Notices by Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎 (austinkocher@mastodon.social)

Reporters & researchers: get ICE detained population graphs (Interval ADP) by facility for *all* 162 detention facilities in use by ICE right now at the post below. Please use them anywhere you write (with attribution).

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/interval-adp-update-data-shows-recent

US economy faces reckoning as some immigrants avoid workplaces www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...

NEW: "If ICE is holding 59,000 immigrants in civil detention across the country, it would be the highest number on record that I'm aware of," said Austin Kocher, a professor at Syracuse University who studies the U.S. immigration system.

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-rec...

Texas family detention center witnesses describe adults fighting kids for clean water.

ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.

https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2025-06-25/ice-arrested-a-6-year-old-boy-with-leukemia-at-immigration-court-his-family-is-suing?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLKkD5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmosWyXWPzN3mhpeLd89C9G3IhbarrR8nPly1-we01XBFHKs4OlCAV1PpJas_aem_KLQERyIybV_WWiyX5xqzbA

“The data reflects the fact that ICE is in the community, arresting an awful lot of people who don’t have criminal histories. It doesn’t reflect what the agency has claimed they’re doing, which is going after the hardened criminals first.” – Austin Kocher

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/ice-arrests-migrants-trump-figures

Five million American children live under the threat of their parents’ deportation. The removal of a Mexican mother puts the life of her ill daughter, who is a US citizen, at risk.

english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-...

Florida child welfare authorities turned over a 17-year-old foster child to ICE, sparking intense criticism that the action could hinder efforts to protect children in the state’s large immigrant communities. The Honduran teen was removed from his Pensacola foster home Monday morning — in handcuffs and shackles.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article308254995.html#storylink=cpy

The Billion-Dollar Business Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown. From January to May, the government awarded 50% more to companies involved in immigration removals than last year.

https://apple.news/AgrKAdWAhSV-gUdb4m2JqEw

Nearly two weeks after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated the city of Las Vegas as a “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, which threatens withholding of federal funds, local officials haven’t been told why.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/las-vegas/why-was-las-vegas-on-trumps-sanctuary-list-officials-dont-know-3383490/

I sat down with 285 South to talk about the intense work of studying immigration data under the Trump administration and doing my best to make sense of the chaos of immigration news.

https://285south.com/arrests-are-up-deportations-are-maybe-down-an-expert-helps-us-parse-the-governments-confusing-immigration-numbers/

Border patrol is trying to deport a mother who just gave birth in Arizona, while also blocking her inside the hospital from speaking to an attorney. CBP says: "It is the mother's choice whether the child stays with the mother, or remains in the US."

https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_b024b264-ab3a-4ab9-b39b-cb2a2ff5e7a7.html

Hey, St. Louis! I'm coming for a few days in the fall (my first time) and looking to connect with immigration folks there, incl attorneys, professors, policy makers, community leaders, students, etc. Who should I talk to? Pls introduce yourselves and others.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the iPad especially with the keyboard. I just wish Apple would make a device that had a little bit more power, a slightly larger screen, more USB-C ports and a headphone jack, and I would definitely want it to have the keyboard more fully integrated into the hardware itself so that it could open and close on a single hinge in the back. I hope they come out with something like that one day!

The Great Human Rights Cover Up Begins

The State Department is axing key sections of the annual Human Rights Reports, including key information about violence against women and people with disabilities. Bukele and Orban stand to benefit.

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-great-human-rights-cover-up-begins

Trump is entering full-on authoritarian mode. He has defied several court orders. He has invoked powers that prevent constitutional review. He is targeting minorities without evidence of justification of wrong-doing. Democracy has not been this fragile in our lifetimes and may not survive.

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."

– Frederick Douglass

We told you it was about whiteness. If it was clear enough before, it’s crystal clear now.

Trump paused the refugee program, but when it comes back online, it will focus on resettling white South Africans (Afrikaners) who are “victims of racial discrimination.” (Camilo/CBS)

America has gone off the rails.

Severe understaffing at the FAA has already killed far more Americans in 2025 than immigrants, trans people, “Antifa”, and DEI has. Once again, misinformation and prejudice put lives at risk.

Guantánamo Bay detention center was created first for immigrants, then repurposed for war on terror. Today Trump signed executive order instructing preparation of facility to house 30,000 immigrants at US naval base in Cuba.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-guantanamo-detention-center