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Ana Ley

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New York Times reporter covering immigration in New York City. Tips: ana.ley@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/by/ana-ley

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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We at Investigative Reporters and Editors (@ire.org) condemn President Donald Trump's ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House in apparent retaliation for their coverage of the Trump Administration. Full statement: www.ire.org/2026/09/19/i...
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IRE condemns White House ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico
IRE condemns White House ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico September 19, 2026 | Investigative Reporters and Editors condemns President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico fro...
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
When I met Camila Toro de Paula, I wanted to know how the Trump administration’s efforts to block protections for transgender people were affecting immigrants in ICE detention.
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NEW: While covering round-the-clock protests at Delaney Hall’s parking lot, my colleagues and I decided we wanted to know what it was like inside the immigration detention facility. For months, inmates had pleaded for help
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
ICE Agents to Leave Site of Volatile Protests at Detention Center Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/n...
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ICE Agents to Leave Site of Volatile Protests at Detention Center
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Washington Post news alert: "Former staff photographer Jahi Chikwendiu also won the prize for feature photography."
The Washington fost
Breaking News
Breaking News
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Washington Post wins public service Pulitzer for DOGE, federal workforce coverage
It's the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years.
Former staff photographer Jahi Chikwendiu also won the prize for feature photography.
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I’m proud to be a member of @ire.org, a community that has made me a stronger reporter, a better writer and a deeper thinker. The journalism industry is confronting growing threats to press freedom, and in this pivotal moment for our democracy, I hope you’ll consider joining us www.ire.org/join-ire/
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization Gift link: 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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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"[16 year old] Fernanda’s father was deported to El Salvador. In her messy bedroom, piled with stuffed animals, makeup brushes and Polaroids, she keeps the gifts he sent from detention — a bracelet that he spooled together with broken rosaries and a necklace made out of beads shaped from bread."
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"ICE agents have turned Nassau County’s fire stations into rest stops, pulling into parking lots to take a break from patrolling.... agents park outside schools after classes are released." “Children of Republican parents have intimidated our kids.... They showed up to school with American flags.”
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Trump's immigration crackdown has come to the suburbs. On Long Island, expansive roads are fertile terrain for ICE agents to capture migrants without the critical eye of observers that has often accompanied officials’ actions in big Democrat-led cities. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/n...
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Pervades Long Island Suburbs
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"State prosecutors face formidable practical and legal obstacles in pursuing criminal charges against federal agents. State officials say the federal government has refused to provide local investigators with information as basic as the name of agents." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
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ICE Agent Charged With Assault in Rare State Prosecution
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Two weekends, two cities. I’ll be in San Antonio first, then Los Angeles.
 If you’re in Texas or California — come through. Thank you to @sabookfestival + @latimesfob + De Los Angeles Times for the invitations. ❤️‍🔥
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
““Bare due diligence would have shown that the agents were lying,” Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...
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Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 03/04/2026
It’s not just Ms. Rachel. The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention. Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A heartwrenching but beautiful must read from @la-ley.bsky.social on grappling with the Cesar Chavez fallout as a Mexican American and a granddaughter of a farmer worker in Hidalgo County, where the movement helped change lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/n...
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Cesar Chavez Was a Voice for Mexican Americans Like Me. Now, We Grieve.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/03/2026
Stephen Miller raised the idea of ending public education funding for undocumented children in a closed-door meeting with Texas lawmakers last week, a move that would challenge a decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent, according to two people who were in the meeting.
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Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children
Citing gridlock in Washington, President Trump’s top immigration adviser encouraged Texas lawmakers to lead on conservative priorities.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
<<wolf whistle>>
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Shattered.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/03/2026
The Trump administration has portrayed protesters as left-wing terrorists, time and again, in cities that have borne the brunt of Trump's immigration crackdown. Here’s how the Justice Department has relentlessly pushed to pursue and prosecute protesters. nyti.ms/4sXUezT
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Dylan Lopez Contreras, the NYC high school student who spent almost a year in immigration detention, held a press conference today and called for the release of others who remain confined. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/n...
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Student Freed From ICE Detention Worries About Those Left Behind
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW: Dylan Lopez Contreras, an NYC high school student whose arrest foreshadowed a stark escalation of President Trump’s deportation tactics, has been released from federal custody. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/n...
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N.Y.C. High School Student Freed After 10 Months in ICE Detention
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This was hard to read. My grandpa was a Mexican farm worker who toiled in Texas fields before I was born & I was raised with images of Cesar Chavez in my home. I knew about the Delano grape strike before I learned anything else about American history in public school. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
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Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/03/2026
As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre7.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
NEW: Kristi Noem showed up in New York City to tout gang-linked arrests in the city and defend the officer in the Minneapolis shooting. She had sharp words for Mamdani, but stopped short of calling for an escalation in NYC. W/ @la-ley.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
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Noem Defends Officer in Minneapolis Killing and Attacks Mamdani
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Emma Court @emmarcourt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Red meat is very much back in the new US dietary guidelines, with a bright red steak and a packet of ground beef atop the (inverted) food pyramid. My latest for @bloomberg.com unpacks what that means for the climate
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New US Dietary Guidelines Are Heavy on Meat and Carbon Emissions | Emma Court
Red meat is very much back in the new US dietary guidelines, with a bright red steak and a packet of ground beef atop the (inverted) food pyramid. While health oriented, the recommendations also hav...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/01/2026
ICE officers in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman in a car, but details of the shooting remained unclear, with conflicting accounts from local and federal officials. The shooting took place about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Follow updates.
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Live Updates: Minneapolis Mayor Disputes Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting
Immigration officers opened fire on a 37-year-old woman in a car, who a federal spokeswoman said was trying to kill them. City officials disputed that account, describing the shooting as an overreaction.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
shutting down a 100-year-old newspaper (with roots dating to the 1700s!) rather than pay fair wages and engage in fair labor practices
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
NEW: Yuanxin Zheng, the 6-year-old boy from Queens whose separation from his father drew outrage in New York City, has been deported to China with his dad. With @haleaziz.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
NEW: this morning the Trump admin moved to terminate legal status for ~20,000 people: - Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopia, in place since 2022, with ~5,000 beneficiaries - Family Reunification Parole Programs, in place since 2023 and some legacy cases from earlier, covering ~15,000 people.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[CIS No. 2842-26; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2022-0014]
RIN 1615-ZB96
Termination of the Designation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the
designation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status. The designation of Ethiopia is
set to expire on December 12, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting
with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Ethiopia no
longer continues to meet the conditions for the designation for Temporary Protected
Status. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the Temporary Protected Status
designation of Ethiopia as required by statute. This termination is effective [INSERT
DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]. After [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER], nationals of Ethiopia (and aliens having no
nationality who last habitually resided in Ethiopia) who have been granted Temporary
Protected Status under Ethiopia’s designation will no longer have Temporary Protected
Status. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[CIS No. 2806-25]
RIN 1615-ZC12
Termination of Family Reunification Parole Processes for Colombians, Cubans,
Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Haitians, Hondurans, and Salvadorans
ACTION: Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is terminating the
categorical parole processes for aliens from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, and their immediate family members, under the Family
Reunification Parole processes announced, or updated, by DHS in 2023 (hereinafter
referred to as “modernized FRP programs”). DHS is also terminating the residual
processing of legacy cases under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole program
(“legacy CFRP”) and the Haitian Family Reunification Parole program (“legacy HFRP”)
first implemented by USCIS in 2007 and 2014, respectively (collectively, the “legacy
FRP programs”). This Federal Register notice is intended to provide context and
guidance to the public regarding the termination of all nine programs (hereinafter “the
FRP programs”), termination of parole for aliens paroled under the FRP programs, and
revocation of employment authorization based on being an alien paroled under the FRP
programs.
DATES: DHS is terminating the FRP programs as of [INSERT DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. The temporary parole period of
aliens who have been paroled into the United States under the FRP programs, and whose
initial period of parole has not already expired by [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] will terminate on that
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention
A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention.
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
After Javier Muñoz was put in immigration detention and not allowed to bathe or change clothes for days at a time, he began feeling excruciating pain in his genitalia. A judge ordered his release and chronicled the graphic details of what happened. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
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Wrenching Pain, a Severe Infection: An ICE Detainee Is Ordered Released
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
They Witness Deaths on the Tracks and Then Struggle to Get Help By Jonah Markowitz, Bianca Pallaro and Ana Ley Photos & videos, Jonah Markowitz @la-ley.bsky.social About two people per week die under a subway train. I've often thought about the drivers. Most aren't getting the support they need.
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They Witness Deaths on the Tracks and Then Struggle to Get Help (Gift Article)
After train operators are involved in fatal strikes, the agency that runs New York City’s subway often leaves them to fend for themselves.
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
NEW: New York lawmakers say that most immigrants in NYC are skipping court appointments and ICE check-ins to avoid detention, risking their path to legal status. Now they want to pass a law banning the arrest tactic. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
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Democrats’ Proposal Would Halt Courthouse Arrests of Migrants
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
When immigration agents arrested Fei Zheng with his 6-year-old son, he reportedly became aggressive and told them that he wanted to die. He has since been separated from his child, Yuanxin, as they await deportation to China. With @haleaziz.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Fired Immigration Judge Sues Pam Bondi Lawsuit by former Judge Tania Nemer says she was targeted for being a Lebanese American woman and Democrat, testing the limits of Article II power over the immigration courts. migrantinsider.com/p/fired-immi...
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Fired Immigration Judge Sues Pam Bondi
Lawsuit by former Judge Tania Nemer says she was targeted for being a Lebanese American woman and Democrat, testing the limits of Article II power over the immigration courts.
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
NEW: The Trump administration has fired 8 immigration judges in one day in New York City as feds seek to restrict immigration nationwide (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
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Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/11/2025
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota. REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members? TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/11/2025
Breaking News: Residents had warned officials of potential fire safety violations over a year before the deadly high-rise fire in Hong Kong.
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Officials Had Been Warned for Over a Year Before Hong Kong Fire
Residents of Wang Fuk Court apartments had raised concerns about flammable foam panels and scaffold netting, but the government did not take decisive action.
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 21/11/2025
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
USCIS has restored citizenship ceremonies in upstate New York after pausing them abruptly (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
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Citizenship Ceremonies Are Back On in Upstate New York After Abrupt Halt
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/11/2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Trump’s decision to call a female reporter “Piggy” on Air Force One, claiming the insult reflected the “frankness” that helped him win a second term.
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White House defends Trump calling female reporter ‘Piggy’
The president has escalated his attacks on the press amid political blowback for his handling of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
@nickmiroff.bsky.social reports that the WH will send Gregory Bovino and his "Green Machine" of Border Patrol agents to NYC early next year after Mamdani is sworn in. "No president has ever used the Border Patrol this way. But the agency is modeling the kind of aggressive tactics Trump wants."
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Nick Miroff (@nickmiroff.bsky.social)
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security. Tips? Signal: NickMiroff.78
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre7.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
NEW: As New York braces for a potential surge in ICE activity, Tom Homan renewed his threat to send more agents to New York. That and more with @la-ley.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
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Trump’s Border Czar Threatens More Immigrant Arrests in New York City
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AILA @aila.org · 18/11/2025
"This stringent enforcement and stringent examination of what has always been perfectly legal visa categories is new,” said AILA President Jeff Joseph. wapo.st/4oMLMBX
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Ana Ley @la-ley.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Mamdani Reaches Out to White House to Arrange Meeting With Trump (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/n...
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Mamdani Reaches Out to White House to Arrange Meeting With Trump
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