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Cecilia Menjivar

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Sociologist at UCLA. I study immigration, gender-based violence, bureaucracies, gender, state power.

Cecilia Menjívar, born and raised in El Salvador, is an American sociologist who has made significant contributions to the study of international migration, the structural roots of inequalities, state power, gender-based violence against women, and legal regimes. Menjívar is currently Distinguished Professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles where she is the Dorothy L. Meier Social Equities Chair. .. more

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Jun 5

We are pleased to announce that Alford Young, Jr. @umich.edu has been elected the 2026-2027 ASA President, and Jessica Calarco, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected Vice President. Read full election results: https://bit.ly/3mFBhFz.

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Jul 8

Actually, the only people at the park was a summer camp for children. The park was otherwise empty

Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations to Professors Young and Calarco and all of us @asanews.bsky.social. Looking forward to their leadership!

American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Jun 5

Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · May 31

Ruth López, leading human rights defender, @cristosal.bsky.social still imprisoned ⁦in El Salvador

www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...

Human rights activist arrested in El Salvador amidst crackdown on dissent

Leading human rights activist, Ruth López, has been arrested in El Salvador. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to her colleague Noah Bullock from the human rights organization Cristosal about the case.

www.npr.org

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El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · May 15

📢 Today, as El Faro celebrates 27 years of journalism, we launch our digital magazine, Central America Monthly. On the 15th of every month, El Faro English will provide deeper answers to pressing questions in our region. beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · Feb 25

It’s as though the Trump admin. is running FDR’s first 100 days in reverse: Instead of rebuilding institutions and public trust at a moment of national peril, it seems to be trying to unravel both—and is creating a moment of national peril.
(@ebharrington.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...

Opinion | Trust Was Once an American Superpower (Gift Article)

Undermining one of our country’s greatest and least-appreciated assets.

www.nytimes.com

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Feb 23

ASA membership comes with three informative e-newsletters, providing an efficient way to keep up to date on the discipline and all things ASA. Join or renew by 11:59 pm ET Feb. 27 for a chance to win one of five $100 VISA gift cards. https://bit.ly/Winter25Drive

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · Feb 22

I talked to USA Today this week for an important story:

"If the data was out there and transparent, it would undermine their story," said Austin Kocher, a research professor at Syracuse University who studies immigration."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

White House broadcasts immigration raids, but are arrests really up?

Despite images of a nationwide sweep, there is little evidence so far that ICE is arresting, detaining or deporting many more people than usual.

www.usatoday.com

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Feb 19

New! Sociologists' election reflections as the 2nd Trump Administration took power: @daniellaurison.bsky.social, Mary Romero, @andrewjperrin.bsky.social, A. Spencer-Blume, @cecimenjivar.bsky.social, & E. Bonilla-Silva on the campaigns waged & the battles yet to come tinyurl.com/SPE-election

The front page of Contexts magazine's Winter 2025 Special Section: Election Reflections--And What Comes Next, by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn. The image is black, white, and red, with images of flags, check marks, and circles, and the text reads: Just before the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, we asked a group of sociologists--all esteemed researchers from different subfields of our discipline--to think, observe, and write about America's big decision. Here, we present a special, and very timely, section of the magazine: a curated collection of essays that track the pulse of our democracy.

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𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 @absjournal.bsky.social · Jan 20

Volume 68 Issue 12, November 2024
Special Issue: The Tools of Autocracy Across the World
Guest Editors: Deisy Del Real and @cecimenjivar.bsky.social

Some of the articles are available Open Access

journals.sagepub.com/toc/absb/68/12

American Behavioral Scientist - Volume 68, Number 12, Nov 01, 2024

Table of contents for American Behavioral Scientist, 68, 12, Nov 01, 2024

journals.sagepub.com

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Jan 13

Immigrant workers have cleaned & rebuilt after many U.S. disasters. Today, they're at work bringing L.A. out from the ashes, volunteering their labor, 12 hrs/day, cleaning streets & parks in Pasadena & building community #thankyoudaylaborers @ndlon.bsky.social

www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

As fires rage, day laborers volunteer to clean up Pasadena streets

The Pasadena Community Job Center is a gathering spot for day laborers. As fires burned across the region, workers and staff launched a fire relief brigade.

www.latimes.com

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Jan 10

Wonderful news!! Temporary Protected Status designations which were set to expire in the next few months: El Salvador, Venezuela, Ukraine, Sudan. This means 18 additional months of protection for roughly 850,000 people!!
What about Honduras??

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Jan 10

"Immigrants will be the ones bringing Los Angeles back from the ashes. Without them, the city will struggle to recover."

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Opinion | Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants.

And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.

wapo.st

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Dec 20

TPS recipients & allies are in a hunger strike in Washington DC calling on the @POTUS Biden admin. to renew TPS for El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua. Biden can protect these long-term residents from deportation #TPSJustice
@TPS_Alliance

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Dec 10

Excellent paper and ASA presentation! So much to learn from yours and @nandosigona.bsky.social's work!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Dec 9

Tomorrow at 10:00am EST the Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing on mass deportations. I’m honored to have been invited to testify at this hearing to explain to Senators and the public the negative fiscal and economic impacts of mass deportation.

Watch it tomorrow at this link!

How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

www.judiciary.senate.gov

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Dec 9

Important primer on expedited removal by the @immcouncil.bsky.social explaining the process by which low-level immigration officers can summarily remove certain noncitizens without a hearing.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/defaul...

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

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Lukas Schmid @lukasschmid.bsky.social · Dec 3

And the forum in which it is critically discussed by Antje Ellermann, @adamhosein.bsky.social and @cecimenjivar.bsky.social:
migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...

Unauthorized residence - Migration Policy Centre

Unauthorized residence

migrationpolicycentre.eu

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 27

Translation of President Sheinbaum's letter into English, by David Adler (@davidrkadler): x.com/davidrkadler...

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 27

Response from Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, to threats of tariffs for migration control. Using US data, she shows that Mexico already has an extensive system of control in place. Also notes the gun traffic from US to Mexico behind the rise of violence in Mexico

x.com/i/status/186...

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · Nov 26

Immigration Reading List: Books to Broaden Your Perspective on Migration (2024)

Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations.

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Immigration Reading List: Books to Broaden Your Perspective on Migration (2024)

Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations. Plus: sign up for the new Immigration Book Club online.

austinkocher.substack.com

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 23

So worrisome. It won’t end with just sociology or only in Florida. It’s a much larger and deeply insidious project

Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 22

Yes, the flurry of directives, uncertainty, deadline changes, etc. take a huge toll on these lawyers, esp. those in public interest law. See this piece by @catherinecrooke
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

US Asylum Lawyering and Temporal Violence | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core

US Asylum Lawyering and Temporal Violence - Volume 49 Issue 3

www.cambridge.org

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · Nov 21

NEW FROM ME:

The government will do things that hurt people.

But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.

Here’s a start.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...

Opinion | Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations

How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?

www.nytimes.com

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · Nov 20

I’ve been asked a few times recently, so let me say this simply: Republicans move immigration policy to the right, then Democrats normalize/systemitize those changes, laying the groundwork for Republicans to move the needle further to the right. 🔄 There is no leftward movement.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · Nov 20

LA adopts sanctuary city ordinance as Trump mass deportation plan takes shape.

The Los Angeles City Council adopted a "sanctuary city" ordinance to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials.

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/v...

LA adopts sanctuary city ordinance as Trump mass deportation plan takes shape

The Los Angeles City Council adopted a "sanctuary city" ordinance to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials, a day after President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would use military asset...

www.cbsnews.com

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𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 @absjournal.bsky.social · Nov 19

ABS Board Member and guest co-editor of the November 2024 double issue, The Tools of Autocracy Worldwide, @cecimenjivar.bsky.social, discussed autocracy in an interview in September 2024.

Q&A: Cecilia Menjívar on authoritarian tactics in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign

The UCLA sociologist discusses how to think critically about the threat of autocracy.

newsroom.ucla.edu

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 17

Today we commemorate the 35th anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuit priests and their two lay workers at the Catholic University (UCA) in El Salvador. They were martyred for speaking on behalf of the poor and oppressed.

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Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thank you! I appreciate it

Cecilia Menjivar @cecimenjivar.bsky.social · Nov 15

The 2024 Nobel in Economics: "The laureates have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a much deeper understanding of why countries fail or succeed.” Sociologists: 🙄 The Nobel Prize in Economics should go to sociologists at least once in a while!!