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ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE’s physical presence across the US. Documents show that more than 150 leases and office expansions have or would place new facilities in nearly every state, many of them in or just outside of the country’s largest metropolitan areas.
In New York, ICE is moving into offices on Long Island near a passport center.
The General Services Administration (GSA), which manages federal buildings and functions as the government’s internal IT department, is playing a critical role in this aggressive expansion. In numerous emails and memorandums viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns” in an effort to support ICE’s immigration enforcement activities across the US.
Since President Donald Trump took office in 2025, ICE has more than doubled in size. DHS claims the agency now has 22,000 officers and agents stationed around the country and is still in the process of hiring more. The agency received nearly $80 billion in funding as part of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, giving it virtually unlimited resources to combat what the administration has consistently portrayed as an “invasion.” With new employees comes a desperate need for office space, and the possibility of deployment to new areas of operation.
In September, as NPR and The Washington Post reported, a number of GSA employees were added to an “ICE surge” team responsible for finding new office locations and expanding preexisting offices for ICE employees. More specifically, according to documents viewed by WIRED, workers at the Public Buildings Service (PBS), the department within GSA that handles government buildings and leases, were assigned to actively support ICE’s physical expansion and told to find leasing spaces for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) divisions across the country. ERO is tasked with immigration enforcement, including the arrest, detention, and removal of immigrants, and previously operated out of only 25 field offices in the US; OPLA is the legal arm of ICE, and lawyers with OPLA litigate “all removal cases including those against criminal aliens, terrorists, and human rights abusers,” for DHS, according to ICE’s website.
Records reviewed by WIRED show that the ICE surge team has successfully found spaces for ICE across the country. In addition to expanding previously held ICE offices, it has moved or is moving ICE into new buildings, or into space the government controlled under the terms of existing leases, in almost every US state and major city.
Starting in September, GSA was pushed to bypass the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) that requires open competition among bidders for federal building and lease procurements, because ICE requested that leases fall under the “unusual or compelling urgency” government statute. The statute states that the procuring agency’s “need for the supplies or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals, full and open competition need not be provided for.”
A training kickoff for PBS staff assigned to the ICE surge team the same month cited the “Big Beautiful Bill” and the aim of hiring 13,000 new ICE employees, as the “trigger event” for the new team. These team members were told that around 250 new locations were needed for ICE employees, and this would be potentially achieved by new lease acquisitions and by locating ICE in existing federal spaces. The “primary focus is securing a space. Renovations are secondary,” shows documentation viewed by WIRED. Employees were instructed to move as quickly as possible, without getting “hung up” on issues like “needing paint and carpet before occupancy.”
In a memorandum dated September 10, 2025, an OPLA representative asked GSA’s office of general counsel to look past the usual leasing procedures with the “unusual and compelling urgency justification,” in accordance with Trump’s executive order on immigration. “In the next three months, OPLA will grow to more than 3,500 attorneys and 1,000 support staff,” the memorandum states. “OPLA has critical space needs that require the ability to identify office locations nationwide that OPLA can readily occupy as soon as possible.”
GSA’s ICE surge team began visiting potential leasing locations and worked to finalize deals within days. A DHS official sent GSA an email on September 24, 2025, asking that the agency not publicize leasing information, recognizing that this request was outside of the “normal” process. “Due to national security concerns and recent attacks against ICE, publicizing new lease locations puts our officers, employees, and detainees in grave danger,” the email stated.
GSA was instructed in January 2025 to pause most acquisitions, deliveries, and modifications, except for projects under $50,000 and those related to supporting security measures for the president’s office. But on September 25, 2025, a GSA commissioner emailed other leaders at the agency that “an exception to the acquisition pause has been approved for all actions supporting the ICE hiring surge, regardless of dollar value.”
By September 29, GSA had already awarded leasing projects, and the ERO division at ICE had sent the ICE surge team a list of requirements for specific leasing locations, including sally ports—a secure entryway system with interlocking doors used by military troops, prisons, and police stations—and other security measures. ICE also came to GSA with a specific request: that any new location be within a 10-mile radius of an existing ERO facility.
By early October, the ICE surge team was working through the government shutdown, even as other critical government work was put on hold. Days after the shutdown began, GSA was still awarding leases. On October 6, 2025, a signed internal memorandum stated that GSA should “approve of all new lease housing determinations associated with ICE hiring surge,” in light of ICE’s “urgent” space requirements and the purported impact of delays on the agency’s ability to “meet critical immigration enforcement deadlines.”
On October 9, the same day that Trump announced in a cabinet meeting that the government would be making “permanent” cuts from “Democrat programs” during the shutdown, GSA received a list from OPLA with requests for office locations, including expansions and new leases, in 41 cities around the country.
In a memorandum dated October 29, 2025, a representative from Homeland Security Investigations—one of the two major departments within ICE, along with ERO, and tasked with a wide range of investigative work in cases ranging from human trafficking to art theft—asked GSA’s office of general counsel to engage in nationwide lease acquisition on behalf of DHS “using the unusual and compelling urgency justification,” in accordance with Trump’s executive immigration order.
“If HSI cannot effectively obtain office space in a timely manner, HSI will be adversely impacted in accomplishing its mission—a mission that is inextricably tied to the Administration’s priority in protecting the American People Against Invasion,” the memorandum states.
By early November, according to documents viewed by WIRED, 19 projects had been awarded in cities around the US, including Nashville, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; Sacramento, California; and Tampa, Florida. Multiple projects were days away from being awarded in Miami, Florida; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and New Orleans, Louisiana, among others, and emergency requests for short-term space had been made in eight cities, including Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; and Newark, New Jersey.
In documents viewed by WIRED, ICE has repeatedly outlined its expansion to cities around the US. The September memorandum citing “unusual and compelling urgency” for office expansion states that OPLA will be “expanding its legal operations” into Birmingham, Alabama; Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, and Tampa, Florida; Des Moines, Iowa; Boise, Idaho; Louisville, Kentucky; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Grand Rapids, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Raleigh, North Carolina; Long Island, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Richmond, Virginia; Spokane, Washington and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The memorandum also states that the existing offices are at maximum capacity and will “require additional space” to accommodate the new employees hired. At the time, the memo states that OPLA had selected almost 1,000 attorneys to hire.
Months after the “surge” began, ICE’s expansion to American cities is well underway, according to documentation viewed by WIRED. The table below gives a detailed listing of planned ICE lease locations as of January, and includes current ICE offices that are set to expand and new spaces the agency is poised to occupy. It does not include more than 100 planned ICE locations across many states—including California, New York, and New Jersey—where WIRED has not viewed every specific address.
A Trump administration official recently told WIRED that California and New York are “next” for the type of fraud investigation that culminated in 3,000 ICE agents in Minneapolis.
In New York and New Jersey, ICE is expanding its physical footprint rapidly. In Roseland, New Jersey, less than an hour’s drive from New York City, ICE is moving into a building at 5 Becker Farm Road. The building is located near the Roseland Child Development Center. In Woodbury, New York, a hamlet in Long Island, ICE is moving into offices located at 88 Froehlich Farm Boulevard, near an expedited passport center. In New Windsor, New York, a town within driving distance of New York City along the Hudson River known for the Storm King Art Center, ICE is moving into offices at 843 Union Avenue. All three of these locations are within an hour and a half from a warehouse [at 29 Elizabeth Drive] in Chester, New York, that DHS is pursuing as an immigrant detention center.
Together, the leasing plans give a clear picture of where ICE is going next in the US: Everywhere.
A Letter To New York Actionists and Affinity Groups
early February, 2026
Repression chills, and so can the cold. While our work changes with the seasons, our compass must always point to the streets, where revolutions are won. In that spirit, below is a suggestion—a dare—for us to act before the spring equinox.
LET’S DARE EACH OTHER TO GET IN THE STREETS THIS WEEK, and to return often over the next eight weeks. Do what you already know how to do outside, whether it involves flyers, paint, ice picks, or lighters. Take advantage of the many layers of head and hand coverings it is acceptable to wear. So-called Minneapolis shows us that our people are vulnerable and our enemies will not wait until spring. We cannot afford to hibernate, and we cannot afford to let our tools gather dust. This is not a call to abandon mutual aid and defensive work in order to go on the offensive. It is a reminder that we must practice both, especially when conditions are harsh. Winter is a time to test our revolutionary will.
LET’S DARE EACH OTHER TO PERFECT THE FUNDAMENTALS. Meet weekly with whoever you know who is prepared to adopt more threatening tactics, and commit to each others’ development. It’s important to know how to work with numb fingers and to how to hide when the snow is like a spotlight in the park. Know how to set a security baseline. How to select goals and tactics. How to model and mitigate threats. How to acquire materials. How to ditch your phone and leave no trace. How to send a communique. How to respond to a door knock or a raid. These are fundamental skills that demand our excellence. Study the gaps in your training and practice these skills until they become second nature.
REMEMBER, adverse conditions hurt our enemies more than they hurt us. When the temperature drops, cops retreat to their vehicles and security guards duck indoors. They are not paid well enough to fight the cold. So embrace the adversity, because our enemies can’t. To win, our will for freedom must be stronger than any passing storm. We can fight better in the winter because we carry a fire in our hearts.
DARE TO ACT QUICKLY, TRAIN HARD, AND LET THE FROST BITE.
Fellow New Yorkers, are you looking for more than toothless marches, but not ready to take up arms? If you don’t have a serious record, redecorations might be right for you! They are among the most impactful, principled actions one can take without a very high risk of permanent, life altering consequences*.
Look at Palestine Action in Europe and the UK**. Yes, they’re known for staying to be arrested to shut down a weapons plant, but the majority of their actions are hit and run. Guerilla tactics make sense in asymmetric warfare.
What gets them wins, like Barclay’s, Allianz, and others dropping Elbit, are direct action campaigns, coordinated and focused on specific targets, with consistency and repetition: 15+ Barclay’s branches targeted in one night, 15 Allianz locations in one night, 11 HSBC branches in one night, there’s consistently a few new actions every couple weeks. NYC, we can do this too!
Don’t despair, organize! Strategize! Fascism has been here! Action is the antidote to despair! Solidarity means attack!
*This compilation does include actions with higher consequences than the average redecoration. You may want to consult a movement lawyer to assess your risks. Consider how the consequences compare to what Palestinians are facing.
All media from public posts from: @nycresistswithgaza @mxtaliajane / @taliaotg @immigrationcoalition @radicalgraffiti neversleep.noblogs.org unravel.noblogs.org @palawdali @unityoffields @ny_indivisible @wawog_now @strikemoma @callawalsh
ICE’s mass raid of Canal st on Saturday November 29th was bamboozled by rapid response / icewatch groups & normies on the street. This is a reportback about that.
Background:
In the week prior to the raid, community rapid response groups / anti-ice patrols somehow heard that ICE was planning another Canal St operation that would be larger than the first, potentially utilizing hundreds of feds to carry it out. These rapid response groups, though having existed in different iterations since the 2010’s, have had a much more crystallized, effective mode of organizing in the past several months. Most of these groups recently have used autonomous / decentralized methods of organization largely organized by geographic location. While there are formalized “ICE watch” orgs, most are fairly informal and don’t have any social media or other public presence. Through these different groups, there has been a city-wide effort at coordinating for sharing of resources (plate data etc) & for sharing confirmed ICE raids for rapid response. Mentioning this in regards to the Saturday raid is important because while it’s been categorized in the media as a “protest” that people responded to due to a call on social media, that’s really not the case, at least from this perspective.
The broader context for ICE raids in New York is that while ICE has been active, it hasn’t looked the same as many other large cities. For the most part, DHS/ICE has made small snatch and grabs across the boroughs, and notably many arrests in and around the immigration court system in Manhattan. The last attempt at a “flood the streets” mass scoop-up raid was around a month prior, and was also on Canal St targeting vendors there. That one was successful for them in that ICE was able to make several deportation arrests and also have a big photo op, propaganda win of “cleaning up dirty NYC.” That said, there was a community response to that raid as well and it ended with large groups of people chasing the feds back to their house at Federal Plaza. The response to that raid was much more spontaneous and reactive than the most recent one.
Events on Saturday
Due to groups of activists becoming aware of the potential raid, Federal Plaza was likely surveilled to confirm the deployment of ICE cops into the city for staging. The morning of, lots of community activists set to informing vendors & other people near Canal that a large ICE action was imminent. This was the main purpose for people being on Canal, not a demonstration or denunciation of what was about to happen. That said, after that work was complete many people began to gather at a government garage that it had been discovered that ICE was staging at.
At this time, there was no NYPD presence directly around the garage, but it was clear that there were many city cops staged in the area and had been made aware of the raid and asked to do crowd control by ICE. As the morning went on, people on the street also began joining the crowds outside the garage, and at some point a call had gone out on social media that likely brought people out as well. At one point ICE opened the garage door to assess the situation, and the crowd began chanting “ICE OUT OF NEW YORK.”
Very soon after the door opening, soft barricades of trash cans, traffic cones and other trash started appearing in the driveway behind the crowd. NYPD was on the scene at this point, and over the next hour began getting between the Feds & the crowd and started making space for the Feds to potentially egress. While confrontation between NYPD & the crowd starting happening, in the area up the street from the garage a construction dumpster started being unloaded of its contents onto the street. In addition, there were other trash cans, pallets, etc. that moved themselves to be along the potential route of exit to Canal.
This siege continued for several hours, with the ICE agents being trapped inside the garage from 10AM until the early afternoon. NYPD made several arrests in this time, but were largely focused on erecting their barricades to split the crowd in 2-3 groups and prepare the street for the convoy of feds to leave. As time went on it became clear that if ICE was going to attempt a raid anywhere near in Lower Manhattan / Chinatown, these crowds would follow.
When the cars finally began to exit the garage, several brave people sprinted to jump in front of the convoy. This slowed it down enough for other people to begin dragging shit into the street to further hamper the convoy’s exit. The convoy made it to Canal street, and it was extremely chaotic. SRG did their best to be next to them / around them and make arrests and clear the street of trash. While on Canal christmas trees, pallets, trash cans, ad signs, clay pots and more were thrown quickly in the way of the vans. In addition, projectiles were thrown from afar at the vehicles.
Eventually the convoy split in 2 parts, with half going back to Federal Plaza and the other half (mostly the white vans) heading for the Holland Tunnel to Jersey. After the action had ended, community groups continued to monitor canal st / fed plaza in case the feds tried to return. In addition anti-ice patrols happened with increased capacity for the rest of the day and the next in case they tried to do a raid in a different borough. NYPD made about 10 arrests throughout the day, and charged 2 of those people with assaults on officers. For the amount of things that happened and the amount of people that were there, this is a relatively low amount of arrests.
This action seemed to be a huge win for those who have been working hard at building community infrastructure to respond to impending ICE action in NYC. It was encouraging as fuck and really cool to see.
Fuck ICE and the next time they pop their heads up lets hope motherfuckers whack em again. Pretty sure ICE got their tires slashed on Staten Island recently, that is very cool.
After the mass revolts in August 2025, where a large section of the population rose up and attacked the state’s basic corruption and inequality, 44 anarchist comrades are imprisoned at the West Java paramilitary police compound in Bandung. There is no access for anyone but the families, and even this is minimal. The detainees have been cut off and they are being used in a mainstream media manipulation campaign by the Indonesian state. Many of the imprisoned comrades are very young. They are all accused of being part of the individualist-nihilist “Chaos Star” network, which is a fabrication created by the police for the purpose of their prosecution. The police claim that the imprisoned comrades were radicalised by ‘Leaders’ and funded by foreign anarchist organisations. The cops point to the existence of banners, flags, books, pamphlets and music, which is in the possession of the detainees, as commonly held items denotative of membership of this “Chaos Star” organisation.
Some of the comrades are accused of serious direct actions such as molotov attacks, arson, riot, property destruction, etc. Lastly some of the comrades are accused of instigation, either online, for their blogs or social medias or for their ‘prominent’ role. They are isolated in the paramilitary compound and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) in Bandung has been blocked from representing them. An option is to hire a private lawyer but that would cost tens of millions (rupiah). We ask for heightened attention to this dangerous situation. Torture and abuse are being widely used on the detainees, confirmed by the families. The young comrades were injured and hurt until they gave false confessions that they were even at the demonstrations and/or part of specific organisations, as they were subjected to the brutality of the paramilitary police. This is a known fact and a reality that we have to confront. In the wake of the insurrection across Indonesia against the right-wing ex-military Prabowo Subianto, the young people and the anarchist movement has been severely repressed by the regime. Many young people have been caught up in the police assaults and regardless of their supposed “guilt” or “non-guilt”, we extend our solidarity with them, and to all those who struggle against social oppression, prisons, police and the state.
We are publishing the names of our imprisoned comrades and the prison address of the West Java paramilitary police compound where our friends are held. Let’s not leave these comrades alone and let’s send them solidarity letters, postcards and our message of fire. Even if the solidarity post is stolen and blocked by the administrators of abuse, they will know that we will hold them all responsible for what is taking place in Bandung. Let’s shine a light on what the hated police torturers and regime of Prabowo Subianto are doing to our young comrades, and where it is taking place and by whom, and let’s fight back against the police and all prisons everywhere.
ABC/Palang Hitam
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West java paramilitary police compound address:
(NAME OF DETAINEE) Jl. Soekarno Hatta No.748, Cimenerang, Kec. Gedebage, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat 40292, Indonesia
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LIST ONE
A. Names of the comrades suspected of general crimes:
Name : Aditya Dwi Laksana (A.d)
Name : Mochamad Naufal (M.n)
Name : Gregorius Hugo (G.h)
Name : Rizki Mahardika (R.m)
Name : Herdi Supriyadi (H.s)
Name : Rizalussolihin Alias Jalus .(R.s)
Name : Rhexcy Fauzi Kunaidi (R.f.k)
Name : Tubagus Andika Pradita (T.a.p)
Name : Muhamad Jihar Fawak (M.j.f)
Name : Angga Wijaya (A.w)
Name : Muhamad Subhan (M.s)
Name : Eli Yana (E.y)
Name : Muhamad Vansa Alfarisi (M.v.a)
Name : Muhamad Sulaeman (M.s)
Name : Muhamad Rifa Aditya (M.r.a).
Name : Veri Kurniawan Kusuma (V.k.k)
Name : Joy Erlando Pandiangan (J.e.p)
Name : Muhamad Jalaludin Mukhlis (M.j.m).
Name : Jatnika Alang Ramdani Septiawan (J.a.r.s).
Name : Ariel Octa Dwiyan (A.o.d).
Name : Angga Friansyah (A.f).
Name : Putra Riswan Anas (P.r.a).
Name : Zanief Albani Yusuf (Z.a.y).
Name : Wanda Abdurrahman (W.a).
Name : Wawan Hermawan (W.h).
Name : Reyhan Fauzan Akbar (R.f.a)
LIST TWO
B. Cyber Crime Suspects:
Name : Arfa Febrianto Bin Dodo Sujana (A.f)
Name : Rifal Zhafran Bin Rohman Maulanarifal Zhafran Bin Rohman Maulana (R.z)
Name : Muhibuddin Bin Maemun (M.d)
Name : Muhammad Zaki Bin Bambang Priono (M.z)
Name : Arya Yudha. (A.y).
Name : Azriel Agung Maulana Als Gama Bin Jabidin. (A.a)
Name : Rifa Rahnabila Bin M Suparman ( R.r)
Name : Marshall Andy Kaswara Bin Nandang Koeswara (M.a.k)
Name : Yusuf Miraj Bin Tata Rohmana (Y.m)
Name : Moch Sidik Als Acil (M.s)
Name : Deni Ruhiat Als Deni Sumargo Bin Rudik (D.r)
Name : Cheiza Bin Tatang Hernayadi (C.z / Anak)
Name : Rizky Fauzi Als Arab Bin Hasan (R.f)
Name : Muhammad Ainun Komarullah (M.a.k)
Muhammad is accused of being an Instagram Admin of @Blackbloczone and Website Https://blackbloczone.noblogs.org/ .
Name : Andi Muh. Ashabulfirdaus (A.f)
Andi is accused of being an Instagram Admin of Blackbloczone.
Name : Dana Ditya Pratama (D.d)
Dana is accused of being an Instagram Admin of Blackbloczone and Account Owner of E-wallet
LIST THREE
C. Suspected Leadership role:
Name: Reyhard Rumbayan
Eat was arrested in Makassar on 23 September 2025. Eat had previously been in prison for a FAI-IRF attack against a bank in solidarity with injured anarchist comrade Luciano Tortuga in Chile, 2011. Eat has been accused of a leadership role within the “Chaos Star” network and leader of the anarchist rioters. Eat is in solitary isolation and isn’t allowed to meet anyone. Eat had a pre-trial hearing on 16th October and Eat’s investigation period extends to 20 November 2020. Eat has serious health conditions and has paralysis in his arm after a motorbike accident some years ago where one other comrade died. Eat needs ongoing medical care.
Name: Bima Satria Putra
Bima is an anarchist imprisoned for 10 kilos of cannabis who is known for his prisoner’s union project, translations and writings since he was jailed in 2021. Bima has been transferred from Palembang City detention centre to Bandung, where the 43 “Chaos Star” network defendants are all held. It’s unclear what charges have been brought against him due to the general lack of information. Most likely, instigation, and ascribing a leadership role due to his public writings. However, Bima is not part of any individualist/nihilist anarchist network or any egoist cell.
The charges against the all suspects include violations of Articles 187 and/or 170 and/or 406, and/or Article 1 (1) of the Emergency Law No. 12 of 1951, with a maximum prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Additionally, they may be charged under Article 45a (2) in conjunction with Article 28 (2) of Law No. 1 of 2024, which amends Law No. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE), and/or Article 170 of the Penal Code, and/or Article 406 of the Penal Code, and/or Article 66 of Law No. 24 of 2009 on the National Flag, Language, Emblems, and National Anthem. The punishment could be up to 6 years in prison.
For provocation, they can also be charged under Article 45a (2) in conjunction with Article 28 (2) of Law No. 1 of 2024, which amends Law No. 11 of 2008 on ITE, with a maximum sentence of 6 years and/or a fine of up to IDR 1,000,000,000 (one billion rupiah).
In early September, the 4th issue of the international anarcho-nihilist/insurrectionary newspaper “Blessed Is The Flame” has been published. As always, along whith the counter-information of July and August, we have also collected texts on counter-surveillance, counter-repression and direct action. The newspaper is available in both digital and printed form. If anyone is interested on printing it themselves, the best way is either to print it as simple A4 with a stapler, or as A3 in booklet format.
⚫ Counter-information for July & August 2025 ⚫ Challenges of police investigations into anarchist direct actions ⚫ A search for anarchist practices against torture ⚫ Useful information for anarchists of action from the investigation files of Operation Diana ⚫ Responsibility claim with guide for action [arson attack on machinery of Holcim, Switzerland] ⚫ Chile: Black August and solidarity actions for comrades Aldo and Lucas ⚫ Monica Caballero Sepulveda: “Political violence” ⚫ Uprising in Indonesia and calls of solidarity and support ⚫ The authoritaria trap of identity logic ⚫ Greece: Summer news about the “Synergy of Vengeance” case ⚫ Squat evacuations ⚫ About persecuted comrades from USA ⚫ Update and call for solidarity assembly for Alfredo Cospito ⚫ Message to the climate movement ⚫ Why are we being led to our slaughter? We don’t
*Note: Some of the news and responsibility claims for July and August were published after the completion of this issue. All of this will be posted in the next few days on our website.*
**OTHER LANGUAGES:** The newspaper is currently being published in seven languages. The links for the file of the issue in the other available languages are the following:
Columbia University informed dozens of students Monday that they are facing disciplinary action for their participation in the takeover and vandalism of the campus library in 2024 during a pro-Palestinian protest.
The disciplinary measures come as the university negotiates with the Trump administration over alleged civil rights violations and the loss of federal funding.
Columbia is expected to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement to victims of alleged civil rights violations, implement changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, boost transparency about hiring and admissions efforts, and take other steps to improve security and safety on campus for Jewish students, according to one source familiar with the matter.
In return, the source said, the school will regain access to over $400 million in federal funding the Trump administration stripped earlier this year.
On Monday, the university informed more than 70 students that they would be suspended or expelled because of their actions in the May 7, 2024 library disruption and other pro-Palestinian protests that spring.
Roughly two-thirds of those will be hit with suspensions between one and three years, with the majority being hit with two-year suspensions.
Those involved were informed of their punishments on Monday following a probe by the elite school’s University Judicial Board.
On May 7, 2024, pro-Palestinian students took over the Ivy League institution’s library, chanting “Free, free Palestine” and beating drums, according to the report.
Some of the students vandalized the walls and tables, and two public safety officers reportedly were injured while trying to quell the mob, the report states.
A month earlier, the university went on lockdown after anti-Israel protesters took over a campus building, and two custodians said the protesters tried to keep them from leaving.
Police arrested more than 100 protesters after they took over Hamilton Hall, smashing windows, breaking through doors, and barricading themselves inside, while others refused to leave the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on a nearby lawn, the student newspaper Columbia Spectatorreported.
Later, Columbia canceled its campus-wide commencement ceremony in 2024, citing safety concerns.
At least three marked NYPD cars were vandalized in the Big Apple between Friday night and Saturday morning, hours before thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators took to the streets, police said.
A police cruiser was found parked at 73rd Street and Broadway in Jackson Heights, Queens, around 6 a.m. bearing yellow graffiti that read “FTP,” which protesters use to mean “f–k the police,” cops said.
A second marked car was found a few hours later on East 152nd Street and Tinton Avenue in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., with what cops believe was a slashed tire, a police spokesman said.
Someone also threw a glass bottle at the front windshield of a marked police cruiser at Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Madison in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, around 9 p.m. Friday, police said.
The vandalism happened about two days after police cars were set aflame in a parking lot outside a Brooklyn NYPD stationhouse in a suspected arson attack.
