Ragini Shah
@raginishah.bsky.social
Author Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities on #migration as part of US colonialism and #resistance in the form of #abolition democracy.
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Ragini Shah
@raginishah.bsky.social
· Dec 9
My first book has launched looking at migration from the perspectives of Mexican migrant communities and sharing their resistance to the extractive migration cycle. It is available now from @ucpress.bsky.social and can be ordered here:https://www.ucpress.edu/books/constructed-movements/paper
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at a peaceful protest at Broadview ICE processing facility (used for detention), ICE fired chemical weapons directly into a disabled protestor hours after they killed someone in Chicago trying to kidnap them. who’s ACTUALLY making our cities unsafe? it’s not my undocumented neighbors
September 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
at a peaceful protest at Broadview ICE processing facility (used for detention), ICE fired chemical weapons directly into a disabled protestor hours after they killed someone in Chicago trying to kidnap them. who’s ACTUALLY making our cities unsafe? it’s not my undocumented neighbors
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Nory Sontay Ramos was a thriving high school student in L.A. until she and her mom were deported by the Trump administration in July. For @msnbc.com, we visited her in Guatemala as she tries to graduate remotely while hiding from the same gang they fled years ago. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/n...
The disappearance of Nory Sontay Ramos
Nory and her mother were following the rules. But as MSNBC reports from L.A. and Guatemala, U.S. officials deported them anyway — throwing their futures into jeopardy.
www.msnbc.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Nory Sontay Ramos was a thriving high school student in L.A. until she and her mom were deported by the Trump administration in July. For @msnbc.com, we visited her in Guatemala as she tries to graduate remotely while hiding from the same gang they fled years ago. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/n...
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Our member spotlight for September is @raginishah.bsky.social, Suffolk University Law School professor and author of Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities!
Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah
Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah
August 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our member spotlight for September is @raginishah.bsky.social, Suffolk University Law School professor and author of Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities!
Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah
Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah
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Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
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85% of the world lives in the Global South. 🌍
But we receive less than
25% of development financing. 💸
Less than 2% of aid directly reaches local NGOs. 💔
Yet we suffer 90% of climate deaths. 🌡️
— Ezekiel Nyanfor, Liberian activist at the Global South NGO Platform (2025) 🇱🇷✊🏾
But we receive less than
25% of development financing. 💸
Less than 2% of aid directly reaches local NGOs. 💔
Yet we suffer 90% of climate deaths. 🌡️
— Ezekiel Nyanfor, Liberian activist at the Global South NGO Platform (2025) 🇱🇷✊🏾
May 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
85% of the world lives in the Global South. 🌍
But we receive less than
25% of development financing. 💸
Less than 2% of aid directly reaches local NGOs. 💔
Yet we suffer 90% of climate deaths. 🌡️
— Ezekiel Nyanfor, Liberian activist at the Global South NGO Platform (2025) 🇱🇷✊🏾
But we receive less than
25% of development financing. 💸
Less than 2% of aid directly reaches local NGOs. 💔
Yet we suffer 90% of climate deaths. 🌡️
— Ezekiel Nyanfor, Liberian activist at the Global South NGO Platform (2025) 🇱🇷✊🏾
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Horace Peterson has been freed after 52 years of maintaining his innocence
‘We did it’: Michigan man freed after 52 years of maintaining innocence
Moments after Horace Peterson learned his 52 years of incarceration were coming to an end, he looked into the courtroom’s gallery, cracked a smile and waved to his 11-year-old great grandson.
www.mlive.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Horace Peterson has been freed after 52 years of maintaining his innocence
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Requiring people to work to access healthcare is a classic eugenicist platform. It says that only those who are healthy and fit enough for jobs are worthy of care.
The GOP plan to impose Medicaid work requirements is cruel and grotesque; it should be labelled as such by media.
The GOP plan to impose Medicaid work requirements is cruel and grotesque; it should be labelled as such by media.
May 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Requiring people to work to access healthcare is a classic eugenicist platform. It says that only those who are healthy and fit enough for jobs are worthy of care.
The GOP plan to impose Medicaid work requirements is cruel and grotesque; it should be labelled as such by media.
The GOP plan to impose Medicaid work requirements is cruel and grotesque; it should be labelled as such by media.
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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Mr. Ceesay is a 63-year old man thrown into ICE detention with no warning in February after 14 years of check-ins — where he had a heart attack soon after.
Judge Vilardo uses his case to emphasize WHY due process matters, even if deportation is the outcome. It's worth reading this whole thing.
Judge Vilardo uses his case to emphasize WHY due process matters, even if deportation is the outcome. It's worth reading this whole thing.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Mr. Ceesay is a 63-year old man thrown into ICE detention with no warning in February after 14 years of check-ins — where he had a heart attack soon after.
Judge Vilardo uses his case to emphasize WHY due process matters, even if deportation is the outcome. It's worth reading this whole thing.
Judge Vilardo uses his case to emphasize WHY due process matters, even if deportation is the outcome. It's worth reading this whole thing.
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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
www.npr.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Save our souls
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
May 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Save our souls
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The MESA Board of Directors has issued a statement condemning unlawful visa revocations and intimidation targeting international students and scholars.
Read the full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/let...
Read the full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/let...
April 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The MESA Board of Directors has issued a statement condemning unlawful visa revocations and intimidation targeting international students and scholars.
Read the full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/let...
Read the full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/let...
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Citizens’ Impeachment has long held that if just 5% of Americans contacted their members of Congress about impeachment, it would be the largest collective action of its kind in American history. It would almost certainly lead to his removal from office.
Advocate for impeachment in five minutes:
Advocate for impeachment in five minutes:
April 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Citizens’ Impeachment has long held that if just 5% of Americans contacted their members of Congress about impeachment, it would be the largest collective action of its kind in American history. It would almost certainly lead to his removal from office.
Advocate for impeachment in five minutes:
Advocate for impeachment in five minutes:
The chaos this is causing is absolutely cruel and absolutely intentional.
Last week the Trump administration fired another 8 immigration judges. One judge was fired in the middle of an asylum hearing and had to walk off the bench before the hearing was over!
There are now nearly 50 FEWER immigration judges than when Trump took office!
There are now nearly 50 FEWER immigration judges than when Trump took office!
An immigration judge was fired mid-hearing and forced to walk out in the middle of a case. One of dozens who were abruptly let go without cause via email. This is how the Trump admin is addressing our backlogged immigration system. It’s as if they want it to implode. www.latimes.com/cali...
April 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The chaos this is causing is absolutely cruel and absolutely intentional.
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We know of 3 US citizen children deported yesterday, along with their moms who had been living in the US for years. One of the moms was pregnant. One of the kids has a rare form of cancer. One of the kids is just 2 years old. All had caregivers in the US to stay with.
#BREAKING: Yesterday morning, the NOLA ICE Field Office deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children – three of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant.
Read more: nipnlg.org/news/press-r...
Read more: nipnlg.org/news/press-r...
April 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We know of 3 US citizen children deported yesterday, along with their moms who had been living in the US for years. One of the moms was pregnant. One of the kids has a rare form of cancer. One of the kids is just 2 years old. All had caregivers in the US to stay with.
The violence keeps escalating.
April 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The violence keeps escalating.
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We will likely never have access to the facts (i.e. how the Pahalgam event happened under the nose of a massive military presence)🚩
But Kamakshi, whose husband Madhusudhan was actually killed in Pahalgam! - begs Indians to recognize the basic fact that Muslims are human 💗
But Kamakshi, whose husband Madhusudhan was actually killed in Pahalgam! - begs Indians to recognize the basic fact that Muslims are human 💗
April 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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How much more clear does it have to be that this man had/has genocidal intent?
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How much more clear does it have to be that this man had/has genocidal intent?
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This is an incredibly important point. One way folks can help is by reaching out to local immigrants rights orgs and asking if they have volunteer opportunities to accompany people at ICE check-ins. If not, what a great project to start in your community!
You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
April 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is an incredibly important point. One way folks can help is by reaching out to local immigrants rights orgs and asking if they have volunteer opportunities to accompany people at ICE check-ins. If not, what a great project to start in your community!
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This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.