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Wendy Selene Pérez

@wendyselene.bsky.social
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Investigative journalist, editor, freelance translator for @propublica.org, and documentary producer. | Covering enforced disappearances, immigration, and social justice. | Immigration fact-checker at Factchequeado.com. Texas–México. | Latinoamérica 💛.

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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Feed: "Feed MRSS-S Noticias" By: Wendy Selene Pérez on Saturday, August 2, 2025
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Orphans of a militarized border
They are the children and grandchildren of a generation that knew nothing but violence. Without support networks, criminal groups easily recruit them as spotters, or turn them into guides for migrants
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The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
Public data about air quality in Texas "is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether the air they breathe is safe." Uprooter Alejandra Martinez and Wendy Selene Pérez for The Texas Tribune www.texastribune.org/2024/03/14/t...
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Neglected and exposed: Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community,…
Public data from a network of state air monitors around the Houston Ship Channel is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether…
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 08/06/2026
Earlier: Under Trump, more than 50 American kids per day have an undocumented parent yanked into ICE detention. These children are citizens and the government has left them, and their remaining families, struggling to survive.
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Ruptured Families: The U.S. Citizen Children Left Behind by Deportations
More than 800,000 Texan kids with citizenship depend on an undocumented parent. Trump’s immigration crackdown is tearing their households apart.
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I hate that contract negotiations are not going better, but this is where we are. Today my colleagues and I @propublica.org are walking out. We need management to come to the table with more serious contract proposals that address our real concerns about discipline, job protections and fair wages.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Wendy Selene Pérez @wendyselene.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Madres y padres de más de 11,000 niños nacidos en EU fueron detenidos en los primeros 7 meses de Trump. Para las mamás ha sido peor. Datos exclusivos de @propublica.org indican que el 60% de ellas fueron deportadas, 4 veces + que con Biden. #ProPublicaenEspañol www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump ha detenido a padres de más de 11,000 niños ciudadanos estadounidenses
Un análisis de ProPublica con datos exclusivos de ICE muestra que Trump casi ha duplicado la tasa de detenciones de padres de niños estadounidenses, en comparación con Biden; las madres han sido depor...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 09/03/2026
We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead Jesús Jank Curbelo as a special investigative correspondent, a freelance role helping us cover immigration and immigrant communities in Texas: www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/
Jesus Jank Curbelo is a Latino man with very short buzzed dark hair, a moustache and wide but short beard, wearing a gray suit jacke tover a black logo tee.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/08/2025
They were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration. For months, their families were left wondering whether they’d ever see their loved ones alive again. Now that they’ve been released, three of the men and their families open up about their ordeal. 📽️ Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IN...
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Wendy Selene Pérez @wendyselene.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Patricia Campos, "Pato", estudiante de 21 años de Puruándiro, Mich. (69,260 habitantes). Rescatista de los Topos Azteca en la inundaciones de Texas. Una crónica junto con @jankcurbelo.bsky.social para Letras Libres. letraslibres.com/perfiles/pat...
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Patricia Campos, una mujer-topo contra las inundaciones en Texas | Letras Libres
Con 21 años, esta rescatista fue la primera mujer mexicana en sumarse a las brigadas de rescate que colaboran en Texas tras la tragedia.
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Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My latest newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Lessons from The New Yorker's 100th anniversary, National Magazine Award finalists, stories from @latriagraham.bsky.social and Zaydee Sanchez, and a recommendation from @barryyeoman.bsky.social. #longreads #podcasts #booksky
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𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Long-time palabra contributor, photojournalist Zaydee Sánchez, wins the 2025 American Mosaic Journalism Prize for coverage of misrepresented communities. @jankcurbelo.bsky.social spoke with her about her recent work: bit.ly/4hxosED
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Wendy Selene Pérez @wendyselene.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations. Las narrativas del miedo. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We @propublica.org are tracking who is working with Elon Musk and what they are doing. We have 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported. Help us investigate and send us tips 🔎: www.propublica.org/tips/federal... projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Jesús Jank Curbelo @jankcurbelo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Pinchita en @elpaisamerica.bsky.social sobre el bloqueo de las páginas X en Tx. Feat. mayfren @wendyselene.bsky.social elpais.com/us/2024-11-2...
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La guerra texana al porno
Texas aprobó el año pasado una ley que obliga a las páginas web de contenido para adultos a verificar la edad de sus usuarios. Desde entonces, una decena de estos sitios permanecen bloqueados en el Es...
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Wendy Selene Pérez @wendyselene.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#Texas aprobó de manera definitiva introducir lecciones basadas en la Biblia en las escuelas primarias públicas. Opcionales, sí, pero las escuelas que las adopten tendrán más recursos económicos por parte del estado. Para @elpaisus.bsky.social. elpais.com/us/2024-11-2...
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La Biblia entra en la escuela pública en Texas
El plan de estudios incluye lecciones basadas en la Biblia en las aulas de primaria y en los libros de inglés, lengua y literatura
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Wendy Selene Pérez @wendyselene.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Esto está pasando en México a pesar de las decenas de miles de desapariciones en tres sexenios y la falta de servicios forenses para identificar a otros miles de víctimas encontradas muertas. #México #Desaparecidos elpais.com/mexico/2024-...
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