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Sarah Matusek

@sarahmatusek.bsky.social

Immigration & Mountain West reporter at @csmonitor.bsky.social On Signal at sarahmatusek.54 Colorado convert. But most at home in any library.

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Center for Victims of Torture@cvt.org · 2mo ago

“The hope is never gone,” said CVT's Ariadna Gudiño, to @sarahmatusek.bsky.social in @csmonitor.bsky.social about clients who’d hoped to seek asylum in the U.S. Her clients fled torture but are now stranded as access to asylum is halted by new Trump policies. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...

Asylum seekers wait at border as US courts renew their hopes

Recent federal court rulings against the U.S. government’s asylum ban at the border are renewing hope for thousands of asylum seekers waiting in northern Mexico.

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Mica Rosenberg@micarosenberg.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: We obtained DHS data that shows the US knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans deported to a prison in El Salvador in March were convicted of US crimes, only 6 of those violent. Trump called them “savages,” “monsters” and "the worst of the worst.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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Henry Gass@henrygass.bsky.social · last yr.

Today's #SCOTUS oral argument is only partly about birthright citizenship, but it offers a preview of a country in which Trump's birthright citizenship order is in place. @sarahmatusek.bsky.social and I examined what that could look like: www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...

Birthright citizenship reaches the Supreme Court. What’s at stake?

Much is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a birthright citizenship case May 15, including whether an executive order is applied uniformly across the country.

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Sarah Matusek@sarahmatusek.bsky.social · 2y ago

With Hegseth at DoD, Rubio at State, and Noem at DHS now confirmed, Trump has installed key leaders in his effort to militarize border enforcement and suspend the entry of refugees and immigrants apnews.com/article/kris...

Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary

The Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump...

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Sarah Matusek@sarahmatusek.bsky.social · 2y ago

Beyond executive actions aimed at curbing illegal immigration, President Trump is expected to suspend refugee resettlement for at least 4 months, an incoming WH official told press today. More context here: www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/011...

Trump cut the refugee program before. Refugee groups prepare for Round 2.

Refugee groups are preparing for funding cuts and a lowered refugee admissions cap during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

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