most* impeachable.

Imagine a world where sophomores in high school are steered away from extremism instead of being groomed by the feds until they’re old enough to be charged as an adult. Fuck the FBI.