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Antero Garcia
@anterobot.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Stanford University. NCTE President Elect. Education. Speculative Imagination. Healing. Dad of twins. he/him/his
lacuenta.substack.com
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On #Fronteras:
What's the cost to immigrants living undocumented in the US?
Alix Dick shares what it has cost her...financially, mentally, and physically in The Cost of Being Undocumented, written with @anterobot.bsky.social. @beaconpress.bsky.social
@texaspublicradio.bsky.social
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Fronteras: Researchers give voice to immigrant families, break down the costs of being undocumented
Researchers aim to humanize immigrants by sharing their stories.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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One of the biggest examples of how much we don’t know about undocumented life is how people categorized as undocumented have to navigate the US healthcare system. Emergency care is almost impossible. @anterobot.bsky.social
Authors Alix Dick and Antero Garcia discuss their new book, “The Cost of Being Undocumented”
Antero Garcia says studies show individuals labeled as undocumented pay for themselves, and offer support to the country, as Alix Dick shares her story of living as an undocumented child and the…
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July 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Alix Dick would like people to understand that the decisions immigrants make are never made lightly. Nobody leaves home by choice. What happened to her could happen to anybody. It’s a privilege to think that tragedy will never hit you. @anterobot.bsky.social
Q&A: Authors of New Beacon Press Book Explain ‘Inhumane Math’ of Undocumented Life
In this interview, Alix Dick and Antero Garcia, cowriters of The Cost of Being Undocumented, discuss the human and financial price many immigrants pay for life in the United States.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Nothing matters to this administration except the grift. Still worth pointing out that, based on current champs, UFC is not the sport for demonstrating the greatness of the U.S....
July 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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“In an era where the world’s accumulation of knowledge is instantly accessible, I am forced to seek illicit medical triage in the back of a beauty salon.” On the impossible cost of being undocumented and sick in America.
Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America
Early one Friday morning in the spring of 2022, I get in my car while the sky is still gray. The directions I received the night before take me forty minutes south as I follow the turn-by-turn step…
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June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The US frames certain immigrants as nonhuman and “illegal.” Policies and media depict immigrant communities as a threat to US health. It’s a tradition that goes to the core of America’s settler-colonial foundation. #July4th @anterobot.bsky.social
Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America
Early one Friday morning in the spring of 2022, I get in my car while the sky is still gray. The directions I received the night before take me forty minutes south as I follow the turn-by-turn step…
buff.ly
July 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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ICYMI: Mass Deportations Would Hurt Us All.
Even a small shrinking of the number of people living in the U.S. means a contraction of the economy, potentially leading to fewer workers for businesses to grow and higher rates of inflation.

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/who...
Vital City | Who Trump’s Mass Deportations Would Hurt, and How
Removing undocumented immigrants by the millions would harm the economy and cause major collateral damage.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
February 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side
February 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just a few miles away from where the Grammys are taking place, an immigrant rights protest shut down the 101 freeway this afternoon.

So this vocal support for wildfire relief takes up any and all space for Grammys attendees to address the multiple atrocities hitting this country right now?
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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*New publication alert*

Writing with @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social, we trace three waves of Luddism to articulate the possibilities - and pitfalls - of a contemporary Luddite identity and praxis in the struggle against automation and obnoxious machines in education.
Generative AI and the (Re)turn to Luddism
This article examines the historical and contemporary mobilizations of ‘Luddism’ as a mode of resistance to technological inevitability, particularly in response to the integration of generative AI...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Warnock. On MLK day.

Hope he knows that MLK would have thought he was nasty as hell
The 12 Democrats who joined Republicans to pass the Laken Riley Act:
Catherine Cortez Masto—NV
John Fetterman—PA
Ruben Gallego—AZ
Maggie Hassan—NH
Mark Kelly—AZ
Jon Ossoff—GA
Gary Peters—MI
Jackie Rosen—NV
Jeanne Shaheen—NH
Elissa Slotkin—MI
Mark Warner—VA
Raphael Warnock—GA
The Senate has voted 64-35 to pass the Laken Riley Act, which will enable Trump’s ICE to put migrants in detention without due process & empower states to block visa programs & federal immigration policy.

12 Democrats voted with Republicans.
January 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I can barely reply to most emails but I've somehow managed to (generally) keep track of the books I've read for going on 15 years now... here's my summary of the 172 books I finished in 2024.
“guilting your good days”: Books and Music in 2024
Like last year, I probably missed a few books in the tally below, but seeing as the year is winding down, I’m calling it. For the 15th year in a row, here is my annual reading and listening summary…
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December 29, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Really appreciated this conversation with the creator of Ytienepapeles. We'll run the second part next week - if you haven't checked out the work happening at La Cuenta, please join us over there! lacuenta.substack.com/p/but-like-d...
"But Like, Do They Have Papers?"
Maria Lopez on starting @Ytienepapeles and "the reality of dating someone and just not being able to connect because they’re U.S. citizens and they don’t really get it."
lacuenta.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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An amazing story! Words of encouragement can really carry us. I instantly think of @anterobot.bsky.social who—when things were tough—said just the right thing I needed when I was close to quitting my PhD. Wouldn’t be a Prof w/o him.

And if Dr. Crusher remembered me, I’d prolly die. 🖖
#AcademicSky
Since yesterday I was talking about Gates McFadden’s struggles to get behind the camera opportunities, it’s time for me to share a story about the Doctor and how she’s one of the reasons I’m a Professor. 🧵

(Here’s us at the 2024 #StarTrek convention #STLV)
December 9, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...
The phony comforts of useful idiots
On Casey Newton and the shallowness of anti-skepticism.
thetechbubble.substack.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:48 PM
December 6, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I’m part of this AERA Division G webinar with some amazing folks today, discussing critical theory. Join us!
December 5, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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I cannot say enough about how much I love this special issue - format, content, all of it shines with the possibility when we treat life as precious and unto itself.

Please, read, share, use, and did I mention share?
Here to share some good news, which is that a special issue I edited called “The Adventures of Trans Educators: A Comic Issue” has just been released! It features comics created through a collaboration bt trans educators and queer/trans artists. Share widely! www.bankstreet.edu/research-pub...
Occasional Paper Series #52 - Bank Street College of Education
www.bankstreet.edu
December 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM
*Taps microphone* Ahem… it’s weird that every year we celebrate just how good a company is at surveying our data use even though being in the top nth percentile of streaming your favorite musician doesn’t mean they are earning a living wage.

Anyway, here’s Wonderwall.
December 4, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Can we get verified blue checkmarks added to this site so I don't look like a fucking loser nobody whenever i post please. Thank you.
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Probably shouldn’t be called Riverdance if water will be at all calamitous to the performance.
November 28, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Fun prompt: dreaming up proposal ideas about dreaming. After #ncte24, what would you like to see at #ncte25 and/or what are you dreaming up?

Thank you, @anterobot.bsky.social, incl for the inspiring design! convention.ncte.org/cfp/
NCTE 2025 Call for Proposals
Submit your proposal for the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention! Share innovative ideas and practices that empower educators to dream, collaborate, and inspire equity and justice in English language arts edu...
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November 27, 2024 at 9:28 PM
I’m hearing reports that horses are terrible politicians.

Every time they hold a vote, the neighs have it.
November 27, 2024 at 6:48 PM