Elizabeth Aranda
@drlizaaranda.bsky.social
Sociologist who studies im/migrant lives, specifically im/migrant well-being among immigrant youth and Puerto Rican climate migrants. Views are my own and do not reflect the institution for which I work.
Tampa, Florida (yes, Florida!)
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tampa, Florida (yes, Florida!)
I just unpacked from this month’s @asanews.bsky.social conference… it’s been that kind of month.
August 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I just unpacked from this month’s @asanews.bsky.social conference… it’s been that kind of month.
This was a fascinating discussion about the horrible conditions facing immigrants that are detained. Tune in to listen to the latest research on the effects of detention on immigrants' mental and physical health.
Tune in to the latest episode of Im/migrant Lives, examining the question of how detention affects immigrants' well-being. Altaf Saadi and Sui Chung join @drlizaaranda.bsky.social for a discussion of the hardships immigrants face in detention & the effects on their health. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
How does detention affect immigrants’ lives? | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
With increasing numbers of immigrants being detained or removed from their communities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), what are the effects of detaining them on their well-being? In this...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This was a fascinating discussion about the horrible conditions facing immigrants that are detained. Tune in to listen to the latest research on the effects of detention on immigrants' mental and physical health.
New pub on the effects of Florida’s 2023 anti immigrant law on healthcare hesitancy..
Our center's research team & colleagues, led by @drlizaaranda.bsky.social, have published the first academic article on the effects of FL's harsh immigration law, SB1718, on immigrant communities. You can read it here: www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
New pub on the effects of Florida’s 2023 anti immigrant law on healthcare hesitancy..
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A new episode of the podcast Immigrant Lives is available. @drlizaaranda.bsky.social talks with @abregoleisy.bsky.social & Paul Namphy about how immigrants and asylum seekers are navigating having their legal statuses revoked. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
June 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A new episode of the podcast Immigrant Lives is available. @drlizaaranda.bsky.social talks with @abregoleisy.bsky.social & Paul Namphy about how immigrants and asylum seekers are navigating having their legal statuses revoked. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
This was a great conversation while alarming at the same time.
@iwrcatusf.bsky.social's latest podcast episode is out. Join @drlizaaranda.bsky.social & guests, Huyen Pham & Renata Bozzetto, for a discussion of the consequences of increasing 287 (g) partnerships between ICE and local police & their effects on immigrant communities rss.com/podcasts/imm...
May 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This was a great conversation while alarming at the same time.
ICE does not belong on our campus.
April 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
ICE does not belong on our campus.
It was so great to discuss the meaning of all of these immigration related executive orders with @austinkocher.com & @claudiacalhoon.bsky.social on this episode of Im/migrant Lives. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It was so great to discuss the meaning of all of these immigration related executive orders with @austinkocher.com & @claudiacalhoon.bsky.social on this episode of Im/migrant Lives. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
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The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
Good to see a university with a spine.
Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Good to see a university with a spine.
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We told you it was about whiteness. If it was clear enough before, it’s clear now.
Trump paused the refugee program, but when it comes back online, it will focus on resettling white South Africans (Afrikaners) who are “victims of racial discrimination.” (Camilo/CBS)
America has gone off the rails.
Trump paused the refugee program, but when it comes back online, it will focus on resettling white South Africans (Afrikaners) who are “victims of racial discrimination.” (Camilo/CBS)
America has gone off the rails.
February 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We told you it was about whiteness. If it was clear enough before, it’s clear now.
Trump paused the refugee program, but when it comes back online, it will focus on resettling white South Africans (Afrikaners) who are “victims of racial discrimination.” (Camilo/CBS)
America has gone off the rails.
Trump paused the refugee program, but when it comes back online, it will focus on resettling white South Africans (Afrikaners) who are “victims of racial discrimination.” (Camilo/CBS)
America has gone off the rails.
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Setting quotas of arrests per day. You know what happens when you have a quota to meet? Scoop them up and let the court sort it out. They will be grabbing anyone they can. No proof of citizenship on your person? Too bad. That’s an arrest. Look “illegal?” Explain it to the court someday.
January 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Setting quotas of arrests per day. You know what happens when you have a quota to meet? Scoop them up and let the court sort it out. They will be grabbing anyone they can. No proof of citizenship on your person? Too bad. That’s an arrest. Look “illegal?” Explain it to the court someday.
State to study return on investment of Women/Gender Studies programs floridaphoenix.com/2024/12/30/s...
State to study return on investment of Women/Gender Studies programs • Florida Phoenix
The state Board of Governors plans to commission a study of the economic return from Women- and Gender-Studies programs at Florida’s public universities. One lawmaker warned the effort is “trying to s...
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January 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
State to study return on investment of Women/Gender Studies programs floridaphoenix.com/2024/12/30/s...
I published a piece in Newsweek w/ Liz Ventura on the findings from our research on Florida’s immigration law and what the findings can tell us about the outcomes of mass deportations to come. I wish the findings were more optimistic. www.newsweek.com/floridas-new...
Florida's New Law on Immigrants May Foreshadow What's To Come | Opinion
Florida's experience under Senate Bill 1718 foreshadows the national consequences of large-scale immigration crackdowns.
www.newsweek.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I published a piece in Newsweek w/ Liz Ventura on the findings from our research on Florida’s immigration law and what the findings can tell us about the outcomes of mass deportations to come. I wish the findings were more optimistic. www.newsweek.com/floridas-new...
First day of class today and I’m amazed at how interesting my undergraduate students are… really looking forward to a great semester in the classroom and the fact that it’s not hurricane season!
January 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
First day of class today and I’m amazed at how interesting my undergraduate students are… really looking forward to a great semester in the classroom and the fact that it’s not hurricane season!
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FL's crackdown on #immigration is leaving deep scars on undocumented immigrants & U.S. citizens, @drlizaaranda.bsky.social & colleagues found. This comes as Trump promises mass deportations in his second term.
@axios.com, Yacob Reyes: www.axios.com/local/tampa-...
@axios.com, Yacob Reyes: www.axios.com/local/tampa-...
Florida's immigration crackdown strained migrants, citizens alike, study finds
Florida is home to more than a million undocumented people.
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January 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
FL's crackdown on #immigration is leaving deep scars on undocumented immigrants & U.S. citizens, @drlizaaranda.bsky.social & colleagues found. This comes as Trump promises mass deportations in his second term.
@axios.com, Yacob Reyes: www.axios.com/local/tampa-...
@axios.com, Yacob Reyes: www.axios.com/local/tampa-...
Finished my grading last night. The best part was reading some really good papers authored by graduate students! It was a difficult semester (2 hurricanes and an election) but also very rewarding!
December 17, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Finished my grading last night. The best part was reading some really good papers authored by graduate students! It was a difficult semester (2 hurricanes and an election) but also very rewarding!
Of course, Florida continues to try to roll back anything that has been good for immigrants!
For a decade now, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children have had the opportunity for a more affordable education at Florida colleges and universities under a law that allows them to pay reduced tuition rates eligible only to Florida residents.
That could change soon.
That could change soon.
Reduced tuition rates for Dreamers in Florida should be phased out, top GOP leader says
“The citizenship of the country is the foundation of all of it,” Senate President Ben Albritton told reporters in Tallahassee.
www.miamiherald.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Of course, Florida continues to try to roll back anything that has been good for immigrants!
Tune in to the lastest episode of Im/migrant Lives. We had a thoughtful conversation of how immigrants experience disasters and what policy-makers need to consider so that immigrants can be more prepared when facing a natural hazard.
Episode 4 of the podcast Im/migrant Lives is now available. Nicolás Rivero and Michael Méndez join @drlizaaranda.bsky.social to discuss disaster preparedness among immigrants and the challenges that natural hazards pose to this group and possible solutions. rss.com/podcasts/imm...
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Tune in to the lastest episode of Im/migrant Lives. We had a thoughtful conversation of how immigrants experience disasters and what policy-makers need to consider so that immigrants can be more prepared when facing a natural hazard.
My oped for the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social on mass detention & the effects of deportations on US citizens www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024...
Could U.S. citizens get caught in Trump’s mass deportation program? | Column
Collateral arrests are not uncommon during immigration raids.
www.tampabay.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:17 PM
My oped for the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social on mass detention & the effects of deportations on US citizens www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024...
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This is terrible
NCAN devotes itself to making college accessible
It is a big, big deal for them to recommend that filing the FAFSA is too dangerous for some families
NCAN devotes itself to making college accessible
It is a big, big deal for them to recommend that filing the FAFSA is too dangerous for some families
Immigration & Education:
This notice from the National College Attainment Network went out Thurs., warning immigrant & mixed-status families that it may not be safe for them to file a FAFSA, b/c data may not be protected & people could be targeted.
More at: minnesotareformer.com/2024/11/22/t...
This notice from the National College Attainment Network went out Thurs., warning immigrant & mixed-status families that it may not be safe for them to file a FAFSA, b/c data may not be protected & people could be targeted.
More at: minnesotareformer.com/2024/11/22/t...
November 25, 2024 at 6:51 PM
This is terrible
NCAN devotes itself to making college accessible
It is a big, big deal for them to recommend that filing the FAFSA is too dangerous for some families
NCAN devotes itself to making college accessible
It is a big, big deal for them to recommend that filing the FAFSA is too dangerous for some families
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To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
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📢 Registration is now open for the 2025 Conference on Im/migrant Well-Being! Join us February 14th in St. Petersburg, FL to hear from sociologists, public health experts & more on the intersection of policy & the lived experiences of #immigrants. Register: iwbcollab.org/2025-conference-registration
November 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
📢 Registration is now open for the 2025 Conference on Im/migrant Well-Being! Join us February 14th in St. Petersburg, FL to hear from sociologists, public health experts & more on the intersection of policy & the lived experiences of #immigrants. Register: iwbcollab.org/2025-conference-registration