Jonathan Blitzer

DHS has been conducting new interviews with refugees who were already vetted & admitted into the US. According to a former USCIS source with knowledge, Stephen Miller handpicked lawyers to review the re-interviews because "too many people were being reaffirmed as refugees."

This bombshell report from @romangressier comes at a time when Consuelo Porras & a network of supporters who wld profit from her continued influence in Guate are lobbying the Trump Admin. One ask (among others): to remove her from US sanctions list, which she's on for corruption

"The stakes are literally life and death" Lower courts blocked DHS efforts to roll back protected status for citizens of countries deemed high-risk; Sec. Noem claimed conditions had improved and the change was in US interest. SCOTUS will hear arguments next month bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A rookie ICE agent fresh out of the Trump administration’s abbreviated basic training program made critical errors in paperwork that became the government’s justification for detaining a California man for days in December, federal court records show. wapo.st/3Nj8owl

*the majority of those were in ICE detention*

DHS pick Markwayne Mullin boasts of ‘special assignments’ abroad but offers few details (with @marianne_levine) washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

With ICE's release of Leqaa Kordia after more than a year of holding her in federal detention, revisit this beautiful piece by @AidaAlami, who spoke with her in jail and profiled her for The @NewYorker. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

According to @nytimes, "after selling his company in 2021, Markwayne Mullin reported less than 30 stock trades in 2022...In 2023, his first year as a senator, Mr. Mullin reported more than 100 trades, rising to more than 130 trades last year." nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/…

My Comment in this week's @NewYorker: Trump's immigration agenda, which hinges on mass detention, has caused a humanitarian & legal crisis. Deaths in custody; abuse & neglect of detainees; detention w/o bond; judges' orders ignored. The list goes on... newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen and preschool teaching assistant who was shot by a federal agent in Chicago, offers the most complete picture yet of a D.H.S. shooting and its aftermath: newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

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Esta investigación de la Alianza Rebelde Investiga aborda la deportación masiva de venezolanos a El Salvador. Es finalista de los premios Shadid Award al periodismo ético.Los periodistas realizaron una revisión documental y de análisis de fuentes oficiales twp.ai/4ivlhr

"Cuba siempre ha sido tanto de los demás y tan poco de nosotros mismos", dice @CarlaColome1. Ella y otros periodistas cubanos exiliados han tenido que ser traductores de una realidad que les afecta en forma directa. Te contamos: elhilo.audio/287

Striking detail via @dmac1: "The high expectations" of execs at GEO Group & Core Civic after Trump's reelection "have soured in recent months, as the Admin has courted start-ups & explored new methods" for immigration jails: washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…

ICE is buying warehouses across America and calling them detention centers. But there's a problem no one in the federal government seems to want to answer: where does the water come from? A thread. 🧵

Was honored to be a part of this episode. I hope you’ll give it a listen.

Judge Eric Tostrud (Trump apptee) issues remarkable ruling in MN. Finds “compelling & troubling” evidence that DHS had policy of illegally stopping people based solely on race or ethnicity & of arresting without probable cause. But denies relief ... 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

My thoughts on the departure of Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary, @NewYorker: newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

We don’t yet know if Estefany Rodríguez’s detention was in retaliation for her reporting but we certainly wouldn’t be surprised. ICE abductions of noncitizen journalists take the reporters best equipped to cover immigration enforcement off the beat. nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/jou…