BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institutes’ Program for Latin America and the Cari bbean\, in partnership with the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Me xico-U.S. Relations\, presents Austin Kocher\, Ph.D.\, research assistant professor from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.The secon d Trump administration is rapidly and radically reshaping immigration poli cy. In less than three months\, we’ve already seen the detention and depor tation of green card holders\, direct attacks on birthright citizenship\, and the transfer of non-citizens to prisons in Guantánamo Bay and El Salva dor. Amid a barrage of announcements\, this talk offers a clear and critic al breakdown of major developments so far\, tracking how these changes are unfolding across various institutions\, being challenged in the courts an d transforming on-the-ground enforcement. It also situates these moves wit hin a broader push for extraordinary executive authority\, showing how the focus on immigration is blurring legal boundaries\, consolidating power\, and redefining national belonging. In addition to attempting to bring som e clarity to the chaos\, Kocher will also share some tools and strategies for making sense of this fast-moving policy landscape as it continues to e volve.Austin Kocher is a research assistant professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. As a political and legal geographer\, Ko cher’s research focuses on the politics and policies of the U.S. immigrati on and refugee system\, including the geographies of federal\, state and l ocal immigrant policing\; immigrant detention and deportation\; and the ro le of immigration in accelerating political polarization. This work is gro unded in over a decade of qualitative and quantitative research on immigra tion and border enforcement across the country\, including the U.S. South\ , the Midwest and the U.S.-Mexico border region. Kocher’s work also seeks to inform the national discourse on immigration through public scholarship \, engagement with policy makers and the media\, and working with nonprofi t organizations in the Washington\, D.C.\, area. DTEND:20250421T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260308T201109Z DTSTART:20250421T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Austin Kocher | Making Sense of Immigration Policy in 2025 UID:RFCALITEM639085830697727258 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institutes’ Program for Latin America and the Caribbean\, in partnership with the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations\, presents Austin Kocher\, Ph.D.\, research assistant professor from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Comm unications.

The second Trump administration is rapidly and radically reshaping immigration policy. In less than three months\, we’ve already s een the detention and deportation of green card holders\, direct attacks o n birthright citizenship\, and the transfer of non-citizens to prisons in Guantánamo Bay and El Salvador.

Amid a barrage of announcements\, t his talk offers a clear and critical breakdown of major developments so fa r\, tracking how these changes are unfolding across various institutions\, being challenged in the courts and transforming on-the-ground enforcement . It also situates these moves within a broader push for extraordinary exe cutive authority\, showing how the focus on immigration is blurring legal boundaries\, consolidating power\, and redefining national belonging.

In addition to attempting to bring some clarity to the chaos\, Kocher w ill also share some tools and strategies for making sense of this fast-mov ing policy landscape as it continues to evolve.

Austin Koche r is a research assistant professor at the S.I. Newhouse School o f Public Communications. As a political and legal geographer\, Kocher’s re search focuses on the politics and policies of the U.S. immigration and re fugee system\, including the geographies of federal\, state and local immi grant policing\; immigrant detention and deportation\; and the role of imm igration in accelerating political polarization.

This work is groun ded in over a decade of qualitative and quantitative research on immigrati on and border enforcement across the country\, including the U.S. South\, the Midwest and the U.S.-Mexico border region. Kocher’s work also seeks to inform the national discourse on immigration through public scholarship\, engagement with policy makers and the media\, and working with nonprofit organizations in the Washington\, D.C.\, area.

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