Jane Devlin
Boston-based, immigration-obsessed; Posts on immigration, Boston, refugees. Retired canonist. AILA, CLSA. Reaction to most news: Cui bono?
- Reposted by Jane DevlinI've wanted to make this graph for years, and we finally did it. Here's where all the government's money came from and went to for the last 30 years. Immigrants aren't the cause of the problem. cato.org/white-paper/...
- Reposted by Jane Devlin"The pause will likely reduce the supply of workers and particularly health care workers in the U.S., which could exacerbate existing health care worker shortages." bit.ly/4bro9uT
- Reposted by Jane DevlinThe greatest weakness of China and strength of the US is demography. We can grow due to immigration. This will kill our economy over time.
- Reposted by Jane DevlinImmigration crackdown leads to drop in U.S. population growth
- Reposted by Jane DevlinExactly what economists warned us about. Immigration is central to stability and growth for many industries, and this immigration crackdown is hurting employment for US citizens www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
- Reposted by Jane DevlinNEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
- 92% of ICE Detention Growth in FY 2026 Driven by Immigrants with No Criminal Convictions ICE published new detention data today that brings the current population to a record-high of 68,990. ICE records first detention death of 2026. austinkocher.substack.com/p/92-of-ice-...
- Reposted by Jane DevlinThe Trump administration's deportation hysteria is making America less safe. 28k+ agents diverted to ICE. Child exploitation cases abandoned. 80% of ATF reassigned. We need politicians to work together to get this country back on track. Good work by Sam Levin. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Jane DevlinMinnesota "Operation Metro Surge": 670+ arrested in 2 weeks. Targets? Hardware stores. Gyms. Traffic stops. Schools. People detained include: Turkish citizen (no record), Somali torture survivor (no record), father of U.S. Marine (no record). www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
- Reposted by Jane DevlinSudden displacement crises temporarily overwhelm steady-state accommodation systems. In a new paper, we document that pop-up shelters and private hosting scaled fast and housed the vast majority of arrivals during the peak of the Ukrainian displacement crisis (1/2)
- Reposted by Jane Devlin"The government spends $3,500 per individual self-deportation...But critics argue there are other prices attached, both financial and personal...For one, immigrants are thought to contribute nearly $580 billion per year in taxes." bit.ly/3YaMj4T
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- Reposted by Jane DevlinCitizens on probation #internationalmigrantsday nandosigona.info/2025/12/18/t...
- Reposted by Jane DevlinAcross red, blue, and purple states, a quiet bipartisan consensus is forming—immigrant workforce participation is an economic necessity. We're proud to release our comprehensive, 50-state review of policy activity in this area from 2020–2024!
- Reposted by Jane DevlinHere is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders." It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
- Reposted by Jane DevlinWOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
- Reposted by Jane DevlinIllinois just limited immigration arrests in public spaces and created a path to sue for constitutional violations. This is what state-level accountability looks like when federal enforcement keeps overreaching. Read: www.jurist.org/news/2025/12...
- Reposted by Jane DevlinWhat the WSJ calls out directly is the structural contradiction: the U.S. needs more workers, yet our politics keep cutting off the very channels that supply them Read: www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
- Reposted by Jane Devlin“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jane DevlinEmployer verification has been touted as a way to end the jobs magnet attracting unauthorized immigrants to the US But critics say the E-Verify system is flawed and wrongly ensnares many workers, U.S. born and immigrant alike bit.ly/43HLhR4
- Reposted by Jane DevlinThis is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
- Reposted by Jane DevlinSo much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible. ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jane DevlinThank you, Juanito. 🌱 #WeFeedYou
- Reposted by Jane Devlin“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
- Reposted by Jane Devlin"The father of four, an immigrant from Afghanistan who helped the U.S. military fight the Taliban, is in a Springfield, Missouri, jail — held with other immigrants picked up in nationwide sweeps. Dadfar is 37 and an asylum-seeker with work authorization." bit.ly/4rxmaL8.
- Reposted by Jane Devlin“what wasn’t always fully considered was that the choking-off of immigration would reduce labor demand as well: The immigrants who aren’t here because of Mr. Trump’s policies not only aren’t working here; they’re also not spending money here.”
- Reposted by Jane DevlinI wrote about the end of the end of true visa-free travel between rich countries.
