Migration Scholar Collaborative
@migrationcollab.bsky.social
MiSC is a community of scholars fighting to decriminalize migration and open wider pathways to legal immigration in the United States. Op Eds + Public History
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MiSC vehemently rejects the war on immigrants and peaceful protestors in Los Angeles.
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
www.wired.com/story/minnes...
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
www.wired.com/story/minnes...
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
www.wired.com/story/minnes...
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
www.wired.com/story/minnes...
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YouGov poll finds most Americans, including most independents, believe that that ICE was NOT JUSTIFIED in shooting Renee Good in Minneapolis last week.
See the underlying data for yourself: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
See the underlying data for yourself: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 AM
YouGov poll finds most Americans, including most independents, believe that that ICE was NOT JUSTIFIED in shooting Renee Good in Minneapolis last week.
See the underlying data for yourself: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
See the underlying data for yourself: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
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"According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration, more than 50,000 people have gone missing along migration routes worldwide since 2014, including over 28,000 in the Mediterranean Sea alone"
"According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration, more than 50,000 people have gone missing along migration routes worldwide since 2014, including over 28,000 in the Mediterranean Sea alone"
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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"According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration, more than 50,000 people have gone missing along migration routes worldwide since 2014, including over 28,000 in the Mediterranean Sea alone"
"According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration, more than 50,000 people have gone missing along migration routes worldwide since 2014, including over 28,000 in the Mediterranean Sea alone"
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That this is happening as Trump is vocally supporting Iranian protesters is just surreal.
A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
That this is happening as Trump is vocally supporting Iranian protesters is just surreal.
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There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
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Here's an update from the post I shared a few days back.
The 21 year old youngster who protesting peacefully & holding a speaker and was shot in the face by #ICE point blank has been permanently blinded in 1 eye!
Please share this story widely!
The 21 year old youngster who protesting peacefully & holding a speaker and was shot in the face by #ICE point blank has been permanently blinded in 1 eye!
Please share this story widely!
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Here's an update from the post I shared a few days back.
The 21 year old youngster who protesting peacefully & holding a speaker and was shot in the face by #ICE point blank has been permanently blinded in 1 eye!
Please share this story widely!
The 21 year old youngster who protesting peacefully & holding a speaker and was shot in the face by #ICE point blank has been permanently blinded in 1 eye!
Please share this story widely!
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It’s sickening that a man who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for attacking police and trying to overthrow the US government on January 6 is instead given a law enforcement position-a leadership role no less-in ICE, an organization that is currently terrorizing the American people
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 AM
It’s sickening that a man who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for attacking police and trying to overthrow the US government on January 6 is instead given a law enforcement position-a leadership role no less-in ICE, an organization that is currently terrorizing the American people
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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Additional footage shows the brutalization of children, staff, and parents at Minneapolis’s Roosevelt High School by ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Additional footage shows the brutalization of children, staff, and parents at Minneapolis’s Roosevelt High School by ICE.
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Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Only one homicide in Minneapolis this year - and it was committed by an ICE agent.👇
January 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Only one homicide in Minneapolis this year - and it was committed by an ICE agent.👇
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Thousands of people in Minneapolis gathered for a candlelight vigil to mourn and protest the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the city as she appeared to try to drive away in her vehicle during a raid.
Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis was a mother of 3 and a poet
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was an avid writer, a proud mother and a hobby guitarist who won an undergraduate poetry prize in 2020, online records show.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Thousands of people in Minneapolis gathered for a candlelight vigil to mourn and protest the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the city as she appeared to try to drive away in her vehicle during a raid.
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Local resident has footage from CBP/ICE operations in Evanston today if reporters or others want to reach out.
one can only hope. if you know of people i can get footage to, let me know. i have a lot from today, including their driving.
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Local resident has footage from CBP/ICE operations in Evanston today if reporters or others want to reach out.
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Toward a Positive Vision for Immigration Policy in 2026
I sat down with @andreaflores.bsky.social, who spent 15 yrs on immigration policy inside gov, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what a winning vision for 2026 might look like.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/toward-a-p...
I sat down with @andreaflores.bsky.social, who spent 15 yrs on immigration policy inside gov, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what a winning vision for 2026 might look like.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/toward-a-p...
Toward a Positive Vision for Immigration Policy in 2026
I sat down with Andrea Flores, who spent 15 years on immigration policy inside government, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what a winning vision for 2026 might look like.
austinkocher.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Toward a Positive Vision for Immigration Policy in 2026
I sat down with @andreaflores.bsky.social, who spent 15 yrs on immigration policy inside gov, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what a winning vision for 2026 might look like.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/toward-a-p...
I sat down with @andreaflores.bsky.social, who spent 15 yrs on immigration policy inside gov, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what a winning vision for 2026 might look like.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/toward-a-p...
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As ICE steps up arrests in Broward County, local residents say people without criminal records are being detained. The administration says enforcement is focused on criminals, but community accounts suggest a broader impact.
www.wlrn.org/immigration/...
www.wlrn.org/immigration/...
'Heartbreaking': Images of ICE agents 'hunting people down' across Broward spur anger
Social media posts by local public officials and Broward County residents showing ICE agents come at a time when the Trump administration is deploying federal agents nationwide to track down…
www.wlrn.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As ICE steps up arrests in Broward County, local residents say people without criminal records are being detained. The administration says enforcement is focused on criminals, but community accounts suggest a broader impact.
www.wlrn.org/immigration/...
www.wlrn.org/immigration/...
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A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
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A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
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DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
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The Trump administration has axed another group of judges from immigration courts.
On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
Trump keeps firing immigration judges
Eight New York City judges have been terminated as the White House continues its purge of the courts.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Trump administration has axed another group of judges from immigration courts.
On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
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On December 1, the Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in New York City without warning or explanation. President Trump has now fired around 1 in 7 of all immigration judges nationwide since reentering the White House in January.
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Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
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December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
On December 1, the Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in New York City without warning or explanation. President Trump has now fired around 1 in 7 of all immigration judges nationwide since reentering the White House in January.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-h...
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-h...
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Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
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If you want to understand how immigration panic gets built and sold to the public, Crawford’s piece is a clear explainer. None of this is new. But the scale he’s proposing absolutely is.
Read: irontontribune.com/2025/12/11/j...
Read: irontontribune.com/2025/12/11/j...
Jim Crawford: Trump's immigration secret - The Tribune
Certainly, we all know that Donald Trump is the sworn enemy of any and all illegal immigrants. As he has told us thousands of times, they are “rapists” and “murderers,” the “worst of the worst”,…
irontontribune.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If you want to understand how immigration panic gets built and sold to the public, Crawford’s piece is a clear explainer. None of this is new. But the scale he’s proposing absolutely is.
Read: irontontribune.com/2025/12/11/j...
Read: irontontribune.com/2025/12/11/j...