Ismael Cid Martínez
@icidmartinez.bsky.social
Latino | Runner | Economist | DC/NYC
Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Views are my own. Engagement with content does not equal endorsement.
Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Views are my own. Engagement with content does not equal endorsement.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
The Hispanic unemployment rate (UR) increased slightly to 5.5% in September. This is the 3rd consecutive increase since June. While the UR for Latinos fell slightly to 4.6%, the UR for Latinas climbed to 5.5%. The Latina UR was 1 p.p. lower (4.5%) in June. #EconSky #JobsDay
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Even with the faster than expected growth in payroll employment for September, downward revisions for July and August meant that combined July+Aug job growth was 33k less than originally reported. Over the last three months, job growth averaged 62k with small losses in both June and August.
#EconSky
#EconSky
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Even with the faster than expected growth in payroll employment for September, downward revisions for July and August meant that combined July+Aug job growth was 33k less than originally reported. Over the last three months, job growth averaged 62k with small losses in both June and August.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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EPI's @elisegould.bsky.social with the #JobsDay analysis you've been waiting for all shutdown.
Note: the data is for Sept BEFORE the shutdown began
Note: the data is for Sept BEFORE the shutdown began
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
EPI's @elisegould.bsky.social with the #JobsDay analysis you've been waiting for all shutdown.
Note: the data is for Sept BEFORE the shutdown began
Note: the data is for Sept BEFORE the shutdown began
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More data release dates provided today at www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
After tomorrow's release of September 2025 #Jobs data, I'll be looking forward to #JOLTS on December 9 and Jobs on Dec 16. These will be highly unusual with catchup data on the establishment side.
#NumbersDay #EconSky @epi.org
After tomorrow's release of September 2025 #Jobs data, I'll be looking forward to #JOLTS on December 9 and Jobs on Dec 16. These will be highly unusual with catchup data on the establishment side.
#NumbersDay #EconSky @epi.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
More data release dates provided today at www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
After tomorrow's release of September 2025 #Jobs data, I'll be looking forward to #JOLTS on December 9 and Jobs on Dec 16. These will be highly unusual with catchup data on the establishment side.
#NumbersDay #EconSky @epi.org
After tomorrow's release of September 2025 #Jobs data, I'll be looking forward to #JOLTS on December 9 and Jobs on Dec 16. These will be highly unusual with catchup data on the establishment side.
#NumbersDay #EconSky @epi.org
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After enacting the deepest #SNAP cuts in history & needlessly disrupting benefits during the shutdown, the Trump Administration is quietly advancing draft regulations to take SNAP away from millions more people – primarily working families with kids, seniors & disabled people.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
After enacting the deepest #SNAP cuts in history & needlessly disrupting benefits during the shutdown, the Trump Administration is quietly advancing draft regulations to take SNAP away from millions more people – primarily working families with kids, seniors & disabled people.
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Detainees on “ICE Air” deportation flights are shackled and handcuffed — making it impossible to reach oxygen masks or evacuate. Just last week, 6 people were injured during a mid-flight emergency. From @gbrockell.bsky.social: trib.al/bnVblsm
ICE Air’s Sloppy, Dangerous Deportation Flights - The American Prospect
Poor planning, mechanical issues, serious safety lapses, and the shutdown are taking a toll on Avelo, America’s most famous deportation airline, internal documents show.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Detainees on “ICE Air” deportation flights are shackled and handcuffed — making it impossible to reach oxygen masks or evacuate. Just last week, 6 people were injured during a mid-flight emergency. From @gbrockell.bsky.social: trib.al/bnVblsm
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War on Christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
War on Christmas
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The federal statistical agencies (FSAs) that produce the gold standard economic data employers/investors/job seekers/workers/policymakers rely on to assess the health of the U.S. economy face unprecedented threats.
We've pulled next-best data from non-FSA sources to help keep an eye on things. 1/
We've pulled next-best data from non-FSA sources to help keep an eye on things. 1/
Data accountability dashboard
Federal statistical agencies (FSAs) produce the gold standard economic data that employers, investors, job seekers, workers, and policymakers rely on to assess the health of the U.S. economy. Today, F...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The federal statistical agencies (FSAs) that produce the gold standard economic data employers/investors/job seekers/workers/policymakers rely on to assess the health of the U.S. economy face unprecedented threats.
We've pulled next-best data from non-FSA sources to help keep an eye on things. 1/
We've pulled next-best data from non-FSA sources to help keep an eye on things. 1/
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
As the Trump-Vance admin continues to fight for the legal right to let Americans go hungry, food insecurity threatens Native families disproportionately.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As the Trump-Vance admin continues to fight for the legal right to let Americans go hungry, food insecurity threatens Native families disproportionately.
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The Trump-Vance administration’s relentless attacks on basic needs programs, access to data, and economic equity are straining the capacity of the federal government to address Native disparities in poverty, nutrition, and health care access, find @icidmartinez.bsky.social and Stevie Marvin. 1/
Trump is slashing safety nets for Native communities: This will widen disparities in poverty, food insecurity, and health care access
Trump is straining the capacity of the federal government to meet its obligations to Tribal Nations and communities. This began even before the ongoing shutdown, with the administration’s persistent a...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Trump-Vance administration’s relentless attacks on basic needs programs, access to data, and economic equity are straining the capacity of the federal government to address Native disparities in poverty, nutrition, and health care access, find @icidmartinez.bsky.social and Stevie Marvin. 1/
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With the looming lapse of SNAP benefits due to the federal shutdown, let's revisit @icidmartinez.bsky.social analysis of who gets hurt the most.
Cuts to SNAP benefits will disproportionately harm families of color and children
Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration passed a budget blueprint to pay for tax cuts that overwhelmingly favor rich households at the expense of working people. Communities of color will...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
With the looming lapse of SNAP benefits due to the federal shutdown, let's revisit @icidmartinez.bsky.social analysis of who gets hurt the most.
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Yes, shared prosperity is really possible. In these dark times I hope this book will provide readers a glimpse of a brighter future and ideas on how to get there. (And a big thank you to some of my favorite scholars who offered the words of praise on the back cover.)
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yes, shared prosperity is really possible. In these dark times I hope this book will provide readers a glimpse of a brighter future and ideas on how to get there. (And a big thank you to some of my favorite scholars who offered the words of praise on the back cover.)
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ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data.
We detail how that happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
We detail how that happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data.
We detail how that happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
We detail how that happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Please share with your networks: The California Policy Lab is hiring a policy director to amplify our policy impact in Sacramento. We're looking for a seasoned policy professional with deep experience in California state government. First review date is Oct. 10th: capolicylab.org/careers/poli...
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Please share with your networks: The California Policy Lab is hiring a policy director to amplify our policy impact in Sacramento. We're looking for a seasoned policy professional with deep experience in California state government. First review date is Oct. 10th: capolicylab.org/careers/poli...
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US private sector employers shed the most jobs since 2023 on.ft.com/3WnQKYZ
US private sector employers shed the most jobs since 2023
Privately produced data takes on added significance as government shutdown halts key official figures
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October 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
US private sector employers shed the most jobs since 2023 on.ft.com/3WnQKYZ
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. So I'm posting the ADP data.
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Desperate times call for desperate measures. So I'm posting the ADP data.
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ICE is terrorizing immigrants—and being used as a tool to discipline labor. A witness in a wage theft case was detained. Immigrant warehouse workers face discrimination. Day laborers and street vendors are being targeted, and so are rapid response networks. My latest.
How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
prospect.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ICE is terrorizing immigrants—and being used as a tool to discipline labor. A witness in a wage theft case was detained. Immigrant warehouse workers face discrimination. Day laborers and street vendors are being targeted, and so are rapid response networks. My latest.
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My take on today's disappointing JOLTS report, which may be the final government data we get on the labor market for a while...
Link: lnkd.in/gNaHxG-5
Link: lnkd.in/gNaHxG-5
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My take on today's disappointing JOLTS report, which may be the final government data we get on the labor market for a while...
Link: lnkd.in/gNaHxG-5
Link: lnkd.in/gNaHxG-5
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Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
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New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...
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As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
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September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...