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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Measure your bravery against the farmworker who stood up at the @ufwfoundation.bsky.social press conference yesterday to describe the impact that Trump's ethnic cleansing campaign has had on her life and the lives of her fellow agricultural laborers.

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Top Farmworker Fear Is Family Separation - The American Prospect

A first-of-its-kind survey by the UFW Foundation quantifies the impact of Trump’s mass deportation campaign on farmworkers, the vast majority of whom are undocumented.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New book from IEHS member @unlawfulentries.bsky.social: Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants @academic.oup.com global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

***New article from IEHS member @julimwest.bsky.social*** Julian Lim, “Plenary Powers: Chinese Immigration, Sovereignty Challenges, and the Making of Federal Immigration Power in the U.S. West,” Journal of American History 112, no. 3 (December 2025): 482–512 academic.oup.com/jah/article/...

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Plenary Powers: Chinese Immigration, Sovereignty Challenges, and the Making of Federal Immigration Power in the U.S. West

For well over a century, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889) has held tremendous influence over the lives of migran

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/02/2026

Jesus Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Raymundo Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. Records show both men are from South Texas.

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 08/12/2025

Though California’s Imperial Valley might offer the world’s highest sugar beet tonnages, a mixture of lower production costs, modernized processing plants, and federal sugar policies have pushed the crop toward the upper Midwest. Contributor @cetracey.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

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After 150 Years, California’s Sugar Beet Industry Comes to an End

The Imperial Valley might be the best place in the world to grow beets. What went wrong with the California industry?

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This is like a satanic parody of the best moments of Reconstruction, which saw the DOJ using federal power to break up white supremacist conspiracies against civil rights. Here, white supremacists in the DOJ are using conspiracy law to attack civil rights.

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Exclusive: The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility in Venezuela, sources told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. This is the attack Trump has repeatedly alluded to in recent days. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

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Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics

The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wow, did you know that if you act now, you can preorder @eladiobobadilla.com's book @illinoispress.bsky.social and get 40% off with the code HOLIDAY40?? You could literally do this today. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Dangerous Migration

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

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UFW Foundation @ufwfoundation.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Let this serve as a reminder that the people who feed us come with rich cultures, deep traditions, and knowledge systems that deserve celebration. This Thanksgiving, give thanks to farm workers who continue to put food on our table while away from theirs. givebutter.com/vKZByM

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Jen Moran @chicanahistorian.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is our last workshop for 2025!! Join me and @karinabela.bsky.social in El Paso on 11/17 to discuss oral history, memory mapping, mural conservation, and climate. Come learn our methodologies and eat some great food! (We are also a super fun duo ☺️) givebutter.com/lhc-raicesco...

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Raíces Comunales: Mural Conservation and Climate

In Partnership with Chicano Muralist Jesus 'Cimi' Alvarado

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025

Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/11/2025

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

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ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.

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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🧵 I know everyone wants to believe that ICE is just a bunch of J6ers under Trump, but let's be clear about something: ICE has always been like this. Denying that and pushing the idea that they're only like this because of Trump is dangerous. Assuming this leaves us in a place where we simply...

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 26/10/2025

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

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Angie the Optimist @angietheoptimus.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

What is the “working class”? They’re not the burly white men that white male pundits think they are “The working class—defined as workers without a four-year college degree—makes up almost two-thirds of the workforce and is more racially and ethnically diverse than the college-educated workforce.”

A pie chart that breaks down working class workers by labor sector. 78% are in the Service Industry.

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“More than three-quarters of the working class works in the service sector

Occupational sectors of the working-class labor force, 2023

Manufacturing (8.3%)
Construction (12.8%)
Agriculture (0.9%)
Service (78%)

Source: Steven Ruggles and others, "Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 16.0, U.S. Census Data for Social, Economic, and Health Research,
2025 American Community Survey" (Minneapolis: Minnesota Population
Center, 2025).
Chart: Center for American Progress”

Link to publication:

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/understanding-the-working-class-and-the-challenges-it-faces/

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 14/10/2025

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce. Dairy owner says fears are spreading in the industry that ‘we’ve turned off the tap’ with no plan to help or replace lost workers. southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/10/10/d...

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Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight

Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin. When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Jonathan Angulo @jangulo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“United Farm Workers calculated that the change will reduce wages by $5 to $7 per hour in some states, leading to $2.46 billion less paid to H-2A workers annually.”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2025

if Kash can go back years and fire people for kneeling or displaying a pride flag the absolute least the next Dem admin can do is fire every one of these assholes who are assaulting people on camera (and then prosecute them)

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Tim Bowman @tbowmanhist.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

For those interested in agriculture, farm labor, civil rights, the border, etc. I had the pleasure of interviewing Harrington for my research earlier this spring. Fascinating guy who’s done so much good for countless people. 🗃️

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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The level of weaponized ignorance in this country is currently being highlighted by people who think Bad Bunny is an immigrant.

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UFW Foundation @ufwfoundation.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Through our new website, you can learn more about the wide range of services available to you, including help with family-based petitions, DACA renewals, U-Visas and T-Visas for crime survivors, and more. Share it with people in your community who can benefit from our resources.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 18/09/2025

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-...

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Behind Every Meal: The Farmworkers Who Feed America

Over the summer of 2024, in collaboration with United Farm Workers, we sat down with several farmworkers, volunteers, and organizers to hear their stories.

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Steve "looking for work" Pordon (he/him/his) @legion303.blacksky.app · 15/09/2025

Probably not many people know what TRIO is. The programs help first-generation or low-income high school students and veterans get into college, and help with early childhood education. I researched and helped write two grant proposals which were funded.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Stop calling it "witholding". The money was appropriate by Congress, and by law was to be disbursed to the intended programs. The money was supposed to go to the programs, Trump and McMahon prevented it from doing so, sending the $$ back to the Treasury. Call it theft, because it is.

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Trump Administration Withholds Millions for TRIO Programs

Nonprofits that advocate for first-gen students say that without the federally funded programs, college could become unattainable for hundreds of thousands of students.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

ICE has detained Xóchitl Santiago for 5+ weeks despite her valid DACA. She has spent her life organizing for women and children. The judge has dismissed her case. Free her now. #FreeXochitl #QuietlyKillingDACA

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CHIRLA @chirla-org.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The administration is #QuietlyKillingDACA. ICE and CBP unlawfully detain immigrant youth—including valid DACA recipients like Xóchitl and Paulo. We demand accountability. #HomeIsHere #ProtectDACA

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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Register by Sep 3 for our 6-week online course Skills to Win. Designed to build high-participation organizations and prepare groups to win on any campaign, whether in a workplace, apartment building, neighborhood, neighborhood, school, or city. Learn more: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/workshop/ski...

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Skills to Win

Join us once a week for two hours on Zoom for the Skills to Win workshop, which focuses on how to build high participation organizations. October 9-November 13, 2025.

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Ruben A Tlakatekatl @tlakatekatl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Local DFW Metroplex author - and friend, Richard J. Gonzales, has a recent piece in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about El Alacran - an old Chicano paper from the 70s that was recently resurrected by the UTA Center For Mexican American Studies. Que viva La Causa! Chicano Power!

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Jonathan Angulo @jangulo.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Waiting @ back doctor’s lobby b/cs my father has chronic back issues & severe pain. Farm worker’s backs break & hurt is completely accurate. Farm workers get bad backs & other health issues. This work is highly racialized & we need better conditions/legalization for farm workers.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

1)Those deported aren't allowed to come back legally quickly 2)No; immigrants aren't "naturally" better at doing farm labor & picking produce from the ground. Their backs break & hurt too. This racial essentialism isn't new see books "Building Walls: Excluding Latinos" & "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies"

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Re-upping this from November. Some of us have consistently tried to warn about what was to come. Many of us were treated as hysterical.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The White House openly abandons any pretense of claiming that they support legal immigration.

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Jose Chapa Jr. @chicanology.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

But the protest march turned into a riot in which widespread damage occurred, thirty-eight arrests were made, and five policemen were injured. Cain's brief sentence, only five years. @tlakatekatl.bsky.social #CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾 #skystorians 📚 #JUSTICE ⚖️ #bluesky 🦋

MARCH OF JUSTICE FOR SANTOS RODRÍGUEZ ⚖️

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Jose Chapa Jr. @chicanology.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

#OTD in 1973, a "March for Justice" took place in protest against the killing of Santos Rodríguez in #Dallas. While being questioned about a robbery, Rodríguez was killed by a Dallas policeman, Darrell Cain. Cain was subsequently tried for #murder and convicted, and Rodríguez was exonerated.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

This came out five months ago but new people keep discovering it every few weeks and make it go viral. That's nice and all but the unfortunate part is that we still have no idea whether this guy is still actively working for ICE because ICE won't say.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16/07/2025

📣 call for applications 📣 Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. Please share widely! www.historyworkshop....

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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

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