Caitlin Patler
@caitlinpatler.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. Research on #immigration #immigrationpolicy #daca #immigrationdetention #health
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caitlinpatler.bsky.social
Highly recommend!
austinkocher.com
If you are teaching a class, unit, or workshop about immigration, I have a tremendous amount of multimedia resources, explanatory posts, digestible data, graphics, photographs and more over at austinkocher.substack.com. You might find something useful!  
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motherjones.com
Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.
ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions
Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.
www.motherjones.com
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urbaninstitute.bsky.social
Join the Urban Institute on 10/21 @ 12:30 p.m. ET for a hybrid event exploring the benefits and long-term impacts of safety net investments in #children. The discussion will focus on #policy opportunities for progress at both the federal and state levels. #LiveatUrban
Cash Assistance for Children: Research Roundup and Policy Future
Join the Urban Institute and the Berkeley Opportunity Lab as we examine the evolving conversation about the benefits and long-term impacts of safety net inve…
urbn.is
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austinkocher.com
Immigration Professor's Blog is BACK. Visit our new home at immprof.com for the latest on immigration law, policy, news, court cases, books, research, and more. It's a great resource going strong for 20 years. 🥳
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austinkocher.com
If you have seen a pregnant, postpartum, or lactating woman in immigration custody, please let the Women's Refugee Commission know by submitting a report through the Detention Pregnancy Tracker.

detentionpregnancytracker.com
Women's Refugee Commission
detentionpregnancytracker.com
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conradhackett.bsky.social
International student arrivals to the US dropped 19% this year, the biggest drop on record aside from the 2020 pandemic low.
upshot.nytimes.com
The decline is occurring as the Trump administration has delayed visa processing, instituted travel bans or restrictions for 19 countries, threatened to deport international students for pro-Palestinian speech, and heightened the vetting of student visa applicants.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August
The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
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michaelgkagan.bsky.social
I have practical misgivings about these apps, but they are unquestionably free speech. If you’ve ever been warned of a speed trap on Waze or Google Maps, you’ve used something similar. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
www.nytimes.com
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jay.bsky.team
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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juansaaa.com
BREAKING via @aclunm.bsky.social

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – A federal judge today ordered the immediate release of Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira, a 27-year-old DACA recipient and father of four U.S. citizen children who was unlawfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 42 days.
BREAKING
Federal Court Orders
Release of DACA Recipient
Unlawfully Detained by ICE
ACLU NM
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senchrislarson.bsky.social
CNN has identified at least 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents after ICE deported them - including newborns.

As a parent I cannot imagine the horror of being separated from my child, but that trauma is even more acute for the innocent children left behind.
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vimiller.bsky.social
Broadview Fire Department said the village was reaching out to the DHS “to demand the fence be removed immediately” because it was installed “illegally” without a permit.

“In case of fire or other emergencies… Broadview fire apparatus would be unable to use the road to accesss these businesses.”
Broadview orders removal of 'illegal' fencing erected outside ICE facility following protests
For weeks, protesters have tried to block the entrance to the compound used for processing detained immigrants. In turn, federal officers have often pushed demonstrators and fired rubber bullets and c...
chicago.suntimes.com
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tanvi.bsky.social
All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them
Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home.
www.motherjones.com
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gbrockell.bsky.social
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas.

Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
J.S. Citizenshit and Immigratior
Services
September 20, 2025
Memorandum
TO:
Associate Directors,
Deputy Associate Directors, Program Office Chiefs
FROM:
JOSEPH B
Digitaly signed by
JOSEPH B EDLOW
Joseph B. Edlow
EDLOW
Date: 2025.09.20
Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services **00
SUBJECT: Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, H-IB
On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, to address systemic abuse of H-1B nonimmigrant visas. Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. This guidance applies to H-IB employment-based petitions filed after 12:01 AM ET on September 21, 2025.|
This proclamation only applies prospectively to petitions that have not yet been filed. The proclamation does not apply to aliens who: are the beneficiaries of petitions that were filed prior to the effective date of the proclamation, are the beneficiaries of currently approved petitions, or are in possession of validly issued H-1B non-immigrant visas. All officers of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall ensure that their decisions are consistent with this guidance. The proclamation does not impact the ability of any current visa holder to travel to or rom the United States.
cc: David V. Roy, Chief Counsel (A)
FOUO, For Official Use Only
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juliagelatt.bsky.social
And now the White House says the $100,000 doesn’t apply to current H-1b holders!
juliagelatt.bsky.social
The folks at Microsoft know what they are talking about. Helpful for sharing with anyone you know on an H-1B
rivertam.bsky.social
Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night
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juliagelatt.bsky.social
The folks at Microsoft know what they are talking about. Helpful for sharing with anyone you know on an H-1B
rivertam.bsky.social
Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night