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The DOJ plans to settle with Colony Ridge over predatory loan practices. No money will be used to compensate the alleged victims, most of whom are Hispanic. But $20 million will go towards policing and immigration enforcement.

Join our AMA on the settlement today at 2 p.m. in r/Houston.

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Meenu Batra has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002. She’s a court interpreter, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu.

But, on March 17, Batra was detained by ICE agents at the Harlingen Airport: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

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Trump’s DOJ plans to settle Colony Ridge case without compensating victims - The Texas Tribune The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents. Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target th...

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TODAY: AMA w/ @propublica.org and @texastribune.org reporter Zach Despart at 2 pm CT about what happened to the Colony Ridge settlement last week.
DOJ plans to settle without compensating the alleged victims, and $20 mil goes to policing and immigration enforcement
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The DOJ plans to settle with Colony Ridge over predatory loan practices. No money will be used to compensate the alleged victims, most of whom are Hispanic. But $20 million will go towards policing and immigration enforcement.

Join our AMA on the settlement Wed at 2 p.m. in r/Houston.

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The partners this year include @houstonchronicle.com, @kxan.com in Austin, @texasobserver.org, Big Bend Sentinel, and KRIS 6 News in Corpus Christi

ProPublica and Texas Tribune name 5 newsroom partners Big Bend Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle, KRIS 6 News in Corpus Christi, KXAN Investigates in Austin and the Texas Observer will report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.

An exciting new year of partnerships 💪 Looking forward to working with all of these strong local newsrooms! And of course with the wonderful and incomparable @viannadavila.bsky.social
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Texas upends life for undocumented immigrants, DACA recipients The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.

Texas is cutting undocumented immigrants off from school, work and driving.

The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.

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1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

This is a great article and got too little attention when it first came out. @propublica.org is doing amazing work.

What Emergency Managers Say They Need More Than Ever We heard from more than 40 current and former emergency managers in 11 states about what they need to prepare for the next disaster — and what they aren’t getting.

We heard from more than 40 current and former emergency managers in 11 states about what they need to prepare for the next disaster — and what they aren’t getting.

New from me: www.propublica.org/article/emer...

Emergency Managers: Help ProPublica Prepare to Report on the Next Disaster If you are a part of the network of disaster response and recovery partners, we need your help to build a comprehensive picture of the real conditions across the country.

NEW: Disasters are a matter of "when," not "if."

Are you an emergency manager or researcher? Help us build a national picture of the country’s preparedness, from funding to alert systems.

Tell us what we should be covering.

In 2024, UTEP investigated a $160 million grant. It was conducted outside the university’s policies, and federal investigators later couldn’t substantiate the findings. The grant was killed. Here are the findings of an El Paso Matters investigation. elpasomatters.org/2026/02/22/h...

What you need to know about Texas ICE detention deaths Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.

Thirty-two people died in ICE custody nationwide last year, surpassing the previous high of 20 in 2005, according to federal data.

Nearly a quarter of last year’s deaths occurred in Texas.

Have We Underestimated El Paso All Along? The site of revolutionary ferment, intellectual tumult, and a radical ethic of caring, El Paso has always been a glorious mosaic.

Texas is unknowable w/o visits to El Paso. Perhaps the U.S. isn't fully understood w/o ELP. This review of El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory by @jazmineulloa.bsky.social fills it out. ELP is underestimated. www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

More Immigrants Are Challenging Their ICE Detention Than Ever Before Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Tru...

NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.

The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.

Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

NEW: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.

She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.

She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

She handed me a free bowl of pozole once many, many years ago. One of the best nights of my life

Was that Toñita from Caribbean Social Club?? 😭

An excellent example of service journalism 💪

Applications for the state's new voucher program are now open. Don't forget, if you live in Texas and are impacted in any way by changes to public education, we @propublica.org and @texastribune.org would love to hear from you
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙

Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.

A note from our editors:

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

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