Sorry to say that this kind of thing is inevitable given the no holds barred instructions given to ICE. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Medical advice from the President of the United States of America: Drink bleach and don’t take Tylenol.

Too little, too late. Still dumping Disney, Hulu, and ABC. Bowing to fascists shouldn't be rewarded. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Free speech. Killed by Trump September 18, 2025. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Dump Disney and Hulu.

Disney, ABC, Washington Post, and other corporations bow to fascism and flush free speech down the toilet. Corporate America sells out democracy at the first sign of pressure from above. Pathetic.

Wait. Didn’t Barnard expel students for distributing flyers in a class? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

Outsourcing the dirty work of deporting immigrants into harm’s way has been going on more than a decade in Mexico, but using African countries is a new twist. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

Assassinations are bad whether they occur in Utah or in international waters. All such attacks undermine the rule of law and due process.

Cook Blocked. newrepublic.com/article/2002...

If you disagree with him, debate him. Shooting him is reprehensible. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

It's interesting that the mainstream media is more concerned about Trump's doodles than the fact that he has sent the military in to take over cities. Pearl clutching at its finest.

It's worth remembering that since the United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975) Supreme Court decision, the Border Patrol was allowed to use the appearance of "Mexican ancestry" as a reason to search a car. There is a long history of SCOTUS-approved racial profiling.

Supreme Court legalizes racial profiling, a practice that has long since been the reality on the ground. The hoods are off. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

At their heart, bankers are just pimps for the billionaires. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

DHS now charging immigrants $998 a day for each day they remain in the US after a final deportation order. Another way to redistribute money from the poor for tax breaks for billionaires.

Trump is great at convincing Americans that immigration is a good thing.

Now we will really see those detention numbers skyrocket.

A new bulletin from the Migration & Asylum Lab, edited by @elliottyoung.bsky.social, reveals a critical reality: legal reforms often don't translate to safety for LGBTQ+ individuals. "Beyond Reform: LGBTQ+ Life in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Cuba," is a must-read. 🧵👇

ℹ️ The information in this thread is from the Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab bulletin series. The Lab is an initiative by MiSC scholar @elliottyoung.bsky.social. 🔻 Read the full LGBTQ bulletin here 🔻 drive.google.com/file/d/1XuKC...

Hate to admit it but the Department of War is a more accurate name for an agency which has fought wars all p we the world and only rarely defended the homeland.

Immigrants sent to Angola prison is the logical conclusion to decades of criminalizing migrants. From slave plantation to prison to migrant detention. It’s a straight line of Forever Prisoners. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Even the most conservative court in the country agrees that Tren de Aragua is not invading the U.S. For my analysis in NACLA, see dev.nacla.org/tren-de-arag... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Judge, jury, and executioner. The rule of law is dead at home and abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...

The Portland teachers unions has lost me if they want to do early release when temps are in the mid-80s.

Over 61k migrants in detention is a historically high level. Under Trump 1, detentions reached about 55k. If you are interested in how we got here, check out Forever Prisoners. Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System share.google/UxPKiwy2AZt5...

On a day when it will reach 83 degrees at the normal time of school closure, Portland decides to close school two hours early because of extreme heat. Tell me it’s the beginning of a long holiday weekend without telling me it’s the beginning of a long holiday weekend.

“We need a reckoning with the structural abuses embedded in our immigration system, and with how elites in both parties play a role in sustaining them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

If there are budget shortfalls at UO, start with cutting the bloated salaries of the fat cats at the top! actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

Trump’s coming for the US dollar.

Migrant prison on steroids.

Wow. It's crystal clear that the DOJ does not want immigrants to receive legal representation. The quickest way to deny legal rights is to deny legal representation.

So, the government appears to have no convincing evidence to hold Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody. Rather than admit the original mistake, they have taken us down a garden path of false accusations. Someone should be held accountable in DOJ for misrepresentation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The fact that slavery is no longer legal, outside of prisons, is certainly evidence of progress.

Does anyone know of someone who could serve as a country conditions expert for a Philippines asylum case for an individual of mixed Black American and Filipino ancestry?

If you are an immigration journalist interested in learning about a case in which a judge denied asylum denial without even hearing from the respondent in a court based entirely on dates missing from the I-589, please dm me and I'll put you in touch with the lawyer.

Thanks to @austinkocher.com for an engaging conversation about the importance of rigorous and fact-based reporting on country conditions for asylum cases. open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

ℹ️ The information in this thread is from the Migration & Asylum Lab’s Nicaragua Country Conditions Bulletin. The Lab is an initiative by MiSC scholars @elliottyoung.bsky.social and Ana Raquel Minian. 🔻 Click on the link below to learn more 🔻 sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...

“Its rank is declining; its endowment is shrinking; its investments in programs and start-ups are questionable. They are succeeding only in destroying a great American university.” www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

New evidence that the Israeli mass killing of Palestinians, including children, in Gaza is a policy, not just collateral damage. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Join me and Seraya on Austin Kocher's podcast next week to discuss the Migration & Asylum Lab country conditions reports. austinkocher.substack.com/p/meet-the-s...

This is what appeasement looks like.

It’s heartening to see our community of scholars here at MiSC grow, especially in times of great turbulence surrounding immigration in the United States. MiSC is pleased to welcome its newest members, Willie Mack ( @wmack3212.bsky.social ) and Kaysha Corinealdi ( @kcorinealdi.bsky.social ). 🧵👇

People are so used to politicians using crime fear-mongering to increase police funding, I wonder whether anyone will care that crime is actually at a 30-year low in DC. There is a bipartisan consensus to use crime as an excuse for authoritarian policies. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Seizing control of local police and using the national guard to do police work is the chef’s kiss of fascist creep. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Some good news on the homicide front. Violence intervention programs and Portland Street Response save lives. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

If the Supreme Court is going to consider history, then why shouldn't professional historians lend a hand to help explain the past? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

Hear Mahmoud Khalil tell his story on the Ezra Klein show. Trump could not have picked a more articulate, reasonable, and compassionate defender of Palestinian people. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Making Trump Polk Again. US military intervention in Mexico is not new, but it's quite something to threaten US invasion of Mexico in the 21st century. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab has published two new country conditions bulletins for Nicaragua and Ecuador. These are projects developed in my Public History Lab course in Spring 2025. sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...