Austin Kocher, PhD ๐ŸŒŽ

@austinkocher
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Political & legal geographer studying the theories, laws, and institutional practices behind immigration controls. Assistant Professor at Syracuse University. Living in Baltimore. โ€ฉ#geography #immigration #baltimore #syracuseuniversity #data #writing #refugees #borders #law #fedi22
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In Good Company: 9 Immigration Conversations You Might Have Missed This Week

A Friday medley: Documented Q&A on immigration data, deported vets on The Raid podcast, a St. Louis enforcement dashboard with Ashrei, World Cup data with Adam Sawyer, & more.

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/in-good-company-nine-immigration

In Good Company: Nine Immigration Conversations You Might Have Missed This Week

A Friday medley of ICYMIs: Documented Q&A on immigration data, deported veterans on The Raid podcast, a St. Louis enforcement dashboard with Ashrei, World Cup data with Adam Sawyer, & more.

Austin Kocher

Experts from the American Immigration Council urge us to move beyond all-or-nothing approaches to enforcement and lay out a practical framework that fits what most US Americans actually want.

Watch/listen here: https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/nayna-gupta-and-aaron-reichlin-melnick

Nayna Gupta and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the Core Principles of a Fair and Functional Immigration Enforcement System

Experts from the American Immigration Council urge us to move beyond all-or-nothing approaches to enforcement and lay out a practical framework that fits what most US Americans actually want.

Austin Kocher
It's World Cup time!! โšฝ Follow along at Relevant Football and learn more about the teams, players, and countries involved. Learn why Adam Sawyer had a vision for this project in the first place: https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/introducing-relevant-football-using
Introducing Relevant Football: Using the FIFA World Cup to Learn About the World

Launch day! โšฝ We built Relevant Football to turn 2026 FIFA World Cup fandom into a chance to learn about all 48 competing nations, from GDP and demographics to energy and environment.

Austin Kocher
It's World Cup time!! โšฝ Follow along at https://www.relevant-football.com and learn more about the teams, players, and countries involved. We have an opportunity to show that we are not our government by being welcoming hosts to people from around the world and here at home.
Relevant Football | World Cup, Live Scores & Latest News

Deep country profiles for all 48 nations participating in world Cup demographics, economies, energy transitions, FIFA rankings, ELO ratings, and full World Cup history. Compare any two nations side-by-side.

Relevant Football
World Cup's first match starts in 3 hours! Follow the games and learn more about the countries involved at https://www.relevant-football.com.

Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to pay $18,000 detaining him anyway. He was the 19th person to die in ICE custody this year.

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian

ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional

Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to pay $18,000 detaining him anyway.

Austin Kocher

Eager to move from policy CHAOS to policy SOLUTIONS? Listen to my conversation with American Immigration Council experts Nanya Gupta and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick discuss a data-backed vision for building a fair immigration enforcement system.

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/nayna-gupta-and-aaron-reichlin-melnick

Nayna Gupta and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the Core Principles of a Fair and Functional Immigration Enforcement System

Experts from the American Immigration Council urge us to move beyond all-or-nothing approaches to enforcement and lay out a practical framework that fits what most US Americans actually want.

Austin Kocher
I sat down with Julia Malleck from Documented for a deep discussion about the power of responsive and rigorous research about immigration enforcement that is also accessible to the public. Honored to see the conversation featured in the amazing "Early Arrival." https://documentedny.com/2026/06/08/austin-kocher-immigration-data-ice-substack/
Q&A: Austin Kocher On the Power of Immigration Data

The researcher and Substack writer shares his thoughts on the Delaney Hall protests, the Trump administrationโ€™s narratives on immigration, and what gives him hope in this current moment.

Documented

The British Are Coming! UK Journalist Tom Latchem on exposing Stephen Miller's cruel immigration policies in a post-truth White House and a new plan to treat Panama as an arm of DHS.

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-british-are-coming-uk-journalist

The British Are Coming! UK Journalist Tom Latchem on Exposing Stephen Miller's Cruel Immigration Policies in a Post-Truth White House

Daily Beast correspondent Tom Latchem on his PunchUp investigation into a DHS-built deportation system inside Panama, the five-day appeal window, and how Trump is offshoring immigration enforcement.

Austin Kocher
More context on immigration enforcement data at austinkocher.substack.com
Full Article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportations-b2992496.html
Trumpโ€™s former border chief wants to deport one-third of all Americans โ€“ claiming they are all migrants

Bovino appeared to confirm he was exploring a 2028 presidential run in claiming, without evidence, that roughly a third of the US population is comprised of illegal immigrants

The Independent