Migration Scholar Collaborative
@migrationcollab.bsky.social
MiSC is a community of scholars fighting to decriminalize migration and open wider pathways to legal immigration in the United States. Op Eds + Public History
https://sites.google.com/lclark.edu/misc
https://sites.google.com/lclark.edu/misc
Make sure you read MiSC scholar Mae Ngai's full article, "The End of Asylum," published by @nybooks to get the full picture.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Make sure you read MiSC scholar Mae Ngai's full article, "The End of Asylum," published by @nybooks to get the full picture.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CnsS...
drive.google.com/file/d/1CnsS...
👣 The End of Asylum? 🧵
MiSC Scholar Mae Ngai forces us to reckon with the collapse of asylum under the second Trump administration and its deep historical roots in her latest, must-read article for @nybooks.com.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CnsS...
MiSC Scholar Mae Ngai forces us to reckon with the collapse of asylum under the second Trump administration and its deep historical roots in her latest, must-read article for @nybooks.com.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CnsS...
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
👣 The End of Asylum? 🧵
MiSC Scholar Mae Ngai forces us to reckon with the collapse of asylum under the second Trump administration and its deep historical roots in her latest, must-read article for @nybooks.com.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CnsS...
MiSC Scholar Mae Ngai forces us to reckon with the collapse of asylum under the second Trump administration and its deep historical roots in her latest, must-read article for @nybooks.com.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CnsS...
🚨 NEW BULLETIN ALERT! 🚨
The Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC's @elliottyoung.bsky.social, releases "Pushed to the Margins: Disability Life in Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador."
The bulletin documents systemic abuse of people with disabilities in these five nations.
The Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC's @elliottyoung.bsky.social, releases "Pushed to the Margins: Disability Life in Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador."
The bulletin documents systemic abuse of people with disabilities in these five nations.
October 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🚨 NEW BULLETIN ALERT! 🚨
The Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC's @elliottyoung.bsky.social, releases "Pushed to the Margins: Disability Life in Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador."
The bulletin documents systemic abuse of people with disabilities in these five nations.
The Migration & Asylum Lab, led by MiSC's @elliottyoung.bsky.social, releases "Pushed to the Margins: Disability Life in Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador."
The bulletin documents systemic abuse of people with disabilities in these five nations.
The Women's Refugee Commission (@wrcommission.bsky.social) has launched a new tool to address this information gap: the Detention Pregnancy Tracker. It's designed to collect confidential, real-time reports from people who have come into contact with detained pregnant, postpartum, or lactating women.
September 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Women's Refugee Commission (@wrcommission.bsky.social) has launched a new tool to address this information gap: the Detention Pregnancy Tracker. It's designed to collect confidential, real-time reports from people who have come into contact with detained pregnant, postpartum, or lactating women.
🚨There is a hidden issue in US immigration detention: the treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women. 🚨
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
September 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨There is a hidden issue in US immigration detention: the treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women. 🚨
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
A new bulletin from the Migration & Asylum Lab, edited by
@elliottyoung.bsky.social, reveals a critical reality: legal reforms often don't translate to safety for LGBTQ+ individuals.
"Beyond Reform: LGBTQ+ Life in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Cuba," is a must-read. 🧵👇
@elliottyoung.bsky.social, reveals a critical reality: legal reforms often don't translate to safety for LGBTQ+ individuals.
"Beyond Reform: LGBTQ+ Life in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Cuba," is a must-read. 🧵👇
September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A new bulletin from the Migration & Asylum Lab, edited by
@elliottyoung.bsky.social, reveals a critical reality: legal reforms often don't translate to safety for LGBTQ+ individuals.
"Beyond Reform: LGBTQ+ Life in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Cuba," is a must-read. 🧵👇
@elliottyoung.bsky.social, reveals a critical reality: legal reforms often don't translate to safety for LGBTQ+ individuals.
"Beyond Reform: LGBTQ+ Life in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Cuba," is a must-read. 🧵👇
🇪🇨 What are the country conditions like in Ecuador?
⚖️ What historical role has corruption and economic instability played throughout the nation's development?
A thread🧵⤵️
⚖️ What historical role has corruption and economic instability played throughout the nation's development?
A thread🧵⤵️
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
🇪🇨 What are the country conditions like in Ecuador?
⚖️ What historical role has corruption and economic instability played throughout the nation's development?
A thread🧵⤵️
⚖️ What historical role has corruption and economic instability played throughout the nation's development?
A thread🧵⤵️
On Thursday, Aug 21st @ 1pm EST, MiSC scholar @austinkocher.com will host a Webinar conversation with fellow scholar @elliottyoung.bsky.social, along with Seraya Talbott-Carey, for a conversation on their new 2025 country conditions reports on Ecuador and Nicaragua. 🌎
August 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
On Thursday, Aug 21st @ 1pm EST, MiSC scholar @austinkocher.com will host a Webinar conversation with fellow scholar @elliottyoung.bsky.social, along with Seraya Talbott-Carey, for a conversation on their new 2025 country conditions reports on Ecuador and Nicaragua. 🌎
In her latest book, Kaysha chronicles the multigenerational activism of Afro-Caribbean Panamanians, tracing how they built diasporic communities in both Panama and the United States over the course of the twentieth century.
Welcome, Kaysha! 🎉
Welcome, Kaysha! 🎉
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In her latest book, Kaysha chronicles the multigenerational activism of Afro-Caribbean Panamanians, tracing how they built diasporic communities in both Panama and the United States over the course of the twentieth century.
Welcome, Kaysha! 🎉
Welcome, Kaysha! 🎉
As an Associate Professor of Comparative Caribbean & Hemispheric Transnationalisms at Rutgers University, Kaysha’s scholarship explores diaspora communities and examines the multi-generational impact of xenophobia and race-based discrimination.
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As an Associate Professor of Comparative Caribbean & Hemispheric Transnationalisms at Rutgers University, Kaysha’s scholarship explores diaspora communities and examines the multi-generational impact of xenophobia and race-based discrimination.
Kaysha Corinealdi ( @kcorinealdi.bsky.social ) is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on the histories of migration and citizenship in the Americas.
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Kaysha Corinealdi ( @kcorinealdi.bsky.social ) is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on the histories of migration and citizenship in the Americas.
In his most recent publication, Willie examines the rise of Haiti’s totalitarian carceral state during the twentieth century through the lens of US empire.
Welcome, Willie! 🎉
Welcome, Willie! 🎉
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In his most recent publication, Willie examines the rise of Haiti’s totalitarian carceral state during the twentieth century through the lens of US empire.
Welcome, Willie! 🎉
Welcome, Willie! 🎉
Willie Mack ( @wmack3212.bsky.social ) is an Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Willie Mack ( @wmack3212.bsky.social ) is an Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
1/12 🧵 As migration scholars, we're honored to highlight @naomipaik.bsky.social's timely "Sanctuary for All," published by @oxunipress.bsky.social for @icahdq.bsky.social. She argues: with Project 2025 threats, expansive sanctuary is crucial for all. ⤵️
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July 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
1/12 🧵 As migration scholars, we're honored to highlight @naomipaik.bsky.social's timely "Sanctuary for All," published by @oxunipress.bsky.social for @icahdq.bsky.social. She argues: with Project 2025 threats, expansive sanctuary is crucial for all. ⤵️
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
He plans on converting his dissertation, "Reclaiming The Patria: Sinarquismo in the United States, 1936-1966," into a book. It examines the anti-communist, Catholic, & nationalist Mexican Unión Nacional Sinarquista within the context of the US during WWII.
Welcome, Nathan! 🎉
Welcome, Nathan! 🎉
June 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
He plans on converting his dissertation, "Reclaiming The Patria: Sinarquismo in the United States, 1936-1966," into a book. It examines the anti-communist, Catholic, & nationalist Mexican Unión Nacional Sinarquista within the context of the US during WWII.
Welcome, Nathan! 🎉
Welcome, Nathan! 🎉
🚨New Member Alert! 🚨
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Nathan Ellstrand (@nellstra.bsky.social).
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Nathan Ellstrand (@nellstra.bsky.social).
June 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🚨New Member Alert! 🚨
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Nathan Ellstrand (@nellstra.bsky.social).
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Nathan Ellstrand (@nellstra.bsky.social).
MiSC vehemently rejects the war on immigrants and peaceful protestors in Los Angeles.
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
June 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
MiSC vehemently rejects the war on immigrants and peaceful protestors in Los Angeles.
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
sites.google.com/lclark.edu/m...
📣 Mark your calendars! 📣
MiSC scholar Marla Ramírez's latest book, "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation," will be released this October.
This powerful book delves into a grim period of forcible removal 🧵👇
MiSC scholar Marla Ramírez's latest book, "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation," will be released this October.
This powerful book delves into a grim period of forcible removal 🧵👇
May 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
📣 Mark your calendars! 📣
MiSC scholar Marla Ramírez's latest book, "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation," will be released this October.
This powerful book delves into a grim period of forcible removal 🧵👇
MiSC scholar Marla Ramírez's latest book, "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation," will be released this October.
This powerful book delves into a grim period of forcible removal 🧵👇
Per @hidehirota.bsky.social, "criticism of labor importation acquired new phrases by the turn of the 20th C. Opponents of contract workers denounced their immigration induced or assisted by employers & transportation companies working with them as 'artificial or 'unnatural' immigration."
April 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Per @hidehirota.bsky.social, "criticism of labor importation acquired new phrases by the turn of the 20th C. Opponents of contract workers denounced their immigration induced or assisted by employers & transportation companies working with them as 'artificial or 'unnatural' immigration."
Ximena's most recent poems, "Edges of Self and City," "Jazz, or the Ways of Our Time Feel Trio", & "Sea Broken" were published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
Welcome, Ximena! 🎉
Welcome, Ximena! 🎉
March 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ximena's most recent poems, "Edges of Self and City," "Jazz, or the Ways of Our Time Feel Trio", & "Sea Broken" were published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
Welcome, Ximena! 🎉
Welcome, Ximena! 🎉
🚨 New Member Alert! 🚨
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Ximena Keogh Serrano.
An Assistant Professor of World Languages & Cultures at
Pacific University, Ximena is also a poet and interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores migration and transnationalism.
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Ximena Keogh Serrano.
An Assistant Professor of World Languages & Cultures at
Pacific University, Ximena is also a poet and interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores migration and transnationalism.
March 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🚨 New Member Alert! 🚨
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Ximena Keogh Serrano.
An Assistant Professor of World Languages & Cultures at
Pacific University, Ximena is also a poet and interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores migration and transnationalism.
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Ximena Keogh Serrano.
An Assistant Professor of World Languages & Cultures at
Pacific University, Ximena is also a poet and interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores migration and transnationalism.
"Trump’s rhetoric and policy actions alike are dramatic. But heated political conversation about immigration, laced with issues of race and class, is nothing new in the United States."
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Trump’s rhetoric and policy actions alike are dramatic. But heated political conversation about immigration, laced with issues of race and class, is nothing new in the United States."
Llana's most recent article, "Anti-Black Racism and the Nativist State," examines how policies and practices to exclude, detain, and repatriate immigrants often first targeted Black people.
experts.umn.edu/en/publicati...
experts.umn.edu/en/publicati...
December 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Llana's most recent article, "Anti-Black Racism and the Nativist State," examines how policies and practices to exclude, detain, and repatriate immigrants often first targeted Black people.
experts.umn.edu/en/publicati...
experts.umn.edu/en/publicati...
Her first book, "Latino City: Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945–2000" documented Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Latine activism that transformed the city.
uncpress.org/author/12527...
uncpress.org/author/12527...
December 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Her first book, "Latino City: Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945–2000" documented Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Latine activism that transformed the city.
uncpress.org/author/12527...
uncpress.org/author/12527...
🚨New Member Alert! 🚨
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Llana Barber.
Llana is a scholar of immigration & Latine history with a focus on the Caribbean diaspora, and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Llana Barber.
Llana is a scholar of immigration & Latine history with a focus on the Caribbean diaspora, and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
December 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
🚨New Member Alert! 🚨
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Llana Barber.
Llana is a scholar of immigration & Latine history with a focus on the Caribbean diaspora, and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
MiSC is excited to announce its newest member, Llana Barber.
Llana is a scholar of immigration & Latine history with a focus on the Caribbean diaspora, and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.