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Dara Lind

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The public has a right & a duty to understand immigration policy. I used to help out with that as a reporter; now I do it at @immcouncil. All tweets my own.

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Unless they win, in which case it becomes standard operating practice. (Further reading: immigrationimpact.com/2024/08/23/wha…)

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I have one request and one request only for the Indycar season wraps and it’s that we get the headline ā€œDon’t Cry For Me, Juncos Hollingerā€ Elizabeth Blackstock Jenna Fryer pls

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Yeah this country has pretty incredible history but I hear they don’t know who Pato O'Ward is here so I’m evangelizing. #PatoWho

Yeah this country has pretty incredible history but I hear they don’t know who <a href="/PatricioOWard/">Pato O'Ward</a> is here so I’m evangelizing. #PatoWho
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Apropos of nothing (nothing at all!) here are the FACTS — probably more nuanced than you’d think! — about whether recent Haitian arrivals are ā€œlegal.ā€ (And why that’s a less important question than whether they would be under a future president.) immigrationimpact.com/2024/09/30/are…

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NEW FROM American Immigration Council: A mass deportation operation would cost the US government an estimated $315 billion. "Starting" with 1 million people a year? That's $88B annually. And GDP would take a hit of 4.2-6.8%. That's the Great Recession on the LOW end. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/mass-…

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(Every time I log onto this app because there are things that people need to know who won't learn about if they don't see it here, I am reminded that it is, as a general rule, a very bad idea to still be on this app.)

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Just set up a recurring donation for Bolts. It’s tremendously hard, at the level of individual journalists or of newsrooms, to sustain yourself if your aim is not to win awards or change history but simply to inform the public. It is also the highest goal.

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Just texted my brother, who lives in Wisconsin, about a voting plan. Voting is good. Knowing in advance when, where, how you will get to the polls is good. Making sure your loved ones — esp if they actually have representation in Congress :/ — also know these things is good.