Vanessa Miller

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Screenshot of a 3hr old post from the GW Hatchet: “BREAKING: GW sold its Virginia campus to Amazon Data Services, an Amazon subsidiary that manages the company's data centers, for $427 million on Friday. The deed, obtained by The Hatchet, authorizes ADS to develop the campus into a data or information technology center. STORY TK”

GW‘s student newspaper appears to have broken the story that the institution has sold a satellite campus to Amazon to be turned into a data center, which is just about chef’s kiss for the state of American higher education rn

Likewise, many of the folks coming after Ivy League schools went to Ivy League schools. The hypocrisy suggests they believe only they and people who think like them should be considered smart or should have the access to what they thought were private clubs.

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

Students walk around Robert Manning Strozier Library at Florida State University

Florida Hands Down Sociology Curriculum to State Colleges

The sociology curriculum is likely just the state’s first foray into course development; the Florida Department of Education is already working on a similar framework for American history classes. https://bit.ly/4s6gkQj

#EDUSky #AcademicSky

Rice students create nationwide ICE tracker to monitor immigration enforcement The students had been teaching weekly children's classes as volunteers. One day, the kids stopped showing up.

ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country.

Find it here: www.icemap.dev.

Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Texas man fatally shot by federal immigration agent, records show A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break.

Newly released records show a U.S. citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Working on Restoring Justice kept me grounded this past year, so I share it w/ excitement & some nervousness.

Written w/ Meredith Elizalde, whose son Nick was killed in a shooting at his high school, we argue for a right to restorative justice.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

If you were hoping for some sort of overt political statement: see the literal plantation Benito created to perform in.

That critique of the government extracting resources from PR. The power poles.

Writing currently feeling like the second heavy rep: pushing through 🥲

Abstract Once an exclusively white enterprise, the last forty-five years have witnessed the emergence of a disproportionately Latinx immigration law enforcement workforce. This article addresses the question of why Latinxs elect to work for agencies that have systematically targeted the ethnic communities to which they belong. Where existing scholarship has often implied Latinxs may self-select into immigration law enforcement due to a lack of identification with the immigrant-experience, a dissociation with ethnic identity, and generally restrictionist immigration attitudes, this article finds little empirical evidence to support such an assumption. Analysis of interviews with sixty-one Latinx Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across Arizona, California, and Texas reveals, instead, Latinxs elect to work in immigration law enforcement in service of economic self-interest and survival, with “money,” “a good job,” and “benefits” cited as the primary motivation(s) behind applying for and accepting a job in immigration. This pattern holds irrespective of individual agents’ levels of identification with the immigrant-experience and particular attitudes toward immigration, and suggests a diversity in the demographics of immigration law enforcement agencies that extends beyond mere race and ethnicity, to include a diversity of perspective and potential for empathy.

Probably a day to promote this research from David Cortez. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

‘People are living in fear’: Education groups demand changes to immigration enforcement Critics are pushing to condition funding for the Department of Homeland Security on changes to immigration enforcement agents’ aggressive tactics, like detaining parents and children on their way to s...

I am wondering if any of the loudest proponents of "learning loss" in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have spoken up about what ICE is doing to students' ability to learn, safety, etc. I'll wait...I'm sure they're on it.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/01/28/e...

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

ICE detains multiple parents near Ypsilanti school campus and bus stop Ypsilanti Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross said targeting Ypsilanti families is a “violation of the sense of safety that every member of our community deserves.”

Ypsilanti Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross said targeting Ypsilanti families is a “violation of the sense of safety that every member of our community deserves.”

Women’s fitness in the get strong and fight fascism kind of way am I right

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:

"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."

and

"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."

Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

the video of another person being murdered by the state on the streets of minneapolis shows exactly what people are saying it shows. make your own choices but don’t feel like you are obligated to bear witness to it. reading a description is enough.

We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.

ICE kills. Again. Today.

The ICE administrative warrant memo gives its officers authority greater than the general warrants used by the English that the 4th Amendment was designed to prevent. It allows law enforcement to enter homes based on "warrants" that they themselves approve, removing any external check.

Very interesting forthcoming article on state constitutional equivalents to the 4th Amendment, and how state courts do and don't interpret them, from Quinn Yeargain.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #N

Much better way to put it. I hate that it happens, but I love that you’re addressing it. Make them upset 🙂

An abstract

This is incredible. I can’t wait to hate read (if that’s the way to put it?)

Indiana completes undefeated season and wins first national title, beating Miami 27-21 in CFP final Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night.

BREAKING: Indiana completes undefeated season and wins first national title, beating Miami 27-21 in College Football Playoff final.

Appreciate it!!

Four years ago tomorrow I walked into my first Olympic weightlifting class, and I am so thankful I did. Here’s to the next four years of strength and power in this amazing sport.

A federal judge has imposed restrictions on federal agents toward protesters in Minnesota, ordering agents not to retaliate against people “engaging in peaceful and unobstructive [sic] protest,” or to use pepper spray or other “crowd dispersal tools.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...