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Austin Kocher is a research assistant professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a researcher with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), focusing on immigration enforcement and deportation data. He analyzes U.S. immigration court data and ICE enforcement patterns, publishing research and commentary on immigration policy.