We did our best to distill the extraordinary Administration actions on immigration over past 100 days into ~3500 words. In many ways what we feared, in some ways worse. But the public is starting to have a change of heart. www.brookings.edu/articles/100...

We joined forces with the Center for Migration Studies NY to contemplate the possible implications of widespread detention and deportation for the millions of US citizen children who live with someone lacking status, and for the child welfare system. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

Well said.

The Trump Administration’s use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File for immigration enforcement undermines the integrity and solvency of Social Security. Here is an assessment from Tara Watson and me. See next post on a piece from CBPP. www.brookings.edu/articles/imm...

This is an important point, and illustrates how interconnected the war on immigrants, the war on trade, and the war on knowledge really are. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The NYT and WaPost report the Trump Administration is erroneously adding immigrants to what is known as the “death master file” who are not deceased and have legally obtained an SSN. The Social Security Administration has accepted an initial list of about 6,000 immigrants. 1/5

Stuff of distopian nightmares. Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Helpful thread on the steps on the process between the House budget vote today and the major cuts to Medicaid and SNAP that seem likely.

Data on deportations are not being published. The numbers DHS is telling the press aren't plausible. Transparency and accuracy of government statistics should be a top 5 issue, even with everything else going on. www.newsweek.com/mass-deporta...

I'm not "the kind of doctor that helps people", but once in a while can do a bit of good. Proud that my amicus brief with @stanveuger.bsky.social played a role in this temporary victory for Venezulan TPS www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

I've been looking at the Fox website daily for the last two months. Comparing top story headlines to NYT/WaPo is like entering an alternative universe. But not since yesterday. This thing might have legs.

Too much of what I'm reading focuses on whether individuals "should" be deported or deportable. The first-order thing is that there are due process protections immigrants have, even if undocumented and even if unsympathetic.

I've been following @daralind.bsky.social and @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social to understand the Mahmoud Khalil situation. A green card holder can be deported on foreign policy grounds without a crime, unclear if that process is happening. The chilling effect on political speech results either way.

There are only limited circumstances under which legal permanent residence can be revoked. I hope there is more to this than currently being reported, b/c ICE rounding up green card holders in retaliation for activism is clearly at odds with democracy & rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...

This is really useful for people trying to understand what is going on with immigration, especially since the monthly OHSS statistics are "delayed while under review".

As I used to do on that other site, it's great to follow @aaronsojourner.org here to get quick &useful anaysis on the monthly jobs report.

This Covergence group was perhaps the most politically diverse group I've ever worked with. We came up with some common principles to make things better for working families with young children. convergencepolicy.org/event_post/2...

I wrote about what we might expect from the US Dept of Education's Office for Civil Rights under Trump given what they've signaled & their early activity. So far, we have pretty clear evidence of the admin's plans to weaponize OCR to promote discrimination. www.brookings.edu/articles/wit...

@luciegschmidt.bsky.social, Lara Shore-Sheppard and I describe how the safety net has grown and changed since 1996. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

So sorry to hear about the passing of Sandy Jencks. He was the genuine article and I am priviliged to have learned from him.

But imagine how you'd feel if BLS reported 0% inflation. Legit independent economic statistics are absolutely essential and we shouldn't take them for granted. www.ft.com/content/311a...

"I believe very strongly that our largest social program needs to be bipartisan, and right now, there could not be a larger divide on the Hill about that." Read a conversation with Wendell Primus about how to fix Social Security before 2033.

Finally joining BlueSky, happy to be here! Wendell Primus has led an effort to show that it is possible to preserve SS solvency and eliminate poverty among the elderly. Expanding immigration is part of the solution. www.brookings.edu/articles/fix...