William Lopez

Mass Deportation Has Begun, But So Has Mass Resistance How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.

In this op-ed, @wdlopez.bsky.social of @umich.edu says that recent mass deportations will lead to severe social and economic repercussions. He writes about the resistance efforts led by those who have supported families impacted by ICE raids.

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Mass Deportation Has Begun, But So Has Mass Resistance How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.

"From large cities like Los Angeles to small, rural towns like O’Neill, Neb., communities have come together...to resist the cruelty and chaos of mass deportation," writes William D. Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social), author of "Raiding the Heartland." @TIME. time.com/7319484/immi...

Happy book birthday, a.k.a. publication day, to Raiding the Heartland: American Story of Deportation and Resistance!

This was a fantastic interview with @motherjones.com. Thanks to Isabela for spending an hour on Zoom to ask great questions about the book and its relevance tot he Hyundai raid in Ellabell.

Drove through a Saline, MI today. Every community of every size has a voice. We love to see it. #IceIsCruel #ChingaLaMigra

Breaking news at the CDC.

"Graphic announcing the rebranding of Human Impact Partners to Health in Partnership. The new logo features bold black shapes next to the text 'Health in Partnership' with the tagline 'Building power for equity and justice.' The background has a vibrant design with pink, lime green, and white sections. A circular text in the pink corner reads 'HIP has a new name!' and the website healthinpartnership.org is displayed at the bottom.

📢Big news: Human Impact Partners is now Health in Partnership! Same mission, values, & commitments — new name & look that better reflect who we are today: grounded in relationships & building power for health equity in deep partnership with others.
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What’s it like to be in the National Guard right now?

Remember, without due process, saying Abrego Garcia is a gang member is just an opinion. #abregogarcia

Yep! I’ll be at Literati on October 2! Flyer to come.

Congratulations to @thelatinonewsletter.org board member
@wdlopez.bsky.social on his new book!

It's here! It's hard to relay the feeling of holding your book in your hands for the first time.
I know times are dark right now, but I'm going to celebrate this win, and you are welcomed to join me : )

#AbolishICE

Be angry any time a US citizen with no criminal record is unlawfully detained and abused for being an undocumented immigrant.

AND be angry any time an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record is unlawfully detained and abused for being an undocumented immigrant.

Lucky enough to be in community with wonderful people like @wdlopez.bsky.social. His new book is a must read without question!

DHS actively expelling people from a place they belong.

Thanks so much for the support, @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social, and for your continued and excellent coverage of the ICE protests in and around LA.

Of course the right is locked in on the Epstein files.

The Trump Administration has continually used fear of sexual predators to justify millions of dollars in expenditures & hundreds of “collateral” arrests.

And the Admin has a file with names they refuse to share?

This one’s not going away

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Some recent #deportation -related comics. #ArtIsActivism

Hard to believe this dystopian time we live in.

Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance by William D Lopez Until recently, the southern U.S. border dominated most discussions of immigration, but public health scholar Lopez (Separated) ...

William Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social‬)'s "prescient" forthcoming book on the cruel logic of ICE workplace raids gets a @publisherswkly.bsky.social star. www.publishersweekly.com/9781421453705

Good example of data used to criminalize immigrants even when it argues the opposite. Undocumented immigrants make up 3% of the US population but 0.008% of those arrested (2/264). The article suggests they are criminals (and worse) despite providing a much lower population rate of criminality.

Two additional quick notes on masks:
1) ICE is wearing masks while the White House forces universities to end mask mandates so they can identify student protestors;
2) ICE has started to use an app on their phones to identify migrants via face recognition, which won't function if they wear a mask.

Straight out of the playbook we saw during the BLM movement: criminalize one person. Cause a protest. Criminalize protestors. Justify more arrests and more violence.

My latest.

excited for my copy of @grivlin.bsky.social's AI Valley... I tend to distrust The Robots (hence I am always polite to Siri) but realize I need a more nuanced view of things.

Gary has been a great writing mentor and I hope to write one tenth as quickly as he does one day. Congrats Gary!

El Salvador president and Trump discuss deportation case Implications of Trump-Bukele deportation partnership. William Lopez, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health discusses international intervention and American law.

Shout out to my fellow non-tenured Clinical Track Faculty friend @wdlopez.bsky.social from #PublicHealth for this powerful interview. If as a Mexican-American, he can stick his neck out to publicly fight fascism, advocating with reactionary Regents is least I can do. www.ktvu.com/video/162538...

Pro-Immigration Forces Are Losing the Information War. Here’s How to Fight Back. The far right has spent millions peddling its anti-immigrant narrative. Philanthropy can help tell a more powerful story about immigrants’ value to the nation.

Pro-Immigration Forces Are Losing the Information War. Here’s How to Fight Back.

Via @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social