BrownTown talks all things immigration under Trump 2.0, June protests in Los Angeles, and how ICE ain't shit with immigration attorney and new homie Khiabett Osuna. As Trump tests the waters of his draconian federal policies, financially backed by the Big [Fucking Ugly] Bill, and using ICE as his Gestapo-like muscle, we turn our focus to community resistance in all its forms. Khiabett leans into her work in and outside of the legal field as one piece of this larger puzzle to ensure that no human is illegal on stolen land. From protestors, organizers, and healers on the front lines in Los Angeles to mutual aid and rapid-response networks in Chicago, BrownTown and Khiabett unpack our neoliberal past, technofascist present, and what will be a desperate future unless we fight back. Originally recorded July 18, 2025.

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Khiabett Osuna is an attorney with Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC. While at DePaul College of Law, Khiabett worked at a local immigration firm and was involved in the Asylum Immigration Clinic. She volunteered with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project in Dilley, Texas, helping screen women and children at the South Texas Family Detention Center who had recently arrived in the United States. After law school, Khiabett was hired through the Department of Justice Honors Program as a Judicial Law Clerk, where she clerked for Immigration Judges in El Paso and Fort Worth, Texas. She then worked at immigration firms in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, assisting clients primarily in removal proceedings. In Chicago, Khiabett works at a full service immigration law firm, continuing to represent clients in removal proceedings, as well as individuals seeking family based and humanitarian relief. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the AILA Chicago Chapter Advocacy Committee, and the Federal Bar Association. Khiabett also volunteers at her local church providing consults to community members.

Mentioned in the episode:

• Correction: WWII ended under U.S. President Harry S. Truman, not FDR
• Socialism Conference 2025 session on community defense
• LA Tenants Union
• Birthright U.S. Citizenship
• ICE and Homeland Security budgets over time
• Third Act documentary film by Tadashi Nakamura
• BnB Episode 116 - America: The Last Dance?
• Kelly Osbourne...incorrectly calling out Trump
• Migrant dies in ICE raid (1, 2)
• ICE Mass Arrests Spark Chaos In South Loop (Block Club Chi)
• Resources
  • ICIRR Support #: 855.435.7693
  • Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
  • Organized Communities Against Deportation (OCAD)
  • Pilsen Neighborhood Watch Coalition
  • New fees for asylum seekers (1, 2)
• SoapBox's 2020 Census project
• Palestinian boy dancing with drone above (Aljazeera)
• Defectors by Paola Ramos
• Immigrants in tree outlast ICE (Reddit)
• LA Anti-ICE protest Instagram highlights

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CREDITS: Intro soundbite from Alderperson Byron Sigcho-Lopez at a STOP ICE rally on June 8, 2025 in Chicago. Outro music FUCK ICE 2 by MANNY SÁNCHEZ. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Production assistance by Jamie Price. Episode photo by unknown.

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