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Hamed Aleaziz
@haleaziz.bsky.social
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I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
Breaking News: President Trump told Congress in a confidential notice that he had decided that the U.S. was in an “armed conflict” with certain drug cartels.
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 6d
ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data.

We detail how that happened:

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How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d
Breaking News: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by deporting noncitizen student activists.
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 7d
Scoop: The Trump administration is deporting a planeload of about 100 Iranians back to Iran from the US after a deal between the two governments, according to two senior Iranian officials involved in the negotiations and a U.S. official with knowledge of the plans.

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U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 11d
Scoop: Trump fired a U.S. Attorney in Sacramento less than six hours after she told his California border patrol chief to abide by court orders and the Constitution while conducting his immigration raids.

With @haleaziz.bsky.social

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Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 14d
The New York Times analyzed these videos; interviewed policing experts; and reviewed law enforcement policies to understand how an attempted immigration arrest turned deadly so quickly.

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How an Attempted ICE Arrest Near Chicago Turned Deadly
The New York Times analyzed surveillance, police body-camera footage and bystander videos to understand what happened when an immigration agent shot and killed a motorist in a Chicago suburb.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18d
NEW: The Trump administration will terminate deportation protections for thousands of migrants from Syria, homeland security officials said on Friday.

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Trump Administration Will End Deportation Protections for Thousands of Syrians
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Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social · 21d
NEW: A whistle-blower report regarding the Guatemalan children who the Trump administration planned to repatriate claims that the government misrepresented its own data in court, failing to mention that at least 30 of 327 children had been flagged as vulnerable to violence or abuse if sent back.
Whistle-Blower Account Contradicts Government’s Claims on Guatemalan Children
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 21d
Proud to work with Michael Schmidt @susannecraignyt.bsky.social and @russbuettner.bsky.social, who are stellar journalists and colleagues, and to work for AG Sulzberger, one of our generation's most stalwart champions of free speech. www.nytco.com/press/the-ne...
The New York Times Responds to Lawsuit Filed by President Donald Trump | The New York Times Company
“This lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims and instead is an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting. The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation…
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Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis.bsky.social · 25d
Today with @haleaziz.bsky.social :
Most of the Korean workers detained during an ICE raid on a Ga. battery plant last week were on short-term businesses visas. In at least one case, ICE acknowledged a worker hadn't violated his visa, and forced him to deport anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 26d
This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission:
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Penn State plans to 'wind down' WPSU after board committee rejects plan to transfer it to WHYY
WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal...
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 29d
Icymi, I’ve got a new gig
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Semafor @semafor.com · 29d
Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo wants to take on Politico Playbook from the left

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Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo wants to take on Politico Playbook from the left
The publication is expanding its politics coverage to gear up for the midterm elections.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Sep 5
The Trump administration warned in immigration court on Thursday that if Abrego Garcia’s recent attempt to open an asylum case in the US is successful, govt officials will seek to deport him back to El Salvador, according to a copy of the filing obtained by The NYT.

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Trump Administration Threatens Abrego Garcia With Deportation to El Salvador
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 1
Orville Etoria, a Jamaican citizen with legal residency in the U.S., was among five men with criminal records deported in July to a prison in Africa. His case highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.
Trump Administration Deports Jamaican Man to African Prison Years After U.S. Sentence
The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · Sep 2
We studied how Elon Musk shifts Grok’s politics to mirror his own. Sometimes it works, like when Grok changed overnight from saying disinformation was the worst threat to humanity to claiming it was birth rate decline instead. Other times, Grok is harder to influence: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Sep 1
I told my UC editing class this semester about @nickbaumann.bsky.social’s “SMB” (sucks, make better) recurring editing note in the margins of my drafts. I expected laughter. If I heard right, there were no laughs. A few looks of horror, but no laughter.

Nick is a monster
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Sep 2
The Eswatini government at one point requested a half-billion dollars from the United States in exchange for taking in third-country deportees, according to documents obtained by The Times.

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Man Who’d Served His Time in U.S. Is Deported to an African Prison
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Sep 2
The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
Man Who’d Served His Time in U.S. Is Deported to an African Prison
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Sep 1
NEW: The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to American officials.

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U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Aug 29
Our profile of Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief leading the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles:

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The Border Patrol Chief Leading the California Immigration Crackdown
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 27
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., people familiar with the matter said.
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · Aug 26
The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 23
“We need to make McCarthy great again,” Laura Loomer told @michaelscherer.bsky.social when he suggested her effort to get federal employees fired for supposed disloyalty to Trump recalled the Red Scare of the early 1950s.

She responded: “McCarthy was right.” https://theatln.tc/Pjjsq3OA
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · Aug 21
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
Breaking News 1m ago A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Aug 16
U.S. Pauses Visitor Visas for Gazans After Right-Wing Outcry www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
U.S. Pauses Visitor Visas for Gazans After Right-Wing Outcry
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