Benjamin J. Muller, PhD
@biometricstate.bsky.social
Professor of Migration & Border Studies
#BorderTech
https://biometricstate.com/
JUST PUBLISHED! https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786612236/Architectures-of-Security-Design-Control-Mobility
#BorderTech
https://biometricstate.com/
JUST PUBLISHED! https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786612236/Architectures-of-Security-Design-Control-Mobility
Frightening similarities to the approach becoming commonplace among senior administrators in Higher Education in the Province of Ontario in Canada.
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities
Nous Group has slowly taken over the university sector, filling VCs’ offices with ex-staff and buying ‘incredibly sensitive’ data that is sold back for benchmarking.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
July 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Frightening similarities to the approach becoming commonplace among senior administrators in Higher Education in the Province of Ontario in Canada.
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Why Canada’s Strong Borders Act is as troublesome as Donald Trump’s travel bans
theconversation.com/why-canadas-...
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Why Canada’s Strong Borders Act is as troublesome as Donald Trump’s travel bans
Canada’s ‘Strong Border Act’ is a recent chapter in the history of co-operation and coercion by the United States, but for Canadians, it could be even more troubling than Donald Trump’s travel bans.
theconversation.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why Canada’s Strong Borders Act is as troublesome as Donald Trump’s travel bans
theconversation.com/why-canadas-...
theconversation.com/why-canadas-...
Reposted by Benjamin J. Muller, PhD
In our new article, Can Mutlu, @biometricstate.bsky.social and I argue for more attention to how smartphone apps are used at borders. Available in #openaccess!
The appification of borders: Data, migration and digitalization - Can E Mutlu, Philippe M Frowd, Benjamin Muller, 2025
The intersection of migration, borders, and technology has been extensively studied in critical security studies, science and technology studies, law, and beyon...
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May 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In our new article, Can Mutlu, @biometricstate.bsky.social and I argue for more attention to how smartphone apps are used at borders. Available in #openaccess!
Militarization of the Border is far from simply theoretical | Trump Authorizes Military to Take Over Federal Land at the U.S.-Mexico Border
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/trump-auth...
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/trump-auth...
Trump Authorizes Military to Take Over Federal Land at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Trump issues executive order directing military to take over the Roosevelt Reservation. Tribal land is excluded from the order.
www.theborderchronicle.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Militarization of the Border is far from simply theoretical | Trump Authorizes Military to Take Over Federal Land at the U.S.-Mexico Border
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/trump-auth...
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/trump-auth...
Essential listening in these exceptional times | A Live Podcast from Patagonia, Arizona, with Award-Winning Authors Luis Alberto Urrea and Gary Nabhan www.theborderchronicle.com/p/a-live-pod...
A Live Podcast from Patagonia, Arizona, with Award-Winning Authors Luis Alberto Urrea and Gary Nabhan
The Border Chronicle’s Todd Miller and Melissa del Bosque discuss cultural resistance in the borderlands with literary heroes Urrea and Nabhan.
www.theborderchronicle.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Essential listening in these exceptional times | A Live Podcast from Patagonia, Arizona, with Award-Winning Authors Luis Alberto Urrea and Gary Nabhan www.theborderchronicle.com/p/a-live-pod...
Deportation and/as evil | The evil at your door open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
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March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Deportation and/as evil | The evil at your door open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Not surprising, but terrible | Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries
New memo lists 41 countries – including Afghanistan, Cuba and Syria – that could face new restrictions, evoking first-term Muslim ban
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Not surprising, but terrible | Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We live in interesting times… Are Canadians Safe Travelling to the US? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Are Canadians Safe Travelling to the US? | The Tyee
A Vancouver woman has been held nearly two weeks in ‘deplorable’ conditions. So far, no advisory from Canada.
thetyee.ca
March 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We live in interesting times… Are Canadians Safe Travelling to the US? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Essential reading from Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman. Robust, longstanding evidence in border research clearly indicates that hardening, militarizing, and securitizing borders doesn't stop the mobility of people, illicit products, or pathogens.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Myth of the Hardened Border
Crude restrictions can’t stop migrants, drugs, or disease.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Essential reading from Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman. Robust, longstanding evidence in border research clearly indicates that hardening, militarizing, and securitizing borders doesn't stop the mobility of people, illicit products, or pathogens.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Well worth a read - exceptionalism in action | The Migrant Disappearance Protocols: Trump Sends Immigrants to "Legal Black Hole" at Guantánamo Bay open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
The Migrant Disappearance Protocols: Trump Sends Immigrants to "Legal Black Hole" at Guantánamo Bay
Guantánamo Bay isn’t where people go when they break the law; Guantánamo Bay is where the presidents goes when they want to break the law.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Well worth a read - exceptionalism in action | The Migrant Disappearance Protocols: Trump Sends Immigrants to "Legal Black Hole" at Guantánamo Bay open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Reposted by Benjamin J. Muller, PhD
Michael Harris: Trump’s gaudy display of “shock and awful” in the opening days of his administration makes one thing crystal clear:
The U.S. president is now the main preoccupation of Canadian politics and that means that everything is in play.
The U.S. president is now the main preoccupation of Canadian politics and that means that everything is in play.
The Trumping of Canada’s Politics | The Tyee
Voters have a new common enemy. And Poilievre’s lead has ‘evaporated,’ says one pollster.
thetyee.ca
January 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Michael Harris: Trump’s gaudy display of “shock and awful” in the opening days of his administration makes one thing crystal clear:
The U.S. president is now the main preoccupation of Canadian politics and that means that everything is in play.
The U.S. president is now the main preoccupation of Canadian politics and that means that everything is in play.
Just as Guantanamo Bay operated as an extraterritorial manifestation of the exercise of exceptional sovereign power after the events of 9/11, the contemporary threat of the day is migrants. As such, while awful, it's sadly unsurprising that Trump has chosen Guantanamo to detain/deport migrants.
January 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just as Guantanamo Bay operated as an extraterritorial manifestation of the exercise of exceptional sovereign power after the events of 9/11, the contemporary threat of the day is migrants. As such, while awful, it's sadly unsurprising that Trump has chosen Guantanamo to detain/deport migrants.
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As best you can, ignore him.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As best you can, ignore him.
Great early engagement on Trump's executive orders related to borders and migration, as well as some great resources from Austin Kocher | Trump's New Immigration Policies Already Affecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Trump's New Immigration Policies are Already Affecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Humanitarian migrants are among those first hit by the Trump administration's new immigration policies.
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Great early engagement on Trump's executive orders related to borders and migration, as well as some great resources from Austin Kocher | Trump's New Immigration Policies Already Affecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
This seems as relevant to the current political situation as to some university governance changes.
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny
From the Twentieth Century
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January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This seems as relevant to the current political situation as to some university governance changes.
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Reposted by Benjamin J. Muller, PhD
“It's tough to say, but the United States continuously and knowingly is killing immigrants. I know it's a very shocking statement but it's the reality of the current state of federal and state policy and practices” www.latintimes.com/el-paso-coun...
El Paso County Commissioner Says U.S. Government is Knowingly 'Killing Immigrants' As Deaths During Border Crossings Climb
El Paso County Commissioners passes resolution aiming to improve data collection of deaths across the border and collaboration with organizations.
www.latintimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“It's tough to say, but the United States continuously and knowingly is killing immigrants. I know it's a very shocking statement but it's the reality of the current state of federal and state policy and practices” www.latintimes.com/el-paso-coun...
The revolving door of senior university administrators, the often lucrative payouts, frequently connected to early terminations, often at the behest of inexperienced Board of Governors, is a dark & costly chapter in the contemporary crisis in Higher Ed. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
What could WNMU's ex-president's exit package pay for?
Western New Mexico University president Joseph Shepard received a lucrative payout when he resigned amid controversy. Here’s how it stacks up to other budget items at the college.
www.insidehighered.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The revolving door of senior university administrators, the often lucrative payouts, frequently connected to early terminations, often at the behest of inexperienced Board of Governors, is a dark & costly chapter in the contemporary crisis in Higher Ed. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
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I often feel like Bill Clinton cementing Ronald Reagan's agenda really did seal Fukuyama's end of history. Except instead of some imagined western liberal utopia it's the uni-party consensus on brutalizing the poor and funneling money to the "productive" class under a sham democracy.
"Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says"
www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/p...
Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says | CNN Politics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 271,484 immigrants last fiscal year, marking the highest level of deportations since 2014, according to a newly released annual report.
www.cnn.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:04 AM
I often feel like Bill Clinton cementing Ronald Reagan's agenda really did seal Fukuyama's end of history. Except instead of some imagined western liberal utopia it's the uni-party consensus on brutalizing the poor and funneling money to the "productive" class under a sham democracy.
Great insight from Dr. Samer Abboud aje.io/igx4td
It is time for justice and accountability in Syria
But that is no easy task.
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December 11, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Great insight from Dr. Samer Abboud aje.io/igx4td
Woof.
"As spending on immigration enforcement and border security has ramped up in the US, experts say the private sector has sought to take advantage of the lucrative opportunities, pitching everything from surveillance tech and biometric scanning to detention facilities."
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"As spending on immigration enforcement and border security has ramped up in the US, experts say the private sector has sought to take advantage of the lucrative opportunities, pitching everything from surveillance tech and biometric scanning to detention facilities."
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Private contractors in US eye windfall from Trump’s push to deport migrants
Trump’s pledge to pursue ‘mass deportation’ is likely to increase demand for detention facilities and surveillance.
aje.io
November 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Woof.
"As spending on immigration enforcement and border security has ramped up in the US, experts say the private sector has sought to take advantage of the lucrative opportunities, pitching everything from surveillance tech and biometric scanning to detention facilities."
aje.io/c7fgfl
"As spending on immigration enforcement and border security has ramped up in the US, experts say the private sector has sought to take advantage of the lucrative opportunities, pitching everything from surveillance tech and biometric scanning to detention facilities."
aje.io/c7fgfl
It’s finally here! rowman.com/ISBN/9781786...
November 26, 2024 at 8:33 PM
It’s finally here! rowman.com/ISBN/9781786...
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This just isn’t funny anymore
Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary
Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary
Cantor Fitzgerald chair and former Senate candidate served in president-elect’s cabinet in first administration
Linda McMahon, co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team, has been named as the president-elect’s pick for education secretary in his…
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November 20, 2024 at 4:37 AM
This just isn’t funny anymore
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Reminder: border walls don’t stop people from crossing the border, though they do waste billions and destroy ecosystems.
Organ Pipe, where I filmed this video, was *entirely* walled off by Trump, yet it saw the most crossings anywhere along the border last year.
More walls aren’t the answer.
Organ Pipe, where I filmed this video, was *entirely* walled off by Trump, yet it saw the most crossings anywhere along the border last year.
More walls aren’t the answer.
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Reminder: border walls don’t stop people from crossing the border, though they do waste billions and destroy ecosystems.
Organ Pipe, where I filmed this video, was *entirely* walled off by Trump, yet it saw the most crossings anywhere along the border last year.
More walls aren’t the answer.
Organ Pipe, where I filmed this video, was *entirely* walled off by Trump, yet it saw the most crossings anywhere along the border last year.
More walls aren’t the answer.
