Austin Kocher

ICE Fails to Post Detention Data in Over a Month—Again

ICE detention numbers are growing rapidly. So why won't the agency release detention data to the public as required by law?

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ICE Fails to Post Detention Data in Over a Month—Again

ICE detention numbers are growing rapidly. So why won't the agency release detention data to the public as required by law?

08:59 AM - Nov 06, 2023

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Can a smartphone be a border? In my new article I express my concerns that the real effects of DHS's recent turn to smartphone technology could be doing more harm than good.

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Asylum Seekers Encounter a New Digital Border: Their Smartphones | AULA Blog

by Austin Kocher* Two U.S. Border Patrol agents using equipment to take a photo of a person near Sasabe, Arizona on March 22, 2020 / Jerry Glaser / Picryl / Creative Commons License Migrants around the world who are seeking asylum in North America and Europe are finding pathways to safety increasing..

10:35 AM - Sep 15, 2023

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In our new article, "The Double Exclusion of Immigrant Youth", Laila Hlass, Rachel Davidson, and I find that a humanitarian program intended to help children often makes their lives more uncertain.

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New Research Reveals Inside Story of Vulnerable Immigrant Children Seeking Protection in U.S.

A new article is out now from Laila Hlass, Rachel Davidson and myself examines 10 years of data on immigrant youth seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.

01:41 PM - Sep 12, 2023

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Immigrants are getting fed up with waiting for years for the government to process their paperwork. Now more than ever, they are taking immigration agencies to court to force them to act.

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Is your immigration paperwork stalled? There's a lawsuit for that.

Mandamus, Latin for "do your job", is a type of lawsuit that attempts to force the government to take action when they are sitting on paperwork. Immigrants are filing them more than ever.

01:57 PM - Sep 08, 2023

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How to Lie with Infographics: A Case Study in Immigration Misinformation

A new infographic posted on social media by Families of New York makes a series of false, incomplete, or incomprehensible claims about asylum seekers.

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How to Lie with Infographics: A Case Study in Immigration Misinformation

A new infographic posted on social media by Families of New York makes a series of false, incomplete, or just plain incomprehensible claims about asylum seekers. Let’s take a closer look at the growing problem of immigration misinformation, understand what this infographic gets wrong, and set the re..

02:44 PM - Aug 28, 2023

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ICE Expands Testing of GPS Watch to Immigrants in Los Angeles

Latest ICE detention data shows the agency expanded its testing of a GPS watch called VeriWatch to immigrants in Los Angeles. See our announcement with a link to updated ICE data here: https://trac.syr.edu/whats...

08:03 AM - Aug 22, 2023

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End of Title 42 coincides to an increase in new Mexican and Central American cases in court alongside a decline in cases from South America and elsewhere.

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02:53 PM - Aug 16, 2023

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A Close Look at the Geography of Border Patrol Arrests: How a Spike in Annual Arrests Along U.S.-Mexico Border Hides Remarkable Variation by Sector and Nationality

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11:27 AM - Aug 15, 2023

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Immigrant Detention Update: New Lawsuit Challenges ICE Detention, Latest Numbers on Detained Migrants, Malaysia Criticized for Detaining Unaccompanied Children

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11:01 AM - Aug 10, 2023

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Louisiana Residents Still Fighting Insurance Companies in Court as Hurricane Season Looms

What are the effects of climate change on the courts and on the insurability of people in hard-hit parts of the US? Our new report provides some clues.

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01:29 PM - Aug 07, 2023

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One of my biggest problems with Oppenheimer (except for the awful dialogue in the first act), is that like so many movies before it, it presents questions of mass violence as an individualized moral quandary of a single (or a few) powerful men. Boring and inadequate trope.

08:37 AM - Aug 07, 2023

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Heads up: We updated our immigrant detention quick facts based on new data released by ICE. But because it was late on a Friday, we didn't have time to send out an email. You can see the data for yourself here: https://trac.syr.edu/immig...

10:58 AM - Aug 05, 2023

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With over 150 published articles and nearly 2,500 readers, my Substack newsletter has grown into a library of data, analyses, and resources that help you understand the national immigration debate. I've now added sections just to make it easier to navigate. https://austinkocher.subst...

10:25 AM - Aug 04, 2023

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The Detention Center Prosperity Gospel Fails to Work Miracles in Rural Communities

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The Detention Center Prosperity Gospel Fails to Work Miracles in Rural Communities

Stewart Detention Center is located in one of the poorest counties in the country. Today we look at Stewart through the lens of a new report on rural facilities, a documentary, and a new OIG report.

09:43 AM - Aug 04, 2023

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Lady at the coffee shop this morning had a t-shirt that just said "Dump Him".

12:46 PM - Aug 03, 2023

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Hit me with your linguistic pet peeves. Mine is when people use the unnecessarily passive phrase "is indicative of" rather than simply "indicates." Nails on the chalkboard!

09:54 AM - Aug 01, 2023 (Edited)

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If you're attending the Critical Legal Geography conference in Feb, I am looking to coordinate a house/apt share for about a week that includes the possibility of co-writing, exploring Turin, building community. Interested?

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First Annual Conference of Critical Legal Geography

Torino, Italy, 21-23 February 2024

12:27 PM - Jul 31, 2023

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A lot has changed with how social media has evolved over the past year, but one thing hasn't changed: I still write regularly about immigration here: https://austinkocher.subst... Please visit and consider signing up (free).

11:38 AM - Jul 31, 2023

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Meet the Haven Asylum Lab + Monday Morning Migration Roundup

Let's kick this week off with some news and updates, including upcoming immigration workshops, David Bier's Green Card Game goes public, MPI video now available.

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Meet the Haven Asylum Lab + Monday Morning Migration Roundup

Let's kick this week off with some news and updates, including upcoming immigration workshops, David Bier's Green Card Game goes public, MPI video now available, and Americas Migration Brief.

09:07 AM - Jul 31, 2023

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The incomparable Peabody Library in Baltimore, Maryland.

08:10 AM - Jul 31, 2023

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Will CBP One Survive Escalating Court Battles?

CBP's smartphone app, used mainly to manage asylum seekers, faces even stronger challenges in a new lawsuit. What if the agency had built a better app?

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Will CBP One Survive Escalating Court Battles?

CBP's smartphone app, used mainly to manage asylum seekers, faces even stronger challenges in a new lawsuit. What if the agency had built a better app?

12:15 PM - Jul 30, 2023

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Al Otro Lado and Haitian Bridge filed a lawsuit against the use of CBP One to manage (/restrict) asylum at the southern border. My recent article on CBP One goes into more depth about the technological problems with the app.

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Societies | Free Full-Text | Glitches in the Digitization of Asylum: How CBP One Turns Migrants’ Smartphones into Mobile Borders

As the emerging literature on migration studies has demonstrated, migrants who are seeking asylum around the world are increasingly finding that the process is mediated by a variety of new technologies. While the process of digitizing various aspects of migrant protection may promise improvements, n..

06:28 PM - Jul 29, 2023

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So what if the Biden administration breaks the law as long as they are keeping migrants out of the country? – writes the Washington Post's editorial board. ("Democracy Dies in Darkness", ammaright.)

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Opinion | Biden should appeal his immigration plan - The Washington Post

The administration is also right to emphasize the danger, hardship and exorbitant costs caused by the trek northward in the hands of smugglers.

06:04 PM - Jul 29, 2023

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I think it's important for a country as charming and well-run as Canada to be represented by an airline as indifferent and in disarray as Air Canada to ensure that the rose-colored expectations of visitors like myself remain grounded.

Air Canada: "We'll keep you grounded."

01:51 PM - Jul 29, 2023

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Messy Numbers in Asylum Ban Ruling Add Confusion, Reflect Deeper Questions about Migrant Protection and the Use of Data in Law

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Messy Numbers in Asylum Ban Ruling Add Confusion, Reflect Deeper Questions about Migrant Protection and the Use of Data in Law

The Biden administration’s Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (CLP) policy was struck down this week by Judge Tigar in the Northern District of California. This policy, characterized by many as an “asylum ban”, layered on restrictions to seeking asylum that the judge found to contradict Congress’s cle..

12:04 PM - Jul 29, 2023

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The American People deserve to see an on-air interview with Mitch McConnel and Dianne Feinstein about why they both deserve to remain in office.

02:55 PM - Jul 26, 2023

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The Hunter Biden story is so absurdly stupid, I don't know how else to even say it. The Republican Party has turned into a frothy-mouthed hoard of rabidly delusional bottom-feeders irredeemably detached from reality.

02:39 PM - Jul 26, 2023 (Edited)

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Biden's Asylum Ban is Unlawful Says Federal Judge

A federal judge said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's Circumvention of Legal Pathways rule undermines Congress's intent to allow migrants to access asylum. Here's why.

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Biden's Asylum Ban is Unlawful Says Federal Judge

A federal judge said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's Circumvention of Legal Pathways rule undermines Congress's crystal clear intent to allow migrants to access asylum. Here's why.

01:15 PM - Jul 26, 2023

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The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter

Elon Musk is finally killing Twitter off and rebranding the platform as "X", a move that represents yet another blow to the Immigration Information Ecosystem.

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The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter - Austin Kocher

Elon Musk is finally killing Twitter off and rebranding the platform as "X", a move that represents yet another blow to the Immigration Information Ecosystem.

11:36 AM - Jul 24, 2023

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