This story came together in hours — the afternoon before the hearing.
Earlier today, Jenn Budd — a former senior Border Patrol agent who has spent years documenting abuses in immigration enforcement — posted a note on Substack flagging the shift from federal warehouse purchases to sheriff-held leases. She mentioned Bradford County. She had documents.
The Resistance Sentinel, who tracks these networks, tagged me.
I reached out to Jenn. She sent the proposal images and the commission meeting transcript. We agreed in a brief exchange that I would write it up and credit her research. She wrote: "Feel free to write on it. I don't have the time."
A few hours later, this piece exists — published the evening before Bradford County commissioners meet again.
This is what distributed investigative journalism looks like. A whistleblower with knowledge and documents but limited bandwidth. An amplifier who connects researchers. A publication with the tools and time to synthesize it. No institutional gatekeepers. No six-month editorial process. Just people who trust each other enough to share what they know.
The documents did the work. All I had to do was read them and write down what they said.
That's the model. If you have documents, reach out. If you have time, write. If you have an audience, amplify. The infrastructure of accountability is a network, not an institution.
Mark, I am Tom Kelleher, and I live near Roxbury NJ, where we have been fighting ICE's plan to convert a local warehouse. A few of us started an interstate group called the ICE Warehouse Resistance National Network (IWRNN, www.iwrnn.com), with local resistance leaders in most of the originally targeted cities. We have about 14-15 of the original 23 cities mentioned in the Dec 24 WaPo article. We use the space to alert each other, to share ideas and insights, messaging that resonates, lessons learned and more.
Your article seems to announce a new phase in ICE's approach -- and so the need for new tactics and new alert mechanisms on our part.
Would you be willing to to speak with some of us via Zoom in the coming week or two? We would love to ask you questions and get our heads fully around this new phase.
This is remarkable work! You've described how all these data, clues and knowledge were noticed, shared and synthesized, blah blah - but it's really f'ing brilliant when you realize the power we do have.
Thank you both for your dedication, courage, and trust in each other & especially your readers.
Excellent!
And...
F|CK 🧊 and every single person associated with their inhumane, dangerous, lethal, racist, greedy and ghastly work and machinations. Silence is complicity.
They are so !inspired! to create hell on earth for profit. The biggest lie of all…..if government will pay you to do something then it is all good…runs through every story. Hell on earth coming up.
This story came together in hours — the afternoon before the hearing.
Earlier today, Jenn Budd — a former senior Border Patrol agent who has spent years documenting abuses in immigration enforcement — posted a note on Substack flagging the shift from federal warehouse purchases to sheriff-held leases. She mentioned Bradford County. She had documents.
The Resistance Sentinel, who tracks these networks, tagged me.
I reached out to Jenn. She sent the proposal images and the commission meeting transcript. We agreed in a brief exchange that I would write it up and credit her research. She wrote: "Feel free to write on it. I don't have the time."
A few hours later, this piece exists — published the evening before Bradford County commissioners meet again.
This is what distributed investigative journalism looks like. A whistleblower with knowledge and documents but limited bandwidth. An amplifier who connects researchers. A publication with the tools and time to synthesize it. No institutional gatekeepers. No six-month editorial process. Just people who trust each other enough to share what they know.
The documents did the work. All I had to do was read them and write down what they said.
That's the model. If you have documents, reach out. If you have time, write. If you have an audience, amplify. The infrastructure of accountability is a network, not an institution.
Thank you and Jenn Budd for bringing this to light. Sharing with my subscribers.
Thank you for spreading the word.
horrendous
Mark, would you be willing to do a Substack Live with me about this? I’d like to try to get more eyeballs on this issue.
Yes!
Mark, I am Tom Kelleher, and I live near Roxbury NJ, where we have been fighting ICE's plan to convert a local warehouse. A few of us started an interstate group called the ICE Warehouse Resistance National Network (IWRNN, www.iwrnn.com), with local resistance leaders in most of the originally targeted cities. We have about 14-15 of the original 23 cities mentioned in the Dec 24 WaPo article. We use the space to alert each other, to share ideas and insights, messaging that resonates, lessons learned and more.
Your article seems to announce a new phase in ICE's approach -- and so the need for new tactics and new alert mechanisms on our part.
Would you be willing to to speak with some of us via Zoom in the coming week or two? We would love to ask you questions and get our heads fully around this new phase.
Tom
I'm available and always willing to help.
I don't know how to connect to begin planning. I can offer this Google Voice number, (908) 989-7226...and after we connect, we can move to Signal.
This is remarkable work! You've described how all these data, clues and knowledge were noticed, shared and synthesized, blah blah - but it's really f'ing brilliant when you realize the power we do have.
Thank you both for your dedication, courage, and trust in each other & especially your readers.
Excellent!
And...
F|CK 🧊 and every single person associated with their inhumane, dangerous, lethal, racist, greedy and ghastly work and machinations. Silence is complicity.
Do not obey in advance.
They are so !inspired! to create hell on earth for profit. The biggest lie of all…..if government will pay you to do something then it is all good…runs through every story. Hell on earth coming up.
Trafficking