A new article co-authored by SIS professor Tazreena Sajjad and Jack Spehn, SIS/MA ’25, for the ImmigrationLab (@aucollege) explores the role of the private sector detention industry in immigration enforcement. Check it out here ➡️ bit.ly/4lZxVq7

Stephen Miller has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in Trump’s second term, using bureaucratic savvy and ideological zeal to shape immigration policy—and much more—across the federal gov. His influence now rivals that of any cabinet official. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/opi…

Sen. Ron Wyden is pressing the DHS and DOJ to explain how and why they are collecting DNA from immigrants, including children, on a massive scale. wired.com/story/dhs-and-…

La jueza de Mataró manda a prisión al líder del movimiento supremacista xenófobo Deport Them Now UE por incitar en redes sociales a una «cacería» contra el colectivo magrebí en Torre Pacheco. efe.com/espana/2025-07…

Join Ernesto Castañeda for Profs & Pints later this month! This is going to be good. 🍻 ⭐ Profs & Pints DC: Understanding Immigration Tue, Jul 29th, 2025, 6:00 - 8:30 PM EDT Penn Social, Washington, DC ticketleap.events/tickets/profsa…

Today we published our 2nd story investigating the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to Salvadoran. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum propublica.org/article/venezu…

"Miller is an ardent restrictionist, seeking to reduce all immigration...if it was up to Mr. Miller, the population of the US would be only 100 million and they’d all resemble Miller...On immigration, Millerism is a more consistent ideology than Trumpism." nytimes.com/2025/07/07/opi…

After > 4 months over 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador appear to have been sent to Venezuela. Americans in Venezuela freed. Both positive devs. Still many were in the US with permission & were deported unlawfully. They should be allowed to reunite with family members in the US

#SPROpinión Ante medidas migratorias restrictivas en #EEUU, el Gobierno de México implementó acciones concretas para apoyar a connacionales: facilitar el envío de remesas, permitir el retorno de pertenencias sin impuestos y brindar asistencia desde consulados y embajadas. 🎙:

His family members finally saw on TV that Julio Zambrano Perez was released from the CECOT internment camp where he was held for over 4 months (125 days) through no fault of his own. They saw him limping. He will hopefully meet up with his monther in Caracas today.

Julio Zambrano Perez is free but he was never guilty of anything. Family is still separated; Julio is back in Venezuela, his family in North Carolina. They should be given a way to reunite in the US and get some type of compensation for false imprisonment and maybe torture.

Today on The Weekend on MSNBC. Trump is gathering the data necessary to deport US-born US citizens, which is a key element of his three part mass deportation strategy: 1) Strip status, 2) Detain w/o reasonable basis, 3) Deport w/o due process.

La gente tiende a generalizar desde su experencia personal. Cuando alguien aplica a una plaza de trabajo específica o busca rentar o comprar una unidad habitacional, compite con otros interesados en el mercado. Pero no es que haya un número máximo de trabajos o habitaciones.

Expats in Mexico City, despite recent protests, All Immigration is Good for Cities read this blog to see why: theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/immigra…

Expats in Mexico City, despite recent protests, All Immigration is Good for Cities read this blog to see why: theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/immigra…

Appearances are deceiving: Expats and Immigrants are Development more than Gentrification. Paper by two Sociology MA students, an ImmigrationLab intern from Tec de Monterry, Mexico and Professor Castañeda AU College of Arts & Sciences

Expats in Mexico City, despite recent protests, All Immigration is Good for Cities read this blog to see why: theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/immigra…

Mexican president asked for the prompt return of Mexican nationals held in the Everglades immigration detention center.

Sanctuary cities are not sanctuaries for criminals. This is not about crime. ICE is already "flooding" sanctuary cities. New announcements are done to create fear, for PR,  and to distract or console people in non-sanctuary cities and red states where raids are also happening.

"Labor shortages are a common problem in Nebraska. The US Chamber of Commerce Worker Shortage Index estimates that there are only 66 workers in Nebraska for every 100 available jobs. Yet, the government has been slow to offer suitable options to obtain work-related visas."