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One of the most powerful explanatory observations I ever heard about US politics is the idea that the Civil War never ended. The South in particular, and conservatives in general, never stopped raging over the idea that that they would have to live in a society where Black Americans could be equals.

I really don’t have better words for it, I’m just so tired of how much bullshit this administration spews which is readily and immediately debunked, and yet Trump’s cult following just doesn’t care. MAGA is a diagnosis that belongs in the DSM-5, not in our politics.

Hi, folks, Austin here. If you're trying to find the most accurate and current population of a given detention facility, whatever you do, do not simply grab that number from the TRAC detention page (that I built) or the ICE spreadsheet. The most accurate number is here: detentionreports.com. Why?...

Just a reminder that we have never—not once, zero times—seen any data to support an “8,000%” increase assaults and threats to ICE officers. We have more evidence of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster than we do this claim.

This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (July 31, 2026) ICYMI, the last numbers on: arrests at a record pace, asylum cases rerouted to judges, unaccompanied kids losing lawyers, more denaturalizations, enforcement deaths, and courts drawing new limits. austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (July 31, 2026)ICYMI, the last numbers on: arrests at a record pace, asylum cases rerouted to judges, unaccompanied kids losing lawyers, more denaturalizations, enforcement deaths, and courts drawing new limits.austinkocher.substack.com

If you live near an immigration court, go sit in for a day. As Jenni Gutierrez Marquez said, bearing witness will teach you a lot even if you don't follow all the legal jargon. My conversation with the DU Courtwatch team is at austinkocher.substack.com

Ella Iveslätt put the reason for the DU Court Transparency Project in one line. "The immigration court system as we know it today only exists because of a complete lack of transparency." Watch or listen to my full conversation at austinkocher.substack.com

Mega-Masters Explained: How Trump's Immigration Courts are Manufacturing Deportations austinkocher.substack.com/p/mega-maste...

Mega-Masters Explained: How Trump's Immigration Courts are Manufacturing DeportationsThe Trump administration rolled out a new tactic to generate removal orders: piling well over 100 court cases on short notice into impossibly crowded single hearings.austinkocher.substack.com

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Detained immigration court is the black box of the whole system. Hearings are civil proceedings, but they take place inside an ICE facility where few people have access. I sat down with the University of Denver team that documents one of those courtrooms in Aurora.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're not backing up your computer, you're at risk of losing a lot of data. Remember: a cloud sync is not necessarily a backup (data loss will propagate across devices). ❌ Use an external HD or a real cloud backup service. ✅️

ICYMI: at the current pace, ICE will have booked over 800,000 people into detention by year's end and close to 1.75 million by the end of the term. Most people released from detention are now deported. See the graphs. austinkocher.substack.com/p/over-60000...

Over 600,000 people have been booked into ICE detention since Trump took office in January 2025. That is the cumulative total who have passed through the gates, far more than the roughly 65,000 held on a single day. I pulled it from ICE's own biweekly data.

A federal appeals court voted 2-1 to uphold the release of Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri, whom ICE detained over his speech, holding that habeas protections apply while someone is still held. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

The GAO finds almost a third of the roughly 2 million immigration court hearings in FY2025 were held by video, which can weaken a person's ability to consult a lawyer, present evidence, or be understood. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

The administration sued five states, New York, Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey, and California, plus Philadelphia, over laws requiring ICE officers to show their faces. Its danger argument does not hold up. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

ICE Has Deported More Than 66,000 Family Members Under Trump Administration, Family Detention Is Back at Dilley and Karnes austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-has-de...

ICE Has Deported More Than 66,000 Family Members Under Trump Administration, Family Detention Is Back at Dilley and KarnesNew ICE data show more than 66,000 family-unit deportations since January 20, 2025, about one in ten removals, with an August spike above 20 percent, as family detention reopens at Dilley and Karnes.austinkocher.substack.com

New Jersey removed about 6,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls after a DMV software error, fewer than 400 of whom ever voted. The state caught and corrected its own mistake. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

DHS itself estimates 950,000 people could drop or forgo Medicaid, SNAP, and housing aid under its new public charge rule. Most is a chilling effect, families skipping aid they qualify for out of fear. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...