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Hamed Aleaziz

@haleaziz.bsky.social
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I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum

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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE Agents Encountered Austin Man by Chance Before Shooting Him www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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ICE Agents Encountered Austin Man by Chance Before Shooting Him
The shooting prompted growing calls for transparency as state and local officials sought the release of video footage.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scoop: Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top Homeland Security leaders by posing as voters as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation’s voter rolls, according to a federal whistle-blower’s account released on Monday.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Read the whistleblower's complaint here, obtained by the Times through FOIA: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the Whistle-Blower’s Complaint Following ICE’s Hiring Surge
The New York Times obtained this whistle-blower complaint via a public records request to the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Homeland Security.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
SCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said ICE was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Scoop: Hundreds of agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been assigned to an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite an absence of evidence of widespread fraud, according to documents and training videos. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
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Trump Administration Launches Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms
The practice is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2026
Ten people who were deported and taken to Liberia this month described a harrowing journey that included months in detention in the U.S. before being sent to nations where they had no ties. All of them said they experienced or witnessed what they described as abusive or violent treatment by ICE.
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
NEW: Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
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Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/08/2026
Immigration arrests have risen to record highs with 43,000 ICE arrests in June and 49,000 in July. A majority of those arrested in July were people who were accused of violating civil immigration laws but had with no criminal history, an analysis of newly released federal data shows. nyti.ms/3SYB3cL
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to step up deportation flights to Haiti as soon as this week, according to documents obtained by The New York Times, a move intended to more quickly expel thousands of Haitians whose legal status expired this summer. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
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Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti
Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
On the week of the El Paso shooting anniversary, caught up with @marcelagarcia.bsky.social and my former newsroom family at the @bostonglobe.com to talk about the city, returning home, and the stories that shaped the book. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/07/o...
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El Paso is the country’s overlooked immigration anchor - The Boston Globe
Jazmine Ulloa, a former Boston Globe reporter, discusses her new book about how El Paso, not Ellis Island, is the country's true immigration gateway.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/08/2026
In interviews with The New York Times, more than 20 activists described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured by Israel for trying to break its blockade of Gaza to bring food and aid into the territory. Israel denied the accusations.
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Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody
In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
SCOOP: The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country after proving to an immigration court that they would likely face torture, according to two people with knowledge of the move.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seeing people confused about Fauci taking the Fifth even though he was pre-emptively pardoned by Biden. Pardons only cover past conduct; they don't immunize future lawbreaking. Fauci's claim is Trump II DOJ would gin up a perjury investigation into him based on anything he says today.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired visas as they travel through airports, according to documents obtained by The Times and interviews with lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive
Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/07/2026
Breaking News: Global oil prices reached $100 a barrel that for the first time since May, as the widening war between the U.S. and Iran stifled the flow of energy in the Middle East. nyti.ms/4ftC9EN
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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New, from me and @ckoettl.bsky.social: Iran has attacked at least nine U.S. military sites in the last two weeks, destroying radar sites, personnel areas, hangars, and other structures, and killing at least three service members. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...
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What Visuals Show About Recent Damage to U.S. Military Sites in the Middle East
Video footage and satellite images reveal new details about Iranian strikes on U.S. targets during the latest flare-up in fighting.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 10/07/2026
Not sure if you happened to catch Thursday's episode of The Daily. I was interviewed and talked about the extraordinary ways President Trump and his family have monetized the White House, based on a decade of reporting on the Trump family. Please listen & share www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
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The Unprecedented Personal Profits of Trump’s Presidency
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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.
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Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/07/2026
Thomas L. Friedman, NYT opinion writer, cites reporting by Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany today as part of his column on Trump and the presdient's enormous earnings in 2025, including $1.4 billion on crypto. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Fleecing Us
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests. The WH has wanted more arrests. The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 24/06/2026
Transparency, even when it is examining your own company operations. One of the many things I admire about The NYT. A deeply reported look at Russini’s closeness to a coach, Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots, that led to her breakup with The Athletic/NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/n...
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Dianna Russini Was an N.F.L. ‘Insider.’ Was She Also Out of Bounds?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/06/2026
The Trump administration can expedite the deportations of unauthorized immigrants nationwide, an appeals court ruled.
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Appeals Court Allows Trump to Resume Expedited Deportations Nationwide
In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that the president can expand the procedure, previously used primarily near the border, to arrests nationally.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
NEW: In the coming weeks, the US plans to provide a welcome gift to white South Africans. They will get an Android tablet, an American flag. They will also receive a packet of literature that provides a sanitized, Trump-approved view of American and South African history.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
NEW: The Trump administration told a federal court judge in Michigan that it plans to sell the warehouse it purchased to detain immigrants in the state. This is the first public acknowledgement of plans to sell warehouses after our story last week.
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michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our latest investigation: How giant trucks and SUVs are far deadlier for pedestrians. “Before the driver knows what’s happened, the pedestrian’s head is under the wheel.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
SCOOP: Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally
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Macy Lipkin @macylip.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Salt Lake City warehouse is reportedly one of seven warehouses the agency plans to sell or give away. ICE paid $145 million for the building in March, well above its $97 million value. www.kuer.org/politics-gov... @haleaziz.bsky.social broke the story for NYT.
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Report says ICE will ditch its Salt Lake City warehouse
According to the New York Times, Salt Lake City is reportedly one of seven warehouses the agency plans to sell or give away. ICE paid $145 million for the building in March.
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Benjamin Hulac @bhulac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The ICE site in Roxbury, New Jersey, is on this list, according to the NYT. The U.S. government -- in other words, the public -- paid nearly double the market rate for that site in Morris County. www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/03/prev... @njspotlightnews.org #ICE #NJ
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‘Prevent public contact’: ICE deportation network comes into focus | NJ Spotlight News
Immigration enforcement expanding in Jersey and elsewhere on East Coast, adding holding sites, guards with guns
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/06/2026
ICE plans to sell or give away seven warehouses it bought for $700 million to detain migrants, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. The decision, a major reversal, is a rejection of a signature initiative under the previous homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem. trib.al/o5iUEu3
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Huge about-face. After buying warehouses with tax dollars, at inflated prices, ICE will now try to dump them. Documents obtained by @haleaziz.bsky.social show that a NJ warehouse slated to become a 1,500-bed detention center is on the offload list. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For those interested. The locations include: Romulus, Michigan Social Circle, Georgia Flowery Branch, Georgia Hamburg, Pennsylvania Tremont, Pennsylvania Salt Lake City Roxbury, New Jersey
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
SCOOP: ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/06/2026
A Somali soccer referee, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was denied permission to enter the U.S. to participate in the World Cup received a hero’s welcome from a cheering crowd at the airport upon his return to his home country.
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Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S. Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Actually, Most Immigrants Won’t Need to Leave U.S. to Get Green Cards, D.H.S. Says www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...
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Actually, Most Immigrants Won’t Need to Leave U.S. to Get Green Cards, D.H.S. Says
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
DHS memo obtained by the Times shows the top lawyer of the agency assuring agents that they were “not legally required to comply with state and local mask prohibitions while carrying out their official duties.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/n...
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New York Wants to Restrict ICE Enforcement. ICE Has Other Ideas.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Belatedly, honored for this recognition of our work last year. If you work in the federal government on immigration and want to talk about what I should be looking into right now message me on Signal: haleaziz.81
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New: An internal email obtained by Times shows, a lawyer for ICE instructed a Justice Department lawyer preparing to appear before Judge DuBose, that he should withhold information about international charges from the judge. The email has not been previously reported.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
NEW from @haleaziz.bsky.social: Florida today told workers at "Alligator Alcatraz," a state-run immigration detention tent camp which was holding around 1,400 people as of last month, that it would be shutting down the camp, with all detainees transferred out (likely to ICE) by early June.
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Florida Plans to Close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, Vendors Are Reportedly Told
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Latest:
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Bob Odenkirk just made me teary. Talking about parenthood. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/m...
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 25/04/2026
pulled some disparate data together and analyzed it for this story
The administration is also granting permanent legal residency to far fewer applicants. Green card approvals have fallen by more than half in recent months, according to a Times analysis of agency data.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/04/2026
Immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions, such as participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests and criticizing Israel, according to new guidance from the Trump administration in internal DHS training materials reviewed by The New York Times.
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Under Trump, Green Card Seekers Face New Scrutiny for Views on Israel
In guidance to immigration officers, the administration describes participating in pro-Palestinian protests and criticizing Israel as “overwhelmingly negative” factors.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Scoop: immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions, such as participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests, posting criticism of Israel on social media and desecrating the American flag, according to internal documents. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
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Under Trump, Green Card Seekers Face New Scrutiny for Views on Israel
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/04/2026
Breaking News: The Justice Department wants to revoke the citizenship of hundreds of foreign-born Americans, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations, according to a U.S. official.
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Trump Administration Aims to Strip Citizenship From Hundreds of Naturalized Americans
The Trump administration is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of U.S. citizenship.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Notable comment from DOJ. A spokesperson said officials were “pursuing the highest volume of denaturalization referrals in history” from the Department of Homeland Security.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Scoop: The DOJ has identified nearly 400 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...
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Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization
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Hayes Davenport @hayesdavenport.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Bill Essayli, Trump's man in L.A., talks a lot about fraud. Something he doesn't talk about: his family's federal fraud case, and how he defended it against the office he now runs. Our reporter Matt Hamilton uncovered the case and went deep on a major Trump player. lamaterial.com/p/bill-essay...
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Trump's Man in L.A.
Bill Essayli is the face of Trump’s immigration and fraud crackdown in Southern California. Defending his own family’s fraud case, with the ACLU’s help, pitted him against the office he now leads.
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 11/04/2026
BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges. /w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.social
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Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We spent months looking into how the Trump admin has remade the immigration courts by purging judges and pressuring those who remain to accelerate deportations. HT @nicknehamas.bsky.social for steering and @datab.ae, Allison McCann, @haleaziz.bsky.social + many more www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
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How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations
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