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Leisy Abrego

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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New collection documenting and denouncing US immigration practices in and out of court. Thanks to Lauren Heidbrink and Amelia Frank-Vitale for bringing this work together. www.culanth.org/fieldsights/...
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On and Off the Record: Ethnographic Witnessing and Accompaniment in Immigration Court
This collection brings together ethnographers engaged in court-watching, accompaniment in and beyond detained settings, expert witnessing, and co...
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Deplorable. The consequences for science will be with us for years elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
New chapter. Open access link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Undocumented Youth-Led Healing and Transformation in Turbulent Times
As dedicated community-engaged scholars, we have accompanied the immigrant youth movement in the United States over many years, witnessing the leadership, relationships, and transformative capacities ...
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Layers and layers of complex emotions around this. At the core, however, I feel deep gratitude for the chance to know in this life how my efforts -- writing, research, teaching, caring -- impact others. Thanks to all who made this possible 🙏🏼🌸✨️ newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/leis...
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Leisy Abrego receives 2026 Gold Shield Faculty Prize
The annual award honors a mid-career UCLA faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"AFSCME 3299 I Stand With UC Workers!" QR Code on bottom left with text, "Scan to learn more about our fight"
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11/04/2026
May Day will be a nationwide day of economic disruption, as we flex our collective power to demand an end to the oligarch-enabled Trump regime. The central action will be to engage in little-to-no economic activity on May 1 — that means no work, no school, and no shopping: maydaystrong.org
SAVE THE DATE
MAY DAY 2026
A nationwide day of collective action
Friday, May 1, 2026
WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES
MAYDAYSTRONG.ORG
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 11/04/2026
BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges. /w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.social
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Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 24/01/2026
Democracy Now! reports from the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis.
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ICE vs. Minnesota: Community Resists Trump’s Militarized Crackdown
Democracy Now! producer John Hamilton reports from Minneapolis, where residents say ICE agents are violently targeting legal observers and community members as part of the Trump administration’s crack...
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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Keith Porter was the first person murdered by ICE this year.
An image of Keith Porter
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This is what happens when a nation’s political establishment ignores, denies, and funds genocide all while denying reparations for the descendants of those who were enslaved to build this country.
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Im/migrant Well-Being Research Center at University of South Fla @iwrcatusf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A new episode of the podcast Immigrant Lives is available. @drlizaaranda.bsky.social talks with @abregoleisy.bsky.social & Paul Namphy about how immigrants and asylum seekers are navigating having their legal statuses revoked. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
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Sarah Bruhn @sarahbruhn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This open-access article by @abregoleisy.bsky.social and Lucia León is an incredibly useful overview of how immigration policies shape families' lives. Great reference for scholars, students, policymakers, journalists – everyone, really. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families
US immigration policies have profound impacts on immigrant families. In a robust field of study across disciplines, scholars have documented how the multi-layered, complex immigration regime opens and...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Meanwhile…
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Virginia HBCUs shutdown due to threats
Virginia universities take swift action amid threats. Virginia State University and Hampton University close campuses for safety.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This is class solidarity. In case you’re at all confused.
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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
Photo of armed customs and border patrol agents and cars on the plaza in front of the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
80,000+ Salvadorans (mostly men from impoverished communities) have been imprisoned in similar conditions since 3/22. Horrific what these Venezuelan migrants lived through; horrific that so many Salvadorans are still there; painful to see people celebrate it all as a win www.bbc.com/news/resourc...
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The cemetery of living men: Trump deportees tell of abuse in secretive mega-jail - BBC News
Venezuelan migrants deported from the US to El Salvador's mega-jail speak of what life was like inside
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
calmatters.org/education/hi...
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He spent decades researching dementia. Trump’s DEI purge killed his grant, and dozens more
The Trump administration has terminated at least 30 health research grants at UC campuses as it targets DEI.
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
calmatters.org
Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in Kern County. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees
Border Patrol said it had a list of targets for its high-profile January raid, but it had a record for just one of the 78 people it arrested.
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reclaim UC @reclaimuc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Sami @sami64.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Albuquerque New Mexico Hands Off rally. #handsoff #NewMexico #Albuquerque
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
CHICAGO…
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/04/2025
main plaza was full for #handsoff San Antonio
woman with sign “
THIS IS A MORAL MOMENT.
ITS NOT LEFT OR RICHTE
* ITS RIGHT OR WRONG
-SEN cORY BOOKER
25 HRS 4 MINS”wake up and smell the fascism sign
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Ian Hill @ianhillmedia.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
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Nationwide 'Hands Off' protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
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agehealthy.bsky.social @agehealthy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hands Off event in Rancho Bernardo, CA today, about 2000 people attended! It is home to over 3700 55+ residences. When many who wanted to participate would not go to San Diego this was set up last minute. People were so grateful to have this locally available.
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Emily Warnick @emily333.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hands off protest in SLC, UT!!! So proud of Utah for the first time in a long time! Just under 10,000 protestors, biggest protest I have seen in Utah! And there were 7 more across the state
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Greetings From Out of the Blue … State 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @greetingsout.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“Hands Off rally draws a big crowd in Davenport, Iowa Hundreds of people packed the park and hundreds more lined Brady Street. Crowd estimates are chancy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was 1,000-1,500 people. I’ve seen others who say it was as high as 2,000.” This is big for Davenport, Iowa
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Hands Off rally draws a big crowd in Davenport
Protesters demonstrate against Trump and his policies
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DJGaffney @djgaffney56.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hands Off Santa Ana CA
Large crowd with signs
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John Ervin @john-ervin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
All Hands Off Deck! Well Done, Minnesota (and the Rest of the World)!
startribune.com
Thousands of Minnesotans rally against Trump in nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protest
Protesters mobilized in St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester and dozens of other locations to oppose “assault on our freedoms.”
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Pam Albergo ❌️👑 @pamalbergo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hands Off in San Diego we have heard there were 30,000 today! @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
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Mark Lynch @jlocke1957.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
HANDS OFF! WEST VIRGINIA!
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands Off Pittsburgh
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands off! Portland, Maine
Hands off medical research and vaccines
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Maggie Goldman @maggie4fulton.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands off Atlanta Rally! #handsoff #HandsOff2025 #handsoffatlanta
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 05/04/2025
Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff
Portland OR Hands Off Rally
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands off Social Security. Hands off Medicaid. Hands off veteran care. Hands off our kids’ education. Hands off our rights. We’re going to fight like hell to defend our democracy from Donald Trump. #HandsOff
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Dylan Lion @lionshue.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands Off Protest in the Boston Common
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands off Madison, Wisconsin
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands off our healthcare! Hands off our public education! Hands off our jobs! Hands off my 401k! Hands off my neighbor who has committed no crime! Hands off those Congressional seats that we are coming for in 2026!
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Happening Now: Hands Off 2025 Protests all over California — Thousands of protesters have gathered at L.A. City Hall and are protesting Donald Trump and Elon Musk. 📍Los Angeles, CA
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Happening Now: Hands Off 2025 Protests in L.A. — Weat Coast is representing! These crowds are protesting against the Trump administration and Elon Musk. 📍Los Angeles, California
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care. Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I just heard from two different people that someone is impersonating me on this app and I can't find examples of it. Just clarifying that this is my only account on here and I have not messaged a single person ever on this app
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...
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