The US Department of State has released a long-delayed report on human trafficking after an investigation by the Guardian and bipartisan pressure from Congress. Type Investigations Director of Partnerships Noy Thrupkaew reports for @guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Committee’s action comes after Guardian investigation revealed rollbacks of anti-trafficking efforts; Trump administration says it is committed to fighting trafficking Type Investigations Director of Partnerships Noy Thrupkaew reports for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and sex abuse Type Investigations Director of Partnerships Noy Thrupkaew reports for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Saber cuántas personas han sido expulsadas del país bajo esta práctica de deportaciones médicas es difícil, ya que no es una deportación formal o por medio de una organización gubernamental, y los hospitales no tienen que registrar o notificar al gobierno. citylimits.org/podcast-que-...

As more migrants self-deport and turn around before they get to the U.S. border, Paola Ramos investigates what happens when migrants stop looking to America as a land of safety and opportunity. www.typeinvestigations.org/news/2025/09...

The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

These patients needed long-term care. Instead, the hospitals pushed for them to be deported. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

"Politicians are public servants and they’re there to answer our questions...pushing back or being a little bit more forward with questions is important when it comes to covering immigration and health care through the lens of politics and policy." www.typeinvestigations.org/backstory/20...

Donald Trump has made hospitals a focus of his mass deportation agenda, lifting restrictions that had discouraged agents from arresting undocumented immigrants in “sensitive areas” like medical facilities. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

"By turning a refugee population into priorities for enforcement, it’s ending a chapter the United States aspired to. It aspired to be a place of refuge." www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

The number of migrants heading toward the U.S. has plummeted since Trump’s inauguration. According to the U.N., only 2,831 people crossed the Darién Gap between January and March 2025—a 98 percent decrease compared with 2024. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

For the newest episode of The Backstory, we sat down with Liset Cruz to talk about her investigation, "When Hospitals Act Like ICE," produced in partnership with @thenation.com: soundcloud.com/typeinvestig...

The number of migrants heading toward the U.S. has plummeted since Trump’s inauguration. According to the U.N., only 2,831 people crossed the Darién Gap between January and March 2025—a 98 percent decrease compared with 2024. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio... 1/

“When the border with the U.S. closed, everyone’s dreams stopped existing. One tries to forget about that, but the feeling remains.” – Edinson, a Venezuelan migrant who returned to his home country: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

NEW for @rollingstone.com As a growing group of migrants reverse migrate, many are letting go of the American Dream, a concept that has shaped the American story for decades. What happens when generations of immigrants stop looking North? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Could not have done this reporting without @typeinvestigations.org and their incredible team

A growing trend of “reverse migration” is emerging throughout the American continent. There's an invisible crisis forming in plain sight: migrants are still risking their lives; they are simply doing it on their way south, not north. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Historically, immigrants trekking to the U.S. each day have carried the aspiration of the American dream. These days, some migrants are turning back around. “When the border with the U.S. closed, everyone’s dreams stopped existing." Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Panamanian boat operators called "lancheros" make a living transporting migrants close to the Colombian border. The 12-hour route is the only way for migrants to bypass the deadly Darién jungle. “It’s unclear what can happen to us during so many hours." 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Inside The Great Reverse Migration Rolling Stone reports on a phenomenon that would have been unimaginable a year ago: migrants self-deporting or turning around before they even reach the border. Read about the treacherous, emotional journey: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

As more migrants self-deport and turn around before they get to the U.S. border, @paoramos.bsky.social investigates what happens when migrants stop looking to America as a land of safety and opportunity, in partnership with @rollingstone.com: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

These patients needed long-term care. Instead, the hospitals pushed for them to be deported. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

The NYT is reporting that the Manhattan DA is pursuing criminal charges against cinema big shot Tony Argento, in connection w/ more charges against Mayor Adams's former top aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin Who is Tony Argento? Our Table of Success has answers: tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com/tony-argento/

You can learn more about Ingrid Lewis-Martin and Tony Argento in the Eric Adams Table of Success, produced in partnership with @hellgatenyc.com: tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com

“You will see more medical repatriations and more attempted medical deportations,” warned Charles Blatteis, a lawyer based in Tennessee who specializes in medical repatriation. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Donald Trump has made hospitals a focus of his mass deportation agenda, lifting restrictions that had discouraged agents from arresting undocumented immigrants in “sensitive areas” like medical facilities. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

“We have noticed that under the Trump administration, hospitals are getting more comfortable with threatening medical deportation,” said Adrianna Torres-García, the deputy director of Free Migration Project. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

By law, hospitals must provide life-saving care to anyone who visits an emergency room. They have long sought to limit their costs by discharging patients as soon as they’re in stable condition—particularly when a patient doesn’t have health insurance. 1/ www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Hospitals have been known to pressure undocumented patients to consent to transfers back to their home countries—a practice that immigrant rights advocates call medical deportation, reports Ida B. Wells Fellow Liset Cruz in partnership with @thenation.com: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) go through special training to provide trauma-informed care to survivors and administer forensic exams. In the Gulf South, there are far too few nurse examiners to handle the number of cases. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Over the past four decades, hundreds of American women who were raising children overseas have fled their allegedly abusive husbands for the safety of home, only to be sued by them under the Hague Abduction Convention. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

“This investigation really changed throughout. When I was talking with my editors at Type, we compared it to a snake sometimes, where it kept slithering and bobbing and weaving.” – Drew Hawkins www.typeinvestigations.org/backstory/20...

For the latest Backstory, we sat down with @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social to discuss his investigation, "Trauma-informed nurses help sexual assault survivors. Most hospitals in the Gulf South don’t have them," produced in partnership with @gulfstatesnewsroom.bsky.social: soundcloud.com/typeinvestig...

For the latest Backstory, we sat down with @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social to discuss his investigation, "Trauma-informed nurses help sexual assault survivors. Most hospitals in the Gulf South don’t have them," produced in partnership with @gulfstatesnewsroom.bsky.social: soundcloud.com/typeinvestig...

Over the past four decades, hundreds of American women who were raising children overseas have fled their allegedly abusive husbands for the safety of home, only to be sued by them under the Hague Abduction Convention. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

You can watch a recording of the full conversation here: www.wwno.org/public-healt...

A really well-reported story by @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social on the importance of sexual assault nurse examiners and the impacts for survivors who lack access to them in the Gulf South: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

In these dark times, a glimmer of good news.

With support from #PressForward, Type Investigations will be able to expand our Springboard project, which provides local newsrooms serving historically marginalized communities with the resources to build their investigative capacity. www.typeinvestigations.org/2025/07/16/t...

As a fellow at @typemediacenter.org, I'm proud to announce that @typeinvestigations.org was selected by Press Forward to expand their Springboard Project for local newsrooms serving historically marginalized communities. Learn more: pressforward.news/infrastructure25 #PressForward

We’re honored to be awarded a grant from Press Forward, a funding initiative to address challenges facing local news, to expand our Springboard Project for local newsrooms serving historically marginalized communities. Learn more: pressforward.news/infrastructure25 #PressForward

On July 17, reporter @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social will lead a virtual conversation with SANEs and survivors in the South about his yearlong investigation about the regional shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners. @gulfstatesnewsroom.bsky.social Register here: uab.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

On July 17, reporter @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social will lead a virtual conversation with SANEs and survivors in the South about his yearlong investigation about the regional shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners. @gulfstatesnewsroom.bsky.social Register here: uab.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) go through special training to provide trauma-informed care to survivors and administer forensic exams. In the Gulf South, there are far too few nurse examiners to handle the number of cases. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

U.S. judges regularly ordered American children returned to foreign fathers accused of abuse, even when mothers provided evidence like text messages, photographs, medical records, domestic violence restraining orders and police reports. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

We analyzed two years’ worth of rulings in U.S. Hague cases. Out of 114 published cases, 77 percent were filed by fathers against mothers, at least 79 percent of whom accused the petitioning father of spousal abuse, child abuse or both. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Over the past four decades, hundreds of American women who were raising children overseas have fled their allegedly abusive husbands for the safety of home, only to be sued by them under the Hague Abduction Convention. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Olivia Gentile's investigation into the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, produced in partnership with @19thnews.org, was featured as an Editors' Pick on @longreads.com: longreads.com/2025/06/19/h...

For @sacbee.com, D. Razor Babb wrote an op-ed about reporting on drinking water contamination at Mule Creek State Prison for @theappeal.org and Type Investigations: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...