Virginia Oliveros

Chart shows Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The chart shows three lines; Prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. From 2019 through September 2025, the largest group is people with criminal convictions, with much further down people with pending charges. But starting in January, those without criminal records spikes dramatically. In July it crossed pending charges and in the latest data it jumps above criminal convictions.

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.

As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We learned last week of the passing of Carlos Acuña, professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He was an early Kellogg visiting fellow and part of the Institute's formative years. Our gratitude to @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social‬ for this beautiful tribute: bit.ly/45HIVTw

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast

🗓️ June 18–20, 2026

📍 ICC Belfast

📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Congratulations, Vicente! Amazing research!

Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."

ya! ahi lo encontre en el diario :-)

que me perdi? me niego a verlo...

This is fantastic!

The New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani is getting desperate. mamdanitimes.com

BJPolS abstract discussing the potential influence of a politician's gender on voter expectations and perceptions in Argentina, focusing on responses from an online survey experiment about a hypothetical city mayor.

From April 2025 -

Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina - cup.org/4clGHLw

- @gustavodiaz.org, @viroliveros.bsky.social, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters

#OpenAccess

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025.

In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:

🚨The Social Sciences dept @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program, an initiative to attract researchers to Madrid. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 yrs (more below).

To express interest, complete form (by 06/24)
👉 n9.cl/qdjvz

🚨🚨🚨🚨 EOI / talent attraction program in Madrid!

The Dept. of Social Sciences @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 y (more below).

To express interest, complete form (by 06/24)
👉 n9.cl/qdjvz
1/n

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com
We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...)
w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet

YouTube video by Senado Argentina MARIO PECHENY - COMISIÓN DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA 04-06-25

"Respetuosamente: no nos entreguen". @MarioPecheny, miembro del directorio del Conicet, pide a los senadores que no sean cómplices de la destrucción de la ciencia en la Argentina:
youtu.be/T3YuiKT3RcU?...

Visiting Professor in the area of Political Science | UC3M Contenido compartido desde el sitio web oficial de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - www.uc3m.es

📢 Job Alert | Political Science

The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science.

📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025
🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026
📬 Questions? socialsciences.department@uc3m.es

🔗 Full call & application:
www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...

‘Scienticide’ in Argentina sparks huge protest by researchers Hundreds of activists wearing gas masks took to the streets to call out their government for slashing science funding.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Very honored to receive the 2025 Francine Frankel Prize for the best book on South Asian Politics from APSA.

Many thanks to the award committee. And it is a privilege to receive this alongside scholars like Adam and Tariq whose work I have long admired.

My colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social & @stano.bsky.social: "If American university presidents do not forcefully denounce these unconstitutional and un-American actions, our universities will soon be shells of their former selves, like (...) other nations that have lapsed into authoritarian rule."

Proud of my colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social and @stano.bsky.social for calling out Tulane, demanding more.
We stand by all students, esp intl students, & defend freedom of speech.
Foreign students and faculty make American higher ed great. Free assembly & speech make this country great.

Thank you both for doing this!

Tulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international students Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.

@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.

If I were a parent, I would not pay $87,000 per year to send my kid to a school that would expel them for exercising their First Amendment rights ***off-campus.***

The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.

These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.

If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?

Tulane not among 400 academic institutions to sign letter criticizing Trump’s education intrusion • The Tulane Hullabaloo A letter criticizing the Trump administration's higher-ed policies, signed by over 400 academic institutions, was not signed by Tulane...

"Tulane not among 400 academic institutions to sign letter criticizing Trump’s education intrusion"

tulanehullabaloo.com/69720/news/t...

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article) An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

1. NEWS

The letter that Harvard University received from the Trump administration last Friday, which set off a public battle between the university and the administration, was sent by mistake and was not authorized.

A senior White House official said the administration stood by the letter, calling the university’s decision to publicly rebuff the administration overblown and blaming Harvard for not continuing discussions. “It was malpractice on the side of Harvard’s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks,” said May Mailman, the White House senior policy strategist. “Instead, Harvard went on a victimhood campaign.”

LMAO - White House said it was Harvard's fault that they did not pick up to verify a letter that the admin said was coming, was on govt letterhead, and signed by three agency officials.

Also, the administration stands by the letter. Which was a mistake.

What a clown show.

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Ah - Trump said that their letter allowing them to take over Harvard was sent in error.
That is some pretty furious backpeddling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...