To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

The email from a U.S. immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their 6-year-old daughter. Inside Trump’s pressure tactics w/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com

“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.” Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Of all the things we’ve seen in Chicago, can’t recall anything like these scenes, reportedly from 63rd and Kostner on the South Side

Journalism that fails to infuse a historically informed lens is akin to covering the smoke but never asking who lit the fire. History-centered journalism should be the framework within every newsroom.

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations, w/ Emily Green and @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

NEW FROM @reuters.com: Top U.S. law firms have sharply scaled back their efforts to challenge the federal government in court, especially on behalf of pro bono clients, in the face of threats from President Trump. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

My colleague Diego Ore tells the story of a family who self-deported to Mexico. As they passed Mexican customs, officials confiscated their truck and took $5,000, the family's entire savings, for what they called a fine.

This week, I wrote about Ingrid Mejia, a Guatemalan egg farmworker who spent more than four months in ICE detention after a traffic misdemeanor, while her 3-year-old son, a U.S. citizen, was stuck in foster care. www.reuters.com/world/us/an-...

To date, the Trump Administration has refused to share the names of the men it has sent to El Salvador. One attorney involved in the advocacy efforts described her clients as “ghosts.”

Jeferson Escalona, who DHS said was a “self-admitted” member of Tren de Aragua: "They're making false accusations about me. I don't belong to any gang." W/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/americ...

After Trump's order on refugee status for Afrikaners, hundreds of white South Africans joined informal WhatsApp groups where they share information about the process. In one, applicants discussed potentially chartering a flight for their pet dogs. www.reuters.com/world/us-foc...

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

EXCLUSIVE: A woman last month flagged down a Houston police officer to tell them about a car crash. The officer responded by calling federal immigration authorities on her. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

🚨 WaPo exclusive — The Trump admin has set its sights on deporting **1 MILLION** immigrants this year. How it went from a quiet ambition to a White House strategy. Scooping with @mariasacchetti.bsky.social.

An investigation into obtained arrest records contradicts the U.S. Customs & Border Protection's messaging that Operation Return to Sender was a "highly targeted” law enforcement action. Full report from Evident, @calmatters.org, @sergioolmos.bsky.social & @bellingcat.com: evidentmedia.live/44fZ1mX

Asked why the Trump admin will not release details on cases of alleged gang members sent to El Salvador, Noem defended the government’s assessment. “We’re confident that people that are there should be there, and they should stay there for the rest of their lives" www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. W/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

We talked to 50 families of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador. They said their loved ones were barbers, tattoo artists, construction workers; many had tattoos that honored family members and their professions. They all said they had no links to Tren de Aragua.

As a journalist, I'm pleased that everyone connected with the Trump administration seems to be in agreement that people shouldn't be punished for handing over sensitive information to reporters.

Family members of Venezuelan migrants who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador as part of a rapid US deportation operation over the weekend are struggling to get more information as a legal battle plays out. @kristinacooke.bsky.social and Sarah Kinosian www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US - w/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered the US without their parents, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters. W/ Marisa Taylor and @tedhesson.bsky.social

New from me and @tedhesson.bsky.social on Trump's immigration crackdown. Includes the story of Blaiss Che from Cameroon, who was detained by ICE despite having valid Temporary Protected Status www.reuters.com/investigates...

First reporting I’ve seen identifying someone taken to Guantanamo. Appears to be someone who got a CBP One appointment and was in custody from the moment he appeared at a POE for inspection.

New: An undocumented Texan is facing deportation after he and his wife got pulled over last week in Lubbock for an alleged traffic violation while they were out buying baby formula. The officer called ICE. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/t...

Asked why Trump has not done anything about prices, despite that being the main reason people voted for him, Lindsey Graham says well Trump really only cares about immigration anyway.

Addendum: this is a good article to read if you want to understand what ICE operations look like in the modern era. It's from 2019, as Trump was first ramping up internal enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/m...

About a third of the 1.4 million people with final deportation orders live in the Florida and Texas enforcement areas - both states which have supported crackdowns w/ @tedhesson.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Biden is poised to hand Trump the most "quiet and stable border" in years, said Doris Meissner, a senior fellow with the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute. Story by @tedhesson.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/americ...

How do Mexico's #cartels get their hands on all those #fentanyl chemicals from China? Meet "Javier" and "El 23" www.reuters.com/investigates...

It took a year to scour every local office for every record of a migrant death on the Texas border w/Mexico. The results are devastating amid a Texas border crackdown. >1K drowned btwn 2017-23, many children. We tell the story of a 4yo lone survivor of a family drowned in the Rio Grande last year.

Very proud to have coordinated this binational investigation with @washingtonpost.com @eluniversalmx.bsky.social & the @lhreports.bsky.social team!

Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵

My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

Subscribed! Look forward to reading this.

Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...

We asked journalists around the world who have endured attacks on press freedom what advice they would give their American colleagues. We have collected their wise and remarkable responses in a special issue of @niemanreports.org. “Dear America,” they wrote.

Hi new followers! I’m an investigative reporter at Reuters focused on immigration. If you’re an immigrant, government employee, contractor, attorney etc and you experience/see/hear something you think the public should know or a reporter should look into, please get in touch. Contact info in bio.

John Duarte, a Republican congressman and farmer, said the Trump administration should pledge that immigrant workers in the country for five years or longer with no criminal record will not be targeted and look at avenues to permanent legal status. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

"Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation, torment and sexual servitude" ... Here's our latest harrowing look inside the billion-dollar porn platform. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Spain's economy is the fastest-growing in the EU, boosted in part by hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Latin America, who are plugging labor shortages.

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I started this starter pack of reporters who write about U.S. immigration. Lots of people missing, very much a work in progress. Please let me know who else to add! go.bsky.app/Gsy6xuv