Measure your bravery against the farmworker who stood up at the @ufwfoundation.bsky.social press conference yesterday to describe the impact that Trump's ethnic cleansing campaign has had on her life and the lives of her fellow agricultural laborers.

Top Farmworker Fear Is Family Separation - The American Prospect

A first-of-its-kind survey by the UFW Foundation quantifies the impact of Trump’s mass deportation campaign on farmworkers, the vast majority of whom are undocumented.

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New book from IEHS member @unlawfulentries.bsky.social: Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants @academic.oup.com global.oup.com/academic/pro...

New article from IEHS member Laura Gutierrez: "From Deportees to Coerced Workers: Managing Labor and Migration Within Mexico After the Bracero Program,” in the Hispanic American Historical Review read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

From Deportees to Coerced Workers: Managing Labor and Migration Within Mexico After the Bracero Program

Abstract. In 1971, agents from Mexico's secret intelligence agency began to report that hundreds to thousands of Mexican men recently detained in the United States were being taken every night from Me...

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This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

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***New article from IEHS member @julimwest.bsky.social*** Julian Lim, “Plenary Powers: Chinese Immigration, Sovereignty Challenges, and the Making of Federal Immigration Power in the U.S. West,” Journal of American History 112, no. 3 (December 2025): 482–512 academic.oup.com/jah/article/...

Plenary Powers: Chinese Immigration, Sovereignty Challenges, and the Making of Federal Immigration Power in the U.S. West

For well over a century, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889) has held tremendous influence over the lives of migran

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Jesus Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Raymundo Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. Records show both men are from South Texas.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Though California’s Imperial Valley might offer the world’s highest sugar beet tonnages, a mixture of lower production costs, modernized processing plants, and federal sugar policies have pushed the crop toward the upper Midwest. Contributor @cetracey.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

After 150 Years, California’s Sugar Beet Industry Comes to an End

The Imperial Valley might be the best place in the world to grow beets. What went wrong with the California industry?

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This is like a satanic parody of the best moments of Reconstruction, which saw the DOJ using federal power to break up white supremacist conspiracies against civil rights. Here, white supremacists in the DOJ are using conspiracy law to attack civil rights.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

Exclusive: The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility in Venezuela, sources told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. This is the attack Trump has repeatedly alluded to in recent days. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics

The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...

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A new binational agreement is paving the way for Mexican college students to cross the border into San Diego faster. voiceofsandiego.org/2025/12/15/b...

Border Report: Student Fast Pass Coming to San Ysidro and Otay Mesa Ports of Entry

Customs and Border Protection announced the pilot program at a signing ceremony for the creation for the CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium.

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Wow, did you know that if you act now, you can preorder @eladiobobadilla.com's book @illinoispress.bsky.social and get 40% off with the code HOLIDAY40?? You could literally do this today. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Dangerous Migration

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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

Let this serve as a reminder that the people who feed us come with rich cultures, deep traditions, and knowledge systems that deserve celebration. This Thanksgiving, give thanks to farm workers who continue to put food on our table while away from theirs. givebutter.com/vKZByM

This is our last workshop for 2025!! Join me and @karinabela.bsky.social in El Paso on 11/17 to discuss oral history, memory mapping, mural conservation, and climate. Come learn our methodologies and eat some great food! (We are also a super fun duo ☺️) givebutter.com/lhc-raicesco...

Raíces Comunales: Mural Conservation and Climate

In Partnership with Chicano Muralist Jesus 'Cimi' Alvarado

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Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.

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🧵 I know everyone wants to believe that ICE is just a bunch of J6ers under Trump, but let's be clear about something: ICE has always been like this. Denying that and pushing the idea that they're only like this because of Trump is dangerous. Assuming this leaves us in a place where we simply...

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Reuters@reuters.com · 10mo ago

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

What is the “working class”? They’re not the burly white men that white male pundits think they are “The working class—defined as workers without a four-year college degree—makes up almost two-thirds of the workforce and is more racially and ethnically diverse than the college-educated workforce.”

Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There's a lot to unpack, digest and consider here, though some of the solutions they suggest seem unworkable. But it's striking to me that they dismiss @aoc.bsky.social as "AOC at the Met gala," when she is actually an example of a working-class candidate with great communication skills who wins.

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce. Dairy owner says fears are spreading in the industry that ‘we’ve turned off the tap’ with no plan to help or replace lost workers. southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/10/10/d...

Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight

Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin. When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

“United Farm Workers calculated that the change will reduce wages by $5 to $7 per hour in some states, leading to $2.46 billion less paid to H-2A workers annually.”

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Trump Administration Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers civileats.com/2025/10/06/l...

Trump Administration Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers civileats.com/2025/10/06/l...

Trump Administration Eases Application Process and Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers

United Farm Workers said the shifts will hurt both migrant and domestic farmworkers. Farm groups praised the changes.

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if Kash can go back years and fire people for kneeling or displaying a pride flag the absolute least the next Dem admin can do is fire every one of these assholes who are assaulting people on camera (and then prosecute them)

Daniel Connerton@lordnad.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.

Join me TOMORROW October 2, at 1:00 PM eastern for a virtual conversation: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis with Ashley DeAzevedo and Anna Lekas Miller. Registration is required. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis: A Conversation about Mixed-Status Couples with Ashley DeAzevedo from American Families United and Anna Lekas Miller, author of Love Across Borders. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join me for an essential conversation about the realities facing mixed-status couples, families where one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other faces potential deportation. This discussion will dispel...

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For those interested in agriculture, farm labor, civil rights, the border, etc. I had the pleasure of interviewing Harrington for my research earlier this spring. Fascinating guy who’s done so much good for countless people. 🗃️

Texas Observer@texasobserver.org · 11mo ago

In books: "I never aspired to be a badass and usually don’t think of myself as one. For me, my career was all about being a zealous advocate for people who are poor, disenfranchised, and oppressed."

The level of weaponized ignorance in this country is currently being highlighted by people who think Bad Bunny is an immigrant.