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“These entities make money by starving, sickening, and exploiting detained migrants. The less they provide, the bigger their profits.”

Immigration Detention Inc. authors @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social and @drdconlon.bsky.social for @newsweek.com
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September 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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NEW FREE HELL!

@nancyhiemstra.bsky.social and Deirdre Conlon discuss their book, "Immigration Detention, Inc." (@plutopress.bsky.social)

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September 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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“We have studied immigration detention for over a decade and can say with grim certainty that it's just a matter of time until someone dies at Alligator Alcatraz.”

Immigration Detention Inc. authors @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social and @drdconlon.bsky.social for @newsweek.com
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People Will Die at Alligator Alcatraz | Opinion
If we don't demand accountability and eliminate profit incentives, more companies and communities will become economically dependent on locking up, starving, and making human beings sick.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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@nancyhiemstra.bsky.social and me @drdconlon.bsky.social have a new op-ed in Newsweek. Thanks to Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org for all the support with this:
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People Will Die at Alligator Alcatraz | Opinion
If we don't demand accountability and eliminate profit incentives, more companies and communities will become economically dependent on locking up, starving, and making human beings sick.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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📚TOMORROW📚

Author @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social visits Bluestockings for a discussion of Immigration Detention Inc.

🗓️Tues, July 15
⏰5:30 pm
📍Bluestockings
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7/15 - Book Reading and Panel Discussion on "Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking up Migrants" by Bluestockings
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July 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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📚BOOK EVENT📚

Author @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social visits Bluestockings for a discussion of Immigration Detention Inc.

🗓️Tues, July 15
⏰5:30 pm
📍Bluestockings
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7/15 - Book Reading and Panel Discussion on "Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking up Migrants" by Bluestockings
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July 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📕Find Pluto and other radicals at @socialismconference.org‬ in Chicago!

Authors @kylietcheung.bsky.social‬, @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social‬ and @drdconlon.bsky.social‬ will speak about their books. Come join us!

🗓️July 3-6
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2025 Schedule • Socialism 2025
This is the most up-to-date schedule for Socialism 2025. Session times are tentative and SUBJECT TO CHANGE due to developing circumstances. All attendees are invited to create a profile through Sched…
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June 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Tues., @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social and Deirdre Conlon on "Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking up Migrants" (@plutopress.bsky.social).

Weds., Micah Herskind on "Why Cop City? Why Here? Why Now?" in "No Cop City, No Cop World" (@haymarketbooks.org).

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June 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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📚BOOK EVENT📚

Author @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social visits Bluestockings for a discussion of Immigration Detention Inc.

🗓️Tues, July 15
⏰5:30 pm
📍Bluestockings
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7/15 - Book Reading and Panel Discussion on "Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking up Migrants" by Bluestockings
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June 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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📕Find Pluto and other radicals at @socialismconference.org‬ in Chicago!

Authors @kylietcheung.bsky.social‬, @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social‬ and @drdconlon.bsky.social‬ will speak about their books. Come join us!

🗓️July 3-6
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June 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
nancyhiemstra.bsky.social
Immigration Detention Inc Book Launch: July 1, 7pm at Book Culture @drdconlon.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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“Shines an urgent spotlight on an inhumane system.”

Immigration Detention Inc. by @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social‬ and @drdconlon.bsky.social reviewed in @publisherswkly.bsky.social
Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking up Migrants by Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon
Geographers Hiemstra (Detain and Deport) and Conlon provide a revealing overview of the American business of for-profit migrant ...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
nancyhiemstra.bsky.social
It was an honor to engage in this important conversation, touching on my chapter “Controlling immigrant reproduction and the borders of national identity”.
April 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers
April 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.

As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in…
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March 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership. 9. After submitting a police clearance from Venezuela indicating no criminal record, multiple employment letters, a declaration from the tattoo artist who rendered the tattoo, and various online images showing similar soccer ball/crown tattoos and explaining the meaning of the hand gesture, Mr. Reyes Barrios was transferred out of maximum security. 10. Nevertheless on March 10th or 11th, he was transferred from Otay Mesa to Texas without notice. Then, on March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador. Counsel and family have lost all contact with him have no information regarding his whereabouts or condition.
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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📘FREE, VIRTUAL EVENT — TOMORROW! 📘

Join us for a YouTube livestream with five Pluto authors!

@kylietcheung.bsky.social
@stewarthome.bsky.social
@nancyhiemstra.bsky.social
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social
and Susan Ferguson

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March 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/b...

Excellent piece about how the Trump administration’s deportation plans and campaign of fear have so many short and long-term consequences…
Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home
Fearing roundups, many immigrants are staying home. Construction, agriculture, senior care and hospitality employers say labor shortages will worsen.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM