Austin Kocher, PhD
@ackocher
I study immigration. Geographer first. Prof. at @TRACReports/@SyracuseU & Fellow at @Immigration_Lab/@AU_CLALS. Editor at @LawandSpace.
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'The one child protection that does exist in immigration law is called special immigrant juvenile status. Unfortunately, this protection is not working as Congress intended,' write Laila L. Hlass & Rachel Leya Davidson in a new op-ed for Slate. #EndSIJSBacklog
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On 12/4, End SIJS Backlog Coalition Coalition (a project of NIPNLG) & @TulaneLaw’s Immigrant Rights Clinic will release a new report that shows the skyrocketing #SIJSbacklog over the past 2 yrs. #EndSIJSBacklog
Join the launch event to learn more ➡️ bit.ly/sijs-report-la…
2023 IRTF’s 43rd Commemoration premieres at 8am in honor of Jean Donovan, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Maryknoll Sisters s Maura Clarke and Ita Ford who were killed by US trained and funded forces in El Salvador alongside 75k others in 12yr civil war youtu.be/Gl0y9A938H8?fe…
Watching a woman character star in a fictional political TV drama can spark viewers, particularly women, to vote, campaign for a politician or find other ways to become involved in politics.
#RepresentationMatters
#USPolitics
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“For those of us who have not come into the world under the most optimal of circumstances and have not been formed by the most nurturing of forces, relationships are especially fertile ground for growing the twin roots of the stable soul: love and trust.” Maria Popova
Two of these women, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan, were from Cleveland, Ohio, and they were active in the Cleveland Central America Solidarity Committee (CASC). After their murders, the IRTF Cleveland was born to continue the work of Central American and migrant solidarity.