Anna Ferris
@aferris.bsky.social
PhD Candidate University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice | immigration, refugees, citizenship, and inequality
Dalia's mom
Dalia's mom
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"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
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Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
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He nailed the Syrian accent.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
He nailed the Syrian accent.
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Until we face every era’s crimes—not just Assad’s—true reckoning in Syria is impossible. Justice demands we confront all who built this tyranny ⬇️
Syrians must reckon: Assad regime was not the root of all evil
Until we face every era’s crimes—not just Assad’s—true reckoning in Syria is impossible. Justice demands we confront all who built this tyranny.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Until we face every era’s crimes—not just Assad’s—true reckoning in Syria is impossible. Justice demands we confront all who built this tyranny ⬇️
And this is how the far right gains power - create scapegoats for austerity policies. The disembowel of the welfare state is accompanied by immigration crackdowns for a reason.
This weird thing in German political discourse where the Govt argues that if they just deport enough people, the crime in urban areas will stop. It’s racist and dishonest, and when you call it out they say it’s neither. Just spend the money on jobs, housing and healthcare, you clowns.
October 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And this is how the far right gains power - create scapegoats for austerity policies. The disembowel of the welfare state is accompanied by immigration crackdowns for a reason.
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anti arab racism was really bad after 9/11 but the mamdani stuff is worse, at least at the elite level
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
anti arab racism was really bad after 9/11 but the mamdani stuff is worse, at least at the elite level
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Anyone who claims that dozens of Bedouin women and children were slaughtered should present a shred of evidence, which they won’t, because it’s a blatant lie fabricated to distort the truth and conceal the real crime. When such lies are used to shift blame onto the victims…
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Anyone who claims that dozens of Bedouin women and children were slaughtered should present a shred of evidence, which they won’t, because it’s a blatant lie fabricated to distort the truth and conceal the real crime. When such lies are used to shift blame onto the victims…
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the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities
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October 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons
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War ravaged Portland
September 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
War ravaged Portland
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Marrying a U.S. citizen does NOT automatically grant a green card. 1.5 million US citizens are married to an undocumented spouse who cannot adjust their status because there is NO way to do it.
This puts all their family members in emotional limbo.
This puts all their family members in emotional limbo.
New research reveals the profound impact on mixed-status families—where at least one family member lacks legal immigration status. 🧵
Marrying a U.S. citizen does NOT automatically grant a green card. These families face deportation threats that fundamentally reshape how they live, parent, and cope.
Marrying a U.S. citizen does NOT automatically grant a green card. These families face deportation threats that fundamentally reshape how they live, parent, and cope.
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Marrying a U.S. citizen does NOT automatically grant a green card. 1.5 million US citizens are married to an undocumented spouse who cannot adjust their status because there is NO way to do it.
This puts all their family members in emotional limbo.
This puts all their family members in emotional limbo.
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Our upmost priority in Syria should be to breakaway from victimhood, before it becomes a breeding ground for new forms of societal oppression. Traumatised Syrians, many of whom have lost everything, are in desperate need of care, understanding and attentiveness.
September 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our upmost priority in Syria should be to breakaway from victimhood, before it becomes a breeding ground for new forms of societal oppression. Traumatised Syrians, many of whom have lost everything, are in desperate need of care, understanding and attentiveness.
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Syria urgently needs political parties to represent its broad political spectrum. By blocking them, Al-Sharaa creates a void that confines Syrians to identity politics. The longer we linger here, the likelier any future parties will be built solely along religious/ethnic lines. A disaster.
September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Syria urgently needs political parties to represent its broad political spectrum. By blocking them, Al-Sharaa creates a void that confines Syrians to identity politics. The longer we linger here, the likelier any future parties will be built solely along religious/ethnic lines. A disaster.
Sylvia Federici wrote this 40 years ago regarding the anti-war movement and the feminist movement. Could take the exact same statement and apply it to Palestine today.
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sylvia Federici wrote this 40 years ago regarding the anti-war movement and the feminist movement. Could take the exact same statement and apply it to Palestine today.
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“Sectarianism acts as a powerful mechanism of social control, shaping the course of class struggle by fostering dependency between the popular classes and their ruling elites.”
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Suweida Under Fire: The Consolidation of Power in Damascus, and Sectarianism - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
“In this context, the recent events in Suweida demonstrate, once again, that Syria is not experiencing a democratic and inclusive political transition. Rather, it is a process of establishing a new au...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Sectarianism acts as a powerful mechanism of social control, shaping the course of class struggle by fostering dependency between the popular classes and their ruling elites.”
internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?art...
internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?art...
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Asides from who killed Raed Fares, even Assad didn’t stand to gain nearly as much from his assassination as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.
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August 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Asides from who killed Raed Fares, even Assad didn’t stand to gain nearly as much from his assassination as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.
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It is distressing to see the level of disinformation concerning Sweida, and the willingness of so many to believe it. The fact that Hajari's militias contain Assadists and that they have treacherously collaborated with Israel does not change the fact that
July 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is distressing to see the level of disinformation concerning Sweida, and the willingness of so many to believe it. The fact that Hajari's militias contain Assadists and that they have treacherously collaborated with Israel does not change the fact that
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I came across this old flyer from a demonstration in Berlin. Back in the day when everyone was in solidarity with Sweida.
July 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I came across this old flyer from a demonstration in Berlin. Back in the day when everyone was in solidarity with Sweida.
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the pain in my heart today, over gaza and sweida, is unbearable
July 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
the pain in my heart today, over gaza and sweida, is unbearable
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Nightmare www.newarab.com/news/syria-m...
Syria: Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Suweida
In the last barely-functional hospital in Syria’s Suweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue and medical supplies are quickly running out
www.newarab.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Nightmare www.newarab.com/news/syria-m...
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Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in Suweida, writes Joseph Daher ⬇️
Syria: Sharaa’s authoritarian centralisation stumbles in Suweida
Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in Suweida, writes Joseph Daher.
www.newarab.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in Suweida, writes Joseph Daher ⬇️
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Israel continues to bomb Syria, ostensibly to support Druze forces in the southwest, even after ceasefire is declared.
Sectarian tension, Israeli intervention: What led to the violence in Syria?
Israel continues to bomb Syria, ostensibly to support Druze forces in the southwest, even after ceasefire is declared.
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July 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Israel continues to bomb Syria, ostensibly to support Druze forces in the southwest, even after ceasefire is declared.