Amid false claims about non-citizens voting & calls for stricter voter ID laws, this is an apt time to re-circulate "How Real ID Excludes Real Americans," an essay I published last May in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social

Right-wing influencers like Johnson were primarily taking aim at homeless and transitional housing — and exaggerating their “findings.” It’s a strategy state election officials have long been aware of. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rig...

Lots to learn about migration to & from Spain. Students at & beyond @ucsantacruz.bsky.social are invited to join me in "Latin American Spain," a seminar I'll teach in Madrid June 22-July 24, 2026. Register here for our Zoom info session on Thur, Feb 19, 1-2pm PT: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

“Three days after the crash, the 28 Mexican victims were buried in separate coffins in a mass grave in a Fresno cemetery. Their families were not notified about the burial.”

BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers killed a man in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids.

We will show up strong and peaceful on Saturday. Join us!! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

When my US citizen father died, he was effectively "undocumented." I honor his memory & call attention to the dangers of #RealID & the SAVE Act in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social . www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-real-id-...

This month, airports started enforcing REAL IDs, but acquiring a REAL ID can be challenging, even for U.S. citizens and military veterans. Indeed, it can make some Americans “undocumented.” Read from scholar @catherinesramirez.bsky.social: zps.la/4j0rFMS

Co-published on @calmatters.org today: @catherinesramirez.bsky.social for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social on how Real IDs risk disenfranchising Californians because of "the ways American culture coerces and seduces both natives and newcomers to comply with its norms." calmatters.org/commentary/2...

“I love it.” (Trump’s response to Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s offer to imprison US citizens in El Salvador.) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/o...

Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?

How Colleges Are Cracking Down on Students Now www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...

Mark Joseph Stern on the DOJ's insufficient answers on the Venezuelan migrants deportations, saying how tattoos like "simple innocent images were essentially rebranded as gang affiliation. It's absurd...it shows why this admin. did not want to grant these men any due process" #SaturdayShow

“Mexican food was everywhere and it was celebration food. It was party food. It was becoming such a big part of US life, and at the same time, we were exhibiting more and more rejection of Mexican people as newcomers, but citizens were not immune either.”

“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

What happens if we start with the assumption that human smugglers are, in fact, humans too? @jasondeleon.bsky.social & I explore this question in @publicbooks.bsky.social. www.publicbooks.org/humor-and-fe...

No, gracias. Disrespectfully.

When it comes to college rankings, places like UCLA and Stanford often are No. 1. But they're nowhere near the top of a new ranking of CA colleges. Instead, Cal State L.A. is No. 1. The metric by which the schools were judged? Economic mobility. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

What would the tortilla española be without the potato? What would Rosalía be without reggaeton? What would agriculture & child & elder care be without migrants? @ucsantacruz.bsky.social students, explore these questions with me in Madrid this summer. For more info: ucsc.via-trm.com/program_broc...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

If you want more context for indirect costs, this by Christopher Newfield is good

As a 2025-26 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, I'll share my work on migration & Latinx visual culture, performance & speculative fiction with students & scholars across the US. If you're interested in learning more about the incoming cohort, check out www.pbk.org/visitingscho...