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Ernesto Castañeda
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Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar. .. more

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Nov 11
"Immigration Realities" is a thorough, research-based #analysis that debunks widespread #myths surrounding #immigration. Its well-supported #insights make it valuable for readers interested in a thoughtful public #dialogue @columbiaup.bsky.social Review here:
www.populismstudies.org/immigration-...
drernestocast.bsky.social Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Nov 11
Get beyond myths and lies and learn about Immigration Realities.
www.amazon.com/Immigration-...
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Cover of book "Immigration Realities."

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Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative @iwbcollab.bsky.social · 3d
In this video, Scholar Affiliate @drernestocast.bsky.social discusses the importance of translating his empirical research for the media.

Read our full interview with Dr. Castañeda here: iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

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Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative @iwbcollab.bsky.social · 3d
"To achieve immigrant well-being is to achieve well-being for all Americans." - @drernestocast.bsky.social

Learn more about Dr. Castañeda in our new ¡Hablemos! interview series article here: iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 3d
What is behind the US Escalation of Threats against Venezuela?

By Ernesto Castañeda Regarding the question of what is happening between the United States and Venezuela, the answer is that this is a partially unintended, unanticipated international focus at the end of the first year of Trump’s…
What is behind the US Escalation of Threats against Venezuela?
By Ernesto Castañeda Regarding the question of what is happening between the United States and Venezuela, the answer is that this is a partially unintended, unanticipated international focus at the end of the first year of Trump’s second term. While the governments of the U.S. and Venezuela have not been close for a while, this path opened up as other areas of intervention, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, got stuck at a standstill.
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 3d
Dear Doug @douglasmack.bsky.social, Here is a draft. What do you think? Any feedback welcome. Happy to make changes before I share it further. FYI @milleridriss.bsky.social Best. theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...
Understanding Deportation for Children
By Ernesto Castañeda, PhD
theimmigrationlab.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:

is.gd/paU8Ko

(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 3d
"and, with increasing importance, offer global branding for their parent institution. This is our contribution to higher education."

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 3d
University presses spend around $45k per book on editing, designing, typesetting, marketing, and printing. University presses "serve the author first, then the market." Presses
"curate lists, manage peer review, provide developmental editorial support, ensure accurate market discoverability..."

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Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative @iwbcollab.bsky.social · 4d
We're thrilled to highlight Scholar Affiliate Dr. Ernesto Castañeda in the latest entry of our interview series: "¡Hablemos! With Dr. Ernesto Castañeda."

Learn more in the full interview here:

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¡Hablemos! With Dr. Ernesto Castañeda - Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative
By Rick Tzompa Chimal Dr. Ernesto Castañeda is Professor of Sociology and Director of both the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and the Immigration Lab at American University, where he inv...
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Eric I Schwartz @eischwartz.bsky.social · 4d
The "Academic Publishing in a New Era" feature in the latest issue of @contexts.org magazine includes my short piece "A Service, Not a Product." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Academic Publishing in a New Era - Amin Ghaziani, Seth Abrutyn, 2025
A curated collection of sociological essays, this special section considers the opportunities and threats posed by new developments and directions in academic p...
journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
#AmericanDream still endures (despite Trump), @drernestocast.bsky.social explains, especially among migrants and prospective migrants who still see USA as a land of possibility and social mobility

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
The question we asked @drernestocast.bsky.social is there still space for migrants in the new Trumpified #americandream?

whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
S4 E2 No place for migrants in the American Dream
Michaela and Nando talk to Ernesto Castañeda about what's left of the American Dream in Trump's America and countering anti-immigration rhetoric and politics.
whodowethinkweare.org

Reposted by Ernesto Castañeda

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
Hope and solidarity in the current climate of anti-immigration politics was at the core of @drernestocast.bsky.social episode as @michaelacbenson.bsky.social explains here.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Ernesto Castañeda

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
One of Ms. Weiss's suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff and the architect of Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown, or a similarly high-ranking Trump administration official, two of the people said. Ms. Weiss provided contact information for Mr. Miller to the "60 Minutes" staff. Ms. Weiss also questioned the use of the term "migrants" to describe the Venezuelan men who were deported, noting that they were in the United States illegally, two of the people said. In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find inconvenient," Ms. Alfonsi wrote.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 5d
The Trump admin. stopped the diversity visa lottery with the excuse of the unfortunate Brown shootings. Knowing people's identities isn't enough to stop crime; limits to opportunities, mental healthcare & guns are more relevant factors. Spoke to about this with Colombian international news, NTN24.
Castaneda speaking to NTN24 on Sat. December 20, 2025.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Robert C. Richards, Ernesto Castañeda

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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 6d
"I know they killed him"

Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.

I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Exclusive: She survived ICE custody; her husband died during detention
Guatemalan widow shared a hug, a tickle and these words with her husband: "Cheer up." It was the last time she saw him alive while they were in ICE custody.
www.elpasotimes.com

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 7d
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Stephen Miller’s hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes
President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller, had a plan to target Mexican drug cartels. That strategy morphed into lethal boat strikes.
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 7d
Central American governments have also collaborated, so he zoomed in on Venezuela & TdA as excuses to expedite deportations. Heghseth was happy to jump into the frenzy to protect his job.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 7d
WaPo article that supports what I have been saying. Steven Miller wanted to conduct military attacks in Mexico as another way to curb immigration. But as undocumented and asylum-seeker arrivals at the border have approached zero in part thanks to Mexico's role, Miller looked further south.
Text in audio in gift article in last link - worth a listen

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 7d
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 8d
Mainly falsehoods about immigrants. Nothing about the Epstein Files, nothing about unlawful attacks on boats and Venezuela. Now, you do not need to watch it.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 8d
In his special speech, Trump is repeating the same lies from the 2024 campaign. He is claiming victory. He is excited, he really wants to believe his own words & what his White House staff tells him. Trying to buy off military with a 1,700 check. Populist measure & not enough for underpaid soldiers.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 8d
The profiles are not nice ones.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 8d
Susie Wiles' statements to Vanity Fair show the WH ideological isolation, hubris, zealotry, stubbornness. The analyses she gives are verbal x-rays of people she knows well. In The West Wing show, the Chief of Staff serves as the moral conscience of the President & staff. Here we have an enabler.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
Ernesto Castañeda explica que “la tendencia de los números el día de hoy no es sorprendente porque en la economía todo está conectado”. Afirma que el despido de trabajadores federales, las deportaciones y el miedo que sienten miembros de la comunidad inmigrante son factores que debilitan la economía

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
Situación migratoria no puede desligarse de la tasa de desempleo en EEUU, dice analista
El desempleo subió a 4.6%, la tasa más alta en 4 años, según mostró un informe de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales del Departamento del Trabajo. Jackeline Quijano 16 dic 25
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Situación migratoria no puede desligarse de la tasa de desempleo en EEUU, dice analista
El desempleo en Estados Unidos subió a 4.6%, la tasa más alta en cuatro años, según mostró un informe de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales del Departamento del Trabajo. El analista Ernesto Castañed...
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
from being in public places, restaurants & stores means less purchases. Fewer buyers mean businesses need fewer workers. Mass deportations are bad for everyone. Prisons already exist for criminals. There is no moral or logical need for immigration detention centers.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
The unemployment rate is up, fewer new jobs are being created, layoffs are increasing. In this case, IT IS connected to WH policies. Tariffs make groceries & goods more expensive; wages haven't gone up. No new immigration. Deportations & policies that scare people of color, foreigners & tourists

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
Give me a couple of days.

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
Not necessarily but I could create it. What would be the best format? Blog, short video?

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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 9d
Living in another country makes you aware of what may be missed or taken for granted by the locals. Immigrant have to understand and become fluent in the spoken and unspoken rules. There is often no cultural broker who explains these things to people. I try to bridge that gap.