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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Very well-deserved honor! ProPublica Editor-In-Chief Steve Engelberg Wins Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award

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ProPublica Editor-In-Chief Stephen Engelberg Wins Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Since Trump’s return to office, ICE holds a daily average of roughly 200 children in custody compared to just 23 the previous year — an eightfold rise" @themarshallproject.org www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/c...

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Tracking Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on Children

How many kids has ICE arrested, detained, and deported under the second Trump administration?

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

NEW: Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major operators like DraftKings say their in-app safeguards can prevent users from spiraling out of control. Our reporter decided to find out for himself whether that was true.

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Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.

ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson immersed himself in the world of online sports betting on DraftKings to test the limits of the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Here are five things he learn...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Last year we obtained internal government records that showed more than 600 children around the US had been placed in federal shelters for unaccompanied children, many of them had been separated from their parents or guardians. This is still happening. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

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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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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We found immigration courts have issued more than 10,000 removal and voluntary departure orders each month for immigrant minors — nearly four times the rate as Trump’s last term. With legal representation disappearing that pace could accelerate www.propublica.org/article/unac...

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A ProPublica analysis of court records from more than 70,000 habeas cases filed since Jan '25 found some judges take far longer than others to resolve cases as federal courts have adjusted unevenly to the unprecedented flood of filings by @carla-astudi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained

Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 27/08/2026

Disturbing trend: Local jails are rebooking immigrants in an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. @propublica.org's nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusually high numbers of rebookings. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.

Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...

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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

You and I — all of us taxpayers — funded this $533 million artillery plant outside of Dallas. It hasn’t produced a single usable shell. Yet the defense contractor, General Dynamics, has never been held publicly accountable. Nor has it had to pay a penny back… 1/

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/07/2026

We found that thousands of parents have been separated from U.S. citizen children and at least 79 kids were doused with chemical agents. 🗓️ On July 21, join us for a virtual discussion on how children have been caught in Trump's immigration crackdown: propub.li/4fiHDSF

Text: How Children Have Been Caught in Trump's Immigration Crackdown: Join us for a discussion about how families and children are being affected in new ways by President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. Tuesday, July 21. 4 p.m. EST. Register at propublica.org/events. Events supported by the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation. Image: A woman walks a young boy down a dimly lit hallway with blue walls.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Come join my colleagues and I on July 21 for a virtual discussion about how stepped-up immigration enforcement is affecting children and families: events.propublica.org/trump-deport...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/07/2026

NEW: Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.

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Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say

Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We found the vast majority of deported unaccompanied minors had no criminal history in the US. These children and young people, who in some cases were abused or abandoned in their home countries, are now being ordered back to where they came from. 7/ www.propublica.org/article/unac...

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Advocates say the administration is trying to cast all immigrants who arrived by themselves as minors in a negative light. Some, like Elder, who has now spent 6 months of his junior year in adult detention, say they have done nothing wrong. 6/

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Trump admin says programs designed to help immigrant kids are rife with fraud and encouraged a record 450,000 unaccompanied minors to cross the border under Biden. They say some of the children became victims of abuse or exploitation, while others became criminals. 5/

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Why is this happening? Trump, as part of his mass deportation campaign, has moved to systematically roll back policies that provided immigrant minors access to legal counsel and relief from deportation while they pursued permission to permanently stay in the country. 4/

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

At the same time, @propublica.org ca found, immigration courts have issued more than 10,000 removal and voluntary departure orders per month for immigrant minors — nearly four times the rate as Trump’s last term. 3/

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, my colleague @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social and I found that young people living in the U.S. who entered as unaccompanied minors, like Elder, are being detained and deported at about 3x the rate as during the final years of the first Trump presidency 2/

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

When 18-year-old Elder Chavez was pulled over for going 15 mph over the limit, he tried to show officers docs the US govt granted him after his parents abandoned him in Honduras and he crossed the border alone. He was put in ICE detention anyway. 🧵 1/ www.propublica.org/article/unac...

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A must read story by Mr colleague @perla-trevizo.bsky.social about what happened at the sprawling tent detention center on a military base in ElPaso: “He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis. www.propublica.org/article/camp...

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“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.

Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

CYMI: JD Vance was recently handed a letter @ProPublica published back in February. The letter, written by a 7-year-old detained at the Dilley facility said: “I don’t feel good in this place … I hope to leave here soon.” 1/ youtu.be/yssQNtyxkDk?...

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JD Vance CONFRONTED with letter from detained child

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/06/2026

Inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence victim began collecting others’ stories of abuse. 156 women answered her call. Together, they became “survivor sisters” — and helped shape a new law offering them a path toward freedom. But would it work? Listen to the full episode:

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Convicted of Killing Their Abusers, These Women Got Another Chance at Freedom

A new law gave people sentenced for the murders of their abusive partners a rare pathway to freedom. That wasn’t the end of the story.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is a stunning an infuriating story. Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits of EPA roll backs on methane releases that play an outsize roll in climate change. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We are hoping to capture the experiences of seniors across the country. If you could please share with your networks or reach out to us directly, we would greatly appreciate it!

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

NEW: In February, I visited Raw Farm. You may have heard of it. RFK Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are customers. It supplies raw dairy products to 500 stores nationwide. And regulators have linked it to over a dozen recalls and outbreaks that have made hundreds sick. 🧵👇

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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

ICE and the Department of Defense, since the facility is on a military base, concurred with many of the report’s recommendations, including implementing cost-saving measures and controls to ensure new facilities are properly inspected. www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A new GAO report details “millions of dollars of waste” and several serious incidents at an ICE tent detention camp in El Paso, Texas: a detainee who died after an officer used force, a detainee suicide, and a detainee with tuberculosis housed with the general population www.gao.gov/prerelease/d...

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U.S. GAO - Immigration Detention: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities

ICE has increased its enforcement efforts and expanded detention capacity since January 2025. The Army and ICE opened ICE's largest facility—Camp East...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

So proud of this work - including our reporting on the Venezuelans deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A new episode of "Paper Trail" is LIVE — this one is the backstory of @ctmirror.org's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into a towing industry scandal with an assist from @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network. I attempt a joke at the top. Be nice about it: www.propublica.org/podcast/conn...

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How to Lose a Car in 15 Days

When two local reporters heard drivers were having their cars towed and then sold in as little as two weeks, they teamed up with ProPublica to investigate.

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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Delighted and shocked to learn last night that we won a National Magazine Award for some of our immigration reporting - including our story on how the Venezuelan men Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison were tortured, and on the dramatic midnight raid in Chicago. 😃 www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

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ProPublica Wins National Magazine Award for Public Interest

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A new report used census data to estimate that more than 100,00 U.S. citizen kids had an immigrant parent detained since Trump took office in January. Brookings’ analysis cites reporting from ProPublica on detentions, which can lead to family separation www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates

Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s rep...

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

NEW: @ProPublica has launched a podcast, hosted by @jlussenhop.bsky.social! Give the trailer a listen, send to your families and friends, warn the enemies of the good and the true, like and subscribe. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Paper Trail

News Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Investigative reporters at ProPublica chase down evidence of wrongdoing and bring it to light. That evidence can be on paper — or on thumb drives, in secret recordi...

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

These weapons are toxic, especially to children, who breathe more rapidly, pulling in more contaminated air than adults relative to their body weight. --> my latest, with @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎥 WATCH: ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" premiered Tuesday, April 14 at 10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT on PBS and online. propub.li/4t9gZkF

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Caught in the Crackdown | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series

Watch FRONTLINE and ProPublica's documentary tracing the violence, protests and arrests stemming from federal immigration sweeps across the United States — from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

So proud that our colleagues and partners work was nominated for two 2026 News and Documentary Emmy Awards including a film version of our reporting on Venezuelans sent by the US to be imprisoned in El Salvador last year www.propublica.org/awards/news-...

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News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Two Nominations

Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Late last year I began speaking to children and their parents detained at Dilley to hear about their experiences in their own words. Parents told me some kids were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide. 2/ Read my first investigation: www.propublica.org/article/life...

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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Following reporting by ProPublica and others, multiple celebrities have signed an open letter demanding that the Dilley family detention center be shut down. “No child should be locked in an immigration detention center,” the letter begins. 1/ variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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Pedro Pascal, Madonna, Mark Ruffalo and More Demand ICE Facility for Children Shut Down, Sign Open Letter: ‘Children Belong in Schools. Not Detention Centers’

Madonna, Pedro Pascal, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo and more Hollywood names are fighting to close the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

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