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@reecejones.bsky.social Spotted side-by-side!

Everyone should read Nobody is Protected by @reecejones.bsky.social. www.counterpointpress.com/books/nobody...

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

It's got a cover! Coming out in June.

It’s weird being on camera for things. Thanks @mnangryman.bsky.social for the awesome angry interview.

Also HIGHLY recommend reading NOBODY IS PROTECTED by @reecejones.bsky.social

🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”

You can hear the author @reecejones.bsky.social interviewed on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on Feb 6 (move the time marker to the last 5 minutes): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I spoke with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social about why the racism, violence, and constitutional violations of the Border Patrol mean it cannot be reformed or simply sent back to the border soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond. Thursday at 7 PM ET events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...

Really appreciate the work @austinkocher.com is doing to document the geography of ICE detention facilities

53 people missing after a boat capsized adds to the already grisly total 484 people dead or missing in the Mediterranean in 2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...

New @nber.org paper with @caitlinpatler.bsky.social & @elizabethacox.bsky.social out! We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0 Key Findings 🧵 1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0 2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls www.nber.org/papers/w3479...

This is really what separates Trump from Stephen Miller. He'll make it 11/14ths of the way through the 14 words and then stop to complain about Mike Tirico.

So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh

The leading cause of death of Border Patrol agents is vehicle accident. You see them drive down here in the desert and you can tell why. I figure they’ve taken that tradition of reckless driving with them to Minneapolis.

Illuminating interview- I'm excited to read your book! Thank you.

Thank you for writing this & for going on @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social to share your knowledge. If Thurgood Marshall said "No one is safe" in 1973 re the violent, racist culture & broad scope of Border Patrol, it is both pathetic & outrageous that Border Patrol wasn't reined in long before now.

The difference in emails after media appearances: NYT oped = congrats from professors around the world Cable news hit = I think we're related through our great grandparents twice removed, and by the way you didn't mention that ICE agents are actually alien lizards

"Imperialism defines much of this country’s history, but the latest escalation comes at a time when ICE agents have also been deployed to grab immigrants off the streets and whisk them to detention centers. Meanwhile, Trump has continued to preach the jingoistic gospel of stopping new arrivals."

Who could've guessed that Donald Trump was a racist. Didn't see that coming

Thank you @reecejones.bsky.social for being on #LastWord with @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social You did a great job! You enlightened us on the racist and brutal history of the border patrol going back to 1924. That helps us to understand the horror we are seeing today.

And @reecejones.bsky.social gets it, too: "If you are uncomfortable with what the Border Patrol is doing in Minneapolis, you are uncomfortable with the Border Patrol, full stop."

Here’s a 🎁🔗 thanks to bsky.app/profile/pott...

Watched and will be reading your books now. Thank you. Your appearance on the Lawrence O'Donnell show was an eye opener for me

My next book, Smuggler with Greg Boos, tells the wild true story of Bob Boulé, who was assaulted by a Border Patrol agent in his driveway and ended up before the US Supreme Court. It is available for preorders now: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Smuggl...

So this is happening tonight at about 10:45 pm EST

TONIGHT: @reecejones.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

Looks like I'm going to be on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell tonight to talk about the out-of-control Border Patrol during the 10 pm hour on MSNOW

Six ways to reform immigration policing from @vermontgmg.bsky.social www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...

The problem of ICE/CBP reform is we have a monster rampaging through our democracy and are trying to restrict *which* cities it can pillage and *how many* civilians it can eat. The problem isn’t the restrictions on the monster; the problem is the monster. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...

Todd Miller and Melissa Del Bosque on why just abolishing ICE missing the point @mdelbosque.bsky.social www.theborderchronicle.com/abolishing-j...

The final draft of Smuggler: Drugs, Gangs, and Refugees at America's Northern border is in the hands of the editors! The book will be out October 20 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Smuggl...

@jennbudd.bsky.social @reecejones.bsky.social Recipe For Tragedy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

See also “Nobody Is Protected” by @reecejones.bsky.social www.counterpointpress.com/books/nobody...

This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

I testified Friday on the history of CBP and ICE's corruption and training problems. It's so much worse than you think. The population of CBP officers/agents arrested THEMSELVES since 2005 would be America's 4th largest police dept—larger than the Philly PD. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

As we begin this fraught & crucial Black History Month, & amidst every damn thing else, #ScholarSunday threads carry on—here’s my 261st of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

ICE and Border Patrol are using Clearview AI to scan faces and target legal observers. Don't forget that this company was founded by people on the extreme right 1/2 www.huffpost.com/entry/clearv...

If they’re trying to scare you away from Signal, then you should definitely be using Signal.

Reece Jones, a v. good historian of US borders, wrote an excellent essay reminding that Border Patrol has its roots in the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, patrolling racist politics, and the range of its inland incursions has been expanding for decades www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

Superb post from an expert voice on the US border patrol.

I wrote about the long history of Border Patrol racism and violence for the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

It always, always goes back to the history of policing.

“Once the Border Patrol operated primarily in the shadows of the borderlands,” Reece Jones writes. “After watching neighbors tear gassed, pepper-sprayed and beaten while exercising their right to observe police activity, it is impossible to look away.”