Kristina Cooke
@kristinacooke.bsky.social
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I write investigative and narrative stories about immigration and criminal justice for Reuters. Please send story tips!
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Kristina Cooke
@kristinacooke.bsky.social
· Nov 29
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Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations
Many family members of unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children who are part of a group the Trump administration attempted to deport over the weekend did not want their children returned to Guatemala, according to an internal Guatemalan government report that contradicts assertions made by U.S. officials.
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· Jul 28
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The New Yorker
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· May 2
Trump’s Deportees to El Salvador Are Now “Ghosts” in U.S. Courts
Even as the Administration refuses to reveal the names of those it has deported under the Alien Enemies Act, a network of lawyers and advocates is fighting to keep their cases alive.
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Kristina Cooke
@kristinacooke.bsky.social
· Apr 24
US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement
U.S. officials have interviewed white South Africans seeking refugee status about their troubles with land disputes, crime and perceived racism, while refugees from other countries are being deported or barred from the United States.
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Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
· Apr 9
Trump's bid to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members faces new US court limits
U.S. judges said on Wednesday they would impose new limits on President Donald Trump's attempts to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime law, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a broad ban on such removals in another court.
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Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
· Apr 8
Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order
The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.
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Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
· Apr 1
Insight: Trump deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador. Dozens have active asylum cases
On a Thursday morning last month, immigration agents knocked on the door of Leonel Echavez' Dallas home looking for someone else. Despite an upcoming immigration hearing, the 19-year-old Venezuelan was taken into custody for questioning about his tattoos.
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Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
· Mar 18
Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador
Family members of Venezuelan migrants who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador as part of a rapid U.S. deportation operation over the weekend are struggling to get more information as a legal battle plays out.
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Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
· Mar 6
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
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Kristina Cooke
@kristinacooke.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Trump officials launch ICE effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children
The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered the United States without their parents, expanding the president's mass deportation effort, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.
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