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Jazmine Ulloa

@jazmineulloa.bsky.social
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I am a national reporter for The New York Times, covering the border and immigration. My book, “El Paso: Five families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory,” from Dutton, is out now.

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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tuned in virtually from Texas for Latinx in Publishing’s Brooklyn Book Fest panel with Nancy Flores of Austin Vida and Marla A. Ramírez (Banished Citizens). We talked El Paso and lost Mexican American history. Our books are now 15% off on Bookshop through Oct. 17 📚👇 bookshop.org/p/books/el-p...
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El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
From New York Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa, a sweeping human history of El Paso, revealing violence, power, and privilege at play in America's most famous border town.El Paso has been called the “Elli...
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From Maine to Arizona, federal agents appeared in nearly every corner of daily life, captured mostly on security cameras and through cracked blinds. We reviewed 50+ incidents. Here’s how the summer escalation in immigration arrests unfolded: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Toni Kirkpatrick @tonimargarita.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
latinxinpublishing.com/events/refra... Register for this free, virtual #BrooklynBookFestival Bookend event put on by @latinxpublishing.bsky.social! Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social and Marla A. Ramirez, Ph.D. will be in conversation with Nancy Flores!
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LxP Presents Reframing the Headlines: Latinx Perspectives in Book Length Journalism — Latinx in Publishing
Latinx in Publishing presents a Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Panel. Beyond the headlines are deeply human stories that deserve context, nuance, and understanding. In this conversation, Latinx auth...
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For 170k+ Salvadorans under Temporary Protected Status, a temporary reprieve. DHS confirmed the administration won't immediately terminate protections following yesterday's deadline, keeping status intact until a formal decision is announced. ICYMI in @nytimes: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
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Salvadorans to Keep Temporary Protected Status for Now, Trump Officials Say
Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador was set to expire on Wednesday. The Trump administration said it would make an announcement about the program’s future at the “appropriate time.”
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Breaking news this morning: The City of Denver, Latino civil rights organizations and government watch groups asked a federal judge on Thursday to block the Trump administration from allowing armed federal immigration agents to serve warrants at polling sites. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Denver Sues to Block Armed ICE Agents at Voting Sites
The City of Denver and civil rights groups argued that sightings of ICE agents at polling places are having a chilling effect.
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"“He felt like he was treated like an animal:" a Haitian immigrant who had grown distraught after losing his deportation protection and being outfitted with an ankle monitor died in what his family believes was a suicide www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
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College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo...
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms: The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 27/08/2026
ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In West Texas, a century-old adobe church built by Mexican American families is being restored as the border wall construction approaches. It’s one of dozens of sacred sites across the Southwest now endangered, a fight that’s as much about immigration as lost history. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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In West Texas, Trump’s Border Wall Collides With Latino History (Gift Article)
A century ago, Mexican American families came together to build an adobe church near the border. Can its bell toll again as the wall expansion nears?
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New from (icymi): A federal judge has appointed an independent monitor after finding immigration detention centers in Texas and California had likely housed children and other detainees at unsafe temperatures and had denied them soap and adequate sleeping conditions. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Judge Orders New Oversight of Immigrant Children’s Detention
After reviewing claims of persistent safety and sanitary failures, the court named two experts to monitor detention conditions across several facilities.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New w/ Maia Spoto and Jill Cowan: Body-camera video and court evidence show federal immigration agents using slurs and targeting Latinos in Chicago and Los Angeles. But whether the tactics are legal remains an open question now being tested in cases across the country www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...
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New Evidence Shows Federal Agents Using Racial Slurs During Immigration Sweeps (Gift Article)
Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Such an incredible project @albertsun.bsky.social et al dominating the front page of the Times today. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Front page of the NYT with the graphic: Tracing the Roots of a Nation of ImmigrantsInside the NYT special section on the nation of immigrants
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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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Molly Hennessy-Fiske @mollyhf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Such an interesting story told in an engaging multimedia way: ICE Killed Him. A.I. Helped Turn Him Into a Folk Ballad, Fast. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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ICE Killed Him. A.I. Helped Turn Him Into a Folk Ballad, Fast.
Artificial Intelligence is helping people write corridos within hours, accelerating a century-old tradition of memorializing tragedy through song.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
QEPD Benjamin Alire Sáenz. 🖤
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brittnymejia.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like “tonk” and “wet,” according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a Monday night court filing www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Immigration agents used slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Watching Ricardo Sandoval-Palos inducted into the @officialnahj.bsky.social Hall of Fame was a highlight of this weekend. Public editor at PBS and co-author of "The Fight in the Fields." Celebrated alongside Los Camineros and longtime mentor Alfredo Corchado.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Touched down in NOLA in time for late-night chargrilled oysters. 🦪 Up early the next day at NAHJ with a brilliant panel. We talked immigration past and present, the fight for transparency and digging into the stories that remind us of our humanity.
Author in the mirror in the background, plate of oysters and a beer in the foreground.Panelists standing before the stage Panelists sitting and talking on couches during panel  Meme with a dog injecting coffee: me returning to my daily responsibilities after a month of celebrating the World Cup
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 19/07/2026
Spain wins the 2026 World Cup and sets a new record of 38 straight games unbeaten. A boring but deserving machine of a champion.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
this is an excellent read. i've been thinking about this for months, since a mexican-american friend from san antonio who now lives in MN told me he couldn't imagine texans reacting to ICE violence the way minnesotans did. this explains some of the important historical context.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In Minneapolis in the dead of winter, I couldn't shake the shrill of whistles. In Houston this week, in the thick of summer heat, I was struck by the silence. It’s another form of public grief — a muted one fewer Americans recognize or understand. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...
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In One of Houston’s Oldest Latino Barrios, Mourning After ICE Shooting Mixed With Fear and Anger (Gift Article)
After a federal agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the grief and anger in Magnolia Park has been less visible, but no less intense.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s journey began in rural Mexico as the ninth of 12 children. The story of his life — and death — highlights how intertwined undocumented immigrants have become with the economies of fast-growing communities across the Sunbelt. Our dispatch. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
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For 35 Years, Undocumented, and Chasing the American Dream
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
From large cities like Chicago and Las Vegas to small suburbs outside Milwaukee and San Antonio, immigrants have been picked up and detained at courthouses, ICE check-ins and traffic stops, with daily arrests doubling in the last week of June and continuing to climb. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/u...
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ICE Killing in Houston Puts Focus on Surge in Immigration Arrests
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/07/2026
Breaking News: 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. nyti.ms/4pfTwgK
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Mexican Man Fatally Shot by ICE Wasn’t the Intended Target
Officials say agents believed the driver resembled one suspect, but the encounter quickly escalated into a fatal shooting.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
if this is life post-World Cup, i don’t like it
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/07/2026
A federal immigration agent killed a man from Mexico on Tuesday in Houston, firing into the car that the man was driving. Federal agents have fired on at least 21 people, many in their cars, during President Trump’s deportation crackdown. Here’s what to know.
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What We Know About Immigration Officers Shooting at People in Vehicles
Federal agents have fired on at least 21 people, many in their cars, as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. At least five people were killed, including three U.S. citizens.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/07/2026
A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration is divulging details of Iranian asylum seekers to the government of Iran. n.pr/4f0axGX
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New lawsuit alleges US shared asylum application details with Iran
A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration is divulging details of Iranian asylum seekers to the government of Iran.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NEW: The ad campaign was jarring. People who smoked for decades warned others as they were dying of cancer or lung disease. After 14 years, it went dark in September. Calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW plummeted. A look at tobacco policy under Trump: 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...
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Efforts to Help Smokers Quit Stall Under Trump
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jugamos como nunca y perdimos como siempre pero nos vamos con la cara en alto ❤️‍🔥🇲🇽🖤
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Nada nos libra, nada más queda!
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
can Maná do for México what the Wu-Tang Clan did for the Knicks? pero tú ya tienes otro, tipo frío y aburrido!
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Lebanexican @lebanexican.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
SHOW THE MANÁ CONCERT
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Cesar Hernandez @cesarhfutbol.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Before tonight's game vs. England, a quick thread on a few of the Mexico features I wrote for the World Cup. Let's start with teenage phenom Gilberto Mora, who has been one of the young revelations at the tournament www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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Mexico's Mora is poised to be World Cup's breakout star: 'This guy is different'
Getting beyond the quarterfinals would be historic for Mexico. Lucky for El Tri, they have a 17-year-old who can't stop making history.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
*Muttering to myself in the old folks home* mexican chicken baguette
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
icymi, an insightful dispatch from Ana Ley, Wesley Parnell + Miles G. Cohen from Little Haiti after SCOTUS ended temporary humanitarian protections. The opener is yet another example of the World Cup contradictions we dug into in our story yesterday: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/n...
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On the Streets of New York’s Little Haiti, Panic After Court Ruling
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
in which James Wagner goes on a quest to find the modern birthplace of soccer in Mexico — introduced by none other than… the English. (Of course, the origins of the ball game there stretch across millennia. Just visit the Museo Nacional de Antropología or the Met. 😏) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/w...
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A Mountain Town Is the Birthplace of Mexican Soccer. But Which One?
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
an absolute joy of a story from @jesus-jimz.bsky.social. and a nice bit of a distraction for those of in pure agony awaiting the Mexico v. England game. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team (Gift Article)
At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries.
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Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
NEW: Happy Birthday, America! You’ve weathered another rough year War, inflation and presidential grifting mark an Independence Day best put in the past. But America has made it through worse times, which offers perspective and gives hope for better times ahead. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Commentary: Happy Birthday, America! You've weathered another rough year
War, inflation and presidential grifting mark an Independence Day best put in the past. But America has made it through worse times, which lends perspective and offers hope for better times ahead.
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Jamil Smith @jamilsmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Calling this Fourth “America’s 250th birthday” indulges a comfortable fiction. Juneteenth is our more honest Independence Day, and the American experiment dates back well before 1776. Yet we’re getting a birthday party when what this nation needs is us focused on repair.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
As the US marks its 250th anniversary amid the harshest deportation campaign in decades, a birthright citizen and children of immigrants are leading the American team on the global stage. My story with Matt Purdy and Matt Cullen on how the World Cup is a mirror: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...
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How the ‘Beautiful Game’ Is Deflecting America’s Political Turmoil
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
best things I’ve seen this World Cup so far. that Cape Verde game last night. Mexico beating the curse. the grown man throwing down his inflatable kangaroo after the Australia loss.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/06/2026
International teams were joining search efforts in northern Venezuela on Saturday to find survivors of the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 900 people and left many others trapped. Follow live updates. trib.al/IPTxxc9
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Venezuela Live Updates: Rescuers Work as Window Narrows to Find Quake Survivors
International teams were joining search efforts on Saturday after twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people in northern Venezuela and left many others trapped.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
on The Headlines this morning breaking down our reporting on the TPS ruling from SCOTUS yesterday and what it means for hundreds of thousands of people. listen here: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/p...
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Big Wins for Trump at the Supreme Court, and a $2.5 Billion Cyberattack Whodunit
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
a double header today with Miriam Jordan. first, TPS holders nationwide reacted to SCOTUS’ TPS ruling with frustration and sadness www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u... second, the decision will have implications for all 1.3m TPS holders in the US. here’s how www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u...
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‘Nowhere To Go’: T.P.S. Ruling Plunges Many Migrants Into Limbo
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2026
Breaking News: At least 164 people were killed in the earthquakes in Venezuela, and the death toll is expected to rise sharply. Videos show collapsed towers in the capital, Caracas, and in the nearby port city of La Guaira.
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Venezuela Earthquakes Live Updates: At Least 164 Dead as Rescuers Search for Survivors
The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes left at least 164 dead and hundreds missing, the authorities said. The full scale of the damage was still becoming clear.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
a major ruling from tuesday night: a federal judge blocked immigration arrests inside courts nationwide. a SCOTUS challenge is likely, but for now, it halts one of the most aggressive pillars of trump’s mass deportation campaign. our latest for the times: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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Federal Judge Bars ICE From Making Arrests in Immigration Courts
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
misión cumplida. to everyone who showed up to talk border reporting at 10:15 am on a sunday (and father’s day, no less) — thank you. an absolute honor to dissect this beat with brilliant minds on both sides of the line. 🖤
Reporters Isabella González von Hauske, Andrea Castillo, and Jazmine Ulloa at the table behind their laptops about to start their panel Jazmine hanging out with Texas border journalists outside a restaurant, Cassandra Jaramillo of ProPublica, Alfredo Corchado and Jason BuchMore friends shots. Ximena Bustillo of NPR and Marcela Valdes and Mark Walker from the NYT
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Dianne Solis @disolis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Brilliant framing. Thank you, @jazmineulloa.bsky.social #ire2026
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
One thing years of reporting has taught me: the border is a story about labor, politics, race, family, history, power and belonging — and it reaches communities far beyond the Southwest. Moderating a talk on that tomorrow at #IRE26. Come say hi. 2026-ire-conference.sessionize.com/session/1253...
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Investigating the southern U.S. border
Learn from panelists with experience reporting from the ground on immigration and the United States' southern border. The panelists will discuss the history of the border region, shifting immigration ...
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"Minutes before the judge’s computer shut down for the day, he bunched the last six cases together, Ms. Martinez said. Speeding through, he did not even have time to check whether her clients were present, she added." @haleaziz.bsky.social & @jazmineulloa.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u...
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As Trump Pushes Deportations, a Skyrocketing Caseload Strains Immigration Courts
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