Ernesto Castañeda

@drernestocast.bsky.social

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Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar. .. more

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Nov 11

"Immigration Realities" is a thorough, research-based #analysis that debunks widespread #myths surrounding #immigration. Its well-supported #insights make it valuable for readers interested in a thoughtful public #dialogue @columbiaup.bsky.social Review here:
www.populismstudies.org/immigration-...

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Nov 11

Get beyond myths and lies and learn about Immigration Realities.
www.amazon.com/Immigration-...
@columbiaup.bsky.social

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda, David Darmofal

Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 1d

I miss Joe Biden. So thoughtful and kind.

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

"Y las grandes afectadas son las familias de estatus mixto; 1 de cada 4 estudiantes tiene al menos un padre o madre inmigrante, según el Centro Nacional de Estadísticas de Educación."

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

"Una encuesta de The New York Times y la Fundación Kaiser afirma que el 41% de los encuestados teme que los detengan o deporten. En 2023, era 26%."
"ICE deja una huella profunda en la salud mental de miles de personas, como estrés, ansiedad y depresión."

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

"El auge de las redadas en EE. UU. afecta sobre todo a los migrantes de origen latinoamericano. A julio de 2025, las órdenes de detención crecieron en Florida un 141%, según el Deportation Data Project; el 72 % de los detenidos proviene de América Latina y el Caribe."
www.dw.com/es/c%C3%B3mo...

Crece el miedo a ser deportado en Estados Unidos – DW – 19/12/2025

Sin importar el estatus legal de los migrantes, redadas en ciudades como Charlotte y Los Angeles muestran un uso excesivo de la fuerza y perfiles raciales. Con la consigna de detener a la mayor cantid...

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

“I was 9 when my mother was deported. I still remember the day she was taken. I was in school, sitting at a table diagonal to the cafeteria’s entrances during lunchtime. Through it, I saw a police officer cross the hallway, behind him followed my mother, & another officer, as if she were a criminal"

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Sebastian Karcher

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

If you are a young student in the US and you are worried that you, a classmate, or a loved one could be deported by ICE agents, as you have seen on social media, TV, or in your neighborhood, this short text is for you.

https://theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/understanding-deportation-for-children

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

Thread with related resources. Thanks for getting to people for whom they can be helpful.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

Here's an excellent resource for helping kids understand ICE and deportation.

Many thanks to @drernestocast.bsky.social for putting it together!

Pass it on to any parents and kids struggling to process...all this

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

And as requested, a resource for teens.

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...

Understanding Deportation for Children, Teens, and Their Parents

By Ernesto Castañeda, PhD

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

All this impacts immigrants, Latinos', Asians', and other minorities' sense of worth and belonging in the U.S.

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/latin...

Latino Sense of Belonging Decreases

Latino Sense of Belonging Decreases amid Racial Profiling, Detentions, and a Fading American Dream

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

For teachers by a teacher

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/invis...

Invisible Hierarchies

Invisible Hierarchies: How Co-ethnic and Generational Dynamics Affect Latinx Students in the Classroom

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

contexts.org/blog/family-...

Youth Migrants and Long-Delayed Family Reunification - Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.

contexts.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

Q&A translation of cover piece in El Pais Jan 1, 2025.
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/immig...

Immigrants are not a Threat

Neither Walls nor Deportations Can Stop Mobility and the Search for Asylum and Shelter

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/what-...

What is a migrant? What is ICE? 10 terms to help you understand

By Ernesto Castañeda, Daniel Jenks

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

I was in constant fear that that day was the day he would be deported.

But our biggest fear would soon become our reality.

One Friday afternoon, my father had been at the wrong place at the wrong time. A gas station. There were police officers looking for some individuals."

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

These are not the kinds of worries a 6-year-old should be carrying with her, but I did. I would check the driveway every day around 5:30 pm, which was the time my dad would arrive from work, and would often look out the window to see if my dad’s green van would drive up...

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

"Ever since I could remember, seeing a police car meant feeling fear...my parents are seen as illegal immigrants... Every day my dad went to work was not just another workday; it was another day of worrying and praying for him to come home...
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/depor...

Deportation and Family Separation

by Ernesto Castañeda

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

How Immigration Policy Harms Families

By Iran Pacheco Martinez

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

Here are a couple more, including first-person accounts who experienced the deportation of a parent as a young person.

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/how-i...

How Immigration Policy Harms Families

By Iran Pacheco Martinez

theimmigrationlab.org

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

"Alondra is just one of many Americans who saw their immigrant parents deported this year during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. She and others have been left to stitch their families together again and carry on the legacy of what their parents built, often at a moment’s notice."

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

Masked unidentified men detain man in front of Walmart without any probable cause and then steal his groceries while being filmed. No shame. A few people are profiteering from these mass deportations.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Doug, Thanks for the feedback. Here a revised version:
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...

Understanding Deportation for Children

By Ernesto Castañeda, PhD

theimmigrationlab.org

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Steve Peers, Mark D. White , and 7 more Michael E. Mann, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Rosemary A. Joyce, Leigh Sparks, Scott A. Imberman, Mark Priestley, Aviel Roshwald, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Ernesto Castañeda

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 22 more Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law, Gavin A. Schmidt, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, American Library Association, Daniel W. Drezner, Rebecca Tushnet, Aaron Sojourner, Michael Zimmer, Jacob T. Levy, Scott A. Imberman, Samantha Brennan, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow, Sam Kamin, Olivier Mannoni, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Aidan O’Sullivan, Jeannette Sutton, Virginia Sapiro, Ernesto Castañeda, Jesse R. Lasky

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Olivier Mannoni, Ernesto Castañeda

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 4d

Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.

www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative @iwbcollab.bsky.social · 5d

In this video, Scholar Affiliate @drernestocast.bsky.social discusses the importance of translating his empirical research for the media.

Read our full interview with Dr. Castañeda here: iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative @iwbcollab.bsky.social · 6d

"To achieve immigrant well-being is to achieve well-being for all Americans." - @drernestocast.bsky.social

Learn more about Dr. Castañeda in our new ¡Hablemos! interview series article here: iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 6d

What is behind the US Escalation of Threats against Venezuela?

By Ernesto Castañeda Regarding the question of what is happening between the United States and Venezuela, the answer is that this is a partially unintended, unanticipated international focus at the end of the first year of Trump’s…

What is behind the US Escalation of Threats against Venezuela?

By Ernesto Castañeda Regarding the question of what is happening between the United States and Venezuela, the answer is that this is a partially unintended, unanticipated international focus at the end of the first year of Trump’s second term. While the governments of the U.S. and Venezuela have not been close for a while, this path opened up as other areas of intervention, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, got stuck at a standstill.

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Steven S. Smith, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 4 more Steve Peers, Steven S. Smith, Rosemary A. Joyce, Philip Nel, Daniel W. Drezner, Ernesto Castañeda, David Darmofal

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State

He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...

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