Caitlin Patler
@caitlinpatler.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. Research on #immigration #immigrationpolicy #daca #immigrationdetention #health
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Caitlin Patler
@caitlinpatler.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Opinion | What Will Indefinite Detention Do to Migrant Kids? (Published 2019)
The evidence is clear: No detention center is safe and healthy for children.
www.nytimes.com
My Op-Ed in @nytimes.com on why & how immigration detention is extremely harmful for child development. www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/o...
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A 19-year-old student at Babson College was detained at Logan Airport then deported to Honduras while she was trying to travel to Texas for Thanksgiving, according to her attorney Todd Pomerleau.
Babson student detained at Logan Airport, deported to Honduras while trying to travel for Thanksgiving - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
BOSTON (WHDH) - A 19-year-old student at Babson College was detained at Logan Airport then deported to Honduras while she was trying to travel to<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/new...
whdh.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A 19-year-old student at Babson College was detained at Logan Airport then deported to Honduras while she was trying to travel to Texas for Thanksgiving, according to her attorney Todd Pomerleau.
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This was eye-opening for me.
Really just fantastic reporting by @matinastevis.bsky.social today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
She Tried to Leave America. She Entered an Immigration Hall of Mirrors.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This was eye-opening for me.
This is completely unhinged behavior.
If I pointed a loaded assault rifle at someone in the street with the obvious intent of intimidating them, I would be arrested and charged with assault (or worse).
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is completely unhinged behavior.
This is a really, really important ruling that could keep many, many thousands of people from unnecessary detention.
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is a really, really important ruling that could keep many, many thousands of people from unnecessary detention.
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New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
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Appreciate @nationalacademies.org speaking up about the RFK jr directed changes to CDC website and pointing out that the science cited did not include the greater context or full body of research. Where is the “radical transparency”?
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Appreciate @nationalacademies.org speaking up about the RFK jr directed changes to CDC website and pointing out that the science cited did not include the greater context or full body of research. Where is the “radical transparency”?
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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."
www.huffpost.com
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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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip hundreds of millions of dollars a year in #CalFresh food aid from low-income Californians and shift billions in costs to state and counties."
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
California legislative analyst warns SNAP cuts will strain, family state budgets
Federal Big Beautiful Bill will slash CalFresh benefits, drop thousands from aid and shift billions in costs to California and counties.
www.sacbee.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip hundreds of millions of dollars a year in #CalFresh food aid from low-income Californians and shift billions in costs to state and counties."
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
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Link to study:
Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Link to study:
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NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
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Based on data we got in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, DHS statistics show that the agents have worked about 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation than is typical and at least five times as many hours on immigration enforcement.
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Based on data we got in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, DHS statistics show that the agents have worked about 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation than is typical and at least five times as many hours on immigration enforcement.
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The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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The #SupremeCourt will review a Ninth Circuit ruling that struck down the government’s prior “turnback” policy, which blocked people from seeking asylum at ports of entry and forced them back to Mexico.
Our organizations are serving as co-counsel in this case. Read more below.
Our organizations are serving as co-counsel in this case. Read more below.
SCOTUS to Hear Case on Turnbacks of Asylum Seekers
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about whether it was illegal for the U.S. government to turn away asylum seekers at the border.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The #SupremeCourt will review a Ninth Circuit ruling that struck down the government’s prior “turnback” policy, which blocked people from seeking asylum at ports of entry and forced them back to Mexico.
Our organizations are serving as co-counsel in this case. Read more below.
Our organizations are serving as co-counsel in this case. Read more below.
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds to schools in the University of California system as part of a campaign to impose policy changes on elite colleges
University of California Faculty Win Block on Trump Defunding
The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds to the University of California as part of a nationwide pressure campaign to impose a raft of policy changes on elite colleges.
bloom.bg
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds to schools in the University of California system as part of a campaign to impose policy changes on elite colleges
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Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
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PI granted.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Trump administration directed visa officers to consider obesity — and other chronic health conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes — as reasons to deny foreigners visas to the U.S.
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Trump administration directed visa officers to consider obesity — and other chronic health conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes — as reasons to deny foreigners visas to the U.S.
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What Ken Paxton is doing here is deranged -- suing organizations that provide legal assistance to immigrants (especially immigrant children) -- and also we should see it as the test case for what the GOP wants to do.
There is nothing illegal—or unconstitutional—about funding legal support to ensure fairness in the courts. This lawsuit is a political stunt, wasting taxpayer dollars at a time when our communities need integrity, not spectacle.
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Texas sues Harris County over $1.35M deportation defense fund - UPI.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Harris County for allocating $1.35 million to oppose federal deportation efforts.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What Ken Paxton is doing here is deranged -- suing organizations that provide legal assistance to immigrants (especially immigrant children) -- and also we should see it as the test case for what the GOP wants to do.
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Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says
Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, Texas, "inhumane."
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
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Dreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation.
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation.
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Read Andrew Free: detentionkills.substack.com/p/first-geo-...
First GEO Forced Labor Case at SCOTUS
How Records About a Death in ICE Custody Helped Propel a Case to the Supreme Court
detentionkills.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Read Andrew Free: detentionkills.substack.com/p/first-geo-...
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Today the Supreme Court heard a very, very technical case about whether a government contractors (in this case, private prison company GEO Group) should get essentially qualified immunity for contractors (I'm oversimplifying). The answer, it seems, will be no.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
Justices Doubt Timing of Immunity Appeal in GEO Wage Case (1)
Several US Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of GEO Group Inc.’s argument that it can immediately appeal a lower court’s rejection of its immunity defense to escape forced labor claims from im...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Today the Supreme Court heard a very, very technical case about whether a government contractors (in this case, private prison company GEO Group) should get essentially qualified immunity for contractors (I'm oversimplifying). The answer, it seems, will be no.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
Looks like his 15 minutes is going to turn into a lot more…
An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looks like his 15 minutes is going to turn into a lot more…