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Daisy Zavala Magaña

@bydaisy.bsky.social
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Bilingual journalist in Spokane @rangemedia.co Formerly based in the U.S. - Mexico border community of Nogales, AZ. daisyzavalamagana.com

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Jacob Jones @jonesdaily.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A @rangemedia.co analysis found an 8% drop in voter turnout rates in Spokane areas affected by wildfire evacuations compared to turnout for the 2022 primary. By @yongyuhuang.bsky.social: www.rangemedia.co/election-tur...
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Election turnout fell in Spokane wildfire evacuation zones
A RANGE analysis found larger turnout declines in areas affected by wildfire evacuations than elsewhere in the county compared with the 2022 primary.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 28/07/2026
His fight is not over. Smith continues to fight a deportation order to Jamaica, his country of origin. At the same time, advocates continue to call for accountability and an investigation into the alleged sexual assault. Read the full story here:
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Spokane Army veteran alleges sexual assault while in immigration detention
As advocates continue to call for accountability and an investigation into the alleged assault, a district judge recently ordered the veteran’s release from detention, citing another judge’s ‘abuse of discretion’ in denying his bond.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 22/07/2026
Did you know we have one-stop shop on our website for all things Spokane elections? Well, we do! Click the link below for our comprehensive election coverage + voting resources:
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Spokane Election 2026 – RANGE Media
Welcome to RANGE’s one-stop shop for Washington election stuff. Here you’ll find resources for voting, links to voters guides and our coverage on it all. We’ll be updating this page with more of our c...
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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Was grateful to have @bydaisy.bsky.social & Hal Bernton join us on @opb.org today to talk about Flor Sánchez's story. Read their piece here: www.rangemedia.co/yakima-valle...
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For a Yakima Valley farmworker, Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts a wrenching decision to self-deport
An innovator in the apple orchards separates from her family to return to Mexico. In Congress, a bi-partisan bill to legalize many undocumented workers struggles to gain a hearing.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/07/2026
In the meantime, the Dignidad (Dignity) Act – a bipartisan bill to legalize many undocumented workers – has gained supporters but struggles to gain a hearing in Congress. Read the full story here:
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For a Yakima Valley farmworker, Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts a wrenching decision to self-deport
An innovator in the apple orchards separates from her family to return to Mexico. In Congress, a bi-partisan bill to legalize many undocumented workers struggles to gain a hearing.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 08/07/2026
‘People are risking their lives to do it the right way.’ Spokane’s Haitian community is crisis-planning after Supreme Court decision allowed the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitians, Syrians:
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Spokane Haitian community responds to TPS court decision.
Spokane’s Haitian community is crisis-planning after Supreme Court decision allowed the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitians, Syrians.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/07/2026
For 12 years, Flor Sánchez worked in the fruit orchards of central Washington. She developed a new hand tool – a long pole with a fork-like snipper – to help with thinning excess blooms and young fruit. She consulted with engineering students from Oregon State University for months to improve it.
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CHUM News @chum.news · 18/06/2026
After testifying in favor of Seattle’s data-center moratorium, members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice claim their employer is now trying to intimidate them:
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 06/06/2026
On Friday, ICE officer Jaimie Waite testified in court not only about what happened the day he was allegedly assaulted during an arrest, but also about one of the prejudiced posts RANGE found this week. The judge allowed it to be introduced because “It’s evidence of bias.”
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‘Do you want us to do it to all of you?’
The video of ICE officers violently arresting an immigrant man now accused of assaulting one of them is shown in court. ICE agent questioned about prejudiced Facebook post.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/06/2026
The defendant was charged with assaulting a federal officer after he rolled his window up and an ICE officer’s arm became stuck during a stop last July in East Wenatchee.
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Tried for a second time
The jury trial for a Salvadoran man accused of assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest last summer in East Wenatchee begins again after a mistrial.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/05/2026
This week has been A LOT and we're all processing a lot of emotions right now. So we wanna know: what music are you listening to to get through it? We're making a playlist, so put ur faves 👇
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 26/05/2026
We are back in the courtroom for The Trial of the Spokane 3. It's the sixth day of the trial and today the defense will begin to make their case.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 22/05/2026
BREAKING: Judge Rebecca Pennell ruled that ICE supervisory detention officer Jeremy Burlingame can be called back into court so the defense can question him about his Twitter account, which was deleted hours after our story posted.
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Trial of the Spokane 3, Day 5: ICE agent will be called back in to court to testify about Twitter account
The content of that account, which RANGE reported on exclusively yesterday, is so bad even the prosecution said, “They are horrendous, there’s no other way to put it.”
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Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
One huge reason to read local news instead of the big national syndicates parachuting in: we know the gender of the defendants. NYT does not.
Mr. Mavalwalla, Mr. Forral and Mr. Archer have all said they refused to plead to lesser charges because they believe their First Amendment rights were violated. They are accused of attempting to block federal officers from leaving and pushing and shoving in the scrum that followed, not the most serious violence prosecutors say occurred at the Spokane event. In charging documents, for example, prosecutors said that Mr. Archer used sandbags and other obstacles to block a driveway and that he used social media to ask others to “risk arrest to block the exits to ICE.”
Each man faces up to six years in prison if convicted.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 24/02/2026
Live from tonight's council meeting, the $100k contract in support of emergency aid for local immigrants and refugees passed by a vote of 6-1, with Council Member Michael Cathcart the sole no vote. More on that contract and what the funding will do here from @bydaisy.bsky.social:
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City considers funding $100,000 in emergency aid for immigrants
The contract with Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition garners opposition from Latinos en Spokane, council vote expected February 23.
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Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
So excited to welcome @bydaisy.bsky.social to the RANGE team!
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 25/02/2025
"We’ve always had massive deportations, but they just didn’t get media coverage. Now that the spotlight is on this issue, ironically, it’s been productive." If you want to cut through all the bullshit about the border and learn about the reality, read @theborderchronicle.bsky.social.
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“I Try to Focus on What’s Possible”: A Q&A with Judith Cabrera de la Rocha, Codirector of Border Line Crisis Center in Tijuana
Greetings from the Border Invasion.
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Daisy Zavala Magaña @bydaisy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Mexican officials assure deportations remain “low,” in Nogales, citing decreasing numbers of arrivals at a government-shelter. Meanwhile, many of the local shelters have begun to empty out. But some families at Casa de la Misericordia remain hopeful that asylum will be reinstated.
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In Nogales, Sonora, migrants weigh options amidst uncertainty
Mexican officials have transported recently deported migrants to a government shelter. Meanwhile, many asylum-seeking families have left the city.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 21/02/2025
“On my first trip, I asked how I would know what a human bone looks like. They told me I would know. On the second day, I found a femur. After four months, I learned to spot chalky white remains from 50 to 100 feet away.”
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Death in the Desert
Migrants’ bodies pile up in New Mexico after Texas cracks down in the sprawling El Paso sector.
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Ximena Bustillo @ximenabustillo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Military medical personnel are undergoing prep in anticipation of being deployed to Guantanamo Bay. The orders, coordinated by the Southern Command, come as DHS is preparing to “ramp up” its operations on the naval base. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
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Military doctors prepare to deploy to Guantanamo for extended stay
Orders to deploy medical personnel suggest the Trump administration is contemplating an extended stay for people at the U.S. base in Cuba.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
When President Donald Trump was inaugurated for the second time, Alberto asked his coworker if he could put her phone number in his children’s school backpacks A month later, she got the call that he had been detained via @itsmonicacarrillo.bsky.social @alexdugganreports.bsky.social
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A Spokane man who fled the Nicaraguan government in fear for his life is detained by ICE, again. His family is bracing for life without him
Alberto Lovo Rojas feared returning to Nicaragua with a target on his back.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 10/02/2025
Recap: The deadly cost of banning fenantyl test strips. Propaganda maker at the border. Trump's favorite Texas oligrachs. One of Cecile Richards' final interviews. And more in our January/February 2024 issue. www.texasobserver.org/issues/janua...

    The cover story for the January / February 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine shows a fentanyl test strip against a plain black background, with the headline: This strip of paper can prevent an overdose. It’s illegal in Texas by Jason Buch. Other stories include Trump’s Texas Roadshow by Justin Miller and The Frontera Fabulist by Francesca D’Annunzio.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/02/2025
BREAKING NEWS: The federal lawsuit accuses those jurisdictions of "making it more difficult for, and deliberately impeding, federal immigration officers' ability to carry out their responsibilities."
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Justice Department sues Chicago and Illinois over 'sanctuary' laws
The federal lawsuit accuses those jurisdictions of "making it more difficult for, and deliberately impeding, federal immigration officers' ability to carry out their responsibilities."
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Daisy Zavala Magaña @bydaisy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Mexican National Guard troops have been visible in Nogales, Sonora since Trump’s election to reportedly assist with migrant responses in the city.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
things are changing quickly on the immigration beat. don't forget @propublica.org is still investigating the immigration system Right now, I'm looking for info on citizens & others w/legal status caught up in raids & workplace enforcement issues Contact info here: www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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Help ProPublica Reporters Investigate the Immigration System
We need your help to find productive ways to examine the country’s immigration system — what’s working and what isn’t. We especially want to hear from federal workers, attorneys, employers, labor advo...
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Daisy Zavala Magaña @bydaisy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
As Nogales, Sonora begins seeing a small mix of asylum-seeking migrants and deportees, government officials begin preparing additional shelters.
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Sonora shelters see mix of asylum seekers, deportees
As Nogales, Sonora begins seeing a small mix of asylum-seeking migrants and deportees, government officials begin preparing additional shelters.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/01/2025
President Trump signed a slew of orders during his first week in office, impacting policy on immigration, the environment, federal diversity programs and more.
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All the executive orders Trump has signed after 1 week in office
President Trump signed a slew of orders during his first week in office, impacting policy on immigration, the environment, federal diversity programs and more.
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Daisy Zavala Magaña @bydaisy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Know your rights for residents living within the 100 mile border zone.
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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Over a year, we collected & analyzed data on drowning deaths along Texas' stretch of the US/Mexico border on the Rio Grande Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 27/11/2024
“Their deportation could be a death sentence. They live with a lot of anxiety, usually in the form of PTSD.”
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The Deep Roots of Deportation
In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 20/11/2024
“I have found so many amazing teachers and friends that support me that I don’t think people would even know that type of support is a thing in Texas.” From our friends at @deceleration.bsky.social and @truthout.org : What happens to the #trans teens and their families who can't flee?
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‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas
Media attention often focuses on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?
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NPR @npr.org · 18/11/2024
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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