Austin Kocher, PhD

Curious (or concerned) about how AI is shaping public communication? Join me and many academic and industry experts to discuss "Communicating in an AI-Powered World" this Thursday at Syracuse's DC campus near Dupont Circle. Registration required & FREE! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Curious about how AI is shaping public communication? Join me and many academic and industry experts to discuss "Communicating in an AI-Powered World" on July 24 at Syracuse's DC campus near Dupont Circle. Register below for free! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Curious or concerned about how AI is shaping public communication? Join me and many academic and industry experts to discuss "Communicating in an AI-Powered World" on July 24 at Syracuse's DC campus near Dupont Circle. Registration FREE! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Can ICE make arrests without an immigration warrant and can ICE make arrests for criminal violations? Under certain conditions, yes and yes, writes @ackocher: journalistsresource.org/home/how-to-ma…

If you're looking for immigration data and visualization, policy analysis, your next must-read book about immigration, public conversation with leading immigration experts, and more, join the nearly 10,000 regular readers at austinkocher.substack.com.

"Immigration Nation": Essential Reporting on the Intersection of Deportation and the Criminal Justice System austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigration-…

ICE Denies Parole Request for Detained Husband as American Cancer Patient Faces Medical Crisis Alone — from American Families United

Thrilled to see that folks are finding the interval ADP calculation method to be helpful. Thanks to Adam Sawyer for the work on this. Source: hrw.org/report/2025/07…

Thanks Beth and so many other readers for the positive feedback! Visit austinkocher.substack.com to see for yourself.

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE propublica.org/article/trump-…

The largest percentage and largest number of people ICE arrested in June had no criminal history. New data was released this week by the Deportation Data Project. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-arrest-s…

Interval ADP Update: Data Shows Recent Population Numbers Inside ICE Detention Centers Get the data and 164 graphs to see the recent detained population at every ICE detention facility in the country. austinkocher.substack.com/p/interval-adp…

Listen to Nancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon Discuss Their New Book: "Immigration Detention Inc." austinkocher.substack.com/p/listen-to-na…

"The Data of Mass Deportation" – My Interview with WNYC's Brian Lehrer austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-data-of-…

ICE Arrest Surge in May and June Driven by Immigrants with No Criminal History In Part 3 of my series on ICE arrest data, I use new data to find (1) a surge in non-criminal ICE arrests and (2) an overall decline in daily arrests in June. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-arrest-s…

Two California congressional reps were denied access to Adelanto ICE facility, in what they said was a violation of federal law and part of a broader effort to obstruct oversight of immigration detention facilities. abc7.com/post/2-congres…

Woman denied entry at JFK describes ‘nightmare’ stay at New Jersey ICE facility. thehill.com/homenews/state…

A reminder that the right hates working class people.