Chloe N East (she/her)
@chloeneast.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Economics at University of Colorado. I study immigration, the safety net, and inequality
Affiliated with Hamilton Project at Brookings, NBER, IRP, IZA, United Campus Workers Colorado
https://www.chloeneast.com
Texas forever
Affiliated with Hamilton Project at Brookings, NBER, IRP, IZA, United Campus Workers Colorado
https://www.chloeneast.com
Texas forever
Pinned
I am and will continue to do my best to track and talk about what Trump does on the issues I am an expert on -- immigration policy and safety net policy
But I will also be taking a broader view of American politics, thinking about how I can help change structures so we don't end up here again
But I will also be taking a broader view of American politics, thinking about how I can help change structures so we don't end up here again
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Important & timely working paper from East, Cox, and my colleague @caitlinpatler.bsky.social
Trump II systematically using "community arrests" (ICE arrests on the street, workplace, in the community, etc) and not targeting immigrants w/ criminal convictions
NBER link: www.nber.org/system/files...
Trump II systematically using "community arrests" (ICE arrests on the street, workplace, in the community, etc) and not targeting immigrants w/ criminal convictions
NBER link: www.nber.org/system/files...
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Important & timely working paper from East, Cox, and my colleague @caitlinpatler.bsky.social
Trump II systematically using "community arrests" (ICE arrests on the street, workplace, in the community, etc) and not targeting immigrants w/ criminal convictions
NBER link: www.nber.org/system/files...
Trump II systematically using "community arrests" (ICE arrests on the street, workplace, in the community, etc) and not targeting immigrants w/ criminal convictions
NBER link: www.nber.org/system/files...
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Just how unprecedented is the ongoing immigration enforcement crackdown? We answer those questions and more in our new NBER working paper.
www.nber.org/papers/w34794
www.nber.org/papers/w34794
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Just how unprecedented is the ongoing immigration enforcement crackdown? We answer those questions and more in our new NBER working paper.
www.nber.org/papers/w34794
www.nber.org/papers/w34794
New @nber.org paper with @caitlinpatler.bsky.social &
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!
We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0
Key Findings 🧵
1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0
2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls
www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!
We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0
Key Findings 🧵
1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0
2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls
www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
New @nber.org paper with @caitlinpatler.bsky.social &
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!
We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0
Key Findings 🧵
1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0
2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls
www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!
We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0
Key Findings 🧵
1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0
2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls
www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
Big week around here at CU with my @ucwcolorado.bsky.social siblings!
boulderreportinglab.org/2026/02/03/c...
boulderreportinglab.org/2026/02/03/c...
CU regents plan union rights proposal for faculty, staff and student workers
Union advocates will speak at the CU Board of Regents’ Feb. 5 meeting in Boulder, as a months-long debate over collective bargaining begins.
boulderreportinglab.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Big week around here at CU with my @ucwcolorado.bsky.social siblings!
boulderreportinglab.org/2026/02/03/c...
boulderreportinglab.org/2026/02/03/c...
New report out by yours truly @clasp.org !!
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
New report out by yours truly @clasp.org !!
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
TFW you're rushing to finish a paper to send to NBER and the website is down...
January 28, 2026 at 10:26 PM
TFW you're rushing to finish a paper to send to NBER and the website is down...
Yesterday I had to talk to campus police about whether I should have cops for a campus talk I'm giving about ICE
Then my international students asked me if they are safe to attend the talk if ICE targets it
I feel like I'm losing my mind
Then my international students asked me if they are safe to attend the talk if ICE targets it
I feel like I'm losing my mind
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Yesterday I had to talk to campus police about whether I should have cops for a campus talk I'm giving about ICE
Then my international students asked me if they are safe to attend the talk if ICE targets it
I feel like I'm losing my mind
Then my international students asked me if they are safe to attend the talk if ICE targets it
I feel like I'm losing my mind
My heart is broken after last weekend. My energy to help protect my community is renewed.
Let's stop pretending like everything is ok and start/keep organizing to push back.
If you need guidance on how to organize, DM me.
Let's stop pretending like everything is ok and start/keep organizing to push back.
If you need guidance on how to organize, DM me.
We're now living in a world where I'm lining up security to be present at talks I'm giving.
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM
My heart is broken after last weekend. My energy to help protect my community is renewed.
Let's stop pretending like everything is ok and start/keep organizing to push back.
If you need guidance on how to organize, DM me.
Let's stop pretending like everything is ok and start/keep organizing to push back.
If you need guidance on how to organize, DM me.
On the same day my union @ucwcolorado.bsky.social makes a huge step forward in our fight for collective bargaining, I get an R&R!!!
The world is shit right now but you better believe I'm going to celebrate these wins.
More info on CU collective bargaining here: www.instagram.com/p/DT3gqmGAaV...
The world is shit right now but you better believe I'm going to celebrate these wins.
More info on CU collective bargaining here: www.instagram.com/p/DT3gqmGAaV...
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
On the same day my union @ucwcolorado.bsky.social makes a huge step forward in our fight for collective bargaining, I get an R&R!!!
The world is shit right now but you better believe I'm going to celebrate these wins.
More info on CU collective bargaining here: www.instagram.com/p/DT3gqmGAaV...
The world is shit right now but you better believe I'm going to celebrate these wins.
More info on CU collective bargaining here: www.instagram.com/p/DT3gqmGAaV...
We're now living in a world where I'm lining up security to be present at talks I'm giving.
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We're now living in a world where I'm lining up security to be present at talks I'm giving.
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
If you aren’t spending MLK working to build political power or resting from your work to build such power, you’re doing it wrong imo
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If you aren’t spending MLK working to build political power or resting from your work to build such power, you’re doing it wrong imo
I'll be discussing the role of immigration in the US workforce with a fantastic set of panelists on Jan 30!
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
Join us online on January 30 at 12pm ET for this panel of scientists to provide a demographic overview of the U.S. immigrant population. See the panelists and register here: buff.ly/elJ7uTd @fertmortmig.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I'll be discussing the role of immigration in the US workforce with a fantastic set of panelists on Jan 30!
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
Honored yo have helped with this article on why attacks on immigrants are attacks on all workers.
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Honored yo have helped with this article on why attacks on immigrants are attacks on all workers.
Anyone have a one page explainer they like on causation vs correlation for a general audience?
January 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Anyone have a one page explainer they like on causation vs correlation for a general audience?
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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They will murder unarmed citizens and then accuse them of wrongdoing. Zero sense of accountability or shame.
Kristi Noem accuses the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis of committing an act of "domestic terrorism"
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
They will murder unarmed citizens and then accuse them of wrongdoing. Zero sense of accountability or shame.
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
Given news that ICE shot and killed an observer in Minneapolis, here is a pattern we've seen before:
*DHS say officers were under threat. This justifies to use deadly force.
*Subsequent reporting shows such claims simply don't hold up.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
*DHS say officers were under threat. This justifies to use deadly force.
*Subsequent reporting shows such claims simply don't hold up.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Who's Threatening Who?
The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Given news that ICE shot and killed an observer in Minneapolis, here is a pattern we've seen before:
*DHS say officers were under threat. This justifies to use deadly force.
*Subsequent reporting shows such claims simply don't hold up.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
*DHS say officers were under threat. This justifies to use deadly force.
*Subsequent reporting shows such claims simply don't hold up.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Back in my favorite city!
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Back in my favorite city!
See y’all soon!
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
See y’all soon!
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Finally, this story was written by @chloeneast.bsky.social. She studies access to SNAP, and explained how new work requirements will work. This piece holds a special piece in my heart because John Oliver highlighted it in Last Week Tonight. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Finally, this story was written by @chloeneast.bsky.social. She studies access to SNAP, and explained how new work requirements will work. This piece holds a special piece in my heart because John Oliver highlighted it in Last Week Tonight. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
Which groups of people had an increase in food insecurity between 2023 and 2024?
Those already disadvantaged -- single mothers, Black people, and those w income below 130% of the poverty line
Only 2 groups experienced a decrease -- Hispanic people and those w income 130-185% of the poverty line.
Those already disadvantaged -- single mothers, Black people, and those w income below 130% of the poverty line
Only 2 groups experienced a decrease -- Hispanic people and those w income 130-185% of the poverty line.
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Which groups of people had an increase in food insecurity between 2023 and 2024?
Those already disadvantaged -- single mothers, Black people, and those w income below 130% of the poverty line
Only 2 groups experienced a decrease -- Hispanic people and those w income 130-185% of the poverty line.
Those already disadvantaged -- single mothers, Black people, and those w income below 130% of the poverty line
Only 2 groups experienced a decrease -- Hispanic people and those w income 130-185% of the poverty line.
Food insecurity in 2024 was almost the same rate it was during the Great Recession.... but sure everything is totally fine in our economy
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Food insecurity in 2024 was almost the same rate it was during the Great Recession.... but sure everything is totally fine in our economy
Reporter asks when timely working paper is coming out and I just start laughing thinking about all the stuff I have to do
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reporter asks when timely working paper is coming out and I just start laughing thinking about all the stuff I have to do