Dara Lind
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, now at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), guest columnist at @documentedny.bsky.social, forever immigration explainer. You have a right and a duty to know what the government is doing in your name.
Signal: daralind.18
Signal: daralind.18
That said, fine, FINE, sneak peek
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
That said, fine, FINE, sneak peek
Tickled by this TL juxtaposition
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Tickled by this TL juxtaposition
(And in the meantime I would just use @davekasten.bsky.social’s cat.)
September 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
(And in the meantime I would just use @davekasten.bsky.social’s cat.)
Anyway here’s Mozzarella
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Anyway here’s Mozzarella
I took this photo leaving the Vox offices for the last time as a full-time employee in June 2019 and it still chokes me up sometimes.
August 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I took this photo leaving the Vox offices for the last time as a full-time employee in June 2019 and it still chokes me up sometimes.
One less-noticed front in Trump's war on immigrants is the damage to local orgs that serve imm communities—including losing grants to encourage people to become citizens.
Attacks on immigration are the tip of the spear for attacks on democracy.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-...
Attacks on immigration are the tip of the spear for attacks on democracy.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-...
July 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One less-noticed front in Trump's war on immigrants is the damage to local orgs that serve imm communities—including losing grants to encourage people to become citizens.
Attacks on immigration are the tip of the spear for attacks on democracy.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-...
Attacks on immigration are the tip of the spear for attacks on democracy.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-...
Does anyone have a thin enamel/colored stainless steel/resin ear cuff they’ve been wearing forever and want to recommend to me? The blue cuff pictured here was lost over the Atlantic after 13 years of 24/7 wear and I wish to replace her.
July 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Does anyone have a thin enamel/colored stainless steel/resin ear cuff they’ve been wearing forever and want to recommend to me? The blue cuff pictured here was lost over the Atlantic after 13 years of 24/7 wear and I wish to replace her.
Here it is! oll.libertyfund.org/publications... some genius named @blanksslate.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Here it is! oll.libertyfund.org/publications... some genius named @blanksslate.bsky.social
I’m aware that somehow this isn’t a widely known reference despite being an absolute Hall of Fame post, so here’s a screenshot from the other site:
![A screenshot of a Twitter post, with a selfie of two men on a train, one of whom is wearing an Orioles cap with a cartoon illustration of a smiling black and orange bird.
The post text says:
Spotted this guy on the train in Tokyo. Asked, “How ‘bout dem O’s?”
Very dryly he responded in a German accent, “Oh. I see. It’s because of the, uh [points at hat]. I just like the duck. I think it’s cool.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k2boueagtkmwibc2mlgj46m6/bafkreiccnzmjqedmyc2eykgzh6uynczbphaahpzj2xkayw6jotiad64xum@jpeg)
May 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m aware that somehow this isn’t a widely known reference despite being an absolute Hall of Fame post, so here’s a screenshot from the other site:
Owned a pin with this image growing up — which I have always assumed showed up at my local thrift store thanks to the time in the early 90s a Cincinnati sheriff tried to shut down a Mapplethorpe exhibit.
April 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Owned a pin with this image growing up — which I have always assumed showed up at my local thrift store thanks to the time in the early 90s a Cincinnati sheriff tried to shut down a Mapplethorpe exhibit.
Shoutout to the friend who will remain unnamed unless they chose to reveal themselves, who asked a mutual if they had seen Andor and then, when the mutual said no, wrote this:
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Shoutout to the friend who will remain unnamed unless they chose to reveal themselves, who asked a mutual if they had seen Andor and then, when the mutual said no, wrote this:
The Concise Family Seder really leans into the Great Replacement parallels in the Exodus story
April 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Concise Family Seder really leans into the Great Replacement parallels in the Exodus story
Yes, the article says 450K people. But that's everyone who entered under the program. A lot of them have since become eligible for other forms of legal status, temporary or permanent, & an unknown number of others have applied for/received asylum. Showing work: immigrationimpact.com/2025/04/08/t...
April 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yes, the article says 450K people. But that's everyone who entered under the program. A lot of them have since become eligible for other forms of legal status, temporary or permanent, & an unknown number of others have applied for/received asylum. Showing work: immigrationimpact.com/2025/04/08/t...
Happening today at 12p EDT:
My org @immcouncil.org has an absolute banger of a webinar on Salvador deportations and Trump’s assault on due process, featuring lead atty for Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Will Freeman of CFR to talk about Bukele context; & some of my genius colleagues. immcouncil.co/42w87L2
My org @immcouncil.org has an absolute banger of a webinar on Salvador deportations and Trump’s assault on due process, featuring lead atty for Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Will Freeman of CFR to talk about Bukele context; & some of my genius colleagues. immcouncil.co/42w87L2
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happening today at 12p EDT:
My org @immcouncil.org has an absolute banger of a webinar on Salvador deportations and Trump’s assault on due process, featuring lead atty for Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Will Freeman of CFR to talk about Bukele context; & some of my genius colleagues. immcouncil.co/42w87L2
My org @immcouncil.org has an absolute banger of a webinar on Salvador deportations and Trump’s assault on due process, featuring lead atty for Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Will Freeman of CFR to talk about Bukele context; & some of my genius colleagues. immcouncil.co/42w87L2
FWIW, as of March 18, the Trump administration told Judge Boasberg that there were about 54 people in ICE detention who were labeled (by the government) members of Tren de Aragua.
So if there are suddenly whole planefuls, again, raises questions.
So if there are suddenly whole planefuls, again, raises questions.
April 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
FWIW, as of March 18, the Trump administration told Judge Boasberg that there were about 54 people in ICE detention who were labeled (by the government) members of Tren de Aragua.
So if there are suddenly whole planefuls, again, raises questions.
So if there are suddenly whole planefuls, again, raises questions.
Suffice to say, this is not something the government did the first time around, so they’ll have to invent a whole new process and forms and such.
Which is to say, if deportations under the AEA resume immediately — or even quickly — it should raise questions about compliance with SCOTUS.
Which is to say, if deportations under the AEA resume immediately — or even quickly — it should raise questions about compliance with SCOTUS.
April 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Suffice to say, this is not something the government did the first time around, so they’ll have to invent a whole new process and forms and such.
Which is to say, if deportations under the AEA resume immediately — or even quickly — it should raise questions about compliance with SCOTUS.
Which is to say, if deportations under the AEA resume immediately — or even quickly — it should raise questions about compliance with SCOTUS.
The 60 Minutes segment is worth watching, even beyond the topline finding that 75% of those sent to CECOT have no U.S. criminal records.
That said, I wrote a week or two ago: “Regardless of how many are mistakes, it would not matter.” immigrationimpact.com/2025/03/20/w...
That said, I wrote a week or two ago: “Regardless of how many are mistakes, it would not matter.” immigrationimpact.com/2025/03/20/w...
April 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The 60 Minutes segment is worth watching, even beyond the topline finding that 75% of those sent to CECOT have no U.S. criminal records.
That said, I wrote a week or two ago: “Regardless of how many are mistakes, it would not matter.” immigrationimpact.com/2025/03/20/w...
That said, I wrote a week or two ago: “Regardless of how many are mistakes, it would not matter.” immigrationimpact.com/2025/03/20/w...
2) something I think is true, and that I think a lot of people agree is true, is that the line between something (say, due process) being guaranteed and not is a VERY bright one. Either the government gives it to everyone, or it’s picking and choosing.
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
2) something I think is true, and that I think a lot of people agree is true, is that the line between something (say, due process) being guaranteed and not is a VERY bright one. Either the government gives it to everyone, or it’s picking and choosing.
Like, I don’t want to get bogged down in “defending gang members is a trap” for 2 reasons:
1) everything we’ve learned from quick reporting tells us these dudes weren’t hard cases — they were simply not gang members.
1) everything we’ve learned from quick reporting tells us these dudes weren’t hard cases — they were simply not gang members.
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Like, I don’t want to get bogged down in “defending gang members is a trap” for 2 reasons:
1) everything we’ve learned from quick reporting tells us these dudes weren’t hard cases — they were simply not gang members.
1) everything we’ve learned from quick reporting tells us these dudes weren’t hard cases — they were simply not gang members.
