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David FitzGerald

@fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social
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Sociology professor at University of California San Diego and (co)author of The Refugee System (2023); Refuge beyond Reach (2019); and Culling the Masses (2014). I research policies and experiences around migration and asylum. tinyurl.com/4snsdvzf

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Chris Maggio @chrisjmaggio.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
When Pew counts the unauthorized population it includes those with and without deportation protection. It only gives us disaggregated data for 3 years, but using ChatGPT I put together a table that tells a really different story when you separate these two out
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Targetability as Credibility: The Judiciary and Refugee Status Determination in South Korea" by Angela Y. McClean is now out in IMR. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Targetability as Credibility: The Judiciary and Refugee Status Determination in South Korea - Angela Y. McClean, 2026
Credibility assessment is a central yet contested element of refugee status determination (RSD) across jurisdictions, with adjudicators often weighing extralega...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My book review of "Transnational Asylum: Toward a Principled Framework" by @ndftan.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
📢 We launched our report 𝗜𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 🇺🇳 🌎 🌍 🌏 @columbiaigp.bsky.social @columbiasipa.bsky.social @unatcolumbia.bsky.social Here is how you can engage: ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
latest CCIS working paper from Neil Gong and colleagues is an ethnographic account of San Diego immigration court in recent months ccis.ucsd.edu/publications...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Our article on "Refugee Systems" in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Migration Studies is now online at doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 09/02/2026
Detention Reports has been updated to include a national map of all active ICE detention facilities that link to individual facility reports. Learn about this new feature and other new features at my latest post: austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This is such an important book to understand how the early months of refugee resettlement in the US unfold in practice. Congratulations, @molly-fee.bsky.social! staging.ucpress.edu/books/believ... #refugee
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends." Open access at academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
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Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends
Abstract. Academic literature on forced displacement has been criticized for disproportionately focusing on the Global North, despite the significant conce
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
looking forward to taking part in this online panel Thursday, 20 November
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New blog post on the IEHS blog, Not From Here: Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari with Hardeep Dhillon @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social iehs.org/authors-on-a...
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Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari
Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
my review recommending Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community, edited by Kiran Banerjee & Craig Damian Smith doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community. Edited by Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024. 510p. | Perspectives on Politi...
Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community. Edited by Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024. 510p.
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Şener Aktürk @senerakturk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I'm delighted to serve on "The Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics" committee @apsa.bsky.social Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2026. Details of the nomination and a list of previous winners can be found at the APSA-IHaP website connect.apsanet.org/s34/nominati...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
paid Research & Advocacy Fellow, Migration & Human Rights Program, Cornell Law School. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/309...
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Cornell University, Law School
Job #AJO30923, Research & Advocacy Fellow, Migration & Human Rights Program, Law School, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
call for special issues @migrationjrnl.bsky.social academic.oup.com/migration/pa...
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2025 Call for Special Issue Proposals
Deadline: 15 December 2025 Migration Studies is now accepting Special Issue proposals. The journal typically publishes one call for special issues pe
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
mi capítulo “La migración mexicana y la ley” está disponible en acceso abierto en la antología "Construyendo el gran México. La emigración mexicana a Estados Unidos" librosdigitales.colsan.edu.mx/detalles.php...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
hats off to @usnatarchives.bsky.social for displaying pre-WW2 refugee documents - a refugee from Soviet Armenia seeking to stay in USA in 1934 bc he was a political or religious refugee and would be stateless if deported. Act of June 8, 1934 is often forgotten in #RefugeeHistory
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
It was a real coup to get my hands on a copy of Paolo Boccagni's new book. This ethnography of the absurd confronts the existential question of what it means to live in limbo while waiting for asylum. Available open access from @ucpress.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/books/undoin...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Congratulations to @hekwon.bsky.social for her new publication, "Privileged pariahs: agency of Korean expatriate mothers in the UAE" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I'm excited to share pre-print of a ✨ new paper with the great @sumpierrez.bsky.social! We study ’pathways of external citizenship’ across 194 countries 🌎 since 1960. We do so by building a sequence analysis of the timing and extent of dual citizenship acceptance and external voting rights. a 🧵
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Pathways to External Citizenship: The Global Extension of Dual Citizenship and Voting From Abroad
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Sebastian Umpierrez de Reguero and Maarten Vink
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The extension of dual citizenship and external voting rights over the past decades has been widely observed. Both trends contribute to the phenomenon of external citizenship, where citizens residing abroad hold rights to political participation irrespective of other transnational ties. Yet these trends have been studied in a disconnected manner. This is remarkable as the exercise of external voting requires nationals abroad to keep a legal link with the home country, while dual citizenship acceptance is high on the agenda of politically mobilized emigrant communities. In this paper, we make two original contributions. First, applying sequence analysis to a dataset covering 194 countries over 61 years (N=10,310), we identify five dominant pathways in extending rights to dual citizenship and external voting: 1) norm setters, 2) dual citizenship only, 3) external voting only, 4) latecomers, and 5) norm resisters. Second, we analyze the correlates of these pathways with a focus on the predominant political regime type. Democratic regimes are not more prone to be norm setters that adopt both forms of rights extension but are less likely to be norm resisters that do not adopt either. Partial norm extenders and latecomers are not significantly associated with a particular regime experience.
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
My piece in Foreign Affairs is out on the problems of third country and offshore detention www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Sordid History of Offshoring Migrants
Trump is only the latest to embrace a costly and immoral tactic.
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
So sorry to learn of the passing of Richard Alba. His work will be passed on through our teaching and research for years to come.
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Read how the U.S. systematically externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers. Open access in Migration Studies. doi.org/10.1093/migr...
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Remote biopower: Constructing the system of immigrant health controls
Abstract. The selection of migrants based on judgments about their health was a fundamental driver of state migration controls. The USA was a global leader
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This incredible resource on Canadian immigration policy is out. Hats off to the dream team of authors, including the late Jeff Reitz. A capstone achievement to an illustrious career. utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Devastated to learn of the passing of Jeff Reitz. He was such a model of scholarship and decency. www.sociology.utoronto.ca/news/memoria... munkschool.utoronto.ca/gml/news/mem...
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Jeffrey G. Reitz | Department of Sociology
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A fresh way of thinking in a systems framework
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
My review of “Framing Refugees: How the Admission of Refugees is Debated in Six Countries across the World” by Daniel Drewski and Jürgen Gerhards Updated link to the review: academic.oup.com/sf/article/1... Link to the book: tinyurl.com/3mw3kzxp We need more comparative work like this.
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Julian Hattem @jmhattem.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Missed this, but Italy last week tightened rules for citizenship for people of Italian ancestry born abroad. only people w Italian parents or grandparents are now eligible www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/w...
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Why Italy Made It Harder to Become Italian
The government says it tightened citizenship rules because of a deluge of applications from the descendants of emigrants who only coveted an Italian passport.
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Ulrike Bialas @ulrikebialas.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Three days left to submit your abstracts on experiences of refugeehood for our planned special issue! Details below
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Dark days at IOM: www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
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Scoop: UN migration agency cuts more jobs, shutters lifesaving programs
The International Organization for Migration lays off 20% of its headquarters staff, cease lifesaving operations from Myanmar to Yemen.
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Ulrike Bialas @ulrikebialas.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Call for Papers for the Special Issue “Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century?” I am co-editing with @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social & Aryan Karimi @ubcmigration.bsky.social We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31! More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
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Call for Papers Special Issue: Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century? - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
How wonderful to be in community with friends and colleagues at @enmisa.bsky.social for the Distinguished Scholar Award panel. There is much work to do!
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It is that time of the year again! @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link today published data on citizenship acquisition updated to 2023 a 🧵 on a few things we learn from the data and some of the usual caveats to keep in mind ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...
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Acquisition of citizenship statistics
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Gov. Hochul orders CUNY to remove Palestine scholar job post
System leaders took down a job posting for a Palestinian studies professor at Governor Hochul’s insistence. Faculty say it’s an unprecedented breach of academic autonomy.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Oh Statue of Liberty has been removed from USCIS logo. Not subtle! www.lexisnexis.com/community/in...
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Statue of Liberty, "America's Promise" Gone from USCIS Logo
For a while, USCIS had this as their logo: Now, it's this:
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Colleagues in Middle East Studies! The Anthropology dept at UC Davis is hiring in Palestine Studies. Scholars at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels will be considered; please share widely! mesana.org/resources-an...
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Middle East Studies Association
The Department of Anthropology seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist of Palestine. The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor rank.
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Shannon O'Neil @shannonkoneil.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Trump is threatening tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico starting February 1. Here are nine @cfr.org charts showing what that may mean for all four economies. 🧵(1/6) www.cfr.org/article/what...
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What Trump’s Trade War Would Mean, in Nine Charts
If implemented, President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what comes next, and why it matters.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The topic of @globalcit.bsky.social's Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship is becoming awfully more relevant by the day. 'How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies?' Have thoughts? Write 'em down and send them to us! globalcit.eu/rainer-baubo...
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Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship: Applications Open - Globalcit
The Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), a global research network committed to fact-based and non-partisan analysis of citizenship laws and electoral rights around the world, is soliciting sub...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Call to contribute to an edited volume on migrant (ir)regularity in the Americas. Abstracts due Feb 7 migdep.colmex.mx/actividades/...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Call for a a postdoctoral researcher to work at MIGDEP (Migración, desigualdad y políticas públicas) in Mexico City. agenda.colmex.mx/Imagenes%20W...
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you missed the presentation and discussion of "Forever 17: Coming of Age in the German Asylum System" by @ulrikebialas.bsky.social, click here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q92k...
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Forever 17: Coming of Age in the German Asylum System
YouTube video by The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 29/01/2025
#ERSNew🐣🔓 Many states want labor migrants and refugees to be temporary, even if the reality is long-term residence. Article by @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social: buff.ly/3WB3tYQ
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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
job opening for Project Coordinator, Migration & Human Rights Program - Cornell Law School cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellPosit...
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Project Coordinator, Migration & Human Rights Program - Cornell Law School
Founded in 1887, Cornell Law School is a top-tier law school, currently ranked 14th by U.S. News & World Report. We offer a 3-year JD program for about 200 students per class, a one-year LLM progr...
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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 27/01/2025
We don't have to speculate on the economic impacts of mass deportations-- we have evidence! Professor East's work shows that harsh immigration enforcement is linked to employment declines for BOTH foreign and native workers.
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 16/01/2025
#ERSNew #SpecialIssue🐣🔓 Exploring Asia's emerging second generation: 6 case studies reveal how cross-border marriages, state policies, & transnationalism shape belonging & identity in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, & Hong Kong. Article link: buff.ly/4jsiExF
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