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AILA @aila.org · 1d

"The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s expansion and success." https://bit.ly/4mVFfCZ

Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight

Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 2d

Worth checking out Saint Cecilia online www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkuO...

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 10/12/2025

YouTube video by Saint Cecilia Parish

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 2d

Looking good.

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 3d

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 3d

Foreseeable.

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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 4d

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Three African nations rebuff U.S. effort to deport Kilmar Abrego García

Eswatini, Uganda and Ghana have declined to accept Abrego, an immigrant from El Salvador whom the Trump administration illegally deported to his native country.

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 4d

@misscherryjones.bsky.social Ecumenical Patriarch inviting Pope Leo to commemorate Council of Nicaea together. ec-patr.org/en/visit-of-...

Visit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV of Rome to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to Nicaea on the occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council - Ecumenical Patriarchate

The Ecumenical Patriarchate expresses its joy at the forthcoming visit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV of Rome to Türkiye, in response to the expressed wish and invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical ...

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 5d

A lesser person would not have thought of that. You are a star.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

Immigrants and Americans pay USCIS for services. It has nothing to do with Congress. So what the USCIS director is saying is that he will steal those fees and spend them on other stuff so that people get mad at Democrats. He should be impeached. This is fraud.

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 6d

Good point.

Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 6d

Veterans support Afghan asylum seekers www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/o...

US veterans are standing up for Afghan asylum seekers - The Boston Globe

When the military was in Afghanistan, loyal Afghans helped them get the job done. Now Navy veteran Shawn VanDiver is rallying volunteer Battle Buddies to show up for them in immigration court.

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 6d

Listen to @jeffjacoby.bsky.social when he speaks. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/o...

Scapegoating immigrants won’t shorten your ER wait - The Boston Globe

Providing health care to a patient in extremis is not an immigration loophole, no matter how much the vice president insists otherwise.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 7d

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“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef

Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 8d

"Sorry, you can't hire that cardiologist."

Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 8d

I have employers who want to hire H-1B employees, but we can't prep new Hs during the government shutdown. The US Dept of Labor deactivated its FLAG website where we obtain wage data & file LCAs (prelim docs) for H1B petitions. We are at a standstill. This impacts our business & that of our clients.

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 9d

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 12d

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12d

The fact is that undocumented workers actually pay _into_ federal programs that they can't access. In 2022, undocumented immigrants paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes and $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes: americasvoice.org/blog/on-tax-...

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 13d

Yikes

Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 14d

You are so right. All foreseeable.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 14d

Groceries costing more? It’s not just inflation.

"You can blame the admin's chaotic and destructive policies for the pain in your wallet," writes @tusk81.bsky.social

These mass deportation raids are gutting the farmworker workforce, leaving crops unharvested, and prices soaring.

Your Wallet Is Taking A Hit This Year. Blame Mass Deportation

The rapid growth in daily expenses for working Americans has been fueled in part by the administration’s cruel and chaotic mass detention and deportation agenda.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15d

This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.

Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 15d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 15d

30% drop year over year!

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Krish O'Mara Vignarajah @krishvignarajah.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 September 28th marks World Day of Migrants and Refugees, a day recognized by the Catholic Church and faith communities worldwide.

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 17d

That is helpful. When I was learning Danish, I often found the person would just switch to English. Easier for them than listening to me mangle the language.

Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 18d

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Jane Devlin @bostonmigration.bsky.social · 18d

Moscow Patriarchate. 🙄

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