When life gets tough I try to focus on the good. the parts that went right in my day. The moments that helped me see things in new ways. The people who were kind and who taught me something real.
Those things matter much more than having everything go to plan. after all - most good things never go as planned anyway.
focus on the good. the rest will be okay.
~ topher kearby
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
Wired: “ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility [OPR] is supposed to be for internal investigations,” says Gonyea, “and now they’re using their own internal departments on American civilians.” OPR is supposed to act as an internal watchdog. It’s responsible for inspecting detention facilities, investigating allegations of employee and contractor misconduct, and processing security checks for new applicants. On its site, it says it also protects against “external threats” by managing badge access to buildings and maintaining the agency’s network security.
But lately, court documents indicate, it appears to be pursuing more civilians like Gonyea for what they say online. In a court declarationfiled in April, an ICE official said that between January 2025 and March 2026, OPR investigated 131 cases involving “incidents of doxing and threats directed towards ICE employees nationwide.” It’s unclear how many of those cases resulted in criminal charges. WIRED was able to identify only one instance when OPR was credited for its investigative work in a case where the Justice Department accused a California man of harassing an ICE attorney and her mother.
The DOJ alleged that the man, who pleaded guilty, used to live in the same building as the mother and that he started his harassment campaign in January 2024, well before President Trump took office. ICE did not respond to questions about whether other cases have been brought based on OPR’s work or how many additional cases OPR has opened since March…”
