Austin Kocher, PhD

Anthropologist Amelia Frank-Vitale's new book "Leave If You Can" explains why deportation doesn't stop migration, what U.S. immigration policy gets wrong about Honduras, and what we could fix. Listen full convo: austinkocher.substack.com/p/migration-...

Anthropologist Amelia Frank-Vitale's new book "Leave If You Can" explains why deportation doesn't stop migration, what U.S. immigration policy gets wrong about Honduras, and what we could fix. Listen full convo: austinkocher.substack.com/p/migration-...

Anthropologist Amelia Frank-Vitale's new book "Leave If You Can" explains why deportation doesn't stop migration, what U.S. immigration policy gets wrong about Honduras, and what we could fix. Listen full convo: austinkocher.substack.com/p/migration-...

Anthropologist Amelia Frank-Vitale's new book "Leave If You Can" explains why deportation doesn't stop migration, what U.S. immigration policy gets wrong about Honduras, and what we could fix. Listen full convo: austinkocher.substack.com/p/migration-...

"If a service member is good enough to fight and die for this country, they should be good enough to live in this country:" Danitza James w/ Repatriate Our Patriots Link: austinkocher.substack.com/p/if-a-servi...

Veteran Danitza James explains how it's possible that she served this country during two tours in Iraq and still left the military without citizenship. This should not happen. Ever. austinkocher.substack.com/p/if-a-servi...

Did you know that it's easier for a military veteran to be deported and easier for them to come back to the US dead than alive? austinkocher.substack.com/p/if-a-servi...

A Vietnam veteran in Mexico needed emergency care, but he died bc ICE wouldn't let him go to the VA. Do you agree that veterans deserve better than this? austinkocher.substack.com/p/if-a-servi...

And the Naturalization Accountability Act was born! No veteran should leave the military without citizenship. Do you agree? austinkocher.substack.com/p/if-a-servi...

I just learned this and I have to share this before I even get the whole interview post published. Memorial Day is coming up and there are deported vets who can't come back to the US alive, but when they die, you can bring them back in a coffin with a DD-214 to be buried in a military cemetery. 💔

"Without immigration, we're not a superpower. "Army veteran and MacArthur genius grant recipient Margaret Stock on why immigrants are key to US national security and the shoddy government legal work she's fighting in court every day. austinkocher.substack.com/p/without-im...

"Without immigration, we're not a superpower. "Army veteran and MacArthur genius grant recipient Margaret Stock on why immigrants are key to US national security and the shoddy government legal work she's fighting in court every day. austinkocher.substack.com/p/without-im...

"Without immigration, we're not a superpower. "Army veteran and MacArthur genius grant recipient Margaret Stock on why immigrants are key to US national security and the shoddy government legal work she's fighting in court every day. austinkocher.substack.com/p/without-im...

"Without immigration, we're not a superpower. "Army veteran and MacArthur genius grant recipient Margaret Stock on why immigrants are key to US national security and the shoddy government legal work she's fighting in court every day. austinkocher.substack.com/p/without-im...

Chris Purdy on the overlooked value of veteran leadership, training veterans to protect democracy, the natural affinity between veterans and immigrants, and the politicization of our military Link: austinkocher.substack.com/p/america-is...

"America is an Aspirational Country": Chris Purdy on the Overlooked Asset of Veteran Leaders austinkocher.substack.com/p/america-is...

"America is an Aspirational Country": Chris Purdy on the Overlooked Asset of Veteran Leaders austinkocher.substack.com/p/america-is...

"America is an Aspirational Country": Chris Purdy on the Overlooked Asset of Veteran Leaders Chris Purdy training veterans to protect democracy, the natural affinity between veterans and immigrants, and the politicization of our military. austinkocher.substack.com/p/america-is...

After a career in the Navy, Shawn VanDiver is leading a new mission: supporting the Afghan allies that Congress has forgotten. A deep dive into America's broken promises and what we can do about it. watch: austinkocher.substack.com/p/showing-up...

"Showing Up is the Love Language of Advocacy." A Conversation with Shawn VanDiver of #AfghanEvac After a career in the Navy, Shawn VanDiver is leading a new mission: supporting the Afghan allies that Congress has forgotten. austinkocher.substack.com/p/showing-up...

Congress needs to do something for our Afghan allies stuck in legal limbo at home or stuck in dangerous situations abroad. Shawn VanDiver to Congress: "Shut the fuck up and do something." <--more of this please, Americans are fed up

A woman who experienced a miscarriage in detention received no medical care for 10 days, was deported in an acute medical crisis, and had her life saved only because reception center workers in Honduras rushed her to an emergency room. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-is-vio...