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Migrant Data Extractivism: Tech and Borders at the Limit of Rights
By Dr. Marianna Poyares in Collaboration with the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology and the Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative May 2026 INTRODUCTION In a special issue article published in International Migration in July 2025, Dr. Marianna Poyares, Fritz Family Postdoctoral Associate (Lead) at the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology, presents the Read more
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Detention at Any Cost: Profit and Harm in U.S. Immigration Enforcement
By Dr. Nancy Hiemstra and Dr. Deirdre Conlon in Collaboration with the Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative March 2026 INTRODUCTION The United States operates the largest immigration detention system in the world. What began as a system holding roughly 5,000 people per day in the early 1990s expanded to more than 35,000 by 2024. In 2025, Read more
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Research Shows Policy to Remove People from the U.S. to El Salvador Threatens Immigrant Well-Being
By Dr. Mneesha Gellman in Collaboration with The Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative May 2025 INTRODUCTION President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has offered to house “dangerous American criminals” sent from the United States to be incarcerated in El Salvador, for a fee. On March 15th 2025, President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act in removing people from Read more