BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
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Journalist covering the immigration beat at the San Diego-Tijuana border writing Beyond the Border newsletter on Substack. Co-founder of Daylight San Diego. Articles in Capital & Main, Voice of San Diego, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times...
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Kate Morrissey, Journalist@bgirledukate.bsky.social · 5h agoAs immigration reporter for @daylightsdnews.bsky.social, I spend a lot of time listening. That means approaching people in a trauma-informed way to build trust, spending time in person observing people's lives and the government's actions. 1/8
As immigration reporter for @daylightsdnews.bsky.social, I spend a lot of time listening. That means approaching people in a trauma-informed way to build trust, spending time in person observing people's lives and the government's actions. 1/8
While we can't sneak you into Hall H, we have rounded up plenty of events happening outside the conference center that you can check out to join in the San Diego Comic-Con fun this week. ✍️ @bgirledukate.bsky.social www.daylightsandiego.org/how-to-enjoy... #sandiego #sandiegonews #comiccon
How to enjoy Comic-Con 2026 without badges
While we can't sneak you into Hall H, we have rounded up plenty of events happening outside the conference center that you can check out to join in the fun this week.
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Congratulations to Capital & Main contributor and Daylight San Diego co-founder Kate Morrissey, who was named Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists’ San Diego Pro Chapter. www.daylightsandiego.org/spj-recogniz... @daylightsdnews.bsky.social @bgirledukate.bsky.social
SPJ recognizes Daylight San Diego for outstanding reporting in 2025
In our newsroom’s first year of publishing, the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists awarded Daylight with five first-place wins, and co-founder Kate Morrissey was honored as 2026 Journalist ...
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Capital & Main@capitalandmain.bsky.social · last mo.An immigrant from Guatemala who lived in Los Angeles for more than two decades, José has been fighting to get medical attention the entire time he’s been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. capitalandmain.com/18-months-in...
🎙️In Nicaragua, the US sanctions more than 100 officials after the death of political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera. In Guatemala, the new AG halts the prosecution of journalists and columnists. In El Salvador, search groups question official homicide figures. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
NEW: A trove of internal records from Dialog, the secret society cofounded by Peter Thiel, was left exposed online. WIRED obtained a second cache of records that reveal who's really attending, how they're screened, and what personal details they were promised would stay private.
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
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Anybody else suddenly receiving 2024 election result breaking news emails from @politico.com? I was so confused until I saw the date at the top.
Report from @bgirledukate.bsky.social @capitalandmain.bsky.social on the renditions to eSwatini, where like the Salvadorans sent to CECOT, the victims remain in prison. capitalandmain.com/ousted-by-th...
Ousted by the Trump Administration, U.S. Immigrants Remain Locked up in African Kingdom
Held indefinitely, immigrants imprisoned in Eswatini lack medical attention, food and clothing, according to complaint.
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Capital & Main@capitalandmain.bsky.social · 2mo agoInspections by the California Department of Justice confirmed what people in immigration custody have been saying since President Donald Trump took office — conditions at detention facilities have grown worse. capitalandmain.com/conditions-a...
“Ten years later, he is going to ask the same question, ‘What happened to my dad?’” Paktiawal said. “All I’m going to tell him is, ‘Your dad was a hero, and he was arrested falsely and he was killed.’ He didn’t die. My brother didn’t die — he was killed.”
A Grieving Afghan Man Says He Tried to Get Medical Care for His Brother Who Died in ICE Custody
Naseer Paktiawal just returned from burying his brother in Afghanistan. “I didn’t want to bury him here.”
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ICE is arresting delivery drivers at a San Diego military base. According to an attorney interviewed by Kate Morrissey, military police at the gates call ICE on any driver who is not a citizen or green card holder, even if they have permission to be in the country. capitalandmain.com/ice-has-arre...
ICE Has Arrested Dozens of Delivery Drivers at the Gates of a San Diego Military Base
Advocates warn immigrants to avoid military bases when working for apps like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash.
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Capital & Main@capitalandmain.bsky.social · 4mo agoA pilot program launched last year at Camp Pendleton is detaining people with temporary permission to be in the U.S. Many of those detained were working for rideshare or delivery apps, including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, GrubHub and Roadie. capitalandmain.com/ice-has-arre...
Latest from @bgirledukate.bsky.social --> From SoCal to Minneapolis, Fatal Encounters Show Impunity of Immigration Officials, Activists Say via @capitalandmain - capitalandmain.com/from-socal-t...
In San Diego, DHS police arbitrarily change rules overnight to cite court watchers: The rule change "meant they could no longer stand in hallways to document immigration arrests or support those with hearings & appointments in the building." [Reporting: @bgirledukate.bsky.social]
Officials detain and cite volunteers documenting ICE arrests at San Diego federal building
The change seems to target volunteers who have conducted legal observation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers’ behavior in immigration court hallways and the corridor outside ICE offices ...
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was having a late night look through the court records in a case I've been following and stumbled across this www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-in-san-d...
ICE in San Diego is monitoring activists through Operation Road Flare
Court documents in a case against Jeane Wong revealed the existence of the operation. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by Lauren J. Mapp Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego i...
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👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
tfw you have been wondering why your brain felt so scattered and then you listed out how many stories you actively were working on investigating at the same time and realized it's because there are 20.
The desire by some officials to lower the disability ratings of veterans (which would cut monthly income) was part of Project 2025. www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...
VA reverses course on disability rule change; advocates warn it's not going away
The department says it won't enforce a new disability rule two days after announcing it — critics said it would cut veterans' benefits and penalize them for seeking treatment.
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
Who was actually invited to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference today? I was not invited, and I know of two other San Diego-based immigration and border reporters who were not invited. Really curious how they picked who was in that room...
More than 100 refugees were detained by immigration agents. Many were sent to a Texas detention center where 3 men have died. A judge has ordered their release. Reporter: Kate Morrissey @bgirledukate.bsky.social Producer: Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social Editor: Myles Kramer
A new rule from the Executive Office for Immigration Review gives immigrants less time and more requirements to file appeals in their cases. Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social www.daylightsandiego.org/sudden-rule-...
Sudden rule change shortens the time immigrants have to appeal their cases to 10 days
The Executive Office for Immigration Review published a rule on Friday that would also allow the Board of Immigration Appeals to quickly dismiss most cases. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by ...
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The head of ICE, Todd Lyons, just told Congress, "Sometimes the media is our biggest enemy."
Trump has repeatedly claimed ICE targets the “worst of the worst.”
Less Than 14% Of Trump’s ICE Arrests Had Violent Criminal Records, Report Says
Trump has repeatedly claimed ICE targets the “worst of the worst.”
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Sitting here snapping at my zoom screen with all the important things that @arelisrhdz.bsky.social @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social @lapublicpress.bsky.social's Michelle Zenarosa and @jcollins.bsky.social are sharing via @nationalpress.bsky.social about covering immigration arrests in this moment 1
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.
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...
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Father "told her that he felt tired walking and was short of breath." "She thinks they should've taken him [to the hospital] sooner." "[S]he wishes [ICE] had told her when he was hospitalized so she could've said goodbye." #California #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Honduran Grandfather Who Died in ICE Custody Told Family He’d Felt Ill For Weeks
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz is one of six people to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than three weeks into 2026.
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