Jane Devlin
@bostonmigration.bsky.social
Boston-based, immigration-obsessed; Posts on immigration, Boston, refugees. Retired canonist. AILA, CLSA. Reaction to most news: Cui bono?
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Employer verification has been touted as a way to end the jobs magnet attracting unauthorized immigrants to the US
But critics say the E-Verify system is flawed and wrongly ensnares many workers, U.S. born and immigrant alike
https://bit.ly/43HLhR4
But critics say the E-Verify system is flawed and wrongly ensnares many workers, U.S. born and immigrant alike
https://bit.ly/43HLhR4
Employment Verification: The Next Front for U.S. Immigration Enforcement?
E-Verify has been heralded as a key way to control unauthorized immigration to the United States, but federal efforts to expand the system stalled. There has been movement at the state level over the past decade, though, and there are signs it may ri...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Employer verification has been touted as a way to end the jobs magnet attracting unauthorized immigrants to the US
But critics say the E-Verify system is flawed and wrongly ensnares many workers, U.S. born and immigrant alike
https://bit.ly/43HLhR4
But critics say the E-Verify system is flawed and wrongly ensnares many workers, U.S. born and immigrant alike
https://bit.ly/43HLhR4
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
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This Year, Remember To Thank The Unseen Guests At Our Thanksgiving Table
Thank you for feeding us.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
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Thank you, Juanito. 🌱 #WeFeedYou
"Juanito" shares, "I am an irrigator. Right now my job is to water the celery so it will be ready to harvest for Thanksgiving. It is thanks to us farm workers, and the hard work we do in the fields, the holiday produce which so many enjoy will be on our tables." #WeFeedYou
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank you, Juanito. 🌱 #WeFeedYou
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“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
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"The father of four, an immigrant from Afghanistan who helped the U.S. military fight the Taliban, is in a Springfield, Missouri, jail — held with other immigrants picked up in nationwide sweeps. Dadfar is 37 and an asylum-seeker with work authorization." https://bit.ly/4rxmaL8.
Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban now held by ICE in Missouri
A Kansas City-based immigration attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mohammad Ali Dadfar’s warrantless arrest and detention. Hundreds of immigrant detainees have been ordered released beca...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"The father of four, an immigrant from Afghanistan who helped the U.S. military fight the Taliban, is in a Springfield, Missouri, jail — held with other immigrants picked up in nationwide sweeps. Dadfar is 37 and an asylum-seeker with work authorization." https://bit.ly/4rxmaL8.
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“what wasn’t always fully considered was that the choking-off of immigration would reduce labor demand as well: The immigrants who aren’t here because of Mr. Trump’s policies not only aren’t working here; they’re also not spending money here.”
Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
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November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“what wasn’t always fully considered was that the choking-off of immigration would reduce labor demand as well: The immigrants who aren’t here because of Mr. Trump’s policies not only aren’t working here; they’re also not spending money here.”
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I wrote about the end of the end of true visa-free travel between rich countries.
The Travel Authorization Edition
On inter-village visas, the new ETIAS system, and the true end of the end of an era.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wrote about the end of the end of true visa-free travel between rich countries.
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'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record www.commondreams.org/news/worst-o...
'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record | Common Dreams
Of 614 people on list who may have been unlawfully arrested and detained by federal officials, only 16 had a criminal record of any kind.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record www.commondreams.org/news/worst-o...
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As the total number of U.S. veterans has shrunk over the years, immigrants have comprised a growing share
More than in the past, veterans are likely to be immigrants
Something to think about this #VeteransDay
https://bit.ly/ImmigrantVetsData
More than in the past, veterans are likely to be immigrants
Something to think about this #VeteransDay
https://bit.ly/ImmigrantVetsData
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As the total number of U.S. veterans has shrunk over the years, immigrants have comprised a growing share
More than in the past, veterans are likely to be immigrants
Something to think about this #VeteransDay
https://bit.ly/ImmigrantVetsData
More than in the past, veterans are likely to be immigrants
Something to think about this #VeteransDay
https://bit.ly/ImmigrantVetsData
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"In fact, about 70% of American farmworkers were born somewhere else. More than 40% of that workforce is in the country illegally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
"Without these immigrants, we would struggle," said John Rosenow, a mid-sized dairy farmer in western Wisconsin.
"Without these immigrants, we would struggle," said John Rosenow, a mid-sized dairy farmer in western Wisconsin.
Farmers are desperate for workers. They want Trump to make it easier to hire foreign labor
The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the stag...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"In fact, about 70% of American farmworkers were born somewhere else. More than 40% of that workforce is in the country illegally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
"Without these immigrants, we would struggle," said John Rosenow, a mid-sized dairy farmer in western Wisconsin.
"Without these immigrants, we would struggle," said John Rosenow, a mid-sized dairy farmer in western Wisconsin.
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“… two of Trump’s signature policies have clearly contributed to this year’s increases: large and broad tariffs on imported goods (including food and food packaging materials) and a crackdown on undocumented immigrants (who make up a large percentage of the US farm workforce).”
“Grocery prices have increased during Trump’s second term. Average US grocery prices in September were 1.4% higher than they were in January, the month he returned to office, and 2.7% higher than they were in September 2024 under former President Joe Biden …” www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/p...
Fact check: Trump falsely claims it’s only beef, but dozens of groceries have gotten more expensive this year | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump keeps saying beef is the only grocery product that has gotten more expensive during his second presidency.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“… two of Trump’s signature policies have clearly contributed to this year’s increases: large and broad tariffs on imported goods (including food and food packaging materials) and a crackdown on undocumented immigrants (who make up a large percentage of the US farm workforce).”
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Judges See An Immigration Court Gutted From Inside
In this @law360.bsky.social article, 1 former immigration judge said the Trump admin's strategy is a "classic totalitarian playbook" & another said "This is a complete fascist blueprint."
In this @law360.bsky.social article, 1 former immigration judge said the Trump admin's strategy is a "classic totalitarian playbook" & another said "This is a complete fascist blueprint."
Judges See An Immigration Court Gutted From Inside - Law360
Eight former immigration judges who spoke to Law360 say the rough treatment of the immigration courts in President Donald Trump's second term poses an unprecedented threat to judicial independence and...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Judges See An Immigration Court Gutted From Inside
In this @law360.bsky.social article, 1 former immigration judge said the Trump admin's strategy is a "classic totalitarian playbook" & another said "This is a complete fascist blueprint."
In this @law360.bsky.social article, 1 former immigration judge said the Trump admin's strategy is a "classic totalitarian playbook" & another said "This is a complete fascist blueprint."
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WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …
"It has really become a prison."
"It has really become a prison."
DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
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Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' in US about treatment of immigrants under Trump administration. For @reuters.com
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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' in US about treatment of immigrants under Trump administration. For @reuters.com
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“You can’t really say to your employer, 'I’m out for three weeks while I wait.’ The result is probably gonna be, 'yeah, we have to let you go,'” said Matthew Maiona, a Boston-based immigration attorney.
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Feds end the automatic renewals of most immigrants’ work permits
The new policy will go into effect Oct. 30, and will apply to people applying for renewals in the future.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“You can’t really say to your employer, 'I’m out for three weeks while I wait.’ The result is probably gonna be, 'yeah, we have to let you go,'” said Matthew Maiona, a Boston-based immigration attorney.
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Resettling refugees is the right thing to do—and it’s good for our country. “In 2019, 13% of refugees in the U.S. were entrepreneurs, surpassing the 11.7% rate among non-refugee immigrants and the 9% rate among U.S.-born citizens.” americasvoice.org/blog/world-r... #RefugeesWelcome
October 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Resettling refugees is the right thing to do—and it’s good for our country. “In 2019, 13% of refugees in the U.S. were entrepreneurs, surpassing the 11.7% rate among non-refugee immigrants and the 9% rate among U.S.-born citizens.” americasvoice.org/blog/world-r... #RefugeesWelcome
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"The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s expansion and success." https://bit.ly/4mVFfCZ
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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October 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s expansion and success." https://bit.ly/4mVFfCZ
@misscherryjones.bsky.social Ecumenical Patriarch inviting Pope Leo to commemorate Council of Nicaea together. ec-patr.org/en/visit-of-...
Visit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV of Rome to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to Nicaea on the occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council - Ecumenical Patriarchate
The Ecumenical Patriarchate expresses its joy at the forthcoming visit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV of Rome to Türkiye, in response to the expressed wish and invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical ...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
@misscherryjones.bsky.social Ecumenical Patriarch inviting Pope Leo to commemorate Council of Nicaea together. ec-patr.org/en/visit-of-...
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Immigrants and Americans pay USCIS for services. It has nothing to do with Congress. So what the USCIS director is saying is that he will steal those fees and spend them on other stuff so that people get mad at Democrats. He should be impeached. This is fraud.
October 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Immigrants and Americans pay USCIS for services. It has nothing to do with Congress. So what the USCIS director is saying is that he will steal those fees and spend them on other stuff so that people get mad at Democrats. He should be impeached. This is fraud.
Veterans support Afghan asylum seekers www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/o...
US veterans are standing up for Afghan asylum seekers - The Boston Globe
When the military was in Afghanistan, loyal Afghans helped them get the job done. Now Navy veteran Shawn VanDiver is rallying volunteer Battle Buddies to show up for them in immigration court.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Veterans support Afghan asylum seekers www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/o...
Listen to @jeffjacoby.bsky.social when he speaks. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/o...
Scapegoating immigrants won’t shorten your ER wait - The Boston Globe
Providing health care to a patient in extremis is not an immigration loophole, no matter how much the vice president insists otherwise.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Listen to @jeffjacoby.bsky.social when he speaks. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/o...
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