Isabel García Valdivia, Ph.D.

Child Amputees, Aid Massacres, Mass Starvation—the Israeli War Crimes NYT Covers Less than Mamdani and 'Globalize the Intifada' Theoretical, third order, speculative violence must be condemned while actual, real world mass violence, that actually exists in reality, is seen as normal and unworthy of sustained coverage.

In the past month NYT has published 32 articles that mention Mamdani and “globalize the intifada", 13 that mention Israel's fake "aid" agency that's killed 800+, 5 on Israel's starvation campaign and two that mention, in passing, child amputees in Gaza. I argue this is makes no sense and is depraved

I haven't had time to say much about this case, dealing with "third country" deportations. But it's a terrible decision for all the reasons J. Sotomayor outlines in her dissent. She is probably the best justice on immigration issues, though wrong about much else: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Sadly not a new phenomenon. Many veterans have been deported over the years, often because of drug problems they acquired after PTSD from their time in the service.

I'm still not over yesterday's obscene SCOTUS decision that our government can deport people to prisons in countries they're not from. How is anyone walking around going about their day?

Not true that ICE should use masks because of increased attacks against them.

Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill

85 cents a day may not sound like a lot for a parent to purchase fruits & veggies for their toddler. Yet the House Ag Approps Chair called this amount “hugely inflated” & wants to eventually cut the already modest $26 monthly #WIC benefit to $10/month. appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...

One of the fundamental themes of authoritarianism is that people doing the right thing will be labeled as doing the wrong thing.

And often, that label is applied by bystanders who are still failing to recognize that the institutions they once trusted are no longer trustworthy.

Khalil is challenging the other charge of removability (claimed misrepresentation) as First Amendment retaliation, but those claims are ongoing. Until then, the government does still have statutory authority to keep him detained.

He does have a right to a bond hearing, though.

BREAKING: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said California will sue the Trump administration Monday over its deployment of the National Guard to quell Los Angeles protests against federal immigration raids."

Pres. Trump is NOT invoking the Insurrection Act, so the troops will fill a limited role. Posse Comitatus Act still prevents them from engaging in direct law enforcement activities.

📣 Very timely and important work from my colleague @hwaight.bsky.social and her coauthor. Consider reading the summary thread and article 🤓!

Countries under Trump’s travel ban are unique subjects of American imperialism US’s cruel escalation of policy puts misplaced target on vulnerable nations such as Afghanistan and Sudan

My latest in @theguardian.com. It is not the nations on the travel ban that are a threat to US security. It is the US that robbed them of their wealth, destroyed their institutions & environment, & then denied them participation in safety built at their expense.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Thank you - feel free to let me know what you think. I really enjoyed reading your book with my students, too.

Thank you for sharing 🙂

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization. Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the st...

NEW: Texas’ understaffed agricultural, restaurant and elder care sectors rely on workers who are undocumented.

“If you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, said a former GOP state lawmaker.

With @texastribune.org

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Haitians are the only people referenced as harmful to US communities for intangible and unspecified reason beyond security concerns and which is, as everyone knows, RACISM

Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE during immigration hearing Martir Garcia Lara was ordered into custody in Houston as federal agents target courthouses nationwide

ICE detained a FOURTH GRADER during his #immigration hearing

🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin:

- Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela
- Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard
- Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.

Thank you to everyone who has supported my research 🫶🏽. If you can’t access the link, DM me and I would be happy to share it. /4

Using past research & interviews w/older migrants in California, I argue that fear of deportation is a function of where one is in the life course. I identify three mechanisms that mitigate older migrants’ fear of deportation: the embodiment of illegality, life transitions, & temporal morality. /3

I propose the conceptual model of #lifecourseillegality or #LCI to bridge research on migrant illegality & life course approaches. I emphasize how their social environment, spatial location, social networks, and individual characteristics shape the experiences of older migrants. /2

Life course illegality: how the life course and aging shape the experience of illegality Abstract. Scholars have studied in detail how immigrants experience illegality in the US. Many have focused on immigrants’ fear of deportation as central t

📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1

BREAKING: Billionaires in America now hold a record $7 TRILLION in wealth.

That's a $4.1 TRILLION increase since the last Trump tax scam.

Republicans are now pushing a budget to give billionaires more tax breaks, paid for by cuts to healthcare and food assistance.

Insanity.

My new-to-blusky friend Nicole Kreisberg @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social is looking for interviewees for her project on immigrant couples! Her research team is in particular need of more respondents from Latin America and/or on student visas. Please share widely! #Socsky

Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue

Everything is terrible and so is this

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump Is Trying to Deport Students Who Show Up in a ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Convicted What began with Mahmoud Khalil has now expanded into widespread immigration status revocations with no explanation and little apparent recourse.

NEWS: It began with Mahmoud Khalil. Now the Trump admin is trying to deport *hundreds* of students by vaguely saying they have criminal records—making them guess why.
Some have traffic violations. Some didn't even commit a crime.

One's "criminal record"? Apparently being a domestic violence victim.