“Haitian #TPS holders contribute an estimated $418m annually to the city of Boston’s economy, w/many holding crucial jobs in healthcare, transportation, hospitality, and construction … Local employers have expressed concerns about the impact of Haitians leaving the workforce in those industries.”

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · yesterday

Mayor Michelle Wu has joined more than 100 mayors and local government leaders nationwide in signing a letter calling for Congress to extend protected status for Haitians until early 2029 after the Trump administration terminated it.

NEW: The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired visas as they travel through airports, according to documents obtained by The Times and interviews with lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

nytimes.com

Nope! Ironically, IRCA in 1986, which created the modern I-9 process and which first barred the employment of people without legal authorization, does not bar anyone from running a business. And it's not unlawful to contract with a company run by an undocumented immigrant who does the job.

Leonides@leonidesmainly.bsky.social · last wk.

If he owned a business, doesn't that mean he was here legally?

Sister Norma Pimentel is back in the news for her work along the border. At a 2023 NPF training, she shared her first-hand experience working with migrant children & families at the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, TX. 🔗 https://nationalpress.org/topic/children-border-patrol-sister-norma-pimentel/

🤞🙏🏻 wapo.st/4yJQQfM

Trump immigration officials seek to mend frayed ties with business as arrests spike

Under new DHS chief Markwayne Mullin, officials met for the first time with trade groups concerned about losing workers to the president’s deportation campaign.

wapo.st

NAFSA statement on duration of status policy change for international students www.nafsa.org/Duration-sta...

NAFSA: Undermining International Student Stability Weakens U.S. National Interest

NAFSA: Association of International Educators is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange.

nafsa.org

The fear that someone might get away is not a legitimate basis for shooting them! Definitely not for a suspected civil infraction!

Some home and nursing care employers decided to not wait for guidance after the SCOTUS decision, laying Haitian caregivers with TPS off, or putting them on leave, illegally. Today the feds extended the work permit date to July 24. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

As feds extend work permit date for Haitians, some Mass. employers preemptively cut workers

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday that employment authorization for Haitians with temporary protected status is valid until July 24.

wgbh.org

www.npr.org/2026/07/06/n...

Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system

Spouses of U.S. citizens have traditionally had a special place in immigration law. That's no longer the case, according to the administration and immigration lawyers.

npr.org

Japan’s migration story is quieter than most. Mackenzie talks about how the country may avoid the big immigration debate, while still relying on migrant workers in places like elderly care. watch: austinkocher.substack.com/p/mackenzie-...

Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin on Why Migration is a Window into Our Shared Humanity

Waypoints founder Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin joined me to talk about journalism as empathy, what the Nepal-India open border teaches us, and why migrants' lives are closer to our own than we think.

austinkocher.substack.com

“The recruiters are telling people, ‘If you join the military, you’re going to be able to get your family member legal, or you’re going to be able to get your spouse legal,’” said Margaret Stock, retired US Army lieutenant colonel. “And they’re not being honest with the recruits.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

Abuse of Power Watch@abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · last mo.

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋: ICE has increasingly targeted the spouses and family members of active-duty service members and veterans, with advocates warning that military families who believed they were protected are now facing detention and deportation. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

I Read Trump v Barbara So You Don’t Have To — Anna O. Law

As someone who took 16 years to research and write a new book, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship , a policy and legal history, I paid keen attention to the oral arguments (April 1) ...

annaolaw.com

@timmathews.bsky.social Ahem news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOD Moves to Order Military Lawyers to Be Immigration Judges (3)

The Defense Department is planning to begin involuntarily activating military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and to represent the government in cases involving detained migrant children, accor...

news.bloomberglaw.com

BREAKING: The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote UPHOLDS birthright citizenship, affirming the default rule that all persons born in the United States (with narrow exceptions) are U.S. citizens at birth. A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.

Starts in one hour, and there is still time to register! Join me and Sui Chung of Americans for Immigrant Justice at 11 AM Eastern to talk about protecting immigrant veterans and military families from deportation: austinkocher.substack.com/p/keeping-am...

The United States is arresting, detaining, and deporting the very immigrants who signed up to defend it. Veterans, active-duty service members, military families. I'm hosting a live conversation about it next week. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/keeping-am...

Keeping America's Promise to Those Who Served: Sui Chung on How Americans for Immigrant Justice Is Defending Immigrant Veterans This Independence Day

Join me Tuesday, June 30th at 11:00 AM Eastern for a live conversation with Sui Chung of Americans for Immigrant Justice to talk about how immigration enforcement is impacting veterans in Florida and…

austinkocher.substack.com

Join immigration attorneys from Ccab.org for 2 live webinars in English & Haitian Creole Monday, June 29, at 10 a.m. & 5 p.m. re: termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti & Syria. No registration req’d. For more info www.ccab.org/refugee-immigrant-services/

Catholic Charities Boston - Providing Help and Hope to All Those in Need

We support communities throughout Eastern Massachusetts by providing a variety of programs for those in need.

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www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Nursing homes, factory owners and immigrants brace for fallout from Supreme Court ruling

The high court’s decision to strip Haitians and Syrians of their protections from deportation had immediate ripple effects for immigrants and their employers.

washingtonpost.com

UK-born Gio Reyna was one of the youngest US players to feature in a senior match in 20 years at the time of his 2020 US men’s national soccer team debut. Antonee Robinson and Sebastian Berhalter are also from the UK. Other players hail from Mexico, Germany, and Netherlands👇🏽 #ImmigrantHeritageMonth

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last mo.

ICYMI at @americasvoice.bsky.social: “Six players on the U.S. men’s national soccer team at the 2026 World Cup were born outside the country. More than half the 26 men on the roster hold dual citizenship.” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/immigrants... #ImmigrantHeritageMonth

Newly back (and actually posting this year)! Short version: I work to move private capital to refugee entrepreneurs — not as charity, but because they’re some of the best founders most investors never meet. Book on it, “Banking on Belonging”, out July 21. I also make mead in Virginia. 👋 #refugees

Yeah. immigrants raise this as a huge issue constantly. It’s crazy

Dara Lind@daralind.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I really don’t think we’re paying enough attention to how the Trump administration is getting what it wants on immigration by taking people’s applications, cashing the checks from their fees, and then just…not processing the applications. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-tru...

More work for USCIS means a bigger case backlog, which was already huge before Trump took office and has only gotten worse from there, with 11.6 million pending applications as of September 2025. @immcouncil.org

The Throughline: If USCIS Is Drowning in Paperwork, Why Is It Asking for More?

More work for USCIS means a bigger case backlog, which was already huge before Trump took office and has only gotten worse from there, with 11.6 million pending applications as of September 2025.

documentedny.com

“In a large majority of states (40), undoc immigrants pay higher state and local tax rates than the top 1 percent of households living within their borders,” @itep.org said. “… in 2022, undoc immigrants paid $96.7 billion in taxes at the federal, state, and local levels.” #ImmigrantHeritageMonth

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 2mo ago

No matter what the haters claim, immigration is good for the United States. Unlike the uber-rich, our immigrant neighbors contribute billions every single year to help sustain programs like Medicare and Social Security and are the backbone of essential industries 👇🏽 #ImmigrantHeritageMonth

Tingluti folk dancers in Romania in 1992. That’s me on the right in the back. Tingluti.dk rented a bus and drove us all there. It was the year Denmark beat Germany in the European championship. We were greeted as heroes.

Charles, OFM Cap.@frcharles.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We don’t usually see each other’s headers. Here’s mine. QT with yours.

Pope Leo to those who exploit migrants: “For every life lost, every family deceived, every body subjugated, every woman threatened, every worker exploited, you will have to appear before divine justice. Break those chains and free those you hold under your dominion.”

President Trump’s anti-immigration policies are already affecting the 2026 FIFA World Cup. "At least one referee from Somalia and one Iraqi team staff member were denied entry at U.S. airports in recent days, and dozens of fans from countries such as Morocco have been denied travel visas"

A warm World Cup welcome? U.S. immigration policies have chilling effect

As the World Cup begins later this week, match officials and team members have faced enhanced immigration scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. A FIFA referee from Somalia was turned away.

npr.org

Some good news! We do not yet know the practical significance, especially if the government appeals, but in the meantime -- rejoice! www.reuters.com/world/trumps...

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is unlawful, US judge rules

A federal judge on Monday struck down a $100,000 fee that U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on new ​H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it ‌constituted an unlawful tax tha...

reuters.com

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social Pled

I'm hosting a free public Zoom on June 9 at 1 PM Eastern with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick and Nayna Gupta of the American Immigration Council. We'll discuss the first framework I've seen focused squarely on reforming interior immigration enforcement. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/rethinking...