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Biden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential Barriers to Public Transparency
Asylum seekers may soon find that instead of waiting until they arrive at the US-Mexico border to meet with a US immigration official, they can schedule…
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ICE On My Wrist: Immigrants Will Start Wearing Electronic Monitoring Watches This Month
The Department of Homeland Security will put GPS monitors on immigrants' wrists starting later this month, part of a new global trend in electronic…
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Join me at the Annual Latino Public Affairs Forum in Washington, DC, on April 27 and 28
This regional conference will dive into *local* immigration issues facing the DMV and allow you to connect with colleagues across the region.
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The United States and Canada are Home to More Than a Third of all Immigrant Detention Facilities Globally in Recent Years
This post features the work of the Global Detention Project, an invaluable source of in-depth information on detention practices worldwide.
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W.E.B. Du Bois Created These Infographics About Black America for the World's Fair in Paris 1900
If you like these data visualization, you can see them on display at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City or get the book Visualizing Black…
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Private Prisons Are Bad Investments, but Biden's Detention Policies Could Boost the Industry
If the Biden administration restarts family detention, private immigrant detention contractors could get a financial bump they need after years of stock…
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Your First Look at the New DHS Portal for Submitting Civil Rights Violations
DHS now lets you fill out civil rights complaints entirely online. Here's exactly what that form looks like from beginning to end.
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Visit the US-Mexico Border Wall Exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
This installation featuring historical photographs, miniature architectural models, and maps is as close as you can get to the border inside the…
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Fire at Migrant Detention Facility in Juarez, Mexico, Takes the Lives of 39 People
Mexican government announces investigation and criminal charges, but are the US' and Mexico's immigration policies the real culprit?
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Good news! I am joining the Immigration Lab at American University as a Research Fellow
Although there are no changes to my role at TRAC, the Research Fellow position enables exciting new research possibilities for TRAC and the Immigration…
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Austin Kocher
Geographer and professor at Syracuse University shares regular insights into the U.S. immigration system.
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