Vic Say
@vic-say.bsky.social
Sociology PhD'ing @ Northeastern University, researching refugee mobilities + environmental health
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The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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The emerging left-right consensus--from "socialists" to JD Vance--that it's ok to be openly racist should worry us all.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The emerging left-right consensus--from "socialists" to JD Vance--that it's ok to be openly racist should worry us all.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
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The USCIS plan to reinterview resettled refugees is part of the Trump administration’s unprecedented delegalization of people who arrived on humanitarian pathways and erodes the U.S. as a nation of refuge.
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
USCIS Plan to Re-interview Resettled Refugees is Vindictive, Harmful, Wasteful - Refugees International
This is part of the Trump administration’s unprecedented delegalization of people who arrived on humanitarian pathways.
www.refugeesinternational.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The USCIS plan to reinterview resettled refugees is part of the Trump administration’s unprecedented delegalization of people who arrived on humanitarian pathways and erodes the U.S. as a nation of refuge.
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
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New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
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“We are headed for a major public health and economic crisis.”
“Denying People the Right to Food”: Millions Could Go Hungry as Trump Admin Holds Up SNAP Benefits
As the U.S. federal government shutdown enters its second month, over 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves and their families after SNAP food assistance was cut off over the weekend. “We are headed for a major public health and econom...
www.democracynow.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“We are headed for a major public health and economic crisis.”
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CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
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Number of Detained Immigrants with No Criminal History Continues to Grow
Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/number-of-...
Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/number-of-...
Number of Detained Immigrants with No Criminal History Continues to Grow
Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.
austinkocher.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Number of Detained Immigrants with No Criminal History Continues to Grow
Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/number-of-...
Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/number-of-...
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
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Check out this post featuring our updated contamination site tracker! www.earth.com/news/toxic-f...
Toxic ‘forever chemical' sites severely underestimated in the U.S.
A new study reveals PFAS ‘forever chemical’ sites are vastly underestimated, with up to 80,000 likely contaminated locations across the U.S.
www.earth.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Check out this post featuring our updated contamination site tracker! www.earth.com/news/toxic-f...