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: [email protected]. Signal: WendyFry.10.
Pinned
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
“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...
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'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.
calmatters.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“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...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Today my Beyond the Border subscription renewed and I have to say it was worth every penny last year so I highly recommend you subscribing as well beyondthebordernews.substack.com
Beyond the Border | Kate Morrissey | Substack
Beyond the Border brings you human stories about the U.S. immigration system. Click to read Beyond the Border, by Kate Morrissey, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today my Beyond the Border subscription renewed and I have to say it was worth every penny last year so I highly recommend you subscribing as well beyondthebordernews.substack.com
Reposted by Wendy Fry
NEW: @governor.ca.gov & @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov announced an online portal for the public to share information with the CA DOJ regarding potentially unlawful activity by federal agents & officers across the state
Fed agents have broad authority to enforce federal laws, but they must do so lawfully
Fed agents have broad authority to enforce federal laws, but they must do so lawfully
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW: @governor.ca.gov & @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov announced an online portal for the public to share information with the CA DOJ regarding potentially unlawful activity by federal agents & officers across the state
Fed agents have broad authority to enforce federal laws, but they must do so lawfully
Fed agents have broad authority to enforce federal laws, but they must do so lawfully
An immigration judge denied Idris bond this morning during a bond hearing in San Diego fed immigration court.
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An immigration judge denied Idris bond this morning during a bond hearing in San Diego fed immigration court.
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.
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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.
Same same. I didn’t touch the cherry tho. 🥧🤤
I have eaten all the pie.
Both are gone; the apple and the pumpkin.
Until next time.
Both are gone; the apple and the pumpkin.
Until next time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Same same. I didn’t touch the cherry tho. 🥧🤤
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...
calmatters.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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
Letter from Reps. Jacobs, Vargas and Levin about ICE’s new policy detaining foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens at their USCIS green-card appointments:
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Letter from Reps. Jacobs, Vargas and Levin about ICE’s new policy detaining foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens at their USCIS green-card appointments:
Yo. SD Media. The holiday party at same place as last year. HMU for details. (Or even better, join the newsletter mailing list!) 6pm Dec 10. Be there. Be merry. Be bright. 🎄🎁🎉🎁🎄🎅
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Yo. SD Media. The holiday party at same place as last year. HMU for details. (Or even better, join the newsletter mailing list!) 6pm Dec 10. Be there. Be merry. Be bright. 🎄🎁🎉🎁🎄🎅
Reposted by Wendy Fry
A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97
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He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
I wonder how we could have seen coming the consequences of out-of-control corporate consolidation of media and how that could one day silence independent voices. @jaketapper explaining here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
CNN's Jake Tapper weighs in on President Trump's Truth Social post over the weekend, saying late night host Seth Meyers should be fired.
TikTok video by CNN
www.tiktok.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I wonder how we could have seen coming the consequences of out-of-control corporate consolidation of media and how that could one day silence independent voices. @jaketapper explaining here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
U.S. Attorney’s office, while highlighting “border-related crimes,” mistakenly refers to Tijuana as “Mexico’s second largest city.” (It’s not.)
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
U.S. Attorney’s office, while highlighting “border-related crimes,” mistakenly refers to Tijuana as “Mexico’s second largest city.” (It’s not.)
At SD @spj-posts.bsky.social event last week, @sofiareports.bsky.social said a government study that showed foreign-born residents commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens had been removed from internet. I tried to find it for a big story we had early in 2025 too and wasn’t able to. Can 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
At SD @spj-posts.bsky.social event last week, @sofiareports.bsky.social said a government study that showed foreign-born residents commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens had been removed from internet. I tried to find it for a big story we had early in 2025 too and wasn’t able to. Can 1/2
Let’s find out and see.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Let’s find out and see.
San Diego ICE arrests expand to green card appointments www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-ic...
San Diego ICE arrests expand to green card appointments
Though other cities have reported arrests of immigrants in the final stages of obtaining their green cards, this week marks the first time that San Diego attorneys have seen clients detained at U.S. C...
www.daylightsandiego.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
San Diego ICE arrests expand to green card appointments www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-ic...
Reposted by Wendy Fry
California has a law that gives counties the authority to inspect ICE detention facilities like Desert View. At least as early October, that authority wasn't being utilized.
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
California has a law that gives counties the authority to inspect ICE detention facilities like Desert View. At least as early October, that authority wasn't being utilized.
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
“And somewhere in LA right now, there’s a story that should be told but won’t be, because the journalist who could tell it is calculating whether the danger is worth it, and they don’t have the protections that would make that calculation easier.”
When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
www.poynter.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“And somewhere in LA right now, there’s a story that should be told but won’t be, because the journalist who could tell it is calculating whether the danger is worth it, and they don’t have the protections that would make that calculation easier.”
When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
www.poynter.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Reposted by Wendy Fry
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
We’re so looking forward to this important discussion about immigration and covering immigration today. Please come! (As an aside, this flyer designed by Philip Salata and photo by me.) More details on event: spjsandiego.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We’re so looking forward to this important discussion about immigration and covering immigration today. Please come! (As an aside, this flyer designed by Philip Salata and photo by me.) More details on event: spjsandiego.org
Reposted by Wendy Fry
Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees
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Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees
The Equal Access to Justice Act authorizes the award of attorneys’ fees against the government to petitioners who prevail in habeas actions challenging detention by immigration authorities, the Tenth ...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees
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