James Witte
@jamescwitte
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George Mason University Soc Prof, Director Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) Tweets come from me not them.
Fairfax, VA USA
Joined August 2011
While I turned to @CNN for news coverage and I realize commercials are a part of the business model. But come on @jaketapper daily commercials for selling your TWO books is a bit much and blurs the line between news and the commercials you need to provide the coverage.
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Is #TeslaDasNaziAuto ? If it looks like a Beetle, quacks like a Beetle and scams like a Beetle, I think we know the answer.
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Worth studying and considering a broader definition of privilege. IYKYK.
Worth studying … Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia | NBER
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RT @PeterBoettke: Worth studying … Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia | NBER
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Looking forward to visiting George Mason to talk about “We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century” and the just-completed election.
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Join the @IIRGMU on Nov. 12 for a discussison with @RaySuarezNews about his new book. Shout out to @Lokay #thefinalfive for putting the book on our radar!
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EST: Please join us as Ray discusses his new book, We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st...
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7th Annual @ @iirgmu & @FallfortheBook New American Voices award ceremony with author finalists @alex_esp Carrie Sun, and @mixedmsgs (front) amazing judges (back) Congrats to winner Shahnaz Habib for Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel @GeorgeMasonCHSS
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RT @MarissaKissPhD: Congrats to the 2024 WNBA Champions, @nyliberty! During the 2024 season, 19% of WNBA players were born abroad. The @min….
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Join Institute for Immigration Research-GMU this Tuesday (10/22) @ 5:30 at George Mason University's Center for the Arts in Fairfax as we cohost a moderated conversation with the Villabos Brothers (details below) @GeorgeMasonCHSS @ilctr
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Immigrant MLB players--leading on the field and off as far back as Babe Ruth, the son of two German immigrants:
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March marks the beginning of Baseball Spring Training, and there is nowhere that has more of a spring training history than St. Petersburg. Beginning with the St. Louis Browns in 1914, some nine...
Yankees are heading to the World Series! Last night, 6 of the 9 hits on the Yankees were from foreign-born players. Dominican player, @JuanSoto25_ , drove in three of the five runs. Immigrant players are key to MLB
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One highlight from @IIRGMU work on Immigrants, Athletes, and Inclusion @MarissaKissPhD.
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To what degree can athletes use their visibility to strengthen communities? Immigrants are a growing share of professional sports in the...
#GeorgeMasonResearch The author of this piece highlights research by @IIRGMU regarding the percentage of immigrants on the US Olympic team. This information was also reported in "The Guardian."
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Well, it's already looking like this and imagine what the appartus would look like layered on top of the existing Goldberg system. something like this comes to mind:
The economy will be flooded with expensive Rube Goldberg innovations if the government ever stops immigration. This isn't progress, it's a waste.
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Why baseball? A concrete example of the impact #Project2025 like immigration policies would have on a wide range of US industries dependent on legal seasonal foreign-born workers.
Marissa Kiss and James Witte: Immigration proposals threaten major league baseball via @PittsburghPG . @jamescwitte @MarissaKissPhD @AngelaHattery.
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DM us @IIRGMU we see you @OfficialAgude @Alwaysimprovin1 @Ifeatu_Mel @LeviOnw @isaacukwu @Keguakunand want to further amplify the contributions of all Nigerians in the US
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We see you @OfficialAgude @Alwaysimprovin1 @Ifeatu_Mel @LeviOnw @isaacukwu @Keguakun To further amplify the contributions of all Nigerians in the US @IIRGMU
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To what degree can athletes use their visibility to strengthen communities? Immigrants are a growing share of professional sports in the...
Let’s get all NFL teams to celebrate! Among 2024 active or reserve NFL players, 12 were born in Nigeria (17% of all immigrant players) & 53 are U.S. born players who are children of Nigerian immigrant parent(s) or second-generation immigrants @jamescwitte.
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Looking forward to this and learn more about the experiences of international student athletes.
Join current and former international collegiate student-athletes for an hour-long webinar on September 30th at 12pm EST to learn about their involvement in sports, playing sports at the collegiate level, and coming to the U.S.
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RT @ilctr: Just another reminder that we are hosting our next virtual training United by Sports tomorrow from 7 to 8:30 PM ET. It'll be a g….
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RT @NatImmForum: Our new polling numbers are clear: American voters want candidates who focus on immigration solutions rather than employ d….
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RT @AlexNowrasteh: Native-born Americans have an incarceration rate 3.5 times higher than that of all Haitian immigrants. .
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The @IIRGMU work on Immigrants, Athletes, and Civic Engagement will be part of a free webinar organized by our partner organization @ilctr in the evening of 9/17 @ 7 pm. Register and join us! @GeorgeMasonCHSS
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Whether playing tag at recess, participating in a youth sport or rooting for a professional team, research shows that sports can create community.
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