JB
jsbeier.bsky.social
JB
@jsbeier.bsky.social
Research and evaluation for immigration legal services. Past hats: Professor of child development, Congressional fellow, policy analyst. Enjoyer of many things, but lately it's a lot of horror movies and heavy metal.
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Under Trump, the average length of time a child spends in immigration custody has increased dramatically.

In December 2024, the stay for a child in ORR custody was about two months.

By March of this year, it had nearly tripled.
May 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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I stood up in court today and explained why little kids shouldn’t face a deportation system alone, while the federal government tried to block me at every turn. Here’s why this win matters: 🧵
Some excellent news late tonight!
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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This doesn’t work, as @tabouchadi.bsky.social wrote about again this weekend in re: 🇪🇺 mainstream parties & immigration: verfassungsblog.de/aus-dem-abse.... It backfires & makes the far right stronger. Democrats in 🇺🇸 need to get it together & stop defaulting to this bad strategy.
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM