A few hundred articles later, the final of my three reports (really, reviews) on 'geography and ethics' is out. A pleasure to try and read across different fields of geography; inevitably too much missed owing to my own limitations and much yet to learn: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

EOIR is launching an immigration training initiative for people seeking to become accredited reps (ARs) or for attorneys doing pro bono cases at immigration courts There are currently are 2,479 ARs, up from 2,257 in June 2023 justice.gov/eoir/media/136… justice.gov/eoir/page/file…

The Newhouse School has always been a powerhouse journalism school. But you may not know about its tremendous growth of incredible interdisciplinary research projects from faculty and students. Read about it in the last edition of Newhouse Impact below. Syracuse University Syracuse University News

New solo-author article! I show that formerly undocu/DACA immigrants encounter remnants of illegality even after acquiring legal status. These remnants, however, are not permanent—participants show signs of unlearning their illegality. Out now! SCMR tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Texas Attorney General Paxton Continues Fight Against NGOs That Serve Migrants - Immigration Impact American Immigration Council immigrationimpact.com/2024/08/21/tex…

I swear to god, adults in the 90s were absolutely confident that if you didn’t learn to balance a checkbook, you’d never amount to anything and probably end up in prison. What ever happened to all those people who couldn’t balance checkbooks anyway.

MPI releases a new report with current data on legal pathways for Mexican and Central Americans. Thanks to authors Ariel Ruiz Soto and Andrew Selee for their work! MigrationPolicy Inst migrationpolicy.org/research/us-le…

This article, citing #Panama's migration service chief, notes that 8,000 people have migrated through the Darién Gap so far in August. That would be about 400 per day: fewest since Apr 2022. Far less than about 1,000/day during the first half of 2024 and >2,000/day last Aug-Sep.

Dara Lind's cogent new essay is a must-read synthesis of Project 2025's plan to use a second Trump administration to attack legal immigration, strip protections from victims of crime, and further weaponize the immigration system. Dara Lind Read it here: immigrationimpact.com/2024/08/23/wha…

Mural on campus of Sacco and Vanzetti at Syracuse University

"Immigration Realities" is the reality check everyone should read right now. Castañeda & Cione cracked the code on how to connect the latest research on immigration with a public that is worried about immigration but doesn’t know whom to trust for honest information Austin Kocher, PhD 1/2

This book cuts through the deluge of immigration misinformation by patiently taking readers on a journey through some of the biggest questions, providing data-driven answers that are both compassionate & unapologetic. Immigration Realities is your ultimate immigration field guide

When the Oxford children's dictionary discarded dozens of nature-words—"dandelion," "fern," "starling"—as irrelevant to children's imagination and replaced them with words like "broadband" and "cut-and-paste," this inspired act of resistance was born: themarginalian.org/2019/06/17/the…

Relevant Research conducted a replication study of "Endless Nightmare", a report on solitary confinement in immigrant detention, by Physicians for Human Rights Harvard Law School Harvard Medical School. The authors of the report thankfully made the data publicly available. See our study here: github.com/RelevantResear….

Today marks my last day at TRAC Reports. I have learned so much in the past 5 yrs of fast-paced data-driven immigration research. Much of what I learned came from you: reporters, fellow researchers, experts, and the keenly interested. Thank you! 🙏+ Stay tuned! Much more to come.