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MiSC is a community of scholars fighting to decriminalize migration and open wider pathways to legal immigration in the United States. Op Eds + Public History https://sites.google.com/lclark.edu/misc

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · Jun 10

MiSC vehemently rejects the war on immigrants and peaceful protestors in Los Angeles.

What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.

Read MiSC's full statement below:

sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

Through firsthand testimonies, this bulletin lays bare the structural & institutional barriers that leave people with disabilities abused and neglected. This is a crucial call for scholars, advocates & policymakers to act on the findings.

Read it here:

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Disability 2025.pdf

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

Poverty is often a direct consequence of disability. Without protective anti-discrimination employment laws, people with disabilities have few options. Some are exploited by gangs in Mexico and the Northern Triangle. In Cuba, the state is the primary source of violence.

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

Another common thread: violence & danger within institutions. Care facilities lack proper resources, becoming "life-threatening places." This is compounded by hospital concentration in urban areas, forcing rural residents to travel long, difficult distances for care.

Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

While recent legislation is progressive, enforcement is profoundly lacking. Laws stall or vanish into bureaucracy. This failure is clearest in education: segregated special ed remains the norm, often preventing students with disabilities from completing their studies.

Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

A key issue? Invisibility. Governments across the region fail to accurately track disability in official data. This absence of reliable data means policies cannot adequately address the needs of this community, further contributing to their marginalization.

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

Lupita’s inability to access proper care due to resource drain and the eight-hour bus trips for surgery led to her contracting COVID-19 and, tragically, her death in 2023 from complications related to unremoved kidney stones. Her story is not an outlier.

Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

The tragic story of Guadalupe Huerta Mora (Lupita) in Mexico City is a painful illustration. Physically disabled by domestic abuse, she was denied emergency protection by a judge, failed by multiple institutions, and unable to secure even the small disability pension.

Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

Despite differences in political systems & legal frameworks, these nations share a common failure: they marginalize and render invisible the experiences of disabled individuals in all spheres—healthcare, education, employment, and justice.

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 NEW BULLETIN ALERT! 🚨

The Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC's @elliottyoung.bsky.social, releases "Pushed to the Margins: Disability Life in Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador."

The bulletin documents systemic abuse of people with disabilities in these five nations.

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 2d

New column by me —

ICE's War on Schoolchildren
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ICE's War on Schoolchildren

What kind of country hunts children? House Democrats demand answers.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

Trump’s “deployment of federalized troops to Illinois is patently unlawful,” reads the complaint from the state and city. “Plaintiffs ask this court to halt the illegal, dangerous, and unconstitutional federalization of members of the National Guard of the United States.”

Illinois Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump’s Deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago

Americans “should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military,” the lawsuit states.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 3d

I have just read all the declarations in the Escobar Molina case here in the District filed on October 3. Absolutely terrifying. Must read if people want to understand what ICE and the Feds are doing in this city.

Here are some.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71452...

ESCOBAR MOLINA v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 1:25-cv-03417 - CourtListener.com

Docket for ESCOBAR MOLINA v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 1:25-cv-03417 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

ICE caught making false police reports. substack.com/@mikenellis/...

Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago. These people are out of control.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 2d

"Another late-acknowledged death in ICE custody makes FY25 2nd deadliest on record": detentionkills.substack.com/p/23

Chinese national Huabing Xie died in ICE custody on September 29 at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico, California.

Another Late-Acknowledged Death in ICE Custody makes FY25 2nd Deadliest on Record; and a new look at what we lose when CRCL shuts down

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 3d

This generational trauma ICE is inflicting will reverberate for longer than we realize, in ways we can only begin to imagine.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Ashley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 3d

RESEARCH: Family separation, including the separation of children from parents in mixed-status families, is associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety, behavioral & emotional issues, sleep disturbances, & stress/distress in children.

updates.apaservices.org/mental-healt...

Mental Health and Immigration FAQ

This FAQ focuses on the mental health impacts of detentions, deportations, and family separations in immigrant communities.

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · Sep 1

🇪🇨 What are the country conditions like in Ecuador?

⚖️ What historical role has corruption and economic instability played throughout the nation's development?

A thread🧵⤵️

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗣️ What are the country conditions like in Nicaragua? What historical role has the US played throughout the country’s development?

Today, 🇳🇮 faces high poverty rates, persistent corruption, and government repression. It's currently under the dictatorial regime of President Daniel Ortega. 🧵 ⤵️

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Migration Scholar Collaborative @migrationcollab.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new bulletin from the Migration & Asylum Lab, edited by
@elliottyoung.bsky.social, reveals a critical reality: legal reforms often don't translate to safety for LGBTQ+ individuals.

"Beyond Reform: LGBTQ+ Life in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Cuba," is a must-read. 🧵👇

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 7d

Been seeing this in the mornings when driving through the park— just off Military road, Glover Road towards Ridge and Grant Roads.
Police just waiting there.

Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · 7d

The @nytimes.com broke down how DC became a testing ground for ICE and their conclusions are exactly what organizers have been screaming about at the top of our lungs:

“One key to the strategy: ICE’s close partnership with both [MPD] and the U.S. Park Police.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 7d

A Kavanaugh raid chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Ashley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 8d

What are mixed-status families, and how do they navigate the healthcare system, educational system, and legal system?

A new article by Lawyer Monthly digs into the details... 🧵

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 6d

Join me TODAY at 1:00 PM eastern for a virtual conversation: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis with Ashley DeAzevedo and Anna Lekas Miller. Registration is required.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis: A Conversation about Mixed-Status Couples with Ashley DeAzevedo from American Families United and Anna Lekas Miller, author of Love Across Borders. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join me for an essential conversation about the realities facing mixed-status couples, families where one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other faces potential deportation. This discussion will dispel...

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