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The online activists trying to stop ICE from making arrests
Two decades ago, Sherman Austin decided the life of an internet activist was no longer worth the trouble. He'd landed in federal prison at 20 years old after investigators found instructions on how to make a bomb on a website he hosted. After a year behind bars, Austin retired his self-taught coding skills. He found work as a low-voltage electrician in Long Beach, trained in mixed martial arts and started a family.