Sam Chambers
@spatiosam.bsky.social
Critical Geography / Border Studies / Spatiotemporal Analysis / Biometeorology / Public Health / Landscape Ecology
ICE ramping up activity in Tucson, Pima County attorney says www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
ICE ramping up activity in Tucson, Pima County attorney says
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said she will not tolerate "illegal conduct if proof of it comes to me."
www.azcentral.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 AM
ICE ramping up activity in Tucson, Pima County attorney says www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants
Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Arivaca has less than 700 residents but Border Patrol absolutely swarms it, including checkpoints. Last month, Border Patrol raided the No More Deaths humanitarian camp, which is private property, in this area. They crossed into camp then forcibly busted open trailers and took several migrants.
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Arivaca has less than 700 residents but Border Patrol absolutely swarms it, including checkpoints. Last month, Border Patrol raided the No More Deaths humanitarian camp, which is private property, in this area. They crossed into camp then forcibly busted open trailers and took several migrants.
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I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
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If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
Migra! by Kelly Hernandez - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
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County cops on the southern border work, train & take $ from DHS. Pima County has worked w/illegal Critical Incident Teams since 1990s. Pima County AZ has never judged a Border Patrol shooting to be a bad shoot. Never.
apnews.com/article/ariz...
apnews.com/article/ariz...
Shooting involving Border Patrol leaves 1 in critical condition near US-Mexico border
Authorities in Arizona say one person was shot and in critical condition Tuesday in a shooting involving the Border Patrol near the U.S.- Mexico border.
apnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
County cops on the southern border work, train & take $ from DHS. Pima County has worked w/illegal Critical Incident Teams since 1990s. Pima County AZ has never judged a Border Patrol shooting to be a bad shoot. Never.
apnews.com/article/ariz...
apnews.com/article/ariz...
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Here’s the tech powering ICE and CBP’s deportation crackdown techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/h...
Here's the tech powering ICE's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.
techcrunch.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Here’s the tech powering ICE and CBP’s deportation crackdown techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/h...
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“San Clemente has become the first Orange County city to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to install a surveillance system to monitor the coast.” abc7.com/post/san-cle...
San Clemente approves high-powered Border Patrol camera to monitor panga boats on the coast
San Clemente is allowing Border Patrol to install a surveillance system to monitor the coast. Officials say the camera will be on the lookout for panga boats and will help crack down on illegal immigr...
abc7.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:59 PM
“San Clemente has become the first Orange County city to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to install a surveillance system to monitor the coast.” abc7.com/post/san-cle...
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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Jim Crow works: groupthreat.com/p/americas-d...
America's "dual state" is a racial state
ICE's terrors draw on an American traditions of racial violence
groupthreat.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Jim Crow works: groupthreat.com/p/americas-d...
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“Unconstrained resources have thus enabled the growth of the far-right enforcement regime; reckoning with its budgetary and institutional foundations will be necessary to stop it.”
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/enf...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/enf...
Enforcement Regime | Michael Macher
Trump's immigration crackdown marks a dramatic change in the domestic security apparatus, yet its origins lie in a longstanding bipartisan consensus.
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“Unconstrained resources have thus enabled the growth of the far-right enforcement regime; reckoning with its budgetary and institutional foundations will be necessary to stop it.”
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/enf...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/enf...
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"Instead of thinking about what (or where) a border is, ask: what does a border do?"
Listen to my interview with Eleanor Goldfield, where I explain how we can use big ideas from political geography to make sense of the state of immigration enforcement.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/instead-of...
Listen to my interview with Eleanor Goldfield, where I explain how we can use big ideas from political geography to make sense of the state of immigration enforcement.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/instead-of...
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"Instead of thinking about what (or where) a border is, ask: what does a border do?"
Listen to my interview with Eleanor Goldfield, where I explain how we can use big ideas from political geography to make sense of the state of immigration enforcement.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/instead-of...
Listen to my interview with Eleanor Goldfield, where I explain how we can use big ideas from political geography to make sense of the state of immigration enforcement.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/instead-of...
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Dems are preparing to demand that CBP "stay at the border" as one of their demands to avoid a government shutdown. Based on a multi-year FOIA campaign undertaken in collaboration with the ACLU of Michigan, here is what this means in practice: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Dems are preparing to demand that CBP "stay at the border" as one of their demands to avoid a government shutdown. Based on a multi-year FOIA campaign undertaken in collaboration with the ACLU of Michigan, here is what this means in practice: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Bovino getting booted from Minneapolis is a win worth celebrating, but know when you tell Border Patrol to "go back to the border," this is what they're going back to do:
Border Patrol shot someone south of Tucson this morning. Three gunshot wounds. No other details atm.
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Bovino getting booted from Minneapolis is a win worth celebrating, but know when you tell Border Patrol to "go back to the border," this is what they're going back to do:
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Tucson: take note
Border Patrol shot someone south of Tucson this morning. Three gunshot wounds. No other details atm.
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Tucson: take note
“CBP stays at the border” means Border Patrol kills ‘at the border’ bsky.app/profile/maxg...
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
“CBP stays at the border” means Border Patrol kills ‘at the border’ bsky.app/profile/maxg...
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Unión del Barrio, a longstanding revolutionary immigrants’ rights group who has been on the frontline of protecting communities from ICE in Los Angeles, released a statement on the execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. It’s worth reading in full:
Rene Good Y Alex Pretti - ¡PRESENTE! // 2026 is a Year for People's Struggle - Unión del Barrio
To the Good People of Minneapolis: To Our Native Cousins and Working-Class Raza of Minnesota and the Midwest: Unión del Barrio vehemently expresses our outrage over the ongoing terror campaign unleash...
uniondelbarrio.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Unión del Barrio, a longstanding revolutionary immigrants’ rights group who has been on the frontline of protecting communities from ICE in Los Angeles, released a statement on the execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. It’s worth reading in full:
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I also think this could be a symptom of the siege unfolding at all of the hotels known to house ICE and CBP in the Twin Cities. It wouldn’t surprise me if they are starting to evict/refuse to host them b/c they’ve become targets of protest, lobbies stormed and trashed, guests being tear-gassed, etc.
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I also think this could be a symptom of the siege unfolding at all of the hotels known to house ICE and CBP in the Twin Cities. It wouldn’t surprise me if they are starting to evict/refuse to host them b/c they’ve become targets of protest, lobbies stormed and trashed, guests being tear-gassed, etc.
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Turns out that “Sensible immigration enforcement that everyday Americans can agree on” was the unrealistic give-everyone-a-pony policy all along!
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Turns out that “Sensible immigration enforcement that everyday Americans can agree on” was the unrealistic give-everyone-a-pony policy all along!
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good time for all of us to revisit this thread
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try.
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
good time for all of us to revisit this thread
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Border Patrol shot someone south of Tucson this morning. Three gunshot wounds. No other details atm.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Border Patrol shot someone south of Tucson this morning. Three gunshot wounds. No other details atm.
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The violence we are seeing from border patrol in metropolitan areas is part of a longstanding culture of violence at the border.
Watch Critical Incident: Death At The Border on HBO
Watch Critical Incident: Death At The Border on HBO
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The violence we are seeing from border patrol in metropolitan areas is part of a longstanding culture of violence at the border.
Watch Critical Incident: Death At The Border on HBO
Watch Critical Incident: Death At The Border on HBO