As the total number of U.S. veterans has shrunk over the years, immigrants have comprised a growing share More than in the past, veterans are likely to be immigrants Something to think about this #VeteransDay https://bit.ly/ImmigrantVetsData

"In fact, about 70% of American farmworkers were born somewhere else. More than 40% of that workforce is in the country illegally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture." "Without these immigrants, we would struggle," said John Rosenow, a mid-sized dairy farmer in western Wisconsin.

“… two of Trump’s signature policies have clearly contributed to this year’s increases: large and broad tariffs on imported goods (including food and food packaging materials) and a crackdown on undocumented immigrants (who make up a large percentage of the US farm workforce).”

Judges See An Immigration Court Gutted From Inside In this @law360.bsky.social article, 1 former immigration judge said the Trump admin's strategy is a "classic totalitarian playbook" & another said "This is a complete fascist blueprint."

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' in US about treatment of immigrants under Trump administration. For @reuters.com

“You can’t really say to your employer, 'I’m out for three weeks while I wait.’ The result is probably gonna be, 'yeah, we have to let you go,'” said Matthew Maiona, a Boston-based immigration attorney. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

USCIS ends all automatic extensions of EADs

Resettling refugees is the right thing to do—and it’s good for our country. “In 2019, 13% of refugees in the U.S. were entrepreneurs, surpassing the 11.7% rate among non-refugee immigrants and the 9% rate among U.S.-born citizens.” americasvoice.org/blog/world-r... #RefugeesWelcome

"The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s expansion and success." https://bit.ly/4mVFfCZ

@misscherryjones.bsky.social Ecumenical Patriarch inviting Pope Leo to commemorate Council of Nicaea together. ec-patr.org/en/visit-of-...

Immigrants and Americans pay USCIS for services. It has nothing to do with Congress. So what the USCIS director is saying is that he will steal those fees and spend them on other stuff so that people get mad at Democrats. He should be impeached. This is fraud.

Veterans support Afghan asylum seekers www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/o...

Listen to @jeffjacoby.bsky.social when he speaks. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/o...

"Sorry, you can't hire that cardiologist."

The fact is that undocumented workers actually pay _into_ federal programs that they can't access. In 2022, undocumented immigrants paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes and $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes: americasvoice.org/blog/on-tax-...

Groceries costing more? It’s not just inflation. "You can blame the admin's chaotic and destructive policies for the pain in your wallet," writes @tusk81.bsky.social These mass deportation raids are gutting the farmworker workforce, leaving crops unharvested, and prices soaring.

This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.

🌍 September 28th marks World Day of Migrants and Refugees, a day recognized by the Catholic Church and faith communities worldwide.

The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration. First H-1B visas. Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation. I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

How immigration crackdowns are impacting America’s farm workers: www.agriculture.com/how-immigrat...

"This indiscriminate mass detention—a dramatic shift in immigration enforcement policy that began on July 8—has been declared illegal by dozens of federal judges, who have described it as a flagrant perversion of long-standing law, policy & common sense." https://politi.co/48rnEz9

“I want to say it’s nuts that the proclamation cites 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) as authority, when that provision only gives the president authority to prevent entry, and gives the president no authority with respect to petition approval or visa issuance,” said Morrison. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Discrimination, extreme weather, threats of deportation —immigrant farmworkers face all of these challenges while sustaining the U.S. agricultural industry. Hear directly from farmworkers about the realities of life in the fields & the strength it takes to keep going.⤵️ www.nilc.org/farmworkers-...

so uh PIIE did the work and they see a 9.1% increase in CPI due to mass deportation (9M deported)

"At DHS, Trump has ordered agents formerly dedicated to investigating and arresting human traffickers to focus on deporting immigrants." This is not an administration that cares about public safety. This is an administration that cares about padding its deportation numbers.

SCOOP: Sulma arrived in the US with her daughters in 2019. ICE pulled her over weeks ago. She has no criminal record. She’s a crime victim. By nightfall she was in detention. Her twins were in US custody, among hundreds of minors ICE referred to shelters this year. Gift link: wapo.st/46r573F

As helpful as streamlining & simplifying H-2As could be, a reform that allowed farmers to legally employ unauthorized immigrants that they have long worked with & trust, would be far more effective. For decades, 40-55% of farmworkers have been unauthorized.

The Trump administration is deporting Russian dissidents back to Putin’s control. Russian defectors who escaped to avoid the war in Ukraine were rounded up and turned over to Moscow — together w/ details of their opposition. A truly shocking betrayal. My latest: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/14/o...

Article here: apnews.com/article/us-g...

Crucial Resource “Immigration Professors Blog” is Temporally Down, Moving to Independent Platform Soon austinkocher.substack.com/p/crucial-re...

Trying to figure out how to alert Brett Kavanaugh that his wildly permissive standard for kidnapping can sweep up Irish guys as well.

Former ICE Director John Sandweg, expressing concern that the Trump administration is prioritizing padding their deportation numbers over public safety: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NLy...

Yesterday, the State Dept took yet another anti-immigrant action. It stopped the helpful policy of allowing individuals to apply for visa stamps at any US consular post in the world rather than just in their home country. Effective immediately, that policy is over. travel.state.gov/content/trav...

Trump has stripped, or moved to strip, Temporary Protected Status from over: - 605,000 Venezuelans - 330,700 Haitians - 51,200 Hondurans, - 8,100 Afghans - 7,100 Nepalese - 4,900 Cameroonians - 2,900 Nicaraguans These figures don't even count the hundreds of thousands of parole terminations.

🚨 The Trump admin is moving to de-legalize more than a quarter of a million Venezuelans who have been here for at LEAST four years. The vast majority entered before Biden took office (often on tourist visas) and were previously granted deportation protections by Trump himself.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u... Gift link!

Local organizations that help immigrants apply for naturalization say the “neighborhood checks” may deter them from applying. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.

Cut immigration, cut labor supply, add tariffs on imports… and voilà: higher food prices.

"The U.S. workforce has shrunk by as many as 1.2 million foreign-born workers since January 2025. According to the report, this labor loss has contributed to higher prices for goods and services and widespread staffing shortages in multiple sectors." https://bit.ly/47FPgQG

Instead of taking aim at criminals and bad actors, the Trump administration is targeting law-abiding immigrants, including many long-standing and valued members of our communities. This isn't what Americans expected – and it's not what they want.

500 personal care attendants represented by 1199SEIU have been laid off due to changes in their immigration status, including many CHNV parolees. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

$715 million in tax revenue. Gone. Our new report analyzes the devastating costs of the Trump administration's travel ban. Here's what you need to know 👇 www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump...