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Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > this-week-by-the-immigration-numbers-a69

This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (July 25, 2026)

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (603+ words) The number of people held in ICE detention nationwide as of July 11, from the first enforcement data ICE has released since April. Kocher, A. (2026, July 21). ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data. Austin Kocher. The number of…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > hospitals-should-never-become-places

"Hospitals Should Never Become Places Where Fear Overrides Care": What Medical Professionals Can Do When Their Patient is in ICE Custody

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (470+ words) My thanks to Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock, Matthew Lopas, and Dr. Theresa Cheng for their time, and to everyone who joined live and is reading now. The report is written for clinicians, but it maps where immigration enforcement now reaches, and…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > they-are-going-to-kill-somebody-aclu

"They are going to kill somebody." ACLU Research Finds ICE Too Broken to Be Fixed, Calls for New Agency to Replace It

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (798+ words) I spoke with Denise and Naureen because I wanted to understand more about how they came to this work, how they conducted the research, and why the ACLU chose this moment to issue such bold recommendations for systemic change (more…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > what-really-happens-inside-auroras

What Really Happens Inside Aurora's Detained Immigration Court? A Live Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Galemba and Students w/ the DU Court Transparency Project

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (191+ words) Their findings help us understand the unique challenges of immigrants who are in removal proceedings while also being held in civil custody. Among the people who filed for relief, not a single person won. Judges declined to set bond in…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > agents-of-chaos-and-cruelty-a-conversation

Agents of Chaos and Cruelty: A Conversation with the ACLU's Naureen Shah and Mary Sadallah

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (361+ words) The ACLU just released a scathing new report, Agents of Chaos and Cruelty, that examines how immigration enforcement was carried out across eight states in 2025. The authors reviewed more than 1,200 enforcement incidents in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland,…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > ice-quietly-arresting-more-people

ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (729+ words) Austin Kocher | Substack ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,474 a day....

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > event-announcement-ice-in-the-emergency

|| Event Announcement || 🚨ICE in the Emergency Room: A New Guide Helps Hospitals and Health Care Workers Know What to Do When Immigration Enforcement Shows Up

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (248+ words) Here is some of what we will get into during the conversation. What rights patients keep while they are in ICE or CBP custody, and what changes when an officer is present during care. Where the legal limits of immigration…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > ice-reports-22nd-detention-death

ICE Reports 22nd Detention Death of 2026: Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, Dies During a Transfer in Georgia

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (343+ words) The facility he was headed to has a record of its own. In April 2024, under the Biden administration, Jaspal Singh, a 57-year-old man from India, died at the Folkston ICE Processing Center after a doctor delayed treatment for his chest…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > this-week-by-the-immigration-numbers-90b

This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (July 11, 2026)

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) The number of people a federal judge in Nevada ordered released after finding that ICE kept detaining immigrants under a policy he had already ruled unlawful. Aldrete, I. (2026, Jul 8). A federal judge in Nevada says ICE is ‘rebelling’ against his order…...

Austin Kocher
austinkocher.substack.com > p > inside-human-rights-watchs-investigation

Inside Human Rights Watch's Investigation of ICE's Minneapolis Operation and Rising Detention Deaths

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (323+ words) “A Manufactured Crisis: Minnesota Communities Terrorized by the Federal Government”: what roughly 4,000 additional federal agents did in the Twin Cities between December 2025 and March 2026. “Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System”: how many people are…...