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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 09/09/2026
This story is part of City of Possibility, a multimedia series that asks: what do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future?
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City of Possibility - Feet in 2 Worlds
City of Possibility is a multimedia series from Fi2W that asks: what do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future?
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 09/09/2026
Fi2W Producer Danny Bloch has the story of a Maya man in Brooklyn practicing a traditional form of healing as a boqol b’aaq — also called a huesero or bonesetter — drawing on knowledge from his hometown in Guatemala and adapting it to meet the needs of his community in NYC. Listen and read:
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A Maya Bonesetter in Brooklyn - Feet in 2 Worlds
The U.S. healthcare system can be daunting to navigate — especially for newcomers. But immigrants who practice traditional forms of healing can be crucial lifelines in their diasporas.  Producer Danny...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 02/09/2026
Reporting by Lara Ejzak, and edited by @miaestellewarren.bsky.social and @quincetessence.bsky.social. This story is part of City of Possibility, a multimedia series that asks: what do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future?
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City of Possibility - Feet in 2 Worlds
City of Possibility is a multimedia series from Fi2W that asks: what do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future?
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 02/09/2026
As NYC’s temperatures rise in the summer, so do the risks for outdoor workers who stay outside for dangerously long periods of time in the punishing heat. In the Bronx, immigrant street vendors on Fordham Road can’t afford to take a break — and are finding ways to withstand the unrelenting weather.
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Heat in the Street: Worsening Climate Change Threatens Bronx Street Vendors - Feet in 2 Worlds
As New York City’s temperatures rise in the summer, so do the risks for outdoor workers who stay outside for dangerously long periods of time in the punishing heat. In the Bronx, immigrant street vend...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 18/08/2026
Congratulations to our Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social, who will be joining @cuny.edu's Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership for the class of 2027! www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/08/meet...
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Meet the Class of 2027: 20 Journalism Leaders Join the Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership - Newmark J-School
The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY is proud to introduce the seventh cohort of the Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership. These 20 accomplished journalism and media leaders bring expertise spanning editorial strategy, audience development, product and technology, artificial intelligence, revenue, visual journalism, nonprofit leadership, and organizational transformation.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 16/07/2026
Even as some people criticize FIFA’s corruption and the queasiness of the World Cup as a distraction from geopolitics, the 2026 tournament continues to enthrall Argentines in NYC. To the Argentine fandom, a win still represents the possibility of collective hope and joy during a difficult time.
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NYC's Argentine Diaspora Finds Joy and Refuge in the World Cup - Feet in 2 Worlds
The 2026 World Cup is unfolding during a moment of compounding pressures for Argentine immigrants in New York City: economic crisis under a far-right government at home, fears of a looming recession i...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 08/07/2026
Catch our Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social at SRCCON this week in Minneapolis!
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 27/06/2026
Catch Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social this morning at @aajaofficial.bsky.social! She'll be speaking about solutions journalism and how we practice it at Fi2W. 📝
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 25/06/2026
Read more about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways corporations and the U.S. government buy, sell, and exchange our personal data:
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Surveilled and Sold - Feet in 2 Worlds
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways private companies and the U.S. government buy, sell, an...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 25/06/2026
Narimes also shared the zine she developed to go along with her reporting; distributing it to the audience and in various places across Portland. You can read and print out the zine, too:
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Zine: How ALPRs Undermine Portland's Sanctuary Status - Feet in 2 Worlds
Fi2W Reporting Fellow Narimes Parakul produced an eight-page zine about Fi2W’s investigative series, Surveilled and Sold. Available in English and Spanish, the zine focuses on how surveillance tools k...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 25/06/2026
Fi2W Reporting Fellow Narimes Parakul recently shared findings from her investigative series Surveilled and Sold at the North Portland Library in Portland, OR. Her reporting covers how license plate readers track people's movements and how a Montana privacy law could serve as an example for others.
Fi2W's Narimes Parakul presenting on findings from her investigative series, Surveilled and Sold, at the North Portland Library in Portland, OR.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 24/06/2026
Catch Managing Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social in Minneapolis this week for @aajaofficial.bsky.social's annual Convention:
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 08/06/2026
Journalists in New York and Los Angeles: send us your hyper-local story pitches that center a particular immigrant community or neighborhood in these two cities.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 08/06/2026
We're accepting pitches for our new series 🏙️CITY OF POSSIBILITY🏙️ until this Thursday, June 11th! www.fi2w.org/call-for-pit...
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Call For Pitches: City of Possibility - Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new multimedia series, City of Possibility. We’re commissioning stories focused on immigrant communities in two U.S. cities — New York City and Los Angele...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 02/06/2026
Read more about Fi2W's approach to virtual workshops, along with experiments launched by many other newsroom participants.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 02/06/2026
Earlier this year, we offered a free 2-day workshop focused on audio journalism techniques funded by the Reynold Journalism Institute's Community-Centered Symposium. rjionline.org/citizen-and-...
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Feet in 2 Worlds brought back our virtual workshops focused on audio journalism techniques, “Interviewing for Audio” — a two-day course.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 28/05/2026
How did we investigate ICE street arrests? In part, by traveling to federal courthouses in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and in New Jersey to collect petitions.
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How THE CITY Investigated ICE Street Arrests in the New York Area
ICE data doesn’t show where street arrests are happening and to whom — so we built our own database from over a thousand court records.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/05/2026
Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new series, City of Possibility. Pitch us your story ideas focusing on a specific immigrant community and neighborhood in New York City and the Los Angeles area! We're open to written stories, audio pieces, photo essays, and short videos.
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Call For Pitches: City of Possibility - Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new multimedia series, City of Possibility. We’re commissioning stories focused on immigrant communities in two U.S. cities — New York City and Los Angele...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 27/05/2026
Fi2W Zine Pg 5: In 2025, a farmworker in Woodburn, OR was on her way to work. Immigration officials used data from ALPRs to find her. Her car was pulled over by ICE. who detained her, along with 30 others that day.

[Illustration of a masked ICE offer in a car's side mirror]Fi2W Zine Pg 6: How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies...when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease?

[Illustration of an officer monitoring tracking data on a computer and making a phone call]Fi2W Zine Back cover: Scan to read the full series. Surveilled and Sold is an investigative 5-part series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation.

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Credits: 
Reporting by Narimes Parakul 
Photo by Celeste Noche 
Illustrations by Dabin Han, Brannan Cinnamon, and Narimes Parakul
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 27/05/2026
Fi2W Zine Front cover: How ALPRs undermine Portland’s sanctuary statusFi2W Zine Pg 1: You may have seen these cameras in parking lots around town. They’re automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs. [Illustration of an ALPR]Fi2W Zine Pg 2: ALPRs capture the make, model, color, plate, and unique markers of every car that drives by. They can keep track of a person’s daily routes and routines. [Illustration of cars and their license plates]Fi2W Zine Pg 3-4: ALPRs pose an extra threat to immigrants’ safety, despite sanctuary laws in place. 

Sanctuary laws are supposed to prohibit local personnel and resources from immigration enforcement efforts. But they fall short.

[Illustration of a man being watched by a camera in a parking lot, and then his truck being tracked later]
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 27/05/2026
Check out Fi2W’s new zine about our investigative series, Surveilled and Sold. Available in English and Spanish, the zine focuses on how surveillance tools — known as automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) — undermine sanctuary protections in Portland, Oregon. Read, download, and share the zine:
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Zine: How ALPRs Undermine Portland's Sanctuary Status - Feet in 2 Worlds
Fi2W Reporting Fellow Narimes Parakul produced an eight-page zine about Fi2W’s investigative series, Surveilled and Sold. Available in English and Spanish, the zine focuses on how surveillance tools k...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 25/05/2026
Today is the last day to sign up for Fundamentals of Interviewing! 📝 Join Managing Editor @quincetessence.bsky.social and Managing Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social for this interactive virtual two-day workshop: www.fi2w.org/audio-worksh...
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Audio Workshop: Fundamentals of Interviewing – Spring 2026 - Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds is hosting a two-part Fundamentals of Interviewing audio workshop on Friday, May 29 and Monday, June 1, 2026. The workshop will be held on Zoom and is designed to help participants st...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 22/05/2026
You've got until Monday to sign up for our next Audio Interviewing workshop! You'll learn technical skills, get in lots of listening and ear training, hands-on practice recording an interview, and feedback from our editorial team.
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Audio Workshop: Fundamentals of Interviewing – Spring 2026 - Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds is hosting a two-part Fundamentals of Interviewing audio workshop on Friday, May 29 and Monday, June 1, 2026. The workshop will be held on Zoom and is designed to help participants st...
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Mia (미아) Warren @miaestellewarren.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future? PITCH US at @fi2w.org! @quincetessence.bsky.social and I are commissioning stories for a new multimedia series, "City of Possibility."
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Quincy Surasmith | ควินซี่ สุรสมิทธ์ @quincetessence.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Los Angeles and New York journalists, @fi2w.org wants to hear your story ideas about immigrant communities in these cities! (That includes me, I wanna hear those story ideas) Please pitch us!
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/05/2026
Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new series, City of Possibility. Pitch us your story ideas focusing on a specific immigrant community and neighborhood in New York City and the Los Angeles area! We're open to written stories, audio pieces, photo essays, and short videos.
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Call For Pitches: City of Possibility - Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new multimedia series, City of Possibility. We’re commissioning stories focused on immigrant communities in two U.S. cities — New York City and Los Angele...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/05/2026
For our series The Hustle, Aria and Leina reported on Chinese home care workers in New York City — who are fighting to end an exploitative labor practice known as the 24-hour rule, where they are only paid for 13 out of 24 hours worked. Listen here: www.fi2w.org/working-9-to...
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Working 9 to 5 to 9 - Feet in 2 Worlds
Chinese home care workers in New York City are fighting to end an exploitative labor practice known as the 24-hour rule, where they are only paid for 13 out of 24 hours worked. However, they face resi...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/05/2026
Fi2W producers Aria Young and @leinagabra.bsky.social received an honorable mention in @aajaofficial.bsky.social's Excellence in Audio Storytelling Short-Form Category for their 2025 story, Working 9 to 5 to 9: awards.aaja.org/jea2026/exce...
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Excellence in Audio Storytelling, Short-Form — AAJA Awards
It All Begins Here
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/05/2026
If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)
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Support Alex's Emergency Relocation + Next Steps on Give In May
Alex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 19/05/2026
Fi2W Reporting Fellow Narimes Parakul reflects on her transition from behind-the-scenes researcher to reporter: "Numbers and research are critical...But people’s stories — their pride, their pain, their struggles, and their moments of celebration — that’s what sticks with us far beyond the page."
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Into the Field: A researcher learns shoe-leather reporting - Feet in 2 Worlds
Fi2W Reporting Fellow Narimes Parakul reflects on learning to step out from behind the scenes and into the field for her investigative series, Surveilled and Sold.
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Mia (미아) Warren @miaestellewarren.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Heyo Philly! 👋🏼 I'm here for @lenfestinstitute.org's Summit representing @fi2w.org. On Wednesday, I'll be co-presenting "Growing the pie: Funding journalism for immigrant communities" with @valeriafernandez.bsky.social, @maritzafelix.bsky.social, Indah Nuritasari, and Rebecca Neuwirth.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 16/05/2026
Our Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social has been nominated for @lionpubs.bsky.social's Community Member of the Year award, and in very good company. If you're a LION member, you can vote for Mia by May 29th at midnight: lionpublishers.com/meet-the-6-n...
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Meet the 6 nominees for LION Publishers’ 2026 Community Member of the Year Award - LION Publishers
As part of our LION Sustainability Awards, LION members nominated their peers, and the finalists and winner will be selected by a membership-wide vote.
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 13/05/2026
Register for our next Fundamentals of Interviewing for Audio workshop! It'll be a 2-day online workshop on May 29 and Jun 1. We’ll cover technical skills like mic placement and monitoring sound — as well as interview techniques that lead to strong, usable tape. You'll get hands-on experience, too:
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Audio Workshop: Fundamentals of Interviewing – Spring 2026 - Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds is hosting a two-part Fundamentals of Interviewing audio workshop on Friday, May 29 and Monday, June 1, 2026. The workshop will be held on Zoom and is designed to help participants st...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 12/05/2026
It's a great way to develop your stories that focus on immigrant voices and experiences — the kinds of stories @fi2w.org amplifies and centers!
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 12/05/2026
After you've signed up, submit your story pitches here (ow.ly/ZToZ50YYmBj), for a chance to get live feedback on your pitch!
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Workshop your pitch with Feet in 2 Worlds!
Submit your pitch ahead of Feet in 2 World's upcoming 'How To Pitch' webinar on SoundPath for the chance to get live feedback from the show's Managing Editor Quincy Surasmith. 3 pitches will be select...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 12/05/2026
Join us and @airmedia.bsky.social for a webinar on how to pitch Feet in 2 Worlds! Managing Editor Quincy Surasmith will talk about Fi2W's pitch process and workshop up to three participant pitches live! It'll be on Wed May 20. Free for AIR members / $50 non-members. RSVP: ow.ly/K2FT50YYmzN
A flyer for a Live Webinar with AIR's SoundPath and Feet in 2 Worlds on how to pitch stories to Feet in 2 Worlds, featuring Fi2W Managing Editor Quincy Surasmith
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 05/05/2026
In our latest audio story, producer Ahmed Ashour explores the relationship between immigrants and consumer home surveillance devices like Ring cameras. Do immigrants feel that these technologies keep them safe? Listen to the full story:
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Surveillance At Your Front Door - Feet in 2 Worlds
Producer Ahmed Ashour explores the relationship between immigrants and consumer home surveillance devices like Ring cameras. Do immigrants feel that these technologies keep them safe? And how have att...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 29/04/2026
California's DMV is just one of many state DMVs across the country sharing their data, as we reported in the latest installment of our series Surveilled and Sold:
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The Dealmakers of Our Data - Feet in 2 Worlds
Our investigation uncovers how people's private information is being used to broker business deals and circumvent formal processes. Who stands to benefit from all this exchange of data? And who's payi...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 24/04/2026
#ICYMI: our latest investigation, Survilled and Sold — Narimes Parakul's 4-part series on the impact of surveillance tech on immigrant communities: www.fi2w.org/surveilled-a...
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Surveilled and Sold - Feet in 2 Worlds
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways private companies and the U.S. government buy, sell, an...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 22/04/2026
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways corporations and the U.S. government buy, sell, and exchange our personal data.
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Surveilled and Sold - Feet in 2 Worlds
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways private companies and the U.S. government buy, sell, an...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 22/04/2026
This story is the final installment of our series, Surveilled and Sold. Reporting by Narimes Parakul Edited by @quincetessence.bsky.social and @miaestellewarren.bsky.social Illustration by Dabin Han Fact-check by Julie Schwietert Collazo
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 22/04/2026
Through public records requests, Feet in 2 Worlds uncovered the data broker loopholes that allow data collected by Portland police to be accessible to federal immigration authorities. Learn more:
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The Dealmakers of Our Data - Feet in 2 Worlds
Our investigation uncovers how people's private information is being used to broker business deals and circumvent formal processes. Who stands to benefit from all this exchange of data? And who's payi...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/04/2026
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways corporations and the U.S. government buy, sell, and exchange our personal data.
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Surveilled and Sold - Feet in 2 Worlds
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways private companies and the U.S. government buy, sell, an...
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/04/2026
This story is the final installment of our series, Surveilled and Sold. Reporting by Narimes Parakul Edited by @quincetessence.bsky.social and @miaestellewarren.bsky.social Illustration by Dabin Han Fact-check by Julie Schwietert Collazo
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 21/04/2026
In fall 2025, as Portland dominated national headlines for a violent crackdown on ICE protests, surveillance company Flock was seeking to make Portland’s police department its newest client. Their bargaining chip? Your data. How mass deportation goes hand in hand with mass surveillance:
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The Dealmakers of Our Data - Feet in 2 Worlds
Our investigation uncovers how people's private information is being used to broker business deals and circumvent formal processes. Who stands to benefit from all this exchange of data? And who's payi...
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investigatewest.bsky.social @investigatewest.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease? @fi2w.org reports - www.investigatewest.org/surveilled-a...
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Surveilled and Sold: Privacy and Sanctuary in Portland
How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease?
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 15/04/2026
And part 2! Una nueva ley de privacidad de datos busca proteger a todos en Montana sin importar su estatus: www.palabranahj.org/archive/una-...
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Una nueva ley de privacidad de datos busca proteger a todos en Montana sin importar su estatus — palabra.
¿Puede Oregón seguir el ejemplo de Montana y aprobar una legislación similar?
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 15/04/2026
Read part 1 of Surveilled and Sold published by our partner newsroom @palabranahj.bsky.social in Spanish. Vigilado y Vendido: Privacidad y santuario en Portland: www.palabranahj.org/archive/vigi...
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Vigilado y Vendido: Privacidad y santuario en Portland — palabra.
¿Qué tan efectivas son las políticas de ciudad santuario de Portland cuando el ICE puede rastrear y vigilar a las comunidades inmigrantes con total facilidad?
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 15/04/2026
Y en español también: www.palabranahj.org/archive/una-...
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Una nueva ley de privacidad de datos busca proteger a todos en Montana sin importar su estatus — palabra.
¿Puede Oregón seguir el ejemplo de Montana y aprobar una legislación similar?
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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 09/04/2026
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