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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. 🧵
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Ciji Graham, a Black woman wearing glasses, holds an infant boy wearing a black hoodie.
1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
BREAKING:
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
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Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
NEW: What happened to the Venezuelans after a raid at a Chicago apartment. From an amazing @propublica.org team: @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social, Sebastian Rotella, @tchristianmiller.bsky.social, @mariamelba.bsky.social and so many others.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Check out our story here, which was a big collaborative effort from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social, @tchristianmiller.bsky.social, Sebastian Rotella, & me. Data & research from Nick McMillan, @kirstenberg.bsky.social, & Gabriel Sandoval
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Some of the detained Venezuelan immigrants have already been deported. Jhonny Manuel Caicedo Fereira, whose records show that CPD couldn't find any prior criminal history or gang affiliations, was recently deported to Venezuela after being detained in the raid. "I lost everything," he said.
We found little to support the government's claims that the building was a "Tren de Aragua" complex. We found no convictions for 18 of the 21 Venezuelans we identified. We found 3 that had convictions for theft, battery, & marijuana possession. But no evidence that anyone had gang affiliations.
We at @propublica.org looked into the immigration raid that happened in Chicago's South Shore in late September. We found many of the Venezuelans detained in that raid, looked into them, and spoke to several of them.
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
ICYMI: She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger. @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social
Shocking story. How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger, by @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social
Trump has called his CBP Home app a safe and easy way for immigrants to leave the country. There's only one problem: It hasn't worked for some who are trying to self deport. by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social
A friend from Gaza is raising funds for their family there, who are doing all they can to survive the ongoing genocide. Please consider pitching in if you can, or if you can’t, please share widely: chuffed.org/project/1308...
A friend from Gaza is raising funds for their family there, who are doing all they can to survive the ongoing genocide. Please consider pitching in if you can, or if you can’t, please share widely: chuffed.org/project/1308...
We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.
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We ❤️ @ire.org! @propublica.org employees wore buttons & flyered at the IRE gala to rally support for our fight for a fair contract.
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late to this, but hugely honored @propublica.org's immigration stories were named finalists in the Loeb Awards for business journalism in the explanatory category.
Stories still worth a read, imho, even a year later:
Mine & @mariamelba.bsky.social's contribution:
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies. We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left, and the admin refused to give us numbers. So we conducted our own analysis, a thread...
NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...