This thread by Jane Lilly Lopez is as important as the article 🧵

75% of refugees live in low & mid income countries, yet these contexts are poorly understood. IPL created the first comparable dataset of asylum policies in the Global South, a key step toward a more balanced view of global refugee policy. #WorldRefugeeDay cambridge.org/core/journals/…

One of the single most impactful experiences of my life was working with No More Deaths | No Más Muertes on the US-Mexico border and seeing the horrors of the Prevention Through Deterrence policy. Nearly every death could have been prevented with better, more humane, and sensible policy.

"We are migration scholars who study mixed-citizenship marriages & the consequences of being undocumented. When one family member lacks legal immigration status in the U.S., the family as a whole assumes an undocumented status." Kristina Fullerton Rico 👉 myumi.ch/mZk25

Making ASA and/or SSSP 2024 schedule for Montreal, Canada next month? Please consider attending the SSSP session I'm organizing, "Immigrant Youth and Education" - Sunday (8/11) at 2:30pm...5 excellent papers! ASA Sociology ASA Int'l Migration The Society for the Study of Social Problems SSSP- Educational Problems Division Sociology of Education Association Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

#Michigan is at the center of the #BirdFlu crisis in the U.S. In this Bridge Michigan OpEd, Kristina Fullerton Rico (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy) & William D. Lopez (University of Michigan School of Public Health) write about the need to protect farmers, especially migrant & undocumented workers, from bird flu. Read now. ⤵️⤵️

“When a family member is able to shift from living without legal status in the U.S. to getting legal status, the lives of the entire family improve.” -Kristina Fullerton Rico in The Conversation U.S. theconversation.com/how-bidens-exe…

We are excited to welcome Kristina Fullerton Rico of Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy to the network! Her research examines the social & emotional impacts of U.S. immigration policies that lead unauthorized immigrants & their families to endure long-term separation. Learn more: buff.ly/3SJJZj9

currently in singapore and i’ll have a lot more to say later but i’m really happy that my very first solo pub is online Social Problems. one attempt to articulate the implications of a materialist, Fieldsian sociology in the study of race: academic.oup.com/socpro/advance…

Sunday is almost here with my session on Immigrant Youth and Education at 2:30pm... SSSP- Educational Problems Division The Society for the Study of Social Problems

My favorite practice right now is reaching out to scholars who inspire me and giving them their flowers. 1) the affirmation is uplifting and 2) it's even better when it's not attached to an ask.