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Austin Kocher, PhD
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Apr 28

Biden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential Barriers to Public Transparency

Asylum seekers may soon find that instead of waiting until they arrive at the US-Mexico border to meet with a US immigration official, they can schedule an appointment to meet with officials at processing centers in Latin American, far from the border, who will determine their eligibility for relocation, asylum…

Politics

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Biden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential…
Biden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential…
Politics

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Jul 19, 2022

#TechTuesday: Three Apps I Use Everyday as an Academic Researcher (That You Probably Haven’t Heard of)

Welcome to another edition of #TechTuesday, an intermittent post about the ways that academic research intersects with technology. Today I want to discuss a few niche consumer-level applications I use all the time because I find them extremely helpful. This post was originally published here: https://austinkocher.substack.com/. It’s worth emphasizing at…

Technology

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#TechTuesday: Three Apps I Use Everyday as an Academic Researcher (That You Probably Haven’t Heard…
#TechTuesday: Three Apps I Use Everyday as an Academic Researcher (That You Probably Haven’t Heard…
Technology

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Jun 15, 2022

A Data Portrait of the 611,470 DACA Recipients Who Still Have no Path to Citizenship

DACA turns 10 years old on Wednesday, June 15 — an anniversary that was hardly a foregone conclusion given years of legal challenges. …

DACA

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A Data Portrait of the 611,470 DACA Recipients Who Still Have no Path to Citizenship
A Data Portrait of the 611,470 DACA Recipients Who Still Have no Path to Citizenship
DACA

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Jun 13, 2022

Biden Administration on Track to Increase Refugee Resettlement This Year but Falls Far Short of Cap

The Biden administration is on track to increase the number of refugees admitted into the United States from about 11,400 last year in FY 2021 to about 19,000 by the end of this fiscal year in September. …

Immigration

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Biden Administration on Track to Increase Refugee Resettlement This Year but Falls Far Short of Cap
Biden Administration on Track to Increase Refugee Resettlement This Year but Falls Far Short of Cap
Immigration

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May 13, 2022

#TGIF — Immigration Updates Before the Weekend

It’s Friday! But before you check out of the week, read (or skim) these really important announcements in the immigration world. Table of Contents No Vetted Director at ICE for Over Five Years Public defenders are now handling deportation cases in Cook County Russian Military is Deporting Ukrainians During the War Hundreds of…

Immigration

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#TGIF — Immigration Updates Before the Weekend
#TGIF — Immigration Updates Before the Weekend
Immigration

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Apr 5, 2022

What You Need to Know about Biden’s Immigrant Detention Numbers: A Closer Look at New Trends

Immigrant detention has been controversial from the days of Ellis and Angel Islands in the late 1800s through the emergence of a for-profit detention system in the 1980s and up until today. Although immigration restrictionists and many DHS officials view immigrant detention as necessary to deter immigration to the United…

Politics

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What You Need to Know about Biden’s Immigrant Detention Numbers: A Closer Look at New Trends
What You Need to Know about Biden’s Immigrant Detention Numbers: A Closer Look at New Trends
Politics

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Mar 7, 2022

Number of Immigrants Held in ICE Detention Facilities Declines to Under 18,000 at the End of February 2022

Just a quick announcement today related to recent research published by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University. The number of immigrants currently held in detention centers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the lowest since May 2021, with ICE’s detained population declining to 17,984 at the end…

Politics

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Number of Immigrants Held in ICE Detention Facilities Declines to Under 18,000 at the End of…
Number of Immigrants Held in ICE Detention Facilities Declines to Under 18,000 at the End of…
Politics

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Feb 28, 2022

500,000 Ukrainian Refugees Flee the Country but Little-Known Law May Exempt Them From the Asylum Process, African Students in Ukraine Treated Differently

According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi this morning, more than half a million people have fled Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion of the country and sustained fighting that has taken place over the last several days. The European response to Ukrainians fleeing the…

Ukraine

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500,000 Ukrainian Refugees Flee the Country but Little-Known Law May Exempt Them From the Asylum…
500,000 Ukrainian Refugees Flee the Country but Little-Known Law May Exempt Them From the Asylum…
Ukraine

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Jan 26, 2022

Tools of the Trade: How to Automatically Import and Organize Your PDFs In Your Digital Library

If you find yourself downloading and organizing a lot of PDF documents, particularly for research purposes, you can save yourself a considerable amount of time by automating parts of this process. …

Research

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Tools of the Trade: How to Automatically Import and Organize Your PDFs In Your Digital Library
Tools of the Trade: How to Automatically Import and Organize Your PDFs In Your Digital Library
Research

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Jan 13, 2022

Dear EOIR: You Have a Twitter Problem

Government agencies should stop using tweets as a replacement for issuing clear policy guidance, even in emergency situations. It’s time we talk about the EOIR’s Twitter account. …

Immigration

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Dear EOIR: You Have a Twitter Problem
Dear EOIR: You Have a Twitter Problem
Immigration

6 min read

Austin Kocher, PhD

Austin Kocher, PhD

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I study America’s immigration enforcement system. Assistant Professor at TRAC. Graduate of OSU Geography. Online at austinkocher.com.

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