Daniel Jenks
@jenksd.bsky.social
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sociology phd student @upenn | past deputy dir. @immigrationlabAU | categorical inequality, immigration, & environment | member @getUPgrads | co-author of REUNITED: https://www.russellsage.org/publications/reunited
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Shaking up your syllabus for this semester? Consider @drernestocast.bsky.social and I's book about Central American youth migrants in the DC area. Good for migration, youth+family, social probs courses, and chapters on social work+mental health, education, policy. www.russellsage.org/publications...
Reunited
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, an increasing number of children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala began arriving without parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. In many cases,
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jenksd.bsky.social
Ernesto & I are more than happy to zoom into your class if you plan on teaching it!
drernestocast.bsky.social
Buy "Reunited" it is writen as an easy read for the classroom, newsroom, bookclub, and scholars who want to understand the basics of family migration, family separation, and the impacts of immigration policy. The lessons & takeaways apply to many migrant nationalities.
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Ernesto Castañeda with Reunited in front of the Russell Sage Foundation booth at #ASA2025 Chicago
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More authors at #ASA2025! Ernesto Castañeda with his book Reunited, co-authored with Daniel Jenks. Come by booth 625 to browse this book and many others and receive a 25% conference discount!
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Presenting on collaborative work about post-2021 migration from Afghanistan and occupational mismatch at 2pm, and recent findings from my fieldwork after wildfires and floods at 4. Come say hi! #ASA2025
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(it will take you less than 10 minutes to read! and it's open access!)

good morning!
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NORTH CAROLINA: I am recruiting for a study about the impact of the Helene floods, particularly on community composition and residential mobility. Do you know someone who moved from western NC after the floods, or long-term resident who stayed? (Maybe you?) Reply/dm/email me - [email protected]
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drernestocast.bsky.social
Afhans were vetted and allowed to come the US for a reason. It is not fair nor safe for them to be sent back.
Story about Afhans with TPS At Spectrum news Wisconsin, TV and web. @aucollege.bsky.social by Charlotte Scott
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rhubarb is back!!!
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thanks for engaging! hope you enjoyed the podcast.
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We had a very nice time chatting with @danielrmorrison.bsky.social on @socannex.bsky.social about our book - and its implications in politics and communities given *gestures wildly* everything happening right now! Have a listen.
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drernestocast.bsky.social
Check out my podcast w @jenksd.bsky.social & @danielrmorrison.bsky.social about "Reunited" & the years-long family separations due to immigration policies that fail to give work & travel documents to the workers we need & to their families. @russellsagefdn.bsky.social @aucollege.bsky.social #Boosky
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danielrmorrison.bsky.social
It was such a pleasure to read and engage with these authors on @socannex.bsky.social. The stories of these young migrants and their families stay with me. I encourage #sociologysky and #academicsky to pick up the book and learn more.
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That's a whole other project right there!
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“Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive govt funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m…”
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alanmaceachern.bsky.social
Your friendly, periodic reminder that the Canadian History & Environment series at @ucalgarypress.bsky.social exists.

That it's print & open-access, here: press.ucalgary.ca/series/canad...
That it's great.
That there's room for more.
That I edit the series, so talk to me.

#envhist #cdnhist
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drernestocast.bsky.social
Had a great #ESS2025 also presented "Reunited: Family Reunification and Central Youth Migration" with @jenksd.bsky.social, published by @russellsagefdn.bsky.social. With generous comments by Xóchitl Bada and Carolina Bank-Munoz, who recommended the book for class use and the general public.
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Good sessions in Boston!
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We had a panel on "Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions" in Boston as part of #ESS2025. Thank you to the organizers, attendees & discussants, Dr. Robert Smith, Dr. Shannon Gleeson & @jenksd.bsky.social, for their kind remarks. @columbiaup.bsky.social  Notes to come.
Photo of Robert Smith, Ernesto Castaneda, Shannon Gleeson, and Daniel Jenks at #ESS2025 in Boston, March 2025.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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My take on the "economic boycott" yesterday --
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Trump admin stopping legal representation of unaccompanied immigrant children means kids may face deportation proceedings alone

Affects 26,000 kids & is predicted to "leave children vulnerable to exploitation and to further abuse”

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...