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Jennifer Bettis

@bittybeetz.bsky.social
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Research & Program Manager at the @bpri.bsky.social | place-based, policy-relevant, interdisciplinary border research | thoughts = mine #borders #canada #trade #cross-border #transboundary

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Politico @politico.com · 07/04/2026
Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’
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Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’
Democrats erupt in protest, but Republicans make their peace with “negotiating Trump style.”
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New article! We looked at news reporting on travel measures during the pandemic. We ask how different forms of inequity associated with restrictions applied to cross-border travel were presented and what can we learn that might inform policy recs about the use of such measures in the future.
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News reporting on travel restrictions between Canada and the US during the COVID-19 pandemic: An equity-based analysis
The worldwide use of different types of travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic was unprecedented. However, there remains need for fuller underst…
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Border Policy Research Institute @bpri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
BPRI is working with the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce to conduct a survey to assess Whatcom County businesses' perceptions and responses to changes in cross-border tourism and shopping last year. Please share!👇 wwu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
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Border Policy Research Institute @bpri.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Changes include: 👉 Increased biometric collection and digital requirements 👉Shifts in digital applications with population-specific mechanisms for travelers to process their exit and entry requirements 👉Removal of exemptions for certain types of Canadian travelers 👉Proposed changes to ESTA & I-94s
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Border Policy Research Institute @bpri.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In the last year, changes in US border policy suggest a shift toward heightened securitization and more unilateral enforcement of the northern border, a departure from the integrated binational approach historically employed by Canada and the US to manage their ‘shared’ border.
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Border Policy Research Institute @bpri.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
📣 New publication alert! Our new Brief highlights changes to US border policy – both proposed and implemented – that may ‘thicken’ the border crossing experience by increasing processing times, and potentially wait times for both Canadians and for non-Canadians traveling from Canada to the US.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Very much worth the read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/06/2025
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I spoke with New Republic about #border state economic ties with #Canada and the impacts we could expect from this #trade war and increasingly heated rhetoric. The downstream effects on border communities will be varied and numerous.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
@bpri.bsky.social director Dr. Laurie Trautman and CFR’s Edward Alden speaking about their new book at Village Books! @edwardalden.bsky.social
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Border Policy Research Institute @bpri.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Every day, electricity crosses the #Canada-US #border. In 2023, Canada provided power equal to electricity consumption by 4.58 million homes. On Tuesday, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on energy imports from Canada, which will most likely translate to higher utility bills for these millions of home.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Just out- AP covers what tariffs could mean for communities along the #Canada-#US #border, featuring @bpri.bsky.social research from our #trade in the #borderlands work. Read more here 👇
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From Alaska to Maine, communities that border Canada worry US tariffs come at a personal cost
The 25% tariff on most imported Canadian goods that President Donald Trump’s plans to impose Tuesday has touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It’s hard to stay engaged, but vitally important. I also know it’s hard to see the silver-lining, but there are many people doing good work out there to maintain relationships and make progress.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Even with the pause in #tariffs, we’ve done some serious damage to our relationship with #Canada and #Mexico, and I don’t really think Americans have fully reckoned with that.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 05/02/2025
Politicians often frame #tariffs like those Trump proposed as punishment for other countries, but they hit Americans hardest—raising grocery bills and disrupting businesses. An economics professor explains: buff.ly/3Q3y0Lm (Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth)
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Any arguments that Trump and co make about #tariffs being about evening the playing field for American industry are out the window after agreements made today between #Canada and #Mexico. Tariffs were always about strong-arming our neighbors and biggest trading partners into getting what he wants.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We won’t know the full impacts until we know what #tariffs actually end up looking like, but it’s important to understand that tariffs are a tax on imports. The buyer pays - American companies pay. On top of that, there will be unintended consequences, particularly in #border communities.
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Trump’s proposed Canada tariff could boost Northwest energy bills
President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Canadian imports could be an expensive proposition for the Pacific Northwest, which depends heavily on its northern neighbors for energy supplies.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Way to sane-wash Trump Tariff policy, NYT.
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Why Tariffs Are Different
The Trump administration is off to a slow start on tariffs.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Insightful points from @edwardalden.bsky.social
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/01/2025
Trump's 'Military Deployment' order sends military personnel to patrol our U.S. border. Impacts: Police State surveillance in border communities; greater risk of violence to citizens, non-citizens, and servicemembers (3/11)
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Welp, #tiktok is going the way of #Twitter #x looks like this is the last refuge…don’t do us wrong #bluesky
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
BPRI’s amazing team has been working hard to put together this resource that aims to show the depth and breadth of the Canada-US relationship. It’s critical to understand our economic integration as we venture into this next administration. #tariffs #border #Canada
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So many products move across the border between Canada and the US, take a look!
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T. Mark Montoya @tmarkm.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hi there, #FirstGen folx. Please help me get the word out and add more to this #StarterPack!
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Using a unilateral 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico as a threat to “fix” border security is a move. Key trading partners and massively important relationships on the line. Will be interesting to see how this develops to say the least.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
It will be interesting to see how cross-border relationships are affected by the use of tariffs, or the threat of tariffs as a negotiating tactic.
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T. Mark Montoya @tmarkm.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📢 Publication Alert 📢 “Walled: Barriers, Migration, and Resistance in the US-Mexico Borderlands” (University of Arizona Press) This collection features contributions from esteemed colleagues in borderlands studies and reflects on 30 years of life along the US-Mexico border
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/11/2024
reparations for any failson forced to endure the indignity of competing for a job with a black person thegrio.com/2024/11/12/t...
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Trump doubles down on eliminating Education Department, vows to give ‘restitution’ to ‘victims’ of DEI
Trump intends to fulfill his promise to eliminate the Education Department, which would have impacts on public education and students.
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Distinguished gentleman Totoro #caturday
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Jennifer Bettis @bittybeetz.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Rapidly entering the “find-out” phase of this election.
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