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Ernesto Castañeda

@drernestocast

Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar.

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Spreading hate speech and extreme right propaganda and disinformation.

07.03.2026 01:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better Trump has squandered virtually every advantage that won him the presidency.

A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better share.google/FNslN5uuN4Cv...

07.03.2026 01:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The world would be a better place if Joe Biden were President of the U.S. A decent, honest, humble, wise person.
Most Americans agree. Before Iran, a "survey found that 46% of US adults say Trump is doing a worse job than Biden, compared with 40% who say he's doing better."

07.03.2026 01:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Aesthetics of Cruelty The White House’s Humiliation Theatre as Propaganda

Sending immigrants to Guantanamo. Perp walking and shaming brown people.

theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/aesth...

06.03.2026 18:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

*citizens shot at in many states

06.03.2026 18:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“For over 20 years we’ve fought for Dreamers.” - Sen. @durbin.senate.gov

Dreamers grew up here. Going to our schools, pledging allegiance, building their futures in our country.

But now, as DACA recipients face detention & deportation, the urgency for permanent protections has never been clearer.

06.03.2026 18:20 👍 20 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0
MSN

Lawmakers questioned a $200 million DHS advertising campaign that featured her prominently. Trump later told Reuters he had not approved the ad campaign, contradicting Noem’s testimony
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

06.03.2026 18:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Agreeing to send people to CECOT despite court orders, visiting, and taking dehumanizing photos with MS13 members, not recent deportees from Venezuela. See Julio Zambrano or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, plus hundreds of others.

06.03.2026 03:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Detentions of citizens who were racially profiled, protesters, and immigrants, often with excessive force and without following due process.

05.03.2026 19:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shootings and killings of immigrants and killings in many states.

05.03.2026 19:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Silverio Villegas González, who was killed by ICE agents, 'touched the lives of so many' Neighbors and activists remember Silverio Villegas González as a friendly dad. They are grappling with questions, anger and fear about his killing and ICE's presence in Chicago. "May Silverio’s memory...

The killing of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in September 2025 in a Chicago suburb.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

05.03.2026 19:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

They tried to have Bovino take the blame for the violent tactics. It was not enough.
Tried to have DHS spokewoman Tricia McLaughlin take blame for calling Pretti and Good domestic terrorists. Her firing was not enough.
Firing Noem is a way to protect Miller.

05.03.2026 19:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The killings of Rene Good and Alex Pretti in January 2026 in Minneapolis and all of Operation Metro Surge.

05.03.2026 19:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Noem out at the end of the month.
SO many reasons.
Some listed in the thread below

05.03.2026 19:32 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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Costa Rica 2026: Political Continuity and Signs of Democratic Erosion Source: Wikimedia Commons By Ilka Treminio-Sánchez, Political Scientist of the University of Costa Rica.   The national elections held in Costa Rica on February 1, 2026, marked a turning point in the country's recent political trajectory. Contrary to expectations of a runoff—common in a highly fragmented party system—the ruling party candidate, Laura Fernández, won in the first round with 48.3 percent of votes counted.

Costa Rica 2026: Political Continuity and Signs of Democratic Erosion

Source: Wikimedia Commons By Ilka Treminio-Sánchez, Political Scientist of the University of Costa Rica.   The national elections held in Costa Rica on February 1, 2026, marked a turning point in the country's recent political…

05.03.2026 15:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Re-imagining the Americas Through Culture Amid an Increasingly Fragmented Hemisphere Source: Wikimedia Commons By Felipe Rezende, Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar in Residence at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (AU-CLALS), from the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil.  In the current context of jingoistic nationalisms and divisive political projects, particularly in the United States, where the current Trump administration has intensified a political agenda anchored in anti-immigration discourse and practices, reflecting upon the challenges and opportunities for re-imagining what people across the America’s might have in common, in terms of identity, culture and shared belong, is at present particularly important.

Re-imagining the Americas Through Culture Amid an Increasingly Fragmented Hemisphere

Source: Wikimedia Commons By Felipe Rezende, Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar in Residence at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (AU-CLALS), from the University of Brasília…

05.03.2026 15:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept.

Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.

05.03.2026 02:02 👍 2167 🔁 962 💬 28 📌 39
State of the Union 2026
State of the Union 2026 YouTube video by ErnestoCast

Trump's State of the Union speech 1 week ago: A circus with special guests, but it was lacking substance. Accusations flew, dividing communities. Can this polarizing style win over hearts or just energize his shrinking base? #StateOfTheUnion #Politics #Speech #IlhanOmar
youtu.be/pGzyVUsrLZE?...

04.03.2026 01:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CAMBIO HISTÓRICO EN MIGRACIÓN EN EE UU
CAMBIO HISTÓRICO EN MIGRACIÓN EN EE UU YouTube video by El Noticiero

US losing people, immigrants, and citizens.

youtu.be/YyhnwTzGVcw?...

04.03.2026 01:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Trump Family's Immigrant Story | HISTORY For decades, they denied their German roots.

losing it
www.history.com/articles/don...

03.03.2026 17:35 👍 24 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

In meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said his father was born in Germany, but it was his grandfather who was... Friedrich Trump didn't come to the U.S, with a visa or invitation but escaping the draft.
Then, Trump talked about the "need" to stop irregular migration to Europe...

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Trump with German Chancellor Merz next to him: "My father was born -- he knows all about my father -- my father was born there. These are places you automatically feel warmly about."

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The Trump Family's Immigrant Story | HISTORY For decades, they denied their German roots.

www.history.com/articles/don...

03.03.2026 17:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said his father was born in Germany, but it was his grandfather who was... Friedrich Trump didn't come to the U.S, with a visa or invitation but escaping the draft.
Then, Trump talked about the "need" to stop irregular migration to Europe...

03.03.2026 17:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We interviewed @brian-goldstone.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing last year about "There Is No Place For Us."

“It’s an engineered abandonment of not thousands, not hundreds of thousands, but millions of families.”

03.03.2026 17:05 👍 74 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 2
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With his policy actions (tariffs, ICE) and foreign interventions, it is like if Trump doesn't care about his voting base or winning elections. He is losing his Latino vote, part of the American First vote, and the "no foreign war" vote. This will show in the primaries tomorrow. #Iran #Unpopular

03.03.2026 00:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So he's saying that he knew Israel was going to attack Iran and he believed Iran would retaliate by attacking US bases, so we had to strike first since Israel was going to get US forces attacked.

02.03.2026 20:55 👍 1939 🔁 640 💬 339 📌 80

La mayoría de sus miembros han declarado públicamente haber votado por los republicanos durante muchos años. Muchos líderes locales de ICE y de la Patrulla Fronteriza hablaban abiertamente a los medios en contra de directivas que salían de la Casa Blanca y del DHS de los presidentes Obama y Biden.

02.03.2026 02:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Its budget is larger than that of many armies in the world. The agencies in charge of sealing the border and deporting people without immigration status have more resources than the CIA, FBI and DEA. 2) In several recent presidential elections, the Border Patrol workers union has endorsed Trump.

02.03.2026 02:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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La política migratoria como violencia de Estado La migra (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE por sus siglas en inglés) y otros agentes federales del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) se han convertido en fuerzas paramilitares en ambos ...

La migra y otros agentes federales se han convertido en fuerzas paramilitares en ambos sentidos de la palabra: 1) Están usando uniformes, armas, comunicaciones como los que usan las fuerzas militares. Patrullan las calles como si estuvieran en territorio enemigo
www.vozyvoto.com.mx/articulo/la-...

02.03.2026 02:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0