Emilio M Bruna
Professor of Tropical Ecology & Latin American Studies @UF. Past-Pres of @theATBC, AAAS Fellow. Thunderbird, Triton, Aggie. #TeamHeliconia. Views mine, not UF’s.
- When you hear politicians use the word “reform”… La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before. In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol… 1/ www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
- La Bowie is <1 mile from the border and La Migra would Roll up on kids and detain them. go through their bags…they pulled a gun on the football coach. All US citizens and permanent residents. 2/
- See if Judge Bunton’s injunction sounds familiar: “immigration enforcement does not override the rights of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Border Patrol agents must have reasonable suspicion and not rely on race or appearance alone to stop a suspect.” 3/
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View full threadcoda: the first clip of the Osos was important for the moment it represented, but here they are doing an absolutely 🔥 🔥 rendition of La Negra youtu.be/xgQIkR0UX6w?.... Is it my dream to sing it with them in full Charro traje? Yes. Yes it is. Fin
- “You’re in the government database of people legally protesting the actions of the current administration” is a four-alarm fire, peeps.
- This definitely giving off junta vibes. What’s the over/under on “days until protesters are referred to as ‘subversives’?”
- FWIW “repressive governments building databases of ‘subversives’ with the assistance of major corporations” is a thing: www.thetimes.com/best-law-fir...
