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Sarah E. Farr

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Postdoctoral Fellow @ UMich. Sociology PhD from UW-Madison. Housing/property, place, value, & inequality. Newly entering the world of STS research. Qual methods & spatial analysis. Seattle/PNW lover. Dog mom. www.sarahefarr.com

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Mar 30

For my inaugural post on this app, I'd like to invite anyone attending #PAA2025 to come to my talk! I'm very excited to attend my first PAA @popassocamerica.bsky.social meeting and share this research (and hopefully get good feedback as I refine and revise).

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you for sharing and thanks to Ruth for writing this. I expect so much better from ASA.

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · May 15

Sharing on behalf of my @cunygcsociology.bsky.social friend/colleague Ruth Milkman who isn't on social media. Here's her statement re a problematic censoring of an obituary for Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes #soctwitter #socsky #sociology

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Statement re Michael Burawoy obit

Statement from Ruth Milkman re commissioned obituary of Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes: Dear All, As many of you know, I published a tribute to Michael Burawoy in Jacobin shortly after ...

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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · May 8

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · May 3

Trump's threat to arrest Governor Evers is a chilling attempt to normalize fascism & silence dissent.

They want to bully & intimidate anyone who doesn't conform to their ideology.

We will NOT be intimidated.

We will NOT be silenced.

We will DEFEND our freedom.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Apr 26

A grandma who works at Target. An advocate for farmworkers. A cancer researcher. A grad student who wrote an op-ed. A hairdresser. A sheet metal worker and loving father to an autistic child. At least two people who took a wrong turn on the same bridge in Detroit. A toddler.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · Apr 24

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

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Katie Porter @katieporteroc.bsky.social · Apr 23

My blood is boiling. This is appalling.

Andry, the makeup artist deported to Trump’s foreign prison in El Salvador - without due process and under false pretenses - hasn’t been heard from in weeks. Members of Congress who went to El Salvador asked for proof that he’s alive. This is a crisis.

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 23

This is horrifying and should be completely unacceptable to absolutely everyone.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 23

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

Tricia McLaughlin &
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The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.
He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.
This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

"You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had
it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document.
Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained
"at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error.
Hermosillo said he was detained with about
15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because
"they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · Apr 23

Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.

dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...

ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid

Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Apr 23

Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.

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“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex.

“It’s my job to figure out if you have to leave,” ul-Haq continued. “It’s also my job to figure out if you should stay.”

The parties included a 7-year-old boy, wearing a shirt emblazoned with a pizza cartoon, who spun a toy windmill while the judge spoke. There was an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister, in a tie-dye shirt, who squeezed a pink plushy toy and stuffed it into her sleeve. None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys, only shelter workers who helped them log on to the hearing.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 22

NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.

Miriam Jordan
By Miriam Jordan
Miriam Jordan is a national immigration correspondent.
April 22, 2025, 5:04 a.m. ET
In late January, Ricardo Prada Vásquez, a Venezuelan immigrant working in a delivery job in Detroit, picked up an order at a McDonald’s. He was heading to the address when he erroneously turned onto the Ambassador Bridge, which leads to Canada. It is a common mistake even for those who live in the Michigan border city. But for Mr. Prada, 32, it proved fateful.
The U.S. authorities took Mr. Prada into custody when he attempted to re-enter the country; he was put in detention and ordered deported. On March 15, he told a friend in Chicago that he was among a number of detainees housed in Texas who expected to be repatriated to Venezuela.
That evening, the Trump administration flew three planes carrying Venezuelan migrants from the Texas facility to El Salvador, where they have been ever since, locked up in a maximum-security prison and denied contact with the outside world.
But Mr. Prada has not been heard from or seen. He is not on the list of 238 people who were deported to El Salvador that day. He does not appear in the photos and videos released by the authorities of shackled men with shaved heads.

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · Apr 21

"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 22

Hard to comprehend this level of cruelty.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 21

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.

“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."

Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article)

Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 21

I see Joe Rogan as a temperature check to see how he and his audience are thinking about and understanding things. So I’m sharing this not to celebrate that we got him to “switch sides”, but because it’s significant that he’s saying this. We should keep yelling about this issue in these terms.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Apr 20

Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.”

He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Apr 20

Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"

Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Apr 19

NSF will no longer fund research on misinformation and is stopping grants, arguing that it could infringe on free speech “in a manner that advances a preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate”. Chilling to see even if it’s not a surprise.
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www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 19

I tend to agree. But if there’s anything that could push her to do something, it’s public pressure. As others have pointed out, we are most likely to see action when it aligns with political ambition. So we have to show her that it’s bad politics to sit on the sidelines 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you for making this statement—it’s a good start. As a Michigander, I look forward to seeing the actions you will take to 1) see that all individuals sent to CECOT are returned, and 2) all non-citizens who have been targeted or detained for their political speech are freed.

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 19

University of Wisconsin-Madison made Hillbilly Elegy their “Go Big Read”, meaning that professors were encouraged to incorporate it into every course offered that year. I think every entering freshman was given a copy.

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you, Senator, for stepping up when few have. This is about defending the rights of Mr. Abrego Garcia and all the men who were sent to CECOT. It matters because they matter. But also because all of our rights are on the line as well. Please keep fighting.

Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thank you, Senator. You are demonstrating the leadership we desperately need at this moment.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Apr 18

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 17

Please let this be the end of his political (presidential) aspirations. In a context where the federal government is snatching people off the street and sending them abroad to spend their lives in black hole torture centers, tariffs are the distraction.

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is Gavin Newsom's answer from yesterday when asked about the Garcia case. See what you can parse from it.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Apr 17

We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held.

We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.

Van Hollen denied entry to CECOT, notorious El Salvador prison where Abrego Garcia is illegally held

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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Sarah E. Farr @sarahefarr.bsky.social · Apr 17

Repulsive and horrific. Modern-day lynching postcard.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 17

A delegation of 7 House Republicans went to CECOT—2 posted photos, while others kept quiet. But a photo from the US Embassy in El Salvador blew their cover. I reached out to their offices & got this response from one: "We cannot confirm or comment on the Congressman’s location for security purposes"

GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib—and worse

Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump.