Steve Ahlquist reports on a rally held at Kennedy Plaza in Providence where organizer Pamela Poniatowski spoke on behalf of the “Disappeared in America” campaign, a coalition of immigrant rights, faith, and pro-democracy organizations. The campaign draws attention to specific individuals who have been detained or deported under current immigration enforcement, including a mother separated from her infant and a makeup artist transferred to a notorious Salvadoran prison. Speakers called on elected officials and the public to demand transparency, accountability, and due process protections for people affected by federal immigration actions.

Paul Krugman, writing in his Substack newsletter on December 31, 2025, examines a prolonged ICE enforcement operation in Chicago that lasted more than two months, during which agents conducted sweeping arrests in predominantly Latino neighborhoods. Citing a Chicago Tribune investigation into Operation Midway Blitz, he notes that only approximately 1.5% of those detained on immigration-related grounds had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime. The piece argues that the operation’s own outcomes undercut official claims that it was targeting violent criminals.