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Wendy Fry

@wendyfry.bsky.social

I’m a journalist specializing in the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration and U.S.-MX foreign relations. I speak English and Spanish. Available for freelance work. Contact: wendyreports@gmail.com. Signal: WendyFry.10.

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Sergio olmos@sergioolmos.bsky.social · last wk.

‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show. “Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks and we’ll jump out.” “tonks everywhere selling food.”  W/ @wendyfry.bsky.social calmatters.org/justice/2026...

‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show

Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.

calmatters.org

Black Intellect Media@blackintellect.bsky.social · last wk.

‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show. Reporting by @sergioolmos.bsky.social & @wendyfry.bsky.social calmatters.org/justice/2026...

‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show

Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.

calmatters.org

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE just spent $1.5 BILLION to purchase two massive prisons in California it was already using for detention, in an effort to avoid oversight from the state, which has been pressuring the private prison company that owned them. CoreCivic will continue operating the facilities.

CoreCivic said it anticipates that the sale of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County will bring the company an estimated net proceeds of approximately $1.1 billion. The sale closed on July 2, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with the federal government paying $739.2 million for the 1994-bed Otay Mesa facility and $732.6 million for the newly-opened 2,560-bed California City facility. The two properties were sold under separate purchase agreements, signed and completed on the same day.
Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 4w ago

#BreakingNews Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds calmatters.org/justice/2026...

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Just your periodic reminder from a journo that when you’re in ICE detention and/or CDCR and they say they might be recording your calls, THEY ARE RECORDING YOUR CALLS

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Ok so they’re really really really gonna start enforcing the Real ID, y’all. Feb 1. If you have a passport card though or passport book, you’re OK via @TravelGov

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Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Me explaining to my future husband how it’s not true that you can’t just leave church spaghetti sitting out on the stove all night. If that were true, all of Texas would already be dead, luv. 😘✌🏽

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Don’t miss this. H2A worker visas will only go up. www.instagram.com/reel/DSoIj4T...

propublica on Instagram: "Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She left her toddler in Mexico and wound up in …"

Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She left her toddler in Mexico and wound up in a nightmare that authorities say almost got her killed.Over the years, the promises of an H-2A visa — such as humane working conditions, free housing and far better wages than back home — have sometimes been undermined by the relative ease of exploiting workers due to scant oversight of the program.Listen to ProPublica’s Max Blau talk about Sofi’s harrowing experience and why it’s vital for the public to better understand the perils H-2A workers face when picking the produce that lines our grocery store aisles.🎨: Dadu Shin for ProPublica

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Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’m just gonna note here that my mom still does not think it’s funny that I hid a whole human being (my bestie) in our own house for several weeks completely undetected like the wanna be CIA agent that I am. That’s how little our parents paid attention in the 90’s.

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Immigration rights activist Jeannette Vizguerra-Ramirez was released yesterday from a for-profit GEO Immigration Detention Center in Denver. A federal immigration judge ordered her release on bond after finding that the Department of Homeland Security failed to justify her continued detention.

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

CA Attorney General Rob Bonta finds unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the newly opened California City ICE detention center run by CoreCivic. CoreCivic has said they're following all fed regs. DOJ staff finds some detainees have to spend 23-24 hours a day in their housing unit.

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“The corrections department also provides ICE with information that helps the agency locate, arrest, and deport people who are not directly transferred. CalMatters obtained and reviewed more than 27,000 pages of emails between state prison employees and ICE.“ calmatters.org/justice/2025...

'We may be deporting the wrong people': New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown

A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.

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Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My friend on Marco Polo: “I started watching this show on Netflix about this at-risk youth from a bad neighborhood whose parent dies and then he’s sent to live with his aunt and uncle who are rich.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Was he chillin out maxin, relaxin all cool, playing some b-ball outside of school? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Oh man. Me and Cubby. This is a memory worth keeping. I channeled my old Politically Speaking poetry scripts for our @LatinoUSA podcast writing several weeks ago.

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Wendy Fry@wendyfry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor in Fresno County. calmatters.org/economy/2025... via Larry Valenzuela @calmatters

'They still need care': California farmworkers avoid medical clinics over immigration fears

Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor who work...

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