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Good Morning, Nashville! Talking Immigration Data Politics at Vanderbilt University
- Kocher spoke at Vanderbilt on the politics of immigration data, linking measurement choices to public knowledge and policy.
- The talk traced data controversies across administrations to show enduring tensions in measuring and communicating immigration realities.
- "The goal is to move beyond simple partisan narratives and offer a practical guide for anyone working with immigration data to explore both the pitfalls to avoid and the creative opportunities for more transparent, rigorous public communication about immigration realities."
- Kocher will join Vanderbilt students for a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to update detention-related entries with robust, data-driven information.
- The workshop aims to teach open data use to build public knowledge on detention facilities and related deaths in custody.
- Kocher credited Vanderbilt and the Spatial Histories series for hosting the discussion and workshop.
- Kocher highlighted student eagerness for informed, data-driven explorations of the immigration system on campus.
- Kocher invited further campus discussions and potential invitations to present.
- The post emphasizes moving beyond partisan narratives toward transparent public data use.
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