Alex Rivera
@alex-rivera.bsky.social
Writer / Director of 'Sleep Dealer,' 'The Infiltrators,' and other trans-border fantasies and nightmares. Associate Professor at Sidney Poitier New American Film School ASU / 2021 MacArthur Fellow.
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New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂
Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥
@alex-rivera.bsky.social
Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥
@alex-rivera.bsky.social
Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border
See Sleep Dealer at the Fox Theater in Tucson on October 15 with an audience Q&A afterward moderated by The Border Chronicle.
www.theborderchronicle.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂
Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥
@alex-rivera.bsky.social
Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥
@alex-rivera.bsky.social
THE OOPS DOCTRINE:
Oops, we deported you illegally but, now that we did, it's a matter of 'foreign policy,' LOL, so you can do nothing about it in American courts.
The only thing that *might* stop them is a direct and explicit order from the Supremes - which seems unlikely.
That, or the streets.
Oops, we deported you illegally but, now that we did, it's a matter of 'foreign policy,' LOL, so you can do nothing about it in American courts.
The only thing that *might* stop them is a direct and explicit order from the Supremes - which seems unlikely.
That, or the streets.
April 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
THE OOPS DOCTRINE:
Oops, we deported you illegally but, now that we did, it's a matter of 'foreign policy,' LOL, so you can do nothing about it in American courts.
The only thing that *might* stop them is a direct and explicit order from the Supremes - which seems unlikely.
That, or the streets.
Oops, we deported you illegally but, now that we did, it's a matter of 'foreign policy,' LOL, so you can do nothing about it in American courts.
The only thing that *might* stop them is a direct and explicit order from the Supremes - which seems unlikely.
That, or the streets.
Reposted by Alex Rivera
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Anyone talking about secession?
'Blue' states pay far more into federal govt than we receive.
The power of states like CA and NY is wildly diluted in the electoral college and senate.
Know it's unlikely - science-fictional even - but think it's worth injecting into the conversation at this point.
'Blue' states pay far more into federal govt than we receive.
The power of states like CA and NY is wildly diluted in the electoral college and senate.
Know it's unlikely - science-fictional even - but think it's worth injecting into the conversation at this point.
March 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Anyone talking about secession?
'Blue' states pay far more into federal govt than we receive.
The power of states like CA and NY is wildly diluted in the electoral college and senate.
Know it's unlikely - science-fictional even - but think it's worth injecting into the conversation at this point.
'Blue' states pay far more into federal govt than we receive.
The power of states like CA and NY is wildly diluted in the electoral college and senate.
Know it's unlikely - science-fictional even - but think it's worth injecting into the conversation at this point.
Are they using A.I. to read social media histories in order to cross reference with immigration rolls to generate ‘target lists’?
March 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Are they using A.I. to read social media histories in order to cross reference with immigration rolls to generate ‘target lists’?