Austin Kocher, PhD

@ackocher

I untangle the data behind the US immigration enforcement system that touches millions of lives across the country. linktr.ee/austinkocher

Baltimore, MD linktr.ee/austinkocher Joined August 2013

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Austin Kocher, PhD @ackocher Mar 23

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

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I'm thrilled to be writing a monthly column for Documented called The Baseline! The inaugural essay is available below and the next one -- a deep dive on the NYC immigration courts -- will be out shortly. Sign up for Documented's Early Arrival newsletter.

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documentedny.com The Baseline: Getting Our Bearings in an Age of Mass Deportation The Baseline, a new monthly column from Austin Kocher, explores the impact of rising immigration enforcement.

Austin Kocher, PhD @ackocher 2d

Neha Desai of the National Center for Youth Law calls the plan to have the agency that removes children also defend them patently absurd. @NCYLnews

Watch or listen at austinkocher.substack.com/p/every-kid-is…

Quote card. NEHA DESAI of the National Center for Youth Law says:

“This government has made the reverse decision on its own, without congressional authority. … So now we’re taking that same agency and creating a plan to have the folks that are trying to rapidly remove these children … be the same agency that now is supposed to be defending these kids. So it is patently absurd.”

Watch or listen to the full conversation about children in immigration court at austinkocher.substack.com.

Austin Kocher, PhD @ackocher 2d

Dr. Marsha Griffin, a pediatrician, says a judge needs to halt all removals of children immediately until this can be investigated.

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Quote card. DR. MARSHA GRIFFIN of the Community for Children says:

“We need a judge to halt all removals of kids immediately until this can be investigated. … This system has got to go. It is barbaric.”

Watch or listen to the full conversation about children in immigration court at austinkocher.substack.com.

Austin Kocher, PhD @ackocher 2d

Katie Fleming of the Acacia Center for Justice says the people who decided to dismantle the system for children are still in power and there is no going back to normal. @wrcommission

Watch or listen at austinkocher.substack.com/p/every-kid-is…

Quote card. KATIE FLEMING of the Acacia Center for Justice says:

“The people that are in power, that have made the decision to dismantle the system for kids, and to turn it into a system that harms kids on a daily basis, they’re still in power. … There’s no going back to normal when it comes to the immigration system. … These are situations that are happening every day and should outrage us all.”

Watch or listen to the full conversation about children in immigration court at austinkocher.substack.com.