The New York Times analyzed these videos; interviewed policing experts; and reviewed law enforcement policies to understand how an attempted immigration arrest turned deadly so quickly. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW: The Trump administration will terminate deportation protections for thousands of migrants from Syria, homeland security officials said on Friday. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

NEW: A whistle-blower report regarding the Guatemalan children who the Trump administration planned to repatriate claims that the government misrepresented its own data in court, failing to mention that at least 30 of 327 children had been flagged as vulnerable to violence or abuse if sent back.

Proud to work with Michael Schmidt @susannecraignyt.bsky.social and @russbuettner.bsky.social, who are stellar journalists and colleagues, and to work for AG Sulzberger, one of our generation's most stalwart champions of free speech. www.nytco.com/press/the-ne...

Today with @haleaziz.bsky.social : Most of the Korean workers detained during an ICE raid on a Ga. battery plant last week were on short-term businesses visas. In at least one case, ICE acknowledged a worker hadn't violated his visa, and forced him to deport anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission: radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...

Icymi, I’ve got a new gig

The Trump administration warned in immigration court on Thursday that if Abrego Garcia’s recent attempt to open an asylum case in the US is successful, govt officials will seek to deport him back to El Salvador, according to a copy of the filing obtained by The NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Orville Etoria, a Jamaican citizen with legal residency in the U.S., was among five men with criminal records deported in July to a prison in Africa. His case highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.

We studied how Elon Musk shifts Grok’s politics to mirror his own. Sometimes it works, like when Grok changed overnight from saying disinformation was the worst threat to humanity to claiming it was birth rate decline instead. Other times, Grok is harder to influence: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

I told my UC editing class this semester about @nickbaumann.bsky.social’s “SMB” (sucks, make better) recurring editing note in the margins of my drafts. I expected laughter. If I heard right, there were no laughs. A few looks of horror, but no laughter. Nick is a monster

The Eswatini government at one point requested a half-billion dollars from the United States in exchange for taking in third-country deportees, according to documents obtained by The Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

NEW: The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to American officials. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...

Our profile of Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief leading the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., people familiar with the matter said.

The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

“We need to make McCarthy great again,” Laura Loomer told @michaelscherer.bsky.social when he suggested her effort to get federal employees fired for supposed disloyalty to Trump recalled the Red Scare of the early 1950s. She responded: “McCarthy was right.” https://theatln.tc/Pjjsq3OA

They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

U.S. Pauses Visitor Visas for Gazans After Right-Wing Outcry www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...

This morning, ICE sent out a memo offering cash bonuses for quick deportations. The New York Times reached out to DHS about the memo. It then got cancelled. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

important story from the hardest working reporter in the biz, @haleaziz.bsky.social

Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

"Michael Kozak, the career official who oversees diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere, replied: “Well then we probably should not have asked for him. Can we now extradite him to Spain? We did get the S.O.B. released.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

Follow our team's reporting on the funeral of Officer Didarul Islam here: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Breaking News: Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she would not be running for governor of California. “For now, my leadership — and public service — will not be in elected office,” Harris said in a statement. nyti.ms/4ovRPv1

Do You Work With ICE? We Want to Hear From You. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...

She posted a hateful anti-immigrant message, then thought better of it and deleted the post. She has now spent more than 330 days in jail. A look at the free speech war in Europe. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Search-and-rescue operations continue in the Texas Hill Country after deadly floods killed over 100 people. Here’s how to help, volunteer or donate to Texas floods victims and responders:

NEW: The Trump administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants in the U.S., per DHS. The protections end on Sep. 2. "The Secretary determined that, overall, country conditions have improved to the point where Haitians can return home in safety."

what the fuck is that supposed to mean

Emil Bove III, a senior Justice Department official and Trump judicial nominee, told subordinates he was willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president's aggressive deportation campaign, according to a whistle-blower complaint.

“.. Florida’s attorney general .. said the state will not need to invest much in security because the area is surrounded by dangerous wildlife, including alligators and pythons.” @nytimes.com @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...

Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...

Microsoft, responding to a Trump order, helped turn off the email account of the ICC prosecutor freezing his communications just months after the court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for Israeli actions in Gaza @satariano.bsky.social @jeannasmialek.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

Re-upping this!

SCOOP: The Trump admin has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling ICE officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three officials with knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

NEW: Culture war, with real troops. What I saw during three days in downtown LA www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

my full conversation tonight with Governor Newsom inside the L.A. County Emergency Operations Center. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...

If you work at DHS or ICE and want to talk about what's going on in Los Angeles please reach out on Signal: @haleaziz.81

Ryan Mac has covered Elon Musk for years and was co-author of a book about him, but he’s never seen anything quite like this. He describes what set off the meltdown in Musk and President Trump’s relationship. https://trib.al/Ptxv3dY

NEW: How the Trump Administration Banished Eight Men to Legal Limbo in Africa w/ @abbievansickle.bsky.social @haleaziz.bsky.social @erschm.bsky.social Free gift link >>> www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

we're seeing this meme play out in real time. now just waiting for the appearance of Salman.

Jeffrey Epstein invested $40 million into Valar Ventures, a firm created by Peter Thiel. That investment is now worth $170 million and some victims want a part of it. Great reporting from @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

great reporting

NEW: Inside the new ICE strategy to arrest migrants in immigration courts. With internal ICE documents laying out coordination between ICE agents & prosecutors, and reporting from California, New York & DC. w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social and Miriam Jordan: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

A third straight federal judge ruled that one of Trump’s executive orders – this time targeting WilmerHale – is unconstitutional. With that, the strategy of fighting back rather than capitulating to the White House’s demands looks increasingly validated.

Yes, we got a tip when the $TRUMP whales (biggest buyers of his crypto) were going to show up Friday at the White House for their VIP tour and The NYT was there. We had a list with their names. So we knew who they were. But they did not want to chat. I still tried...

Trump’s New Penalty for Undocumented Immigrants: Billions of Dollars in Fines www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the university to fall in line with the president’s agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...