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Austin Kocher, PhD
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I study immigration enforcement. Assistant Professor at Syracuse University and Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. https://linktr.ee/austinkocher
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Specifically backlash to racial integration, I should have said.
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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detentionkills.substack.com/p/escalating...
Escalating
ICE announces fourth death in detention in 10 days - 2nd in BOP facility in 2 years.
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January 11, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Career criminal, illegal alien in ICE custody passes away at local hospital
ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Philly.
January 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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No news outlets have reported on this yet.
January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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Thank you so much, same to you as well. Honored that you commented.
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Agreed. ✅
January 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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You saw the data first on austinkocher.substack.com.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Just to be clear, I’m not entirely convinced that more violence is not what they’re actually trying to foment.

Authoritarian regimes use chaos and public violence to justify their own lawless accumulation of power in a vicious deadly spiral.

This is why I’m so concerned.
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM