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Carla Astudillo

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Journalist making news apps at @ProPublica.org (previously @texastribune.org @nj.com). Send me tips and data in need of scrutiny and accountability. Email: carla.astudillo@propublica.org Signal: Carla_Astudillo.87

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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since I joined ProPublica in January, I have been tracking the massive surge in petitions by immigrants to contest their detention. When I looked closer at the data, I found HUGE disparities in the time it takes certain judges to resolve these cases. THREAD ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. via @carla-astudi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Important data-driven story: These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained, by @carla-astudi.bsky.social
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please take a moment and read Lara Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes - not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.
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I consider it a great privilege to live alongside members of the military and share their stories. It's a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve right to a free and independent press.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
3/ Senator Whitehouse also discussed the report by @propublica.org's @davidmcswane.bsky.social @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @carla-astudi.bsky.social Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct www.propublica.org/article/just...
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov discusses the study we published @justsecurity.org ⤵️ The study tracks scores of (Republican and Democratic-appointed) federal judges who have harshly criticized the Department of Justice for dishonesty and worse. The fall of a 'presumption of regularity.' 1/🧵
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
HABEAS UPDATE: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 67,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. There’s been a recent uptick in cases with 8,478 reported in July. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
A line chart shows the number of detention challenges filed per month since President Obama was in office. The number of new habeas cases peaked in March at 9,112 and there's been a recent uptick with 8,478 in July.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'm so unbelievably happy! Thank you so much to everyone at @propublicaguild.org for fighting for this contract. I'm still new to this organization so I'm so thankful for the work my colleagues have put in these last three (!) years.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Updated the @propublica.org habeas tracker for the week. While the number of new habeas cases every week has begun to slow from the peak earlier this year, there are still thousands of cases being filed nationwide – higher than it was even a year prior. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
A bar chart showing that starting on October 2025, the habeas cases filed every week started to increase, reaching a peak of 2,290 habeas weekly cases in early 2026.
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Exciting news: ProPublica's new podcast is about to launch! The incredible team behind PAPER TRAIL has crafted something truly special. And it's true: Investigative journalism *is* an act of optimism. Find out the truth; tell it well; see what's possible. 💫
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 05/05/2026
Yesterday, our members chanted and marched through @propublica.org’s NYC office demanding a fair contract now. We delivered a stack of more than 4,000 petition signatures and 300 comments from our supporters to management.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 04/05/2026
Huge congratulations to all our current and former members who won or were finalists for Pulitzer Prizes today! All journalists deserve a fair contract that provides the job security necessary to do this work. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
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2026 Prize Winners and Finalists | The Pulitzer Prizes
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Hannah Fresques @fresques.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
So proud of data reporters @sophiechou.bsky.social and @harucoryne.bsky.social, who are Pulitzer Prize winners today. They made sense of tens of thousands of scanned, hand written forms to uncover how the Connecticut DMV allows tow companies to sell people’s cars www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The award, for uncovering predatory state towing practices, marks ProPublica’s 9th Pulitzer; two additional investigations were named finalists.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
AMAZING, AMAZING NEWS!! ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting 🎉🎉🎉
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ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The award, for uncovering predatory state towing practices, marks ProPublica’s 9th Pulitzer; two additional investigations were named finalists.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 01/05/2026
1/ Happy International Workers' Day to all our fellow workers and unions! ✊ ICYMI, our bargaining unit exercised our collective power to walk out on a one-day strike last month, as we fight for a fair contract.
A group of about 40 people stand or squat on a sidewalk. Many have fists raised in the air. Many are hodling signs that read "ON ULP STRIKE", "PROPUBLICA WORKERS DESERVE FAIR PAY", "THOUGHTS NOT BOTS", and "PROPUBLICA WORKERS HEART A FAIR CONTRACT". A group of about 8 people stand on the sidewalk in front of a table covered in signs. The signs say "PROPUBLICA WORKERS ON STRIKE FOR A FAIR CONTRACT" and "HONK". The people are holding signs and smiling.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
My husband is showing his new documentary "When We Were Live" about public access TV in Austin, Texas at the Atlanta Film Festival on April 26th at 3:15 PM. Come on by if you're in town and want to see a movie about community that's both funny and a tear jerker. atlff26.eventive.org/schedule/69b...
A still of a drag queen putting makeup in a handheld mirror. "When We Were Live" is shown in a header, under it Sunday April 26, 2026 3:15 p.m. EDT Plaza Theatre | LeFont Auditorium
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
UPDATE: we now have a handy FAQ at the bottom of the page about our downloadable data on habeas petitions filed by immigrant detainees in district courts. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
A Frequently Asked Questions section. A header that says About the Data at the top then several questions below.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I take no pleasure in saying that I and my @propublicaguild.org colleagues are on strike. It shouldn't have come to this and i can only hope that seeing the overwhelming majority of staff walk out today opens management's eyes and convinces them we're serious about our demands.
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I love my job. I believe in ProPublica's mission. I have so much work to do today on a story that should publish soon. But today, I'm on strike with my colleagues at the @propublicaguild.org. Hoping we get over the finish line SOON on our very first contract -- and a fair one.
Selfie of Anna in front of a window, wearing a ProPublica Guild T-shirt.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Local journos, this new feature will help you find all the habeas cases in your state and federal judicial district with one click. Track them over time. Huge public service!
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Small but important update to our @propublica.org habeas tracker: By clicking on the little icon in our table, you can download all habeas cases for each state or court district since Jan. 2025, inc. case names, docket number along with Court Listener link. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
A table of habeas cases by state and court district with an icon on the far right where you can download habeas data since Jan. 2025.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This was my previous job at The Texas Tribune! Highly recommend applying. If you’re at #NICAR26, feel free to ask me questions about the role and working at the Tribune and/or moving to Texas.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Awesome database published by my @propublica.org colleagues where you can look up financial disclosures of over 1,500 of Trump's appointees. #NICAR26 data nerds will appreciate this one! projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Now officially official: @carla-astudi.bsky.social is @propublica.org's newest News Apps Developer! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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ProPublica Hires Carla Astudillo as News Applications Developer
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My first byline for a news app at @propublica.org, and it still manages to be kind of about Texas (as in, guess the top state!).
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Welcome aboard, Carla!
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Happy to share some professional news: I'm about to finish my first week at @propublica.org as a News App Developer. Humbled to join this team of talented data journalists and coders! www.propublica.org/newsapps
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News App Archives
News Applications, Graphics, Databases and Tools
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Hey! Some bittersweet news from me: yesterday was my last day at the @texastribune.org after almost six years of doing some of the best journalism of my career.
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Emily Foxhall @emfoxhall.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It's been more than 3 months since the Central Texas floods, and the application window for FEMA aid has closed. So @carla-astudi.bsky.social and I looked at where things stand. We found about one-fifth of FEMA applications from Kerr County have been approved so far.
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FEMA denied or didn’t advance most Kerr County flood requests
Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Just how catastrophic was the scope, scale and intensity of the Central Texas floods? The @texastribune.org team have put together graphics explaining. Visuals by me, Chris Essig and Edison Wu. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/h...
A line chart that shows the height of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. The line goes from less than 5 feet to 36 feet from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.A line chart that shows the height of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. The line goes from less than 5 feet to 36 feet from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.Three bar charts showing the highest river levels recorded in each year going back to 1968 in Kerrville, Hunt and Comfort.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
NEW: Sec. Noem has now admits "last mile" disaster communications weren't up to par in the Texas catastrophe. But while bodies were still being recovered on Tuesday DHS canceled a $3 million grant focused on improving precisely those kinds of "last mile" comms. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-c...
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DHS Cancels Extreme Weather Comms Grant While Bodies Still Being Recovered in Texas
As more than a hundred fatalities have been confirmed in Texas flash...
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
With the House bill now passed, I wanted to re-up two important stories: The bill benefits the rich, and inflicts deepest harm on the poorest Americans, data show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b... The deep federal aid cuts will not arrive immediately. A timeline: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
NEW: Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it www.propublica.org/article/kris... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Now that the 2025 #txlege is over, are you wondering how your legislators voted on key bills? I got ya covered! I built a nifty little lookup tool to help you do just that for the @texastribune.org Link: www.texastribune.org/2025/06/13/t...
A search bar with "Enter the name of a legislator" text above. Below a headshot of Texas  House rep Greg Bonnen. Below are three cards with Bonnen's votes on the State Budget, School Voucher and Banning THC bills.A search bar with "Enter Your Address" text above. Below a headshot of Texas Senate rep Sarah Eckhardt and Texas House rep Gina Hinojosa. Below are three cards with the representatives' votes on the State Budget, School Voucher and Banning THC bills.
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Alejandra Martinez @alereports.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day. Texas lawmakers are betting on this solution to solve the state’s water crisis. But it is expensive and there are environmental concerns. For @texastribune.org graphics: @carla-astudi.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2025/04/11/e...
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To avoid a water crisis, Texas may bet big on desalination. Here’s how it works in El Paso.
Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day. But it is expensive and there are many environmental concerns.
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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 06/03/2025
At #NICAR25 the CFPB’s Chief Technologist @erie.bsky.social says the agency is still here and can only be ended by an act of Congress, despite her team being recently fired. The DOGE team has “god mode” access to all CFPB complaint data. “It's a 5 alarm fire for me that they have this data.”
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Tom Meagher @tfmfm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Tip for @ire-nicar.bsky.social #nicar25 newcomers: Go to any session by Paul Overberg. It's always a master class. He began his hands-on workshop on CDC deaths data with an overview of record-keeping in the American colonies before the Declaration of Independence.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2025
🧵 THREAD: In the second Trump administration, we’re devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans. Here are some of the issues we’re watching — and how you can inform our work.
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Al Shaw @shaw.al · 06/02/2025
New: @propublica.org is tracking who's in Musk's DOGE crew. 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported.
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Uriel J. García @ujohnnyg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Texas school district warns Border Patrol may board buses and question students about citizenship www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/a...
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Texas school district warns Border Patrol may board buses and question students about citizenship
A letter sent to Alice ISD parents Wednesday said a student may be detained and possibly deported if they cannot prove they are in the country legally.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Texas colleges would be required to submit compliance reports and they don’t fix a violation within 180 days, they would be ineligible for future funding increases. via @jessicapriest.bsky.social @snehadey.bsky.social
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Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown
Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
this piece also never truly makes the case as to why the Star-Ledger was great in its heyday other than high circulation and staffing numbers + namedropping some reporters. Why were they so great? What stories did they publish? Why waste half the article ranting about how much the SL sucks now?
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Rebekah Allen @rebekahallen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
They went out to buy baby formula and were pulled over for a traffic stop. The man in the process of getting a green card is now facing deportation. He has no criminal record. His wife is an American citizen and they have 3 kids. via @serranoalej.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/t...
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An immigrant faces deportation after a routine traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
One overlooked part of RFK Jr’s bid to be HHS secretary — what would he do with the agency’s *Human* services? RFK Jr derided Trump’s first immigration policy as cruel. But as a presidential candidate, he embraced some of Trump’s border ideas. And if confirmed, RFK Jr could help implement them.
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RFK Jr., once a Trump critic on immigration, now could help enforce it
Kennedy, who derided Trump’s family-separation policy as forcing “Sophie’s Choice” on migrants, seeks to lead the agency that takes custody of migrant children.
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