Nick Micinski
@nickmicinski.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at American University @ausis.bsky.social - migration, political economy of aid, development, climate displacement, UN, EU, human rights
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My conversation with Jill Williams of @acaciajustice.org and Becky Wolozin of the National Center for Youth Law on habeas petitions for children in ORR custody is now up. Here are the CliffsNotes of what you need to know. 🧵
austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-child-s...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-child-s...
"No child should need a habeas petition in order to get out of government custody."
Jill Williams from the Acacia Center for Justice and Becky Wolozin from the National Center for Youth Law explain why kids are being held longer than ever and what attorneys are doing about it.
austinkocher.substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
My conversation with Jill Williams of @acaciajustice.org and Becky Wolozin of the National Center for Youth Law on habeas petitions for children in ORR custody is now up. Here are the CliffsNotes of what you need to know. 🧵
austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-child-s...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-child-s...
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Our first @ausis.bsky.social book launch of the academic year is one week away! Join us next Wednesday, September 16 at 5pm to hear from Prof. @nickmicinski.bsky.social and
@kpnorman.bsky.social on their new book, "Aiding Autocrats." RSVP now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1998428371...
@kpnorman.bsky.social on their new book, "Aiding Autocrats." RSVP now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1998428371...
SIS Book Launch: Aiding Autocrats
Join us at SIS for the launch of Nicholas Micinski's new book, Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, and Repression in Africa
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September 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Our first @ausis.bsky.social book launch of the academic year is one week away! Join us next Wednesday, September 16 at 5pm to hear from Prof. @nickmicinski.bsky.social and
@kpnorman.bsky.social on their new book, "Aiding Autocrats." RSVP now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1998428371...
@kpnorman.bsky.social on their new book, "Aiding Autocrats." RSVP now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1998428371...
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🚨New @ausis.bsky.social book alert! In "Aiding Autocrats," Prof. @nickmicinski.bsky.social and his co-author @kpnorman.bsky.social examine how migration assistance funds authoritarianism and negatively affects migrants, refugees, and citizens alike. www.american.edu/sis/research...
Nicholas Micinski, Aiding Autocrats
Nicholas Micinski's new co-authored book examines how migration assistance funds authoritarianism and negatively affects migrants, refugees, and citizens alike.
www.american.edu
August 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
🚨New @ausis.bsky.social book alert! In "Aiding Autocrats," Prof. @nickmicinski.bsky.social and his co-author @kpnorman.bsky.social examine how migration assistance funds authoritarianism and negatively affects migrants, refugees, and citizens alike. www.american.edu/sis/research...
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Our SI w/ @federicazardo.bsky.social on #migration governance through funding now published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies! In the intro doi.org/10.1080/1556... we advance a typology & scrutinise transparency, accountability & effectiveness impacts @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our SI w/ @federicazardo.bsky.social on #migration governance through funding now published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies! In the intro doi.org/10.1080/1556... we advance a typology & scrutinise transparency, accountability & effectiveness impacts @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
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US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off.
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off.
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Utter madness. 36 million people. 👇
At least 500,000 tons of American-grown food meant for food-insecure people worldwide are stuck in ports and warehouses due to Trump administration freeze on USAID.
It’s enough to feed >36 million people and valued at ~ $500 million.
www.devex.com/news/us-grow...
At least 500,000 tons of American-grown food meant for food-insecure people worldwide are stuck in ports and warehouses due to Trump administration freeze on USAID.
It’s enough to feed >36 million people and valued at ~ $500 million.
www.devex.com/news/us-grow...
US-grown food aid is stranded in ports worldwide despite waiver
It’s valued at nearly $500 million, and right now much of it is at risk of spoilage.
www.devex.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Utter madness. 36 million people. 👇
At least 500,000 tons of American-grown food meant for food-insecure people worldwide are stuck in ports and warehouses due to Trump administration freeze on USAID.
It’s enough to feed >36 million people and valued at ~ $500 million.
www.devex.com/news/us-grow...
At least 500,000 tons of American-grown food meant for food-insecure people worldwide are stuck in ports and warehouses due to Trump administration freeze on USAID.
It’s enough to feed >36 million people and valued at ~ $500 million.
www.devex.com/news/us-grow...
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DOJ brief defending Trump birthright citizenship order below. Remarkably, almost laughably weak
storage.courtlistener.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DOJ brief defending Trump birthright citizenship order below. Remarkably, almost laughably weak
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El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality, including imprisoned Americans, in unprecedented deal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says
El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality, as well as imprisoned Americans, in unprecedented deal | CNN
El Salvador has agreed to receive deportees from the United States of any nationality, including violent criminals who are US citizens currently imprisoned, in an unprecedented deal that has alarmed c...
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality, including imprisoned Americans, in unprecedented deal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says
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It identifies the five stages of "a logistical chain which have been integrated and refined, also as a result of the agreements between the EU and Tunisia"
You can access it here in English, French or Italian. (I will add some info after my class) statetrafficking.net
You can access it here in English, French or Italian. (I will add some info after my class) statetrafficking.net
February 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It identifies the five stages of "a logistical chain which have been integrated and refined, also as a result of the agreements between the EU and Tunisia"
You can access it here in English, French or Italian. (I will add some info after my class) statetrafficking.net
You can access it here in English, French or Italian. (I will add some info after my class) statetrafficking.net
Trump's tariffs are part of the wider phenomenon of Hardball Migration Diplomacy.
This is not new. Trump used threats in his first term. And the EU, Bush, and Obama also used visa sanctions and threats to get states to cooperate on deportations and other migration policies.
This is not new. Trump used threats in his first term. And the EU, Bush, and Obama also used visa sanctions and threats to get states to cooperate on deportations and other migration policies.
Trump’s tariff threats fit a growing global phenomenon: hardball migration diplomacy
Trump isn’t alone in using tariffs, travel bans and sanctions to make countries play ball on deportations. But the other side of migration diplomacy can be incentives for countries willing to take on ...
theconversation.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump's tariffs are part of the wider phenomenon of Hardball Migration Diplomacy.
This is not new. Trump used threats in his first term. And the EU, Bush, and Obama also used visa sanctions and threats to get states to cooperate on deportations and other migration policies.
This is not new. Trump used threats in his first term. And the EU, Bush, and Obama also used visa sanctions and threats to get states to cooperate on deportations and other migration policies.
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Good. More of this.
JUST IN: Senate Democrats blocked a bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court today after Republicans rejected changes addressing their concerns.
Senate Dems block ICC sanctions bill in Schumer-urged show of unity
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Democratic vote in favor of advancing the measure.
www.axios.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Good. More of this.
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What a lie. Here's the Supreme Court in 2012 making clear that simply being in the country without permission is NOT a crime: "As a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain present in the United States."
It's a civil violation, not a crime.
It's a civil violation, not a crime.
January 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What a lie. Here's the Supreme Court in 2012 making clear that simply being in the country without permission is NOT a crime: "As a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain present in the United States."
It's a civil violation, not a crime.
It's a civil violation, not a crime.
Why the “Finance COP”in Baku Missed the Mark?
#COP29 was focused on scale but not enough on the how and what of climate finance. @carnegieendowment.org
#COP29 was focused on scale but not enough on the how and what of climate finance. @carnegieendowment.org
Why the “Finance COP”in Baku Missed the Mark
COP29 was focused on scale but not enough on the how and what of climate finance.
carnegieendowment.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Why the “Finance COP”in Baku Missed the Mark?
#COP29 was focused on scale but not enough on the how and what of climate finance. @carnegieendowment.org
#COP29 was focused on scale but not enough on the how and what of climate finance. @carnegieendowment.org
Cutting funding to UNRWA politicizes refugee aid and collectively punishes Palestinians.
@kelseypnorman and I explain the long history of politicization of UNRWA and how this part of global pattern of politicized aid to refugees
theconversation.com/funding-for-...
@kelseypnorman and I explain the long history of politicization of UNRWA and how this part of global pattern of politicized aid to refugees
theconversation.com/funding-for-...
Funding for refugees has long been politicized − punitive action against UNRWA and Palestinians fi...
The US is among more than a dozen countries to freeze funding to UN agency providing aid to displaced Gazans over allegations of complicity in the Oct. 7 attack.
theconversation.com
February 1, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Cutting funding to UNRWA politicizes refugee aid and collectively punishes Palestinians.
@kelseypnorman and I explain the long history of politicization of UNRWA and how this part of global pattern of politicized aid to refugees
theconversation.com/funding-for-...
@kelseypnorman and I explain the long history of politicization of UNRWA and how this part of global pattern of politicized aid to refugees
theconversation.com/funding-for-...
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[email protected], Adam Lichtenheld, & Kelsey Norman on how Israeli forces are engaging in mass displacement as a strategy of war, likely violating international law given all signs point to unwillingness to let people return theconversation.com/israels-mass...
Israel's mass displacement of Gazans fits strategy of using migration as a tool of war
Mass forced movement of people has been used in conflicts to serve three goals: population control, territorial expansion and as a sorting mechanism. All three could be in play in Gaza.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2023 at 6:16 AM
[email protected], Adam Lichtenheld, & Kelsey Norman on how Israeli forces are engaging in mass displacement as a strategy of war, likely violating international law given all signs point to unwillingness to let people return theconversation.com/israels-mass...