Sam Chambers
@spatiosam.bsky.social
Geographer blending counter-forensics, spatiotemporal analysis, and biometeorology to study how border ‘security’ and extreme environments shape mortality in the world’s borderlands
ICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
ICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona, ignoring US, tribal IDs
Peter Yazzie was held for several hours in metro Phoenix, but there are reports of Native people detained in Minnesota and elsewhere.
www.azcentral.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:15 AM
ICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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The jackboots are out here saying "One heritage, one people" and liberals are like "One more training can fix this, just one more training bro please"
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The jackboots are out here saying "One heritage, one people" and liberals are like "One more training can fix this, just one more training bro please"
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Anyone who looks at U.S. imperial, border, and immigration policy over the years--and the orgy of surveillance and militarized violence being unleashed now--and says: "we need better training" isn't on the path to more critical views but to falling off a moral cliff.
January 14, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Anyone who looks at U.S. imperial, border, and immigration policy over the years--and the orgy of surveillance and militarized violence being unleashed now--and says: "we need better training" isn't on the path to more critical views but to falling off a moral cliff.
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What Jamelle misses is that the "training" counterinsurgency technique was developed by the punishment bureaucracy propagandists precisely because it sounds nice while being profitable, distracts from structural issues, and de-radicalizes the demands of well-meaning liberals.
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
What Jamelle misses is that the "training" counterinsurgency technique was developed by the punishment bureaucracy propagandists precisely because it sounds nice while being profitable, distracts from structural issues, and de-radicalizes the demands of well-meaning liberals.
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Jamelle's statement about Chris Murphy illustrating his point is bewildering. Murphy has been one of the most unhinged proponents of anti-immigrant rhetoric and building the infrastructure of mass lawless cruelty, and his recent statements don't reflect a person seriously and newly enlightened.
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Jamelle's statement about Chris Murphy illustrating his point is bewildering. Murphy has been one of the most unhinged proponents of anti-immigrant rhetoric and building the infrastructure of mass lawless cruelty, and his recent statements don't reflect a person seriously and newly enlightened.
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ICE pulled a Dallas prosecutor after he was tied to a racist X account praising white supremacy. Now he’s back in immigration court with no public update on the investigation. This raises serious questions about fairness and due process.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
ICE pulled a Dallas prosecutor after he was tied to a racist X account praising white supremacy. Now he’s back in immigration court with no public update on the investigation. This raises serious questions about fairness and due process.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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Know Your Rights Resources for ICE and Border Patrol Encounters (2026 Update)
A comprehensive resource library of KYR information for immigration enforcement encounters at home, work, school, healthcare facilities, and public spaces. Updated for 2026.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/know-your-...
A comprehensive resource library of KYR information for immigration enforcement encounters at home, work, school, healthcare facilities, and public spaces. Updated for 2026.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/know-your-...
Know Your Rights Resources for ICE and Border Patrol Encounters (2026 Update)
A comprehensive resource library of KYR information for immigration enforcement encounters at home, work, school, healthcare facilities, and public spaces. Updated for 2026.
austinkocher.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Know Your Rights Resources for ICE and Border Patrol Encounters (2026 Update)
A comprehensive resource library of KYR information for immigration enforcement encounters at home, work, school, healthcare facilities, and public spaces. Updated for 2026.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/know-your-...
A comprehensive resource library of KYR information for immigration enforcement encounters at home, work, school, healthcare facilities, and public spaces. Updated for 2026.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/know-your-...
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This is the Tucson Rapid Response: www.rapidresponsetucson.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This is the Tucson Rapid Response: www.rapidresponsetucson.com
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Minneapolis Parks and Recreation has canceled youth sports because ICE is terrorizing our community
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation has canceled youth sports because ICE is terrorizing our community
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We can definitely make this the most blocked account here
January 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
We can definitely make this the most blocked account here
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Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
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As Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal clamp down on unauthorized migration, boats are increasingly leaving from much further south, in Guinea, to reach the Canary Islands.
Migrants using more distant, riskier departure points to Canaries after Mauritania crackdown, Red Cross finds
Migrants crossing from West Africa to Spain's Canaries started using more distant - and potentially more deadly - departure points in 2025 following a crackdown by Mauritania on irregular migration, a...
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
As Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal clamp down on unauthorized migration, boats are increasingly leaving from much further south, in Guinea, to reach the Canary Islands.
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I wrote about the longstanding dynamics that produced our terrifying present for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social.
Enforcement Regime | Michael Macher
Trump's immigration crackdown marks a dramatic change in the domestic security apparatus, yet its origins lie in a longstanding bipartisan consensus.
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I wrote about the longstanding dynamics that produced our terrifying present for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social.
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The “U.S. selective access regime” is “one that restricts public access and criminalizes humanitarian intervention even as the government aggressively expands its own ability to circulate across previously difficult-to-access areas of federally managed land” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Manufacturing Desolation: Unauthorized Border Crosser Mortality, Disappearance, and the Sociopolitical Construction of Remoteness in U.S. Boundary Enforcement
U.S. boundary enforcement has long been organized around an effort to redirect unauthorized border crossing into remote and inhospitable expanses of desert terrain. Using southern Arizona’s West De...
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June 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The “U.S. selective access regime” is “one that restricts public access and criminalizes humanitarian intervention even as the government aggressively expands its own ability to circulate across previously difficult-to-access areas of federally managed land” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
CBP “placed rush orders for cold weather gear, mirroring similar moves in Minnesota as cities [in Maine] brace for a large operation” www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/16/m...
Maine's Border Patrol unit places ‘rapid’ order for cold-weather gear
The federal agents sought a contract with a tactical gear and apparel company, although the amount and dollar quantity remains unspecified.
www.bangordailynews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
CBP “placed rush orders for cold weather gear, mirroring similar moves in Minnesota as cities [in Maine] brace for a large operation” www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/16/m...
“The purpose of the operation was to create criminal links to all individuals accused of illegally entering into in the United States.” www.salon.com/2026/01/15/l...
Leaked documents show scale of ICE surveillance - Salon.com
The documents show the spying practices of ICE on immigrants and citizens alike
www.salon.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
“The purpose of the operation was to create criminal links to all individuals accused of illegally entering into in the United States.” www.salon.com/2026/01/15/l...
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Tucsonans!!! JP Industries (janitorial services) and Lightsense Technology, Inc.
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Tucsonans!!! JP Industries (janitorial services) and Lightsense Technology, Inc.
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Whoa. Immigration is both the highest individual policy reason people approve of Trump (26% of his proponents list immigration as "the most important reason you approve"), AND the highest individual policy reason people disapprove (14% list immigration as "the most important reason you disapprove")
![(Respondents who approve the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, n=464)
A1aa. What is the most important reason you approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president? [OPENEND]
Underneath is a chart with all the crosstabs. I'll list the key ones below:
- Immigration/Border control 26%
- ECONOMIC/COST OF LIVING CONCERNS (NET) 19% (this groups together multiple things into one)
- OTHER ISSUES/POLICIES (NET) 10% (this groups together multiple things into one)
- FOREIGN POLICY CONCERNS (NET) 9% (this groups together multiple things into one)
- Keeping promises 9%
- Getting things done/Problem solving/Change 8%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreie5krwmdpbnrsd7fdxjdkbyq4m2ez23cqmrwuxz4ok7vjnmmvwy3m@jpeg)
![(Respondents who disapprove the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, n=737)
A1bb. What is the most important reason you disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president?
[OPEN-END]
Below is a list of the topics. I'll list the most important/largest ones:
- TEMPERAMENT/PERSONAL BEHAVIOR (NET) 35% (this groups together multiple things into one)
- FOREIGN POLICY CONCERNS (NET) 15% (this groups together multiple things into one)
- ECONOMIC/COST OF LIVING CONCERNS (NET) 12% (this groups together multiple things into one)
- Immigration/Deportation/ICE 14%
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January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Whoa. Immigration is both the highest individual policy reason people approve of Trump (26% of his proponents list immigration as "the most important reason you approve"), AND the highest individual policy reason people disapprove (14% list immigration as "the most important reason you disapprove")
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The slow motion stage. Amidst the destruction and death, Israel has moved the yellow line another three hundred meters west.
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 AM
The slow motion stage. Amidst the destruction and death, Israel has moved the yellow line another three hundred meters west.
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And that’s assuming the detention rate stays the same, but as we know, ICE is working overtime to expand capacity, as I write about here, citing Andrew Free:
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January 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
And that’s assuming the detention rate stays the same, but as we know, ICE is working overtime to expand capacity, as I write about here, citing Andrew Free:
maxgranger.substack.com/p/fearing-fo...
maxgranger.substack.com/p/fearing-fo...
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The border industrial complex hit $14.2B in contracts in 2025, a record. ICE boosted weapons spending 600%. Biden or Trump, the business of border enforcement keeps growing. Who's really profiting from border security?
Read the full investigation🦂🔗:
Read the full investigation🦂🔗:
Profitable Violence: A New Era of the Border Industrial Complex
In 2025, a dramatic increase in contracts to private industry correlates with increasing violence committed by border and immigration police forces.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The border industrial complex hit $14.2B in contracts in 2025, a record. ICE boosted weapons spending 600%. Biden or Trump, the business of border enforcement keeps growing. Who's really profiting from border security?
Read the full investigation🦂🔗:
Read the full investigation🦂🔗:
“…heat-related mortality among [migrants] is not simply a function of extreme temperatures, but more so a result of the required physical exertion. Additionally, the power of these variables is not static” but is instead, amplified by border enforcement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The contribution of physical exertion to heat-related illness and death in the Arizona borderlands
Recent studies and reports suggest an increased mortality rate of undocumented border crossers (UBCs) in Arizona is the result of heat extremes and cl…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“…heat-related mortality among [migrants] is not simply a function of extreme temperatures, but more so a result of the required physical exertion. Additionally, the power of these variables is not static” but is instead, amplified by border enforcement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“The use of public health as a pretext to control the border placed these migrants at risk and led many to attempt repeat border crossings” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
“The use of public health as a pretext to control the border placed these migrants at risk and led many to attempt repeat border crossings” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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NEW - The geography of intent: The bodily implications of border surveillance technologies, by Samuel N. Chambers and Gabriella Soto, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
NEW - The geography of intent: The bodily implications of border surveillance technologies, by Samuel N. Chambers and Gabriella Soto, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...