William D. Lopez
@drlopezimmigration.bsky.social
Prof UM School of Public Health | Write about immigration | Partner | Dad to 2+🐶 | He/Him 💖💜💙 | insta: @DrLopezOnImmigration
It was a joy to talk immigration, organizing, and Raiding the Heartland in Iowa City!
Thanks to @prairielights.com for the warm welcome and wonderful event to a packed house!
What events are going on in your community? What would you like to see next?
Thanks to @prairielights.com for the warm welcome and wonderful event to a packed house!
What events are going on in your community? What would you like to see next?
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
It was a joy to talk immigration, organizing, and Raiding the Heartland in Iowa City!
Thanks to @prairielights.com for the warm welcome and wonderful event to a packed house!
What events are going on in your community? What would you like to see next?
Thanks to @prairielights.com for the warm welcome and wonderful event to a packed house!
What events are going on in your community? What would you like to see next?
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@wdlopez.bsky.social (@umichsph.bsky.social) is a public health professor whose work considers the impacts of deportations on families and communities, especially in non-border states.
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William Lopez | Scholars Strategy Network
Lopez's research, teaching, and writing address the experiences of immigrants and Latinos in the rural U.S. with a focus on worksite enforcement. He is the author of the award-winning book, Separated:...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
@wdlopez.bsky.social (@umichsph.bsky.social) is a public health professor whose work considers the impacts of deportations on families and communities, especially in non-border states.
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/scholar/will...
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/scholar/will...
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In our latest episode, we got to chat with @wdlopez.bsky.social about all the science showing what ICE raids do to our mental and physical health. Check out his excellent new book for more on this - Raiding the Heartland. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Raiding the Heartland
An American Story of Deportation and Resistance
www.press.jhu.edu
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
In our latest episode, we got to chat with @wdlopez.bsky.social about all the science showing what ICE raids do to our mental and physical health. Check out his excellent new book for more on this - Raiding the Heartland. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government
January 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government
Perpetual shout out to @aaindivisible.bsky.social alone or in a group, hot, cold or in a penguin suit… Love you all!
January 25, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Perpetual shout out to @aaindivisible.bsky.social alone or in a group, hot, cold or in a penguin suit… Love you all!
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
We went from "It's terrible that ICE is arresting people in pre-schools" to "It's terrible that ICE is arresting pre-schoolers" in about two months.
Say something. Now. You can already see the speed of ICE escalation. Don't wait any longer.
Say something. Now. You can already see the speed of ICE escalation. Don't wait any longer.
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
We went from "It's terrible that ICE is arresting people in pre-schools" to "It's terrible that ICE is arresting pre-schoolers" in about two months.
Say something. Now. You can already see the speed of ICE escalation. Don't wait any longer.
Say something. Now. You can already see the speed of ICE escalation. Don't wait any longer.
Ann Arbor rallies quick. No Kings. No Petrol War.
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ann Arbor rallies quick. No Kings. No Petrol War.
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A special edition of @thelatinonewsletter.org is new from @juanescalante.com
The Long Road Ahead for Venezuela
Here are my three big questions on this developing situation
The Long Road Ahead for Venezuela
Here are my three big questions on this developing situation
The Long Road Ahead For Venezuela
Here are my three big questions on this developing situation. I encourage everyone to keep them top of mind whenever discussing Venezuela’s future.
thelatinonewsletter.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
A special edition of @thelatinonewsletter.org is new from @juanescalante.com
The Long Road Ahead for Venezuela
Here are my three big questions on this developing situation
The Long Road Ahead for Venezuela
Here are my three big questions on this developing situation
I love to watch ICE protesters learn from one another, but I also love how each location retains its own unique protest flavor. Have you seen any protest strategies that stand out to you?
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I love to watch ICE protesters learn from one another, but I also love how each location retains its own unique protest flavor. Have you seen any protest strategies that stand out to you?
There are many ways that immigration enforcement leads to student absences.
But a new one is rising to the top.
And I love it.
Students walk out in solidarity to protest ICE and CBP in their neighborhoods! ✊✊🏽✊🏽
refusefascism.org/voices-of-co...
But a new one is rising to the top.
And I love it.
Students walk out in solidarity to protest ICE and CBP in their neighborhoods! ✊✊🏽✊🏽
refusefascism.org/voices-of-co...
Charlotte HS Students Stage Massive Walkout - Refuse Fascism
To protest a brutal and illegitimate ICE/Border Patrol surge in Charlotte, North Carolina, hundreds of high school students across the Charlotte area staged walkouts, while an estimated 30,000 student...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There are many ways that immigration enforcement leads to student absences.
But a new one is rising to the top.
And I love it.
Students walk out in solidarity to protest ICE and CBP in their neighborhoods! ✊✊🏽✊🏽
refusefascism.org/voices-of-co...
But a new one is rising to the top.
And I love it.
Students walk out in solidarity to protest ICE and CBP in their neighborhoods! ✊✊🏽✊🏽
refusefascism.org/voices-of-co...
Here are a few helpful phrases and facts if the immigration conversation gets tense at the dinner table.
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Here are a few helpful phrases and facts if the immigration conversation gets tense at the dinner table.
If you've read Raiding the Heartland (or plan to read it over break), I'd love to talk about it with you! Join me on January 22nd at Brad Thomson's law office for a book discussion and free pizza : )
Can’t be there in person? Join online.
Can’t be there in person? Join online.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you've read Raiding the Heartland (or plan to read it over break), I'd love to talk about it with you! Join me on January 22nd at Brad Thomson's law office for a book discussion and free pizza : )
Can’t be there in person? Join online.
Can’t be there in person? Join online.
Ways to support immigrant communities:
1. Donate to advocacy orgs
2. Attend a KYR training
3. Educate yourself (read!)
4. If there's enforcement in your area, consider offering to pick up groceries, take kids to school, etc.
5. Vote like your life (and those of your neighbors) depends on it!
1. Donate to advocacy orgs
2. Attend a KYR training
3. Educate yourself (read!)
4. If there's enforcement in your area, consider offering to pick up groceries, take kids to school, etc.
5. Vote like your life (and those of your neighbors) depends on it!
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ways to support immigrant communities:
1. Donate to advocacy orgs
2. Attend a KYR training
3. Educate yourself (read!)
4. If there's enforcement in your area, consider offering to pick up groceries, take kids to school, etc.
5. Vote like your life (and those of your neighbors) depends on it!
1. Donate to advocacy orgs
2. Attend a KYR training
3. Educate yourself (read!)
4. If there's enforcement in your area, consider offering to pick up groceries, take kids to school, etc.
5. Vote like your life (and those of your neighbors) depends on it!
If you never cared about immigration until you saw a video of someone picked up off the street, or a mother taken from her child’s arms, or a family arrested at the courthouse, it’s OK. Today is a perfect day to learn about deportation.
And today is the perfect day to start doing something about it.
And today is the perfect day to start doing something about it.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If you never cared about immigration until you saw a video of someone picked up off the street, or a mother taken from her child’s arms, or a family arrested at the courthouse, it’s OK. Today is a perfect day to learn about deportation.
And today is the perfect day to start doing something about it.
And today is the perfect day to start doing something about it.
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there may well be more citizens showing up here in Charlotte to learn how to peacefully resist Trump’s indiscriminate mass deportation effort than federal agents on the ground here, as we saw firsthand last night.
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
there may well be more citizens showing up here in Charlotte to learn how to peacefully resist Trump’s indiscriminate mass deportation effort than federal agents on the ground here, as we saw firsthand last night.
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We can and must do more to protect the health of immigrant communities. Here's how:
Mitigating The Health Impacts Of Exclusionary Immigration Policies: An Evidence Review | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/brie... by @nolankline.bsky.social @wdlopez.bsky.social
Mitigating The Health Impacts Of Exclusionary Immigration Policies: An Evidence Review | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/brie... by @nolankline.bsky.social @wdlopez.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We can and must do more to protect the health of immigrant communities. Here's how:
Mitigating The Health Impacts Of Exclusionary Immigration Policies: An Evidence Review | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/brie... by @nolankline.bsky.social @wdlopez.bsky.social
Mitigating The Health Impacts Of Exclusionary Immigration Policies: An Evidence Review | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/brie... by @nolankline.bsky.social @wdlopez.bsky.social
If you didn’t learn about ICE until today and have no data on deportation, you can still make an argument against what’s going on right now. Let me show you.
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you didn’t learn about ICE until today and have no data on deportation, you can still make an argument against what’s going on right now. Let me show you.
Spent the weekend in Mount Pleasant—the same Iowa city we visited in 2018 after it was hit by a massive ICE raid.
If researching deportation has taught me anything, it’s this: communities, are strong, creative, and resourceful. They never asked to be heroes. But if you make them, they will.
If researching deportation has taught me anything, it’s this: communities, are strong, creative, and resourceful. They never asked to be heroes. But if you make them, they will.
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Spent the weekend in Mount Pleasant—the same Iowa city we visited in 2018 after it was hit by a massive ICE raid.
If researching deportation has taught me anything, it’s this: communities, are strong, creative, and resourceful. They never asked to be heroes. But if you make them, they will.
If researching deportation has taught me anything, it’s this: communities, are strong, creative, and resourceful. They never asked to be heroes. But if you make them, they will.
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I am starting an Immigration and Education starter pack. DM me or comment below if you would like me to add you! go.bsky.app/4pkTW9j
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am starting an Immigration and Education starter pack. DM me or comment below if you would like me to add you! go.bsky.app/4pkTW9j
A haunted house but it’s just congress getting along and giving people their SNAP benefits so it’s totally surprising and borderline unbelievable but not scary.
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A haunted house but it’s just congress getting along and giving people their SNAP benefits so it’s totally surprising and borderline unbelievable but not scary.
What (re(re(re)))radicalized me?
ICE ziptying CHILDREN.
ICE ziptying CHILDREN.
October 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What (re(re(re)))radicalized me?
ICE ziptying CHILDREN.
ICE ziptying CHILDREN.
As a researcher, I pay attention to new words and phrases US media (English and Spanish) now has to use to describe US politics: "ICE round-up," "immigration sweeps," and "narcolancha" are now regularly in circulation. Telling.
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As a researcher, I pay attention to new words and phrases US media (English and Spanish) now has to use to describe US politics: "ICE round-up," "immigration sweeps," and "narcolancha" are now regularly in circulation. Telling.
These children--like all children caught in the middle of immigration enforcement--will carry these mental scars with them forever.
Three young children fled from an ICE raid in Idaho and managed to reunite with their family.
"I didn't get caught," boy says
"I didn't get caught," boy says
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
These children--like all children caught in the middle of immigration enforcement--will carry these mental scars with them forever.