Chris Feliciano Arnold
@chris-arnold.bsky.social
I wrote a book called The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Amazon. Nowadays, I teach creative writing and raise my little kids.
On the public airwaves talking about citizenship with callers from the @wnyc.org audience. 📻 www.wnyc.org/story/the-fe...
The Fears of Naturalized Citizens | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Chris Feliciano Arnold talks about the threats of denaturalization against citizens not born in the U.S. by the Trump administration and the chilling effect on free speech.
www.wnyc.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
On the public airwaves talking about citizenship with callers from the @wnyc.org audience. 📻 www.wnyc.org/story/the-fe...
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To become Americans, naturalized citizens promise to defend the laws of the U.S. What if defending them now puts their status at risk?
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
To become Americans, we promised to defend the laws of the United States. What if defending them now puts our status at risk?
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
To become Americans, naturalized citizens promise to defend the laws of the U.S. What if defending them now puts their status at risk?
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Reposted by Chris Feliciano Arnold
To become Americans, naturalized citizens promise to defend the laws of the U.S. What if defending them now puts their status at risk?
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
To become Americans, we promised to defend the laws of the United States. What if defending them now puts our status at risk?
bit.ly
July 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
To become Americans, naturalized citizens promise to defend the laws of the U.S. What if defending them now puts their status at risk?
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
Chris Feliciano Arnold, a naturalized citizen, evaluates the civics test to see if it still rings true to what America has become.
I wrote about citizenship @theatlantic.com.
Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
To become Americans, we promised to defend the laws of the United States. What if defending them now puts our status at risk?
www.theatlantic.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I wrote about citizenship @theatlantic.com.
Reposted by Chris Feliciano Arnold
Today in everything is a metaphor, geoscientists have discovered that the craton, the enormous stable rock that forms the core of North America, is eroding away www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/04...
North America is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover
A figure from the study showing rock dripping from the craton. The researchers hypothesize that the dripping is caused by…
www.jsg.utexas.edu
April 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today in everything is a metaphor, geoscientists have discovered that the craton, the enormous stable rock that forms the core of North America, is eroding away www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/04...
“These efforts are about reproducing a social hierarchy where some individuals are protected less than others in the eyes of the law based on their religion, national origins, or political beliefs.” www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
The right-wing media campaign to denaturalize and deport American citizens
www.mediamatters.org
April 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“These efforts are about reproducing a social hierarchy where some individuals are protected less than others in the eyes of the law based on their religion, national origins, or political beliefs.” www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
“The State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, which handled the removals Sunday, did not give detailed information about who was on the flight, their alleged crimes or under what legal authority they were removed...” apnews.com/article/el-s...
Trump administration says it deported 17 more ‘violent criminals’ to El Salvador
The Trump administration says it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to thi...
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“The State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, which handled the removals Sunday, did not give detailed information about who was on the flight, their alleged crimes or under what legal authority they were removed...” apnews.com/article/el-s...
“These dedicated ambulance workers were responding to wounded people. They were humanitarians,” said the IFRC secretary general, Jagan Chapagain. “They wore emblems that should have protected them; their ambulances were clearly marked.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“These dedicated ambulance workers were responding to wounded people. They were humanitarians,” said the IFRC secretary general, Jagan Chapagain. “They wore emblems that should have protected them; their ambulances were clearly marked.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
“The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups.” apnews.com/article/trum...
Private groups work to identify and report student protesters for possible deportation
President Donald Trump's efforts to deport foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations are getting help from private groups that use facial-recognition technology to identify m...
apnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups.” apnews.com/article/trum...
On Saturday the UN's humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described the current situation in Gaza as dire: "If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel-Gaza war: Wounded Palestinians dying over lack of supplies, surgeon says
Dr Mark Perlmutter says doctors are working without soap, antibiotics or x-ray facilities, as Israel has resumed its offensive against Hamas.
www.bbc.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
On Saturday the UN's humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described the current situation in Gaza as dire: "If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It feels so surreal as an American to hear about Green Card holders asking relatives of mine to delete text exchanges on their phones for fear that they'll be searched by the authorities and those private conversations will become the pretext for illegally deporting them. But here we are.
March 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It feels so surreal as an American to hear about Green Card holders asking relatives of mine to delete text exchanges on their phones for fear that they'll be searched by the authorities and those private conversations will become the pretext for illegally deporting them. But here we are.
“Just child after child, young patient after young patient,” Rokadiya said. “The vast, vast majority were women, children, the elderly.” apnews.com/article/gaza...
As Israeli bombs fell, wounded children overwhelmed this Gaza hospital. Dozens died
When Israel unleashed a wave of bombardment this week, shattering Gaza's ceasefire, a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis was overwhelmed with wounded children.
apnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“Just child after child, young patient after young patient,” Rokadiya said. “The vast, vast majority were women, children, the elderly.” apnews.com/article/gaza...
“Records from Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed that a person with Ms. Ozturk’s name was being held in a Louisiana detention center on Wednesday.” www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Surveillance Footage Shows Arrest of Tufts University Student
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and a Muslim, was heading out to break her Ramadan fast with friends Tuesday night when she was detained by agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“Records from Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed that a person with Ms. Ozturk’s name was being held in a Louisiana detention center on Wednesday.” www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
“I was born in Chicago, Illinois and am a United States citizen,” Noriega said in his statement…Officers took away his wallet, which had his ID and social security card. “They then handcuffed me and pushed me into a white van where other people were handcuffed as well.” apple.news/Asc0mZpnVSmC...
Immigrations agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in court — Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago attorneys were in federal court Thursday accusing federal agents of violating immigration law and the constitutional rights of at least 22 people since January.
apple.news
March 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“I was born in Chicago, Illinois and am a United States citizen,” Noriega said in his statement…Officers took away his wallet, which had his ID and social security card. “They then handcuffed me and pushed me into a white van where other people were handcuffed as well.” apple.news/Asc0mZpnVSmC...
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Reposted by Chris Feliciano Arnold
There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com
“It was her time on Earth,” the translator said the parents told her. “They believe she’s better off where she is now.” www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/t...
Texas parents of child who died of measles urge others not to vaccinate
The couple, members of the Mennonite community in Gaines County, were interviewed by the anti-vaccination group Children Health Defense.
www.texastribune.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“It was her time on Earth,” the translator said the parents told her. “They believe she’s better off where she is now.” www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/t...
“The strike killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, according to the nearby European Hospital…Those killed included a father and his seven children, as well as the parents and brother of a month-old baby who survived along with her grandparents.” apnews.com/article/isra...
Strikes in Gaza kill 85 overnight, bringing the total since Israel broke ceasefire to nearly 600
Israeli strikes have killed at least 85 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday.
apnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“The strike killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, according to the nearby European Hospital…Those killed included a father and his seven children, as well as the parents and brother of a month-old baby who survived along with her grandparents.” apnews.com/article/isra...
“This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
autocorrected: see you doom
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
autocorrected: see you doom
“Trump’s aggressive immigration policies — such as arrest quotas for enforcement agents — make it likely that more citizens will get caught up in immigration sweeps.” www.propublica.org/article/more...
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...
www.propublica.org
March 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“Trump’s aggressive immigration policies — such as arrest quotas for enforcement agents — make it likely that more citizens will get caught up in immigration sweeps.” www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
“Among the dead were 130 children, the U.N. Children’s Fund said, reporting that some of the airstrikes hit shelters where families were sleeping.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...
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After Israeli Strike Kills More Than 400, Palestinians Tally the Dead
For two months, a cease-fire spared Palestinians the grim task of identifying bodies. With Israel resuming its assault, they are back at it.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Among the dead were 130 children, the U.N. Children’s Fund said, reporting that some of the airstrikes hit shelters where families were sleeping.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...
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