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Alisa Zaira Reznick

@alisazairareznick.bsky.social
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Journalist covering people, wildlife, water and communities in the AZ-Sonora borderlands.

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Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Unconfirmed reports of immigration-enforcement activity are swirling in Tucson. But the Star has confirmed two recent rumors are false, including the claim that dozens of government vehicles at a Tucson hotel belong to ICE. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Rumors of ICE at Tucson hotel, pizza parlor are false, officials say
Unconfirmed and disputed reports of immigration-enforcement activity have been circulating in Tucson this week.
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 01/12/2025
This is the latest of several waivers DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has issued since this summer.
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DHS issues another waiver for border wall construction in Arizona
This is the latest of several waivers DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has issued since this summer.
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"No child is prepared to represent themselves in front of the court” This is an upsetting update on immigrant children facing deportation proceedings alone because of funding cuts for legal service providers From @alisazairareznick.bsky.social www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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'Shock to the system': As funding remains uncertain, some migrant children are facing court alone
The Trump administration cut most of the federal funding for a program providing free legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children who are seeking asylum in the U.S. The money was restored under ...
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 24/11/2025
Mexican truckers and farmers blocked multiple border crossings to the United States Monday to protest the Mexican government.
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Mexican protesters block border crossings to Arizona in Nogales, Sonoyta
Truckers and farmers in Mexico blocked the border on Monday to demand safer highways and better prices.
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 25/11/2025
Almost 230 miles of the Arizona-Mexico border was lined with a 30-foot steel bollard wall during the first Trump administration. So environmentalists breathed a sigh of relief when the San Rafael Valley was left unwalled back then. But that's changing now.
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Long a relief zone for wildlife and water, San Rafael Valley is now in shadow of new border wall
Almost 230 miles of the Arizona-Mexico border was lined with a 30-foot steel bollard wall during the first Trump administration — part of a project that cost roughly $15 billion and covered just over ...
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 25/11/2025
As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history dragged on over the last several weeks, one lawmaker was at the center of it — even though she hadn’t officially been sworn in as a lawmaker yet: Adelita Grijalva.
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Finally sworn in, Adelita Grijalva is ready to take on the border wall, ICE, tariffs and more
As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history dragged on over the last several weeks, one lawmaker was at the center of it — even though she hadn’t officially been sworn in as a lawmaker yet: Ade...
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 21/11/2025
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
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Border Patrol monitors drivers, detains those with 'suspicious' travel patterns, including in AZ
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has fo...
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NPR @npr.org · 03/08/2025
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 25/07/2025
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari said planned to visit people from her district, including a green card holder who’s been in the U.S. for 20 years and is battling leukemia.
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Ansari says she requested visits with 3 people in immigration detention. ICE denied all 3
On a call Thursday, U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari told reporters she planned to visit people from her district, including a green card holder who’s been in the U.S. for 20 years and is battling leukemia.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2025
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers. Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp. “The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
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His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"After he refused to give them his daughter, Mendoza said eight officials grabbed the pair and pushed them up against a wall. Some pried his arms open while others spread his legs, and finally, his daughter was pulled from his chest and taken away screaming." www.kqed.org/news/1204053...
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Some Families Separated at the Border Got Free Legal Aid. The US Just Cut That Contract | KQED
As part of a settlement in a lawsuit over the separations under the first Trump administration, the government agreed to fund legal services. But providers say the program is in jeopardy.
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Kris Vera-Phillips (she/her) @queenkv.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“The current administration is removing information about people’s rights, their obligations, their ability to go through full legal proceedings before potentially being deported [and] their access to assistance" - Amelia Dagen by @alisazairareznick.bsky.social www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Lawyers say posters suggesting migrants 'self-deport' are now appearing in court, detention
The material — shared by the Amica Center — is in English and Spanish and says immigrants who self-deport can keep money earned in the U.S., may be eligible for help flying home and could apply for le...
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Wayne Schutsky @wschutsky.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
As President Donald Trump attempts to fulfill a campaign promise to deport millions of individuals in the country without legal status, Arizona Republicans want to force state and local authorities to help out. @alisazairareznick.bsky.social and I report. www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Trump wants to supercharge ICE enforcement. Some Arizona lawmakers want to help
As President Donald Trump attempts to fulfill a campaign promise to deport millions of individuals in the country without legal status, Arizona Republicans want to force state and local authorities to...
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 28/03/2025
Environmental advocates, tribal leaders and outdoor enthusiasts gathered at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday afternoon to send a message: Public lands should stay in public hands.
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'Public lands belong in public hands,' say protestors at the Arizona Capitol
Environmental advocates, tribal leaders, and outdoor enthusiasts gathered at the Arizona Capitol Thursday afternoon to send a message: Public lands should stay in public hands.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
WA Farmworker activist Alfredo Juarez detained by ICE: Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez is an outspoken advocate for farm worker rights. His supporters believe he was targeted for those beliefs. www.king5.com/article/news...
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Farmworker activist Alfredo Juarez detained by ICE
Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez is an outspoken advocate for farm worker rights. His supporters believe he was targeted for those beliefs.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
By the way, see a lot of folks confused by how ICE can call themselves “police” and basically lie to targets. I wrote (almost seven years ago now, how time flies!!) about how this is also completely legal and in fact is a specifically-sanctioned tactic the agency has
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The ICE Ruse: How Agents Impersonate Local Law Enforcement and Lie to Make Arrests - Documented
This article was co-published with The Daily Beast.Leer en EspañolIt was early in the morning when Miguel found his Brooklyn apartment surrounded by people clad in vests emblazoned: “POLICE.” Immigra...
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Video of Tufts University grad student Rumeysa Ozturk taken by ICE in Massachusetts:
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Surveillance shows Tufts graduate student detained
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 26/03/2025
It's been two months since President Donald Trump closed the door on asylum seekers. But a sliver of hope remains for those who have few options other than to wait in Mexico.
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2 months into Trump's 2nd term, asylum seekers in Nogales hold out hope
It's been two months since President Donald Trump closed the door on asylum seekers. But a sliver of hope remains for those who have few options other than to wait in Mexico.
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 25/03/2025
Under the new rule, posted to the Federal Register Tuesday, nationals from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela who were given temporary protection and work permits under a Biden-era parole program will have that status revoked.
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New rule revokes immigration status for many Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans
Under the new rule, posted to the Federal Register Tuesday, nationals from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela who were given temporary protection and work permits under a Biden-era parole program wi...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg denies the federal government's effort to vacate the TROs in the Alien Enemies Act case, finding that people the government claims are subject to the proclamation at least have a right to "individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all."
The Court need not resolve the thorny question of whether the judiciary has the authority to assess this claim in the first place. That is because Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another
equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all. As the Government itself concedes, the awesome power granted by the Act may be brought to bear only on those who are, in fact,
"alien enemies." And the Supreme Court and this Circuit have long maintained that federal
courts are equipped to adjudicate that question when individuals threatened with detention and
removal challenge their designation as such. Because the named Plaintiffs dispute that they are
members of Tren de Aragua, they may not be deported until a court has been able to decide the
merits of their challenge. Nor may any members of the provisionally certified class be removed
until they have been given the opportunity to challenge their designations as well. The Motion to
Vacate will thus be denied.
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The Bernie/AOC Fight Oligarchy tour is in Tucson this morning and has drawn thousands to Catalina High School.
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 21/03/2025
A group of immigrant rights organizations are suing the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies over asylum rules they say go against U.S. immigration law.
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Legal aid groups file suit against a Biden-era rule that changes fear screenings for asylum seekers
The suit includes the Arizona-based Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, which provides pro-bono legal services to asylum seekers, and focuses on a Biden-era rule enacted just days before Pr...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism. Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
Last night at 12:52 AM, the Department of Justice contacted the undersigned via email. Under the subject line “Momodou Taal et al v. Trump, 25-cv-335 (NDNY),” the government informed the undersigned for the first time that the government intended to serve Mr. Taal with a Notice to Appear (NTA), and that they intended to take Mr. Taal into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Given that this information confirms the factual basis for Plaintiffs’ request for an emergency temporary restraining order, ECF No. 23, and the increased urgency with which the Court’s intervention is needed, we respectfully request the Court construe this letter as any procedurally appropriate vehicle to obtain the same. Plaintiffs’ counsel is immediately available to follow up with any submissions the Court deems appropriate in this extraordinary situation. Attached to this letter is an affidavit from Counsel Eric Lee (Exhibit 4), the government’s 12:52 AM email (Exhibit 5), and Plaintiffs’ counsel’s reply (Exhibit 6). The email reads: My colleagues and I represent the United States in this matter. The applications for admission of Messrs. Stone, Moss, and myself to the bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York are pending, so we have not noticed our appearances yet. But we wanted to reach out to establish a line of communication, and relate some information concerning your client. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has asked us to convey to you the following. ICE invites Mr. Taal and his counsel to appear in-person at the HSI Office in Syracuse at a mutually agreeable time for personal service of the NTA and for Mr. Taal to surrender to ICE custody. Accordingly, if you are interested in proposing such a date and time, we will promptly forward it to ICE for consideration
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán @sergiomarbel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
"We trusted that the U.S. was going to respect his rights — they don't respect human rights." Families of deported Venezuelans dispute gang claims after deportations under Alien Enemies Act www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...
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Families of deported Venezuelans dispute gang claims after deportations under Alien Enemies Act
NPR talked to the families of four men believed to be in El Salvador. None of them had a serious criminal record in the U.S. Only some had been charged with illegal entry. Three had signed their volun...
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Michel Marizco @michelmarizco.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Tribal leaders in Arizona: the Trump Administration disrespected the legacy of Native veterans who served and fought for the United States by removing the 22 tribal nation flags from the Phoenix VA facility. White Mountain Apache chair Velasquez: "unacceptable message that diminishes" sacrifices
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue... @camiloreports.bsky.social @cbsnews.com
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Here are the names of the Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to El Salvador
CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 18/03/2025
In a case involving the Alien Enemies Act, ICE tells a federal judge that out of literally millions of immigrants the agency is aware of on its various docket, there are a total of 258 Tren de Aragua “terrorists”, and ice hasn’t even bothered to arrest over half of them. Self own.
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 18/03/2025
A crowd of former staffers, local families and other community members joined Raúl Grijalva's family just before sundown outside the El Pueblo Neighborhood Center, in Tucson’s south side, on Sunday.
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Hundreds of Tucsonans honor late Congressman Raúl Grijalva at candlelit vigil
A crowd of former staffers, local families and other community members joined Raúl Grijalva's family just before sundown outside the El Pueblo Neighborhood Center, in Tucson’s south side, on Sunday.
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
@ckuck.bsky.social hi there, I’m working on a story about the new USCIS database and am hoping to connect for an interview. Can you write me at areznick@kjzz.org? Thanks!
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 26/02/2025
A state Senate Committee approved a bill to allow law enforcement to detain people for up to five days if they are suspected of being impaired by drugs.
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AZ Senate committee OKs bill to detain people suspected of drug impairment for up to 5 days
A state Senate Committee approved a bill to allow law enforcement to detain people for up to five days if they are suspected of being impaired by drugs.
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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“This is very sad and it’s really going to hurt the local economy.” Sidney Noble, fired botanist
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Choco Harvey Milk @chocoharveymilk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
BREAKING apnews.com/article/usai... Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
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Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs abroad.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 04/02/2025
Yesterday, I published an essay that examined the facts about Trump's immigration enforcement policies, titled "Will Trump's Immigration Enforcement Policies Target Dangerous Criminals? - A Close Look at the Data." Here are the highlights. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/will-trump...
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Will Trump's Immigration Enforcement Policies Target Dangerous Criminals? - A Close Look at the Data
ICE represents its enforcement surge as targeting dangerous criminals, but data tells a different story. Why non-criminals will make up the bulk of ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations.
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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEWS: Carlos Espina, the law student with the biggest social media following in immigration advocacy, has called for a massive, peaceful, respectful rally at the Capitol for March 4, the night of Trump's state of the union address. Watch this space.
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Trump’s threat to levy tariffs as high as 25% on Mexico are a concern on both sides of the border: “...growers are going to have to leave crops not harvested, rotting in the fields, because the market will not support the pricing that is needed to pay the tariff." www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Trump’s threat to levy tariffs as high as 25% on Mexico are a concern on both sides of the border
President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to levy tariffs as high as 25% on Mexico has left people on both sides of the border concerned about the impact it will have on the consumers, employees and busin...
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Ximena Bustillo @ximenabustillo.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A new memo from ICE circulating on the Hill emphasizes the Laken Riley Act is “impossible to execute with existing resources.” New numbers put the need for beds at over 100k & costs over $26 billion in first year. They say prior estimates were outdated & didn’t count for all crimes in the bill
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Michel Marizco @michelmarizco.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Today, @kjzz.org's @alisazairareznick.bsky.social and Camryn Sanchez take a deep dive into how president-elect Donald Trump's deportation plans will play out in Arizona: www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Trump has vowed mass deportations on Day 1. What could that look like?
The biggest hurdle to realizing President-elect Donald Trump’s plan is logistics. It would take an enormous investment in time, money and personnel to make it happen.
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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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Days ahead of Trump's inauguration, Dems from AZ and elsewhere are lining up behind the Laken Riley Act. Meanwhile, a promise of mass deportations on Day 1 looms large for communities. What could that look like? Latest with @camrynsanchez.bsky.social for @kjzz.org www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Trump has vowed mass deportations on Day 1. What could that look like?
The biggest hurdle to realizing President-elect Donald Trump’s plan is logistics. It would take an enormous investment in time, money and personnel to make it happen.
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Israel Agrees to the Ceasefire It Rejected Months Ago, Thousands More Died. via Jonah Valdez @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/01/15/i...
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A Deal Too Late: Israel Agrees to the Ceasefire It Rejected Months Ago, Thousands More Died
Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on almost entirely the same terms as a proposal that fell apart in the summer.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
An utterly damning and horrific image.
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Center for Investigative Reporting Union @cir-union.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Our colleague @aurabogado.bsky.social is being laid off from @motherjones.com and @revealnews.org -- right before Christmas. We're fighting to protect her rights. If you're able, please consider helping her out by donating to her here www.gofundme.com/f/community-...
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Donate to Community Support for Aura Bogado, organized by Jonathan Jones
Hi, my name is Jonathan Jones, and I’m a work colleague of Aura Bogado. Aura is an aw… Jonathan Jones needs your support for Community Support for Aura Bogado
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Trump has vowed to enact deportations of some 13 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. — many of whom have been here for more than a decade. Now AZ families are trying to prepare for a threat that's still murky. My latest @kjzz.org www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Arizona immigrant families brace for the threat of Trump's mass deportations
In the weeks since the election, Trump has alternated between asserting he’d target immigrants with criminal histories and protect DACA, to saying U.S. citizen children could even be deported alongsid...
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
A new Biden administration rule at the border will add new questions to the initial fear screening asylum seekers face upon arrival. Rights groups say it further complicates an already-bogged down process. www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...
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Advocates: New border asylum rule will complicate an already lengthy process for migrants
A new rule enacted by the Biden administration at the border makes it harder for asylum seekers to get past their initial screening.
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Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Attorneys say the parole program would have been a lifeline for thousands who already qualify for a green card, and have no disqualifying criminal record, but who risk separation from their families if they petition for legal status. It was struck down last month by a Trump-appointed federal judge.
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Hopes dashed for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens as program is canceled
While working as a chef at a pub near the University of Arizona in 2006, Tucson native Jason met his future wife, Celia, who was then working as a dishwasher.
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Alisa Zaira Reznick @alisazairareznick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Family Separations Persist. In Some Cases, the Government Doesn’t Say Why. Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/fami...
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Family Separations Persist. In Some Cases, the Government Doesn’t Say Why.
U.S. officials can withhold their rationale in family separation cases that relate to national security. There have been about 80 children separated for these reasons this year, with an estimated 50 o...
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 11/12/2024
"But 'if we don’t cook, we don’t eat,' says Almadhoun. After all, there is no retreating from where you live. 'That’s the beauty and the resilience of soup kitchens that come from the community, versus the one that has people on the payroll.'" www.eater.com/24318675/gaz...
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After the Death of Its Founder, Gaza Soup Kitchen Moves Forward
Mahmoud Almadhoun was killed by an Israeli drone strike. His brother believes he was targeted for feeding displaced Palestinians.
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