Reece Jones

@reecejones.bsky.social

Professor of political geography at the University of Hawai'i; editor-in-chief of Geopolitics; author of Smuggler, Violent Borders, White Borders, Border Walls, and Nobody is Protected; Personal account www.reecejonesauthor.com

@vermontgmg.bsky.socialReposted by @reecejones.bsky.social

This is what was so remarkable — most pols, when they get a bad-faith gotcha question, fumble it or dismiss it. He absolutely demolished even the premise of it....

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@adamisacson.comReposted by @reecejones.bsky.social

2026 saw the fewest migrant apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border since 1967.

The main reasons:
- The suspension of asylum access at the border, probably unlawful but in place since January 2025.
- The climate of fear “mass deportation” has created in the U.S. interior. (1/2)

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Border Patrol Apprehensions 1925-2026 1925 22,199 1926 12,735 1927 16,393 1928 23,566 1929 32,711 1930 20,880 1931 22,276 1932 22,735 1933 20,949 1934 10,319 1935 11,016 1936 11,728 1937 13,054 1938 12,851 1939 12,037 1940 10,492 1941 11,294 1942 11,784 1943 11,175 1944 31,175 1945 69,164 1946 99,591 1947 193,657 1948 192,779 1949 288,253 1950 468,339 1951 509,040 1952 528,815 1953 835,311 1954 1,028,246 1955 225,186 1956 68,420 1957 46,225 1958 40,504 1959 32,996 1960 28,966 1961 29,384 1962 29,897 1963 38,861 1964 42,879 1965 52,422 1966 79,610 1967 94,778 1968 123,519 1969 172,391 1970 231,116 1971 302,517 1972 396,495 1973 498,123 1974 634,777 1975 596,796 1976 696,039 1977 812,541 1978 862,837 1979 888,729 1980 759,420 1981 825,290 1982 819,919 1983 1,105,670 1984 1,138,566 1985 1,262,435 1986 1,692,544 1987 1,158,030 1988 969,214 1989 891,147 1990 1,103,353 1991 1,132,033 1992 1,199,560 1993 1,263,490 1994 1,031,668 1995 1,324,202 1996 1,549,876 1997 1,412,953 1998 1,555,776 1999 1,579,010 2000 1,676,438 2001 1,266,214 2002 955,310 2003 931,557 2004 1,160,395 2005 1,189,075 2006 1,089,092 2007 876,704 2008 723,825 2009 556,041 2010 463,382 2011 340,252 2012 364,768 2013 420,789 2014 486,651 2015 337,117 2016 415,816 2017 310,531 2018 404,142 2019 859,501 2020 405,036 2020 400651 2021 1659206 2022 2206436 2023 2045838 2024 1530523 2025 237538 2026 98708
@reecejones.bsky.social

Just realized Honolulu has a ranked choice charter amendment on the ballot this year. So if it passes, I'll learn what it's like "go into I guess some sort of test tube or something and they pick whoever they hell they want"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I just left Alaska where we have a real bad thing. They have the ranked choice voting, where you go into I guess some sort of test tube or something and they pick whoever they hell they want."

@buckscountybeacon.comReposted by @reecejones.bsky.social

"One clear lesson of it is that people can change. And I think a second lesson of it is exactly what you just said, how do people change? They have face-to-face interactions with people. I think that seems to be what we increasingly are getting away from in our lives," said @reecejones.bsky.social.

Bucks County Beacon@buckscountybeacon.com

‘SMUGGLER’: How a Conservative Republican Smuggled Asylum-Seeking Refugees Across the Northern Border to Canada | @zdroberts.bsky.social interviews @reecejones.bsky.social about his new book "SMUGGLER: Drugs, Gangs, and Refugees at America's Northern Border."

buckscountybeacon.com‘SMUGGLER’: How a Conservative Republican Smuggled Asylum-Seeking Refugees Across the Northern Border to Canada - Bucks County BeaconZach D. Roberts interviews Reece Jones about his new book "SMUGGLER: Drugs, Gangs, and Refugees at America's Northern Border."
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.socialReposted by @reecejones.bsky.social

The ICE officer who faces charges for road raging in Minneapolis (pulling a gun on a random motorist who blocked him from driving his unmarked SUV on the shoulder) broke into tears on the stand and said he was under a lot of stress, ok?

Morgan, who was abruptly called up to the Twin Cities from Washington, D.C., said he did not want to join the surge because he was unfamiliar with the area and had heard reports of animosity toward immigration officers. “I’m not used to that, I’ve never seen something like that in policing,” he said. The agent broke down in tears while testifying about feeling unsafe and overwhelmed during Operation Metro Surge, describing the atmosphere as a “riot” where he faced relentless harassment, racial slurs and threats of death. Through a shaky voice, Morgan described the toll his brief deployment took on him and his family. “I’ve never experienced something like this before,” he said. “I had to take my daughter out of school… because I did the job I’m supposed to do.” Morgan’s second-degree assault charges stem from a Feb. 5 incident during the surge, when state prosecutors say he illegally drove an unmarked SUV on a Minneapolis freeway shoulder before pointing a firearm at the occupants of a white Cadillac that repeatedly swerved to block him.
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