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Reece Jones

Reece Jones

@reecejones.bsky.social

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Professor of political geography at the University of Hawai'i; editor-in-chief of Geopolitics; author of Violent Borders, White Borders, Border Walls, and Nobody is Protected

Reece Jones is an American political geographer and Guggenheim Fellow.

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Feb 12

My next book SMUGGLER with Greg Boos will be out in September 2026. Thrilled that HBO optioned the rights for a scripted series

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

Kudos to the @seattletimes.com for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō.

A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide.

Why we're using this spelling of Hawaiʻi

You may notice a change in how we spell Hawaiʻi and other Native Hawaiian words at The Seattle Times. Here's why.

www.seattletimes.com

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 5d

Christmas music currently playing in the waiting room I'm stuck in

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10d

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

Reposted by Reece Jones, Leo Lucassen

Nathan Goodman @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social · 13d

In his book "Nobody is Protected," @reecejones.bsky.social documents how the Border Patrol became a dangerous national police force.

His findings are more relevant now than ever.

Nobody is Protected
How the Border Patrol Became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the United States
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 13d

This is on p. 3202 of the 1925 congressional record when they were debating the original authorization of the Border Patrol www.congress.gov/bound-congre...

www.congress.gov

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 13d

Senator David Reed, coauthor of the 1924 national origins quotas immigration act, on where the Border Patrol should be allowed to police: "they have no right to go into an interior city and pick up aliens in the street and arrest them"

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 13d

Think ICE Is Bad Now? Today the Border Patrol Is Taking It Over www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...

Think ICE Is Bad Now? Today the Border Patrol Is Taking It Over

How Gregory Bovino Proudly Became Trump’s #1 Immigration Stormtrooper

www.doomsdayscenario.co

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 13d

I keep thinking I should write an oped about the danger of the Border Patrol policing deep in the interior, but the problem is I already did... in 2022 www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: The long, deep reach of the U.S. Border Patrol

The Supreme Court has allowed the Border Patrol to barely abide by the Constitution, especially our 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

www.latimes.com

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 13d

In the conclusion of Nobody is Protected, I warn that the biggest danger is that the the Border Patrol could be deployed as a national police force, which is now happening counterpointpress.com/books/nobody-is-protected/ www.counterpointpress.com/books/nobody...

Nobody is Protected

An urgent look at the U.S. Border Patrol from its xenophobic founding to its assault on the Fourth Amendment in its quest to become a national police forceLate one July night in 2020, armed men, id…

counterpointpress.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14d

THIS is the reason why I have consistently tried to emphasize that Border Patrol and ICE are different agencies with different duties and different leadership and different styles.

Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE. Now they're going to be the ones running the show.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 16d

Book Talk this Week: Luna Vives presents "The Gates of the Sea"—a geographic examination of migrant search and rescue in the Mediterranean. Free | Registration required | Link below

austinkocher.substack.com/p/book-event...

Book Event: In “The Gates of the Sea” Geographer Luna Vives Examines Migrant Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean

Please join me on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 PM EST for a virtual discussion with fellow geographer and longtime friend Luna Vives about her new book The Gates of the Sea. If you’re…

austinkocher.substack.com

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 18d

#tdih 1871, a mob of about 500 Anglo & Latino men rioted in LA's Chinatown. They lynched at least 17 Chinese residents. 💔

Perpetrators all went free. Read more (article by @reecejones.bsky.social ) & see 9 min. KCET doc ⬇️about this Reconstruction era massacre.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la...

Oct. 24, 1871: Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre

A lynch mob of 500 Anglo and Latino Los Angelinos rioted and murdered at least 17 Chinese residents after a white civilian died in a shootout.

www.zinnedproject.org

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18d

Check out my new op-ed on Trump’s terror attacks.

Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War - OtherWords

There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.

Reposted by Reece Jones, Anna O. Law, Jason Mittell , and 33 more Reece Jones, Anna O. Law, Jason Mittell, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Tom Clark, Patrick Dunleavy, Steve Peers, Jonathan Wolff, Leigh Sparks, Martin Paul Eve, Charles West, Melissa R. Michelson, Trevon D. Logan, Rosanna E. Guadagno, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller, Margot C. Finn, Scott A. Imberman, Caroline Fohlin, Samantha Brennan, Brian Doucet, Andrew Rudalevige, Tim Stephens, Alexander Woywodt, Tanja Bueltmann, Olivier Mannoni, David S. Tanenhaus, Aviel Roshwald, Farah Mendlesohn, Colin Woodard, Timothy D. McBride, Ernesto Castañeda, Stuart Shapiro, Aleks Sierz

Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 19d

Updating my LEGO White House

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 21d

We've been slowly uploading four years worth of Border Chronicle podcasts to YouTube. And it's wild what we've accomplished with so few resources. Very proud of us. Take a listen 🦂🔥

The Border Chronicle

The Border Chronicle is a weekly newsletter that publishes original, on-the-ground reporting, analysis, and commentary. Every Tuesday and Thursday subscribers will receive our latest dispatch in their...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

“President Poop, we’ll call him.” 💩

@usatoday.com @rexhuppke.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 23d

The no dictators rally in Honolulu was much bigger than last time

No kings Honolulu

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23d

As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest:

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 26d

I know we got this reputation for being too scoldy about all the disgusting racism and sexism but what if we weren’t scoldy enough

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 26d

From 2021 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676268...

White Borders by Reece Jones: 9780807007266 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“This powerful and meticulously argued book reveals that immigration crackdowns … [have] always been about saving and protecting the racist idea of a white America.” —Ibram X....

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 26d

White Borders... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Oct 1

Tyler Hicks on the militarization of Trump's America @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social inkstickmedia.com/lets-go-bash...

‘Let’s Go Bash Some Skulls’: Inside the Militarization of Trump’s America

As the Trump administration expands its push to militarize US cities, critics rail against the heavy-handed impact on marginalized groups.

inkstickmedia.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Sep 30

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · Sep 29

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 27

WOW. This entire story is HORRIFIC. This is FOIA of a body cam from the raid in upstate New York the same day as the Hyundai plant. It catches a Border Patrol agent on camera only bragging about denying medical care to migrants detained at the border under Biden — who he says are all "animals."

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · Sep 27

The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · Sep 27

The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Sep 23

Let’s be clear: What Donald Trump said in public, in plain view, on his own social media feed is more corrupt and dangerous than anything Richard Nixon was caught on tape saying in the White House tapes. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...

Rid me of this meddlesome priest, Pam!

How mob boss Trump sped through all of Watergate in just a single weekend.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Hallam Tuck @hallamtuck.bsky.social · Sep 23

Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!

@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social

Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...

The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics

www.tandfonline.com

Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Sep 22

I haven't listened to it yet, but I will