Elliott Young
@elliottyoung.bsky.social
Borderlands and Transnational Migration historian at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Expert witness for asylum. Tepoztlán Institute. Migration Scholar Collaborative. Stanford Migration & Asylum Lab. Author of Forever Prisoners, and Alien Nation.
CIA Contractor Shoots National Guard Troops.
Fixed the headline.
Fixed the headline.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
CIA Contractor Shoots National Guard Troops.
Fixed the headline.
Fixed the headline.
The goal in Portland should not be measured in number of shelter beds, but how many people are on the street. There are more people living on the street now than a year ago. An abject failure in spite of good intentions.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The goal in Portland should not be measured in number of shelter beds, but how many people are on the street. There are more people living on the street now than a year ago. An abject failure in spite of good intentions.
First, they invent a cartel, then designate it a terrorist organization, and then use that to justify illegal murders in the Gulf of Mexico and the overthrow of Maduro. This is next-level fantasy fiction.
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Venezuela accuses US of using ‘narco-terrorism’ allegations to justify ‘regime change’
Venezuelan group known as Cartel of the Suns designated as terrorist organization despite doubts over its existence
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November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
First, they invent a cartel, then designate it a terrorist organization, and then use that to justify illegal murders in the Gulf of Mexico and the overthrow of Maduro. This is next-level fantasy fiction.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Fareed Zakaria on Ezra Klein podcast argues asylum seekers are the problem with migration policy. He then goes on to say that Dems need to open more legal pathways for immigrants. Asylum is a legal pathway! Klein doesn't call him out on the obvious contradiction.
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Fareed Zakaria Thinks Steve Bannon Got One Thing Right
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 11/21/2025 · 1h 8m
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November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fareed Zakaria on Ezra Klein podcast argues asylum seekers are the problem with migration policy. He then goes on to say that Dems need to open more legal pathways for immigrants. Asylum is a legal pathway! Klein doesn't call him out on the obvious contradiction.
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Not sure what Mamdani gains by doing a dog and pony show with the dictator.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Not sure what Mamdani gains by doing a dog and pony show with the dictator.
Trump calls for execution of congressional representatives for, wsit for it, reminding the military to obey the law.
If he is not stopped now, it will be too late later.
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If he is not stopped now, it will be too late later.
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Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trump calls for execution of congressional representatives for, wsit for it, reminding the military to obey the law.
If he is not stopped now, it will be too late later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
If he is not stopped now, it will be too late later.
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Trump coin has declined over 90% since its peak. It’s a good sign that even the faithful understand that Trump’s a fraud.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump coin has declined over 90% since its peak. It’s a good sign that even the faithful understand that Trump’s a fraud.
You don't have to believe in Maduro's legitimacy to know that any US military attack on Venezuela will be terrible for the democratic opposition there, and a moral boil on the United States pockmarked body.
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Opinion | The Case for Overthrowing Maduro
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November 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
You don't have to believe in Maduro's legitimacy to know that any US military attack on Venezuela will be terrible for the democratic opposition there, and a moral boil on the United States pockmarked body.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Asylum grant rates were cut in half in the last year. Just 19% of cases were granted asylum, which is historically very low. Selectively firing immigration judges seems to have an impact on outcomes.
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tracreports.org/reports/766/
Immigration Court Asylum Grant Rates Cut in Half
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November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Asylum grant rates were cut in half in the last year. Just 19% of cases were granted asylum, which is historically very low. Selectively firing immigration judges seems to have an impact on outcomes.
tracreports.org/reports/766/
tracreports.org/reports/766/
Sign of the times.
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Sign of the times.
The incredible journey of Calvin Duncan ftom Angola Prison to Lewis & Clark Law School, and now Court Clerk in New Orleans. Go Calvin!
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Calvin Duncan’s Unlikely Journey: Convict to Exoneree to Elected Official
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November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The incredible journey of Calvin Duncan ftom Angola Prison to Lewis & Clark Law School, and now Court Clerk in New Orleans. Go Calvin!
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Trump DOJ trying to silence lawyers who investigated Epstein. If this were a TV show, nobody would believe it.
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Justice Dept. Struggled to Find Lawyers to Handle Maurene Comey Suit
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November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump DOJ trying to silence lawyers who investigated Epstein. If this were a TV show, nobody would believe it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
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In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
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November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yesterday, people held Teach Ins/Outs at more than 20 institutions spread across the Americas, Europe, North Africa, and Oceania as part of the Global Solidarity and Resistance Network. Here is a map showing some of those events.
La lucha sigue.
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La lucha sigue.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yesterday, people held Teach Ins/Outs at more than 20 institutions spread across the Americas, Europe, North Africa, and Oceania as part of the Global Solidarity and Resistance Network. Here is a map showing some of those events.
La lucha sigue.
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La lucha sigue.
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IHRC-sponsored webinar on Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States. Danielle Battisti, Torsten Feys, Carly Goodman, and Debbie Kang.
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Moderated by Llana Barber, Wed., Nov. 12, 5 pm.
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@migrationcollab.bsky.social
Moderated by Llana Barber, Wed., Nov. 12, 5 pm.
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Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States
European migrants are often depicted as the nation’s iconic legal immigrants, yet Europeans did enter and remain in the US without proper authorization. In this webinar, our experts will tell the stor...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
IHRC-sponsored webinar on Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States. Danielle Battisti, Torsten Feys, Carly Goodman, and Debbie Kang.
@migrationcollab.bsky.social
Moderated by Llana Barber, Wed., Nov. 12, 5 pm.
cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev....
@migrationcollab.bsky.social
Moderated by Llana Barber, Wed., Nov. 12, 5 pm.
cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev....
They just wrote the epitaph for Trump’s tombstone:
“The dog that didn’t bark.”
“The dog that didn’t bark.”
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
They just wrote the epitaph for Trump’s tombstone:
“The dog that didn’t bark.”
“The dog that didn’t bark.”
Rubio paying human rights violaters to disappear migrants is a new low.
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Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Rubio paying human rights violaters to disappear migrants is a new low.
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A Guatemalan friend who lives in a suburban community around Portland just described to me that there are abandoned cars all over the place with their doors ajar. These are the eerie signs of people running from ICE or being snatched on their way to work.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Guatemalan friend who lives in a suburban community around Portland just described to me that there are abandoned cars all over the place with their doors ajar. These are the eerie signs of people running from ICE or being snatched on their way to work.
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In response, the Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC scholar @elliottyoung.bsky.social, has published the 2025 Country Conditions Bulletins for eight Latin American countries: 🇨🇺 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇻🇪
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Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab - Country Bulletins
Country Conditions Bulletins
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November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In response, the Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC scholar @elliottyoung.bsky.social, has published the 2025 Country Conditions Bulletins for eight Latin American countries: 🇨🇺 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇻🇪
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
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8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown
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November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
5th Circuit reasoning. Yes, guards violated the law, but no, they can’t be held accountable. Fascist creep.
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Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
5th Circuit reasoning. Yes, guards violated the law, but no, they can’t be held accountable. Fascist creep.
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Obama deported more non-criminal immigrants than criminals. Muñoz is everything that is wrong about the Dem position on immigration wrapped up in one person.
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Opinion | ‘We Have a Border for a Reason’
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Obama deported more non-criminal immigrants than criminals. Muñoz is everything that is wrong about the Dem position on immigration wrapped up in one person.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Evidence of brutal torture committed against Venezuelans sent to CECOT. DHS, Trump, and Rubio are morally and legally responsible for these abuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Evidence of brutal torture committed against Venezuelans sent to CECOT. DHS, Trump, and Rubio are morally and legally responsible for these abuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Trump is a third-rate dictator. He can’t even keep the planes running on time.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump is a third-rate dictator. He can’t even keep the planes running on time.