Kristina Fullerton Rico
@fullertonrico.bsky.social
Long-winded sociologist. Orgullosamente mexicana. I study the impacts of U.S. immigration policy on transnational families and communities.
I've been waiting for this moment for over a decade! Just pre-orded @jamilahlemieux.bsky.social's first book, 'Black. Single. Mother.' Here's the link:
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[PREORDER] Black. Single. Mother.: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belo
Release Date: March 10, 2025 A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews, by a celebrated cult...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I've been waiting for this moment for over a decade! Just pre-orded @jamilahlemieux.bsky.social's first book, 'Black. Single. Mother.' Here's the link:
www.callandresponsechi.com/products/bla...
www.callandresponsechi.com/products/bla...
@nbcutelemundo.bsky.social & @televisaunivision.bsky.social –– the largest Latino TV networks in the country –– are running ads of Kristi Noem telling immigrants to “leave the country or we will find you.”'
Thank you, Jazmín Chávez, for sounding the alarm. Sign the petition here www.apagaelodio.com
Thank you, Jazmín Chávez, for sounding the alarm. Sign the petition here www.apagaelodio.com
Apaga el Odio
www.apagaelodio.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@nbcutelemundo.bsky.social & @televisaunivision.bsky.social –– the largest Latino TV networks in the country –– are running ads of Kristi Noem telling immigrants to “leave the country or we will find you.”'
Thank you, Jazmín Chávez, for sounding the alarm. Sign the petition here www.apagaelodio.com
Thank you, Jazmín Chávez, for sounding the alarm. Sign the petition here www.apagaelodio.com
If you have 90 mins., stream Frybread Face and Me.
Like all good art, it is extremely culturally specific and, as a result, almost universal.
In this case, it's about Navajo culture and about every kid who got sent to spend the summer with their grandmother and cousins
Clip:
youtu.be/YaWrSwdmv68
Like all good art, it is extremely culturally specific and, as a result, almost universal.
In this case, it's about Navajo culture and about every kid who got sent to spend the summer with their grandmother and cousins
Clip:
youtu.be/YaWrSwdmv68
Frybread Face & Me (2023) | Clip "Where Are You From?"
YouTube video by Photon Films and Media
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November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you have 90 mins., stream Frybread Face and Me.
Like all good art, it is extremely culturally specific and, as a result, almost universal.
In this case, it's about Navajo culture and about every kid who got sent to spend the summer with their grandmother and cousins
Clip:
youtu.be/YaWrSwdmv68
Like all good art, it is extremely culturally specific and, as a result, almost universal.
In this case, it's about Navajo culture and about every kid who got sent to spend the summer with their grandmother and cousins
Clip:
youtu.be/YaWrSwdmv68
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Black people everywhere:
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Black people everywhere:
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The human misery and massive death toll that came from ending USAID was entirely predictable. Elon Musk relied on conspiracy nuts rather than employees and development specialists. Rubio, who previously defended the agency knew what would happen. They chose this. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The human misery and massive death toll that came from ending USAID was entirely predictable. Elon Musk relied on conspiracy nuts rather than employees and development specialists. Rubio, who previously defended the agency knew what would happen. They chose this. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
I am still figuring out how to talk about this without sounding like an anti-immigrant pundit, but...
Doing transnational research has allowed me to see how remittances lift people out of poverty and give them the stability they need in order to have a good life WITHOUT migrating.
Doing transnational research has allowed me to see how remittances lift people out of poverty and give them the stability they need in order to have a good life WITHOUT migrating.
Dean Yang discusses how America's immigration crackdown could disrupt the global remittance market with WKU Public Radio.
Full story: https://myumi.ch/y1PW8
Full story: https://myumi.ch/y1PW8
America's immigration crackdown is disrupting the global remittance market
America's immigration crackdown might have serious financial consequences for a range of countries.
myumi.ch
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I am still figuring out how to talk about this without sounding like an anti-immigrant pundit, but...
Doing transnational research has allowed me to see how remittances lift people out of poverty and give them the stability they need in order to have a good life WITHOUT migrating.
Doing transnational research has allowed me to see how remittances lift people out of poverty and give them the stability they need in order to have a good life WITHOUT migrating.
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"When the government shutdown ends, Donald Trump will have succeeded in staging the single biggest expansion of presidential power in American history because of the single largest shift in the constitutional balance of powers ever." www.govexec.com/management/2...
How the president expanded his power without a government
COMMENTARY | When the Trump administration decides it can spend money from any budget account on anything it wants and not spend appropriated funding, there are no limits to the president's budgetary ...
www.govexec.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"When the government shutdown ends, Donald Trump will have succeeded in staging the single biggest expansion of presidential power in American history because of the single largest shift in the constitutional balance of powers ever." www.govexec.com/management/2...
I saw a student film about genocide in Gaza with footage of children starving, entire families killed, hospitals bombed, the names of journalists who have been murdered.
Words that stick with me: no matter what, we will never be able to tell our children we did not know what was happening
Words that stick with me: no matter what, we will never be able to tell our children we did not know what was happening
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I saw a student film about genocide in Gaza with footage of children starving, entire families killed, hospitals bombed, the names of journalists who have been murdered.
Words that stick with me: no matter what, we will never be able to tell our children we did not know what was happening
Words that stick with me: no matter what, we will never be able to tell our children we did not know what was happening
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This is so awful. Never forget that the first law in the United States written explicitly to deny people was targeted at Chinese immigrants and impacted people in this neighborhood.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
More federal agents on Canal, counter protesters gather shouting the agents.
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is so awful. Never forget that the first law in the United States written explicitly to deny people was targeted at Chinese immigrants and impacted people in this neighborhood.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
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Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
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Florida welfare authorities have turned over a 17-year-old foster child to ICE.
He has already been separated from his mother, who was deported.
He may have been the victim of labor trafficking.
Yet, he was taken from his foster home in shackles.
A minor.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
He has already been separated from his mother, who was deported.
He may have been the victim of labor trafficking.
Yet, he was taken from his foster home in shackles.
A minor.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
June 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Florida welfare authorities have turned over a 17-year-old foster child to ICE.
He has already been separated from his mother, who was deported.
He may have been the victim of labor trafficking.
Yet, he was taken from his foster home in shackles.
A minor.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
He has already been separated from his mother, who was deported.
He may have been the victim of labor trafficking.
Yet, he was taken from his foster home in shackles.
A minor.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Senior immigration officials are currently urging officers to “turn the creative knob up to 11.” This will only increase warrantless arrests.
ICE has no shame in bypassing legal requirements
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE has no shame in bypassing legal requirements
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants
Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Senior immigration officials are currently urging officers to “turn the creative knob up to 11.” This will only increase warrantless arrests.
ICE has no shame in bypassing legal requirements
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE has no shame in bypassing legal requirements
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
IMHO, the easiest way to boost event attendance is to send a calendar invite.
I see so many beautiful e-vites and Google Forms to RSVP for events, but they don't link to my Google Calendar, and I lose track of them more often than I'd like to admit (even events I'm really excited about!)
I see so many beautiful e-vites and Google Forms to RSVP for events, but they don't link to my Google Calendar, and I lose track of them more often than I'd like to admit (even events I'm really excited about!)
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
IMHO, the easiest way to boost event attendance is to send a calendar invite.
I see so many beautiful e-vites and Google Forms to RSVP for events, but they don't link to my Google Calendar, and I lose track of them more often than I'd like to admit (even events I'm really excited about!)
I see so many beautiful e-vites and Google Forms to RSVP for events, but they don't link to my Google Calendar, and I lose track of them more often than I'd like to admit (even events I'm really excited about!)
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My new-to-blusky friend Nicole Kreisberg @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social is looking for interviewees for her project on immigrant couples! Her research team is in particular need of more respondents from Latin America and/or on student visas. Please share widely! #Socsky
May 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My new-to-blusky friend Nicole Kreisberg @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social is looking for interviewees for her project on immigrant couples! Her research team is in particular need of more respondents from Latin America and/or on student visas. Please share widely! #Socsky
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Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
insanely funny to have the likely future Prime Minister of Canada just take my chart and intentionally crop out the watermark where I say I made it lmao
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
In my second piece for The Conversation, I explain that just the *threat* of deportation is enough to upend lives and communities.
@us.theconversation.com
@us.theconversation.com
Deportation fears create ripple effects for immigrants and their communities
Deportation fears create ripple effects for immigrants and their communities
Immigrants who fear deportation might have their kids miss school, or skip a doctor’s appointment. This fear can affect people who are legally in the US.
buff.ly
February 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In my second piece for The Conversation, I explain that just the *threat* of deportation is enough to upend lives and communities.
@us.theconversation.com
@us.theconversation.com
File under "demography that breaks your heart" @leafiaye.bsky.social's new article showing that "legal exclusion increasingly suppresses child arrivals’ socioeconomic development throughout the life course, resulting in a great loss of potential."
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
File under "demography that breaks your heart" @leafiaye.bsky.social's new article showing that "legal exclusion increasingly suppresses child arrivals’ socioeconomic development throughout the life course, resulting in a great loss of potential."
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It probably got buried by Covid because it was released in 2021 but there's a documentary called Fire Boys if you want to learn more about the juvenile incarcerated firefighters
Fireboys Trailer #1 (2021) | Movieclips Indie
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January 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It probably got buried by Covid because it was released in 2021 but there's a documentary called Fire Boys if you want to learn more about the juvenile incarcerated firefighters
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Immigration Reading List: Books to Broaden Your Perspective on Migration (2024)
Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...
Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...
Immigration Reading List: Books to Broaden Your Perspective on Migration (2024)
Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations. Plus: sign up for the new Immigration Book Club online.
austinkocher.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Immigration Reading List: Books to Broaden Your Perspective on Migration (2024)
Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...
Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...
Confused about Biden’s new executive action for undocumented spouses?
Jane Lilly López and I wrote an article for @theconversation.bsky.social that breaks it down.
theconversation.com/how-bidens-e...
Jane Lilly López and I wrote an article for @theconversation.bsky.social that breaks it down.
theconversation.com/how-bidens-e...
How Biden’s executive order to protect immigrant spouses of citizens from deportation will benefit their families and communities
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children, from deportation and give them the legal right to stay in the US.
theconversation.com
June 18, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Confused about Biden’s new executive action for undocumented spouses?
Jane Lilly López and I wrote an article for @theconversation.bsky.social that breaks it down.
theconversation.com/how-bidens-e...
Jane Lilly López and I wrote an article for @theconversation.bsky.social that breaks it down.
theconversation.com/how-bidens-e...