Jim Dupree
ghostsofnativism.bsky.social
Jim Dupree
@ghostsofnativism.bsky.social
Historian of the federal enforcement of the border with Mexico.
https://ghostsofnativism.substack.com/
Remember, Texas tried to open its own concentration camp first by buying Sheerin Ranch and offering it to Trump but couldn't close the deal. Abbott's next move?

What do we know about the Texas land offered to Trump for migrant detention centers? | KERA News www.keranews.org/news/2024-12...
What do we know about the Texas land offered to Trump for migrant detention centers?
Texas spent nearly $4 million to buy land for immigrant enforcement. Where is it and what exactly will it be used for?
www.keranews.org
July 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nothing like performative patriotism to get the blood pumping. But why do I feel like more people showed up to watch fireworks tonight than showed up to vote last November?
July 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
So I just published an new entry to my Substack in which I opine that we could be seeing a new iteration of slave patrols in the next few years (and other stuff). If you are interested in the border and immigration, I would apprecite it you took a look.
open.substack.com/pub/ghostsof...
Immigration and the New Administration
It gets worse before it gets worse
open.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
To everyone under 25 from an old straight white guy: I'm sorry we let it get to this. You deserved better and we failed you.
December 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Well, it seems this the place to be now. I've been away from any social media as life insisted itself. But it looks like the border with Mexico is about to get...interesting. I will return to my blog soon. Stay tuned.
November 28, 2024 at 10:48 PM
My career as a drinking game: take a shot any time I say (or imply) that most of America's border problems (and many labor issues) could be solved by quickly and efficiently processing every immigrant who has a right to apply for admission at a cost they can actually afford.
December 21, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Greg Abbott just gave Texas cops something to do, which is good because he has already totally fixed crime.
www.texastribune.org/2023/12/18/t...
December 20, 2023 at 2:42 AM
Thank you, Greg Abbott, for protecting the United States from families trying to escape grinding poverty and violence. Those little kids seem pretty threatening...
gov.texas.gov/news/post/go...
December 19, 2023 at 11:36 PM