With record high FAFSA completion rates elsewhere, @juliabarajas.bsky.social reports that thousands fewer CA students in mixed-status families have submitted the federal forms in fear of exposing undocumented parents: "Fear is reshaping college-going behavior." ghost.edandclass.com/fearing-fafs...

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

El exilio del periodismo salvadoreño es el capítulo más reciente de un patrón que se repite en Centroamérica. En este episodio hablamos con Óscar Martínez, Carlos Martínez y colegas de la región sobre sus experiencias. 🎧 Escucha: elhilo.audio/266

1/ Twenty-five years ago, lawmakers from both parties created two new visas: 🟣 U visas for victims of domestic violence and other serious crimes 🟣 T visas for victims of human trafficking

Before his immigration check-in, Kilmar Abrego Garcia delivered an emotional plea to immigrants and the immigrant rights community. “Regardless of what happens here with ICE, promise me this that you will keep fighting, praying, believing in dignity — not only for me but for everyone,” he said.

Cuando Jhoanna Sanguino vio el nombre de su sobrino en la lista de los 252 venezolanos deportados a la megacárcel de El Salvador, el mundo se le vino abajo. Pero en medio de todo el dolor, decidió que haría todo lo posible para sacarlo. Su historia aquí: elhilo.audio/259

Trump just issued a proclamation that delays a rule meant to tighten ethylene oxide emissions at companies that use the gas to sterilize medical equipment, @juliabarajas.bsky.social reports for @laist.com. UCLA Prof. William Boyd says no other president has gone this route. laist.com/news/health/...

Bukele is arresting lawyers, targeting NGOs and chasing journalists from El Salvador.
The Trump administration says he’s a model for the region @schmidtsam.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Found this @laist.com piece interviewing graduating seniors in LA—some of whom have family members afraid of attending ceremonies right now—to be quite moving. laist.com/news/educati...

“I’m not surprised that nobody turned in their colleagues,” a retired EPA worker said. His former co-workers understood the importance of addressing pollution that disproportionately impacted communities of color, he added. “That’s part of the mission — it has been for decades."

AI is already changing how journalists operate. Reporters, editors, executives, and others across the news industry share their advice on how to engage—and where to draw the line. By Mike Ananny and Matt Pearce in collaboration with USC's AI for Media & Storytelling. www.cjr.org/feature-2/ho...

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

NEW from me: Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4

Alabama cannot prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations for helping patients travel out of the state to obtain abortions, a federal judge ruled on Monday. Alabama has one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S.

“It’s really everyone — not just noncitizens or undocumented people — who are in danger of having their liberty violated in this kind of mass deportation machinery,” said Cody Wofsy, the deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

“State data shows nearly 90% of students enrolled in Ohio’s voucher program this year are not low-income qualified, a dramatic turnabout from the program’s stated initial purpose.”

“Going back to Haiti is a death sentence, really.” Haitian immigrants moved to Colorado on the promise of a good job and a place to stay—only to be mistreated. Now, they fear deportation. Ted Genoways with @thefern.org reports for our latest episode of Reveal.

In particular, the memo also calls for DOT to favor projects that “require local compliance or cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.” Important work from @kendrawrites.com on what's happening at the Dept of Transportation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Staffers at "U.S.-funded medical facilities in Sudan who care for severely malnourished children had a choice to make: Defy President Donald Trump’s order to immediately stop their operations or let up to 100 babies and toddlers die. They chose the children." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods. Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

NEW: As Los Angeles continues to combat rent-controlled apartments being illegally listed as vacation rentals, the city has proposed higher penalties: from $1k for first violations for the smallest properties to $64k for a third violation for the largest.

The incoming Trump administration has said workplace raids will be restarted as part of their mass deportations promise. This has left people in the area anxious about the deep impact new workplace raids could have on the community's economy and psyche. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...

As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, we’ve learned that many women felt they didn’t know what was normal during a visit, or didn’t know what they could do to speak up. We created this guide to help fill this gap. 👇

If you’ve been feeling down about journalism's future, I invite you to read this story about the 100th anniversary of Santa Ana College’s student newspaper . . . w/ photos by: Brian Feinzimer laist.com/news/educati...

The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs.”

In addition to my higher ed reporting, I’ve also started freelancing again. Here’s my first story for Cannabis Wire in a long time, which delves into the state of cannabis policy in Mexico: cannabiswire.com/news/2024/11...