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Dianne Solis

@disolis.bsky.social
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Curious journalist/storyteller #immigration #justice #booksky 🦋📚 @dallasnews @wsj alum / Words: Guardian, El País, Texas Observer

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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Report: Federal immigration enforcement is affecting Latinos as an ethnic group — not just undocumented immigrants — with U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents and work-authorized immigrants also experiencing harm.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Report: Federal immigration enforcement is affecting Latinos as an ethnic group — not just undocumented immigrants — with U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents and work-authorized immigrants also experiencing harm.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
apnews.com/article/immi... Thousands of businesses owners and managers are living in a state of constant uncertainty over work permits for valued Haitian employees with TPS. Especially in Florida.
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Loss of work authorization sows confusion for thousands of Haitian immigrants and their US employers
Thousands of businesses owners and managers in the U.S. are living in a state of constant uncertainty because confusion clouds the status of work permits for Haitian employees with Temporary Protected...
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This Seattle-area mechanic offers free tows for vehicles left behind after ICE arrests—and he’s busy. www.kuow.org/immigration/...
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Per the Los Angeles Times: U.S. citizens and immigrants alleging brutal encounters with federal immigration agents are now demanding financial compensation. People across the country are seeking millions through federal tort claims, precursors to possible lawsuits.
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After raids, U.S. citizens and immigrants seek millions for shootings, injuries, trauma
Dozens of U.S. citizens and immigrants are seeking millions in damages, alleging excessive force, wrongful detention and other abuses by federal agents during immigration raids.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Brilliant framing. Thank you, @jazmineulloa.bsky.social #ire2026
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
“Since I got to this Center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.” — a child in detention in Dilley, Texas
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Scott Pelley tells the NYT: "The collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of ‘60 Minutes’ is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...
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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 03/06/2026
CBS News fires longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show.”
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Scott Pelley fired from '60 Minutes' as CBS News turmoil deepens
CBS News has fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley. It came a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
apnews.com/article/san-... San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos. San Francisco is the first major city to be left without a primary immigration court, in a region known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.
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San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos
San Francisco's main immigration court has closed, leaving chaos and dysfunction in a region long known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026
DHS officials previously insisted children were not zip-tied during this raid, but in his claim, a 16-year-old boy who hyperventilated at the sight of agents assaulting immigrants said he and his mom were zip-tied outside the building.
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Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed thi...
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 01/04/2026
Teens and young adults nowadays don't realize that there used to be a time, before they came of age, when April Fools jokes didn't so easily blend into the absurdity of world events and real news
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee is released from ICE detention at Dilley, Texas www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee is released from ICE detention
Deiver Henao Jimenez told children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel that he wanted to leave Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas to go to his state spelling bee.
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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Congratulations to ALL who contributed to All the Empty Rooms, Oscar winner for best documentary! I hope everyone sees this important documentary on Netflix. #EndGunViolence
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Email from Never Surrender group seeks donations for Pres. Trump from those who want access to "private national security briefings" from him.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“…make your own security plans.”
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 27/02/2026
“Frio County 911. What is your emergency?” “I’m calling from the Dilley immigration center … I’m calling for a little kid going through respiratory distress.” At least 11 times since September, EMS crews have been called to a Texas detention center for children in crisis. Listen to the audio:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/02/2026
Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live there. WSJ on record numbers leaving: www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2026
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Thank you to all for the kind notes. This week has been shattering. Somehow I’m still here. I’ll do my best for as long as I can. Here’s how to help the ones we lost: Hire them. They’re brilliant. Donate: US www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... International www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Mega-detention center planned for Hutchins in Dallas County would be part of an expansion of 20,000 beds in Tx. Already, 70,000 immigrants are in detention in U.S., a historic high. 1/2 www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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ICE plans ‘mega’ Texas detention center in Hutchins to hold 9,500, agency doc shows
An internal agency document reviewed by The Dallas Morning News identifies, for the first time, the address of the Hutchins warehouse and names three other...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/01/2026
Breaking News: President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said the immigration crackdown in Minnesota could ease if federal agents gained broader access to state jails.
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Live Updates: Trump's Border Chief Says He Is In Minnesota to 'Regain Law and Order'
Tom Homan, now in charge of ICE’s immigration operation in the state, held a news conference outside Minneapolis as the agency faced growing pressure over its tactics.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
apnews.com/article/minn... AP: Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets
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Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets
President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/ @mckenziefunk.com
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
You know you're in the bad place when a news story about a missing teenager includes this near the end: "Salazar confirmed that Mendoza Olmos was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite her being a U.S. citizen."
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Texas teen missing since Christmas Eve believed to be in 'imminent danger': Sheriff
A Texas teen who went missing early Wednesday morning has not been since she left her home just before 7 a.m., according to officials.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season! Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas! #WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Pew: 71% said Trump is doing too much when it comes to deportations, up 15 points since March. — More than half worry that they, a close friend or family member will be deported.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
🚨In the latest CNN poll, 55% say the president has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, up 10 points since February. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...
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CNN Poll: Americans largely oppose Trump’s ramp-up of deportations | CNN Politics
Americans largely oppose recent efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to scale up its deportation program, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a rising majority saying the president has go...
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“It’s sort of a Catch-22,” said Nikolai Mischler, an organizer for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, a NYC-based nonprofit that watches court proceedings. “It’s completely understandable for people to be scared to go to court,” he said, though it puts them at even greater risk.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. www.stripes.com/branches/coa...
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US Coast Guard aircrew awarded for heroism during flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas
Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/07/2025
BREAKING: FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals.
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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/07/2025
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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Axios @axios.com · 01/07/2025
Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.
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Moderates flee Congress as bipartisan dealmaking crumbles
Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
It’s not just Harvard they’re after www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model
The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
As immigration agents make random arrests in Santa Ana, a mom tells 7-y/o: “No, honey. We can’t go outside.” “Why?” “The police are taking people away. They are taking away people who were not born here.” | W @ajcorchado.bsky.social @cindycarcamo.bsky.social english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...
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Immigration raids disrupt businesses and migrant families in Los Angeles: ‘I haven’t seen it like this since Covid’
The increase in arrests in California is starting to hit the economy and the pockets of immigrant families, who no longer dare to go out or work
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2025
A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"
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Pittsburgh Dave @davetarrant.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Shameful. The military is being politicized and taking sides. This is unprecedented in American history.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"It was the most amount of less-lethals I’ve seen used in a single day protest," said @calmatters.org reporter @sergioolmos.bsky.social, struck in the chest with what he believes to be a 40mm sponge grenade. He's covered hundreds of days of protests in his career.
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Journalists come under fire covering L.A. protests
Reporters say they were struck with less-lethal rounds fired by law enforcement in Los Angeles. Advocates worry it will inhibit vital journalism.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Page One in Los Angeles @latimes.com
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.
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Seung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump and Xi speak amid stalled negotiations over tariffs that have roiled global trade, Chinese state media says.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
such challenging times for the onion www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The zip-tied immigrant children in San Antonio were ages 9 to 12. www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
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Ximena Bustillo @ximenabustillo.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
She was preparing for her husband to be deported to Vietnam. The deportation itself was not a surprise. What was a surprise was the final destination - South Sudan. My latest on the admin’s use of third countries: www.npr.org/2025/06/01/g...
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The White House is deporting people to countries they're not from. Why?
The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/05/2025
Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
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Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The zip-tied immigrant children in San Antonio were ages 9 to 12. www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
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NPR @npr.org · 27/05/2025
Cutting off research funding for Harvard University might hurt the school, its president Alan Garber told NPR, but it also potentially sets back important work that benefits the public.
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As Trump targets elite schools, Harvard's president says they should 'stand firm'
Cutting off research funding for Harvard University might hurt the school, its president Alan Garber told NPR, but it also potentially sets back important work that benefits the public.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
BREAKING: NPR & public radio stations sue Trump over funding halts, argue such moves are an unconstitutional attempt to retaliate against the network because he doesn't like its content. Lead counsel: stymied GWBush DC Cir nominee Miguel Estrada. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 25/05/2025
A Mexican rights group says questionable candidates in an upcoming judicial election reveal grave flaws in the government vetting system reut.rs/43aVvJS
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