I study the immigration enforcement system. Geographer. Prof. in @NewhouseSU at @SyracuseU & Fellow at @Immigration_Lab/@AU_CLALS.
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Mar 23
The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵
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If you're up late on a Saturday, congrats! You are the first to get to register for an in-depth conversation this Wed at 10am with NILC's Heidi Altman, DHS budget guru who will walk us through how/why Congress keeps writing blank check to Stephen Miller.
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This week's immigration news, told through the numbers. Funding locked in, citizenship under threat, detention turning deadly, and a removal system being built offshore. Plus one number that is just about a game. A thread. 🧵
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The final score of the U.S. World Cup opener against Paraguay. Not every number this week has to hurt. For the tournament paired with data on all 48 nations, check out Relevant Football.
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That's the week. I'm trying to learn who to connect to on each number, can you share and tag any related organization or person for each of these data points so I can capture that?
Full post, with every number and source, here: austinkocher.substack.com/p/…
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A reminder that the only deaths that have occurred during ICE enforcement activity includes innocent US citizens and immigrants — not ICE officers. ICE is putting other people’s lives on the line, not theirs. Get a grip, DHS
Jun 12
Every day, our @ICEgov officers are putting their lives on the line to remove criminals from our communities.
Nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.
Just yesterday, ICE arrested multiple murderers, rapists, and drug traffickers:
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Every child deserves to feel safe walking into school, no matter where they or their families are from. 🎒📚
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Jun 13
When everything is taken from you, the only tool left for resistance is the biology we control, a final act of sovereignty and rebellion out of desperation that the only path left for life is to risk death. A moral indictment of the entire detention system.
Jun 12
NEW: This week, nearly 40 women detained at the Delaney Hall immigration jail in New Jersey announced their participation in a hunger and labor strike, releasing a new list of demands.
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Are ICE arrests really targeting dangerous criminals — or is the reality far more complicated? Michael is joined by Syracuse professor Dr. Austin Kocher, a leading analyst of immigration enforcement data, to break down what the numbers actually show.
Listen on the podcast 🎧 bit.ly/4r4gY08
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Jun 8
What people don't realize is what Chris exposes here: a review of ICE data by researcher Austin Kocher — 88 percent of immigrants detained at Delaney Hall have no criminal conviction (charged with low level crimes); more than 70 percent have no criminal history. CRUEL!
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Jun 8
Austin Kocher, a professor and immigration analyst at Syracuse University debunks @DHSgov rhetoric that the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in NJ is jammed with violent criminals.
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