Reece Jones

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

Book cover for *Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China* by Chenchen Zhang, published by Oxford. The cover features a building that is half Temple of Heaven and half Capitol Hill, set against a pale background.

It's got a cover!
Coming out in June.

It’s weird being on camera for things. Thanks @mnangryman.bsky.social for the awesome angry interview.

Also HIGHLY recommend reading NOBODY IS PROTECTED by @reecejones.bsky.social

"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.

🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell News Podcast · Drawing upon his experience as a former chief of staff on the Senate Finance Committee and as an Emmy-winning executive producer and writer of ‘The West Wing,’ Lawrence O’Donnell examin...

You can hear the author @reecejones.bsky.social interviewed on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on Feb 6 (move the time marker to the last 5 minutes):
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

February 9, 2026 - Luis Martinez-Fernandez | Reece Jones | Stephen Walt America's Cultural/Political Divide on Display at the Super Bowl's Halftime With a Wildly Popular and Joyous Bad Bunny Versus a Washed Up Right Wing MAGA Relic Kid Rock | The History of the Border Pat

I spoke with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social about why the racism, violence, and constitutional violations of the Border Patrol mean it cannot be reformed or simply sent back to the border soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border Harsha Walia, Silky Shah, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton of Death Panel Thursday, February 12 at 7pm ET

Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border

Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond.

Thursday at 7 PM ET

events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...

Really appreciate the work @austinkocher.com is doing to document the geography of ICE detention facilities

53 Migrants Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says

53 people missing after a boat capsized adds to the already grisly total 484 people dead or missing in the Mediterranean in 2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...

New @nber.org paper with @caitlinpatler.bsky.social &
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!

We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0

Key Findings 🧵

1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0

2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls

www.nber.org/papers/w3479...

This is really what separates Trump from Stephen Miller. He'll make it 11/14ths of the way through the 14 words and then stop to complain about Mike Tirico.

So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh

The leading cause of death of Border Patrol agents is vehicle accident. You see them drive down here in the desert and you can tell why. I figure they’ve taken that tradition of reckless driving with them to Minneapolis.

Illuminating interview- I'm excited to read your book! Thank you.

Thank you for writing this & for going on @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social to share your knowledge.

If Thurgood Marshall said "No one is safe" in 1973 re the violent, racist culture & broad scope of Border Patrol, it is both pathetic & outrageous that Border Patrol wasn't reined in long before now.

The difference in emails after media appearances:

NYT oped = congrats from professors around the world

Cable news hit = I think we're related through our great grandparents twice removed, and by the way you didn't mention that ICE agents are actually alien lizards

When the Border is Both the Crime and the Crime Scene | Inkstick In a world divided by borders, the US has a long tradition of blaming people fleeing the wars and violence it played a part in fueling.

"Imperialism defines much of this country’s history, but the latest escalation comes at a time when ICE agents have also been deployed to grab immigrants off the streets and whisk them to detention centers. Meanwhile, Trump has continued to preach the jingoistic gospel of stopping new arrivals."

Who could've guessed that Donald Trump was a racist. Didn't see that coming

Thank you @reecejones.bsky.social for being on #LastWord with @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social

You did a great job!

You enlightened us on the racist and brutal history of the border patrol going back to 1924. That helps us to understand the horror we are seeing today.

And @reecejones.bsky.social gets it, too:

"If you are uncomfortable with what the Border Patrol is doing in Minneapolis, you are uncomfortable with the Border Patrol, full stop."

Here’s a 🎁🔗 thanks to bsky.app/profile/pott...

Watched and will be reading your books now. Thank you. Your appearance on the Lawrence O'Donnell show was an eye opener for me

My next book, Smuggler with Greg Boos, tells the wild true story of Bob Boulé, who was assaulted by a Border Patrol agent in his driveway and ended up before the US Supreme Court. It is available for preorders now: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Smuggl...

So this is happening tonight at about 10:45 pm EST

TONIGHT: @reecejones.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

Looks like I'm going to be on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell tonight to talk about the out-of-control Border Patrol during the 10 pm hour on MSNOW

Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP And why congressional "reform" isn't actually the real problem....

Six ways to reform immigration policing from @vermontgmg.bsky.social www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...