Join my @propublica colleagues and I today <Tuesday> at 4 pm ET as we discuss the impacts of expanded immigration enforcement on children and families. Sign up here: events.propublica.org/trump-deport...

ProPublica Event: How Children Have Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Join us for a discussion about how families and children are being affected in new ways by President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

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We found that thousands of parents have been separated from U.S. citizen children and at least 79 kids were doused with chemical agents. 🗓️ On July 21, join us for a virtual discussion on how children have been caught in Trump's immigration crackdown: https://propub.li/4fiHDSF

Come join my colleagues and I on July 21 for a virtual discussion about how stepped-up immigration enforcement is affecting children and families: events.propublica.org/trump-deport...

Must Read: The Trump administration is working directly with a powerful Venezuelan leader under investigation for an alleged political killing in Chile. www.propublica.org/article/chil...

He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.

Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile. The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerf...

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NEW: Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.

Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say

Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’...

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When 18-year-old Elder Chavez was pulled over for going 15 mph over the limit, he tried to show officers docs the US govt granted him after his parents abandoned him in Honduras and he crossed the border alone. He was put in ICE detention anyway. 🧵 1/ www.propublica.org/article/unac...

These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...

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A must read story by Mr colleague @perla-trevizo.bsky.social about what happened at the sprawling tent detention center on a military base in ElPaso: “He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis. www.propublica.org/article/camp...

“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.

Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.

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CYMI: JD Vance was recently handed a letter @ProPublica published back in February. The letter, written by a 7-year-old detained at the Dilley facility said: “I don’t feel good in this place … I hope to leave here soon.” 1/ youtu.be/yssQNtyxkDk?...

JD Vance CONFRONTED with letter from detained child

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Inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence victim began collecting others’ stories of abuse. 156 women answered her call. Together, they became “survivor sisters” — and helped shape a new law offering them a path toward freedom. But would it work? Listen to the full episode:

Convicted of Killing Their Abusers, These Women Got Another Chance at Freedom

A new law gave people sentenced for the murders of their abusive partners a rare pathway to freedom. That wasn’t the end of the story.

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This is a stunning an infuriating story. Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits of EPA roll backs on methane releases that play an outsize roll in climate change. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs.

Alex Cuadros@alexcuadros.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1/ You've probably never heard of Jeffery Hildebrand. But this billionaire Trump donor is one of the oil industry's top polluters — and the poster boy for a huge climate problem that's actually relatively easy to fix... 🧵

We are hoping to capture the experiences of seniors across the country. If you could please share with your networks or reach out to us directly, we would greatly appreciate it!

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo ago

1/ Calling #ClassOf2026: If you or someone you know graduated high school this year, ProPublica reporters want to hear from you. We need your help understanding how the government’s immigration policies impacted your experience. How to get in touch 👇

Ms. Rachel taking letters from children detained at the Dilley immigrant detention center in south Texas -- some of them first published by @propublica.org -- to lawmakers www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Ms. Rachel goes to Washington, carrying letters from children in ICE custody

The children’s media star is urging lawmakers to end family detention and reunite the kids and parents who had been separated by ICE enforcement.

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NEW: In February, I visited Raw Farm. You may have heard of it. RFK Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are customers. It supplies raw dairy products to 500 stores nationwide. And regulators have linked it to over a dozen recalls and outbreaks that have made hundreds sick. 🧵👇

He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

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A new GAO report details “millions of dollars of waste” and several serious incidents at an ICE tent detention camp in El Paso, Texas: a detainee who died after an officer used force, a detainee suicide, and a detainee with tuberculosis housed with the general population www.gao.gov/prerelease/d...

U.S. GAO - Immigration Detention: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities

ICE has increased its enforcement efforts and expanded detention capacity since January 2025. The Army and ICE opened ICE's largest facility—Camp East...

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So proud of this work - including our reporting on the Venezuelans deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador

Cengiz Yar@cengizyar.com · 2mo ago

Big wins last night for @propublica.org's Immigration and Video teams 🏆🏆

Response to reporting by my colleagues @lisalsong.bsky.social and Maya Miller www.propublica.org/article/lawm...

U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray

A ProPublica investigation found that scores of children were hurt by these chemicals during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Lawmakers say the findings show more restrictions are neede...

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A new episode of "Paper Trail" is LIVE — this one is the backstory of @ctmirror.org's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into a towing industry scandal with an assist from @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network. I attempt a joke at the top. Be nice about it: www.propublica.org/podcast/conn...

How to Lose a Car in 15 Days

When two local reporters heard drivers were having their cars towed and then sold in as little as two weeks, they teamed up with ProPublica to investigate.

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Delighted and shocked to learn last night that we won a National Magazine Award for some of our immigration reporting - including our story on how the Venezuelan men Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison were tortured, and on the dramatic midnight raid in Chicago. 😃 www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

ProPublica Wins National Magazine Award for Public Interest

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A new report used census data to estimate that more than 100,00 U.S. citizen kids had an immigrant parent detained since Trump took office in January. Brookings’ analysis cites reporting from ProPublica on detentions, which can lead to family separation www.propublica.org/article/trum...

More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates

Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s rep...

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NEW: @ProPublica has launched a podcast, hosted by @jlussenhop.bsky.social! Give the trailer a listen, send to your families and friends, warn the enemies of the good and the true, like and subscribe. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Paper Trail

News Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Investigative reporters at ProPublica chase down evidence of wrongdoing and bring it to light. That evidence can be on paper — or on thumb drives, in secret recordi...

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These weapons are toxic, especially to children, who breathe more rapidly, pulling in more contaminated air than adults relative to their body weight. --> my latest, with @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo ago

NEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.

🎥 WATCH: ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" premiered Tuesday, April 14 at 10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT on PBS and online. propub.li/4t9gZkF

Caught in the Crackdown | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series

Watch FRONTLINE and ProPublica's documentary tracing the violence, protests and arrests stemming from federal immigration sweeps across the United States — from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis.

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So proud that our colleagues and partners work was nominated for two 2026 News and Documentary Emmy Awards including a film version of our reporting on Venezuelans sent by the US to be imprisoned in El Salvador last year www.propublica.org/awards/news-...

News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Two Nominations

Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest

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Following reporting by ProPublica and others, multiple celebrities have signed an open letter demanding that the Dilley family detention center be shut down. “No child should be locked in an immigration detention center,” the letter begins. 1/ variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Pedro Pascal, Madonna, Mark Ruffalo and More Demand ICE Facility for Children Shut Down, Sign Open Letter: ‘Children Belong in Schools. Not Detention Centers’

Madonna, Pedro Pascal, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo and more Hollywood names are fighting to close the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

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Trump Called My Neighbors “Paid Agitators.” This is Who They Really Are.

After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbo...

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NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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NEW: More than 11,000. That’s how many US citizen children have a parent who has been detained under Trump, our new data analysis shows. When Doris Flores was separated from her four-month-old who was still breastfeeding, she turned to her pastor for help. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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NEW: This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children. www.propublica.org/article/fami...

The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted

This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publ...

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NEW: The Dilley family detention facility disabled video calls on tablets after detainees’ call recordings were shared on social media, according to a document viewed by ProPublica. 1/

The Trump administration turned vast expanses of federal land along the southern border, like this stretch in southern New Mexico, into national defense areas, but their attempts to prosecute "trespassers" are floundering in court. @propublica.org reports: www.propublica.org/article/immi...