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MiSC is a community of scholars fighting to decriminalize migration and open wider pathways to legal immigration in the United States. Op Eds + Public History sites.google.com/lclark.edu/misc

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Check out this free, online book event tomorrow (August 13) hosted by @iehs.bsky.social
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The CBP Home app urges migrants to self-deport. However, given the external pressures that migrants face in their day-to-day lives, many self-deportations are not completely voluntary. MiSC scholar Adam Goodman's work on self-deportations provides us with a lens to see through these fallacies. 🧵⬇️
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
How has a SCOTUS case from the 1800's profoundly effected the way deportation is viewed today?
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 02/06/2026
ICE detainee says officers used force and pepper spray after summoning migrants to a meeting they called a “trick.”
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ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Say They Were Pepper Sprayed
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sen. Murphy: When Trump came into office, ICE's budget was $10B. ICE's budget is now 11 times that. $115B. Taxpayers entrust their money to us to spend it wisely. We swear an oath to assure that their money is not used to fund illegal behavior. Every single day ICE is violating the Constitution.
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
A new series rolling out on publicbooks.org, "Fascism's Building Blocks," was commissioned by MiSC members @naomipaik.bsky.social and @catherinesramirez.bsky.social and examines the laws that paved the way for today's emergent fascism. Check it out! www.publicbooks.org/tag/fascisms...
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Earlier today, ICE revealed that on April 28, 2026, Denny Adan Gonzalez (a 33-year old migrant from Cuba) died while in their custody. Gonzalez becomes the 18th person to have died in ICE detainment in 2026.
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
On April 12, 2026, Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt died in ICE custody. How can we use the works of MiSC scholars such as @austinkocher.com to contextualize this death, the deaths of the sixteen other people who have died in ICE custody in 2026, and the criminalization of migration? 🧵
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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The recording of our event, Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence with Dr. Maxamed Abu-maye is now available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFz... @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @ridgs.bsky.social
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Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence
YouTube video by Immigration History Research Center
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/04/2026
The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on DACA, the program that has given deportation relief and work permits to immigrants who came to the United States as children. The Board of Immigration Appeals recently ruled that DACA status is not enough to spare someone from deportation.
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Trump’s Justice Department Is Moving to Make It Easier to Deport DACA Recipients
Rep. Delia Ramirez speaks about the administration’s effort to “weaponize the court system” against immigrants.
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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Join us April 22 for a fascinating conversation about how international students organize and protest in the face of repression and threats. RSVP: z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22 @freedomhouse.bsky.social @nafsa-official.bsky.social @presalliance.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This March, MiSC scholar A. Naomi Paik (@naomipaik.bsky.social) published "Sanctuary for None: Conservation, Migration, and Border Violence in the Sonoran Desert." What does Paik teach us about the links between land conservation and the antimigrant violence?🧵 read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/...
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Sanctuary for None: Conservation, Migration, and Border Violence in the Sonoran Desert
Abstract. This article examines migration through protected areas of the Sonoran Desert from the 1990s to 2024. During this time of accelerating globalization and transnational migration, US border po...
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Rachel Grace Newman @rachelgracenewman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Take a listen to my convo w/Amelia Frank-Vitale on her new book, "Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds." I learned so much from this book & Amelia's response to my questions. newbooksnetwork.com/leave-if-you...
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Kaysha Corinealdi @kcorinealdi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It hurts that denationalization is still a reality today.
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Between 1941 and 1946, over 50,000 Panamanians —most of them Black— were stripped of their birthright citizenship. It was the first constitutionally sanctioned denationalization in the Americas. Yet, almost no one talks about it. 🧵👇 thefunambulist.net/magazine/fol...
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Denationalization and Historical Memory: The Panamanian Case
In this text inspired from her book Panama in Black: Afro-Caribbean World Making in the Twentieth Century (2022), Kaysha Corinealdi retraces the five years that led to 50,000 (mostly Black)…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/03/2026
“As far as I can tell, it’s the practice of ICE to throw everybody’s documents into a black box and then lose it."
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ICE took their papers—and won’t give them back
Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 25/03/2026
Something remarkable happened this week: a Substack post helped expose and remove the first-ever ICE 287(g) enforcement agreement with a K-12 school district in the United States. Here's what we know. 🧵
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)
Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.
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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Join the IHRC and @iehs.bsky.social for a fascinating online discussion: The Founding of the US and Immigration History on March 31 at 3:30 Central. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/USandImmHistory @hidehirota.bsky.social @amandafrost.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/03/2026
As Predicted, ICE Reports Another Detention Death While Congress Does Nothing: 2nd This Week, 13th This Year, 42nd Under Trump austinkocher.substack.com/p/as-predict...
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As Predicted, ICE Reports Another Detention Death While Congress Does Nothing: 2nd This Week, 13th This Year, 42nd Under Trump
Detention deaths occurring about once every four days. Call Rep. Scott Franklin and Glades County Sheriff's Office until we get answers, contact information available below.
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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW EVENT: Maxamed Abu-maye, author of the book Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence. Wed. April 8 at 5pm in person and online. z.umn.edu/IHRCApril8 @uofmhumanrights.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social
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Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence with Maxamed Abu-maye
Maxamed Abu-maye is the author of the book Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence (University of California Press, 2025). This multi-sited project...
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🚨 Since July 2025, federal agents have shot 16 people. No criminal charges. Limited public information. Cases quietly fading from the news. Rather than a coincidence, these events reflect a deep-set pattern. 🧵👇 www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/t...
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The Philip Brown Case Tells Us What to Expect After Federal Agents Shoot Someone
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at Phillip Brown’s car in Washington, D.C., last fall, the outcome offered a revealing lesson about
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🚨 Since July 2025, federal agents have shot 16 people. No criminal charges. Limited public information. Cases quietly fading from the news. Rather than a coincidence, these events reflect a deep-set pattern. 🧵👇 www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/t...
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The Philip Brown Case Tells Us What to Expect After Federal Agents Shoot Someone
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at Phillip Brown’s car in Washington, D.C., last fall, the outcome offered a revealing lesson about
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13/03/2026
ICE detained a 9-year-old with severe autism and his mom for more than 80 days. The boy depends on daily therapy, but at Dilley, those supports vanished. Unable to understand why they couldn’t go home, he would cry through the night and hit himself, his mother told me. My latest for @nbcnews.com
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'This place broke something in us': Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day court limit
The Trump administration has detained more than 900 children — including a boy with severe autism — for longer than allowed under a decades-old legal settlement.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 14/03/2026
Ms. Rachel met over zoom with a 5-year-old boy with autism detained at Dilley whose mother says he hasn’t been able to poop in nine days. After trying to cheer him up on the call, she’s calling for his release this morning.
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Jorge Reyes Medina said he was held in the Baltimore facility starting last Thursday... He said they were told that 'no one can be in here' as agents prepared them to leave the holding cells. On Sunday, at least 100 people were shackled and loaded into vans, then driven to an airport"
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ICE sent Maryland detainees to Arizona before congressional oversight visit
For months, the overcrowded, bleak conditions on the sixth floor of the George H. Fallon Federal Building have drawn attention from Maryland lawmakers, a federal judge and the state’s top prosecutor.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New: A federal ​judge in Boston has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending legal protections next week that have allowed nearly 1,100 ​Somalis to live and work in ​the United States. www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump from ending protections for 1,100 Somalis
A federal ​judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. ‌President Donald Trump's administration from ending legal protections next week that have allowed nearly 1,100 ​Somalis to live and work in ​the Un...
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The US has been signing "Asylum Cooperative Agreements" (ACAs), sending asylum seekers to third countries instead of processing their claims at home. A new bulletin from the Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab breaks down what this means. 🧵👇 sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The US has been signing "Asylum Cooperative Agreements" (ACAs), sending asylum seekers to third countries instead of processing their claims at home. A new bulletin from the Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab breaks down what this means. 🧵👇 sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Important piece by UMN prof Rahsaan Mahadeo about the lasting impact of deportation and the criminalization of immigrants. @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/dep...
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Deportation Is Not a Hardship That Shall Pass — It Is an Interminable Agony
US immigration agencies deported my father and uncles. Some called them “felons.” I called them family.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 09/03/2026
The ICE warehouse in Western Maryland, up close. It’s hard to explain how enormous this place is until you’re standing right in front of it.
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Elliott Young @elliottyoung.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
32 immigrants died in ICE custody in 25, and already in 2026, 9 have died. Immigrant detention becomes a death machine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving ‘timely medical attention’
Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian asylum seeker, was being held at the Florence correctional center before he died
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/03/2026
Body camera footage newly obtained by CBS News shows the moments leading up to and after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot US citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in March 2025 and contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the killing.
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New footage yet again contradicts DHS claims about its killing of a US citizen
Body camera video obtained by CBS News in the Ruben Ray Martinez case is another example of the administration misrepresenting lethal action from immigration agents.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Key difference is US interdiction these days is a near-guarantee and unlike in previous years there will be no kind of wet foot/dry foot; it’d be detention and deportation for all.
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 08/03/2026
Noem may be leaving DHS, but the agency’s accountability crisis remains. In this week’s newsletter, we break down Noem’s tenure of secrecy and brutality at DHS — and what needs to happen next Read and subscribe: americanoversight.org/newsletter/
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Newsletter - American Oversight
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...
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'It Was Very Creepy': These People Say They Lost Global Entry Just For Watching ICE Agents
Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 05/03/2026
I'm in St. Louis this week for a series of public events on immigration enforcement with Ashrei Foundation Before tonight's panel, a thread on what ICE detention actually looks like in Missouri right now — because the geography tells you a lot.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 05/03/2026
Minnesota and other states can implement these security measures to help lawmakers and the public alike feel safe to engage in the democratic process: bit.ly/4u2U0su
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Minnesota Lawmakers Can Act Now to Protect Themselves and Their Constituents
Improving security measures at the state capitol complex would help combat political violence and protect free speech rights.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/03/2026
Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Minneapolis is making global headlines — but much of what’s happening on the ground isn’t being fully understood. If you want deeper context from scholars closely following events, this conversation is for you. 👇👇👇👇👇👇 torontomu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Brutality and New Solidarities: Learning from Minneapolis. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Brutality and New Solidarities: Learning from Minneapolis. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Minneapolis is making global headlines — but much of what’s happening on the ground isn’t being fully understood. If you want deeper context from scholars closely following events, this conversation is for you. 👇👇👇👇👇👇 torontomu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Brutality and New Solidarities: Learning from Minneapolis. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Brutality and New Solidarities: Learning from Minneapolis. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Border czar Tom Homan says 700 ICE and CBP officers are leaving Minneapolis
The reduction is a significant scale back of the Department of Homeland Security’s presence in Minnesota and comes after two U.S. citizens were fatally shot.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Op-ed with my colleague and physician Jeff Singer: "The ongoing immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota is already producing a familiar yet increasingly harmful side effect: Patients are avoiding doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals out of fear." www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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Fear of immigration raids undermines Minnesota health care
Patients and workers are avoiding health care facilities as immigration crackdown continues to roil the state.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I've wanted to make this graph for years, and we finally did it. Here's where all the government's money came from and went to for the last 30 years. Immigrants aren't the cause of the problem. cato.org/white-paper/...
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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Join us for an online discussion of Intersections in Indigenous and Immigration Histories Monday, Feb 23 at 4pm Central. Co-sponsored by the Dept. of American Indian Studies. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/IHRCIntersections @iehs.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/01/2026
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...
"Arnoldo had filmed much of the incident, but agents had taken his phone. He used Find My to locate the phone — at a vending machine for used electronics miles away, close to an ICE detention center. The footage, which ProPublica has reviewed, backed the family’s account of the chase."
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 13/01/2026
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’ The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation. www.wired.com/story/minnes...
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Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 14/01/2026
YouGov poll finds most Americans, including most independents, believe that that ICE was NOT JUSTIFIED in shooting Renee Good in Minneapolis last week. See the underlying data for yourself: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
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