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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you so much!!

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · 17d

Hi! We made a show for you about what’s been happening at immigration court:

www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...

The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life

A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.

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Jonathan Blitzer @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social · Sep 5

“No one I interviewed could think of an example of American law enforcement masking. Jules Epstein, a law professor at Temple University, said that in his more than 45 years of practice, he had never seen the police wear masks, including in high-profile gang cases.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

ICE Agents Are Wearing Masks. Is That Un-American?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.

Matter of Jonathan Javier YAJURE HURTADO, Respondent
Decided September 5, 2025
U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Board of Immigration Appeals
Based on the plain language of section 235(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) (2018), Immigration Judges lack authority to hear bond
requests or to grant bond to aliens who are present in the United States without admission.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 23

Christopher Kinnison, who owns a one-man law firm in the central Louisiana, is "tired of losing.”

His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.

A last lifeline in ‘detention alley’

Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 23

Restaurants in Washington, D.C., many of which are still reeling from the pandemic and decreased spending, are now trying to encourage diners to visit despite images of National Guard troops on the streets and of people being detained by armed agents.

As Troops Walk the Streets, Washington Restaurants Report a Slump

With the deployment of the National Guard, owners say business is down drastically.

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · Aug 23

Seneca County Jail is located in Tiffin, Ohio.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 39 days.

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Seneca County Jail is indicated with a blue marker on a map of Ohio. Tiffin can be seen to the north.
Map by OpenStreetMap, ODbL using Leaflet.

A picture of Seneca County Jail.
From google maps.

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Politico @politico.com · Jul 10

Border czar Tom Homan says there will be "no amnesty" for undocumented farmworkers.

Border czar Tom Homan says there will be 'no amnesty' for undocumented farmworkers

President Donald Trump has suggested his administration will come up with a program that farmers can use to ensure they have the labor they need.

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · Jul 8

This was so lovely! Thank you :)

Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · Jul 3

So excited to share my latest @niemanstoryboard.org podcast conversation with @nadiareiman.bsky.social, who covers immigration for @thisamericanlife.org and was part of the team that received the first-ever Pulitzer for Audio Reporting.

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#podcasts #longreads

Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’ - Nieman Storyboard

The reporter and editor for ‘TAL’ reflects on the show’s unique voice, as well as her own experience with immigration

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This American Life @thisamericanlife.org · Jul 3

“I want it to be human. At the end of the day, it’s all a bunch of humans doing stuff to humans.” @nadiareiman.bsky.social visits @niemanstoryboard.org to talk immigration reporting for our show bit.ly/4nsusSx

Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’ - Nieman Storyboard

The reporter and editor for ‘TAL’ reflects on the show’s unique voice, as well as her own experience with immigration

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · Jun 5

DELETED: Trump administration deleted a webpage summarizing evidence that “undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.” 1/2

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jun 4

Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · May 28

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Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · May 16

My latest @niemanstoryboard.org newsletter, featuring Ira Glass, @nadiareiman.bsky.social, @samfragoso.bsky.social, @barryyeoman.com, and more...

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/05/16/i...

#podcasts #longreads #journalism

Ira Glass on storytelling lessons from 30 years of ‘This American Life’ - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: Producer Nadia Reiman tells the story of a young woman discovering that her fiancé has been taken to CECOT prison in El Salvador.

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · May 13

In today's Unabridged newsletter, I shared outstanding narrative and investigative journalism, including @nadiareiman.bsky.social @rumblestrip.bsky.social @karinaelwood.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @andreasuozzo.com @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @livaaben.bsky.social

Second draft of history

Narrative and investigative journalism worth your time. Plus, tunes that help keep me sane.

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · May 2

Hello! If you are a government employee who was asked to take a polygraph and you refused I’d love to talk to you. Happy to discuss anonymity if that’s what you need.

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · Apr 29

Hi it’s me your friendly neighborhood immigration reporter. I made you a story! Give it a go?

This American Life @thisamericanlife.org · Apr 28

A woman watches her partner get taken in handcuffs with no explanation. Days later, she sees a video and spots him — he's in a prison in El Salvador. The coordinates of her life suddenly don't make sense as she navigates the bewildering map of the U.S. immigration system.

Chaos Graph

People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to. Prologue: A scientist who is used to organizing data starts tracking scientific meetings that seem to exist only on paper—meetings ...

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · Apr 28

Here’s the story I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Inside the world of one person out of the 238 taken to CECOT. I would say enjoy but…you’ll see:

www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...

Solving For Where - This American Life

A woman watches her partner get taken in handcuffs with no explanation.

www.thisamericanlife.org

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 21

Mind-boggling that DHS's official position on this case is genuinely that a US citizen dad from Albuquerque visiting family in Tucson went up to a Border Patrol agent and said "Hi, I'm a Mexican man who entered here illegally, please deport me."

Do they think we are dumb?

Tricia McLaughlin
@TriciaOhio
The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.

He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.

This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo’s own actions and statements.
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Replying to @FrankLuntz
“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him.”

An American citizen named Jose in Arizona was detained by immigration officials for 10 days. His family later provided officials with his birth certificat

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · Apr 3

NEW: Judge edges towards contempt-of-court proceedings for Trump administration in case over deportation flights. Judge James Boasberg says officials may have acted in 'bad faith' by rushing flights as urgent court action was underway. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Boasberg signals he may hold Trump officials in contempt over deportation flights

The federal judge grilled a DOJ lawyer about whether the administration had tried to evade a court order.

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · Apr 3

ICE disappeared a 52 year old mother today from Westminster, Maryland whose children said she has no criminal record and is legally allowed to be in the country from El Salvador because she has a pending immigration case.

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · Mar 27

Incredible reporting

Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · Mar 27

"Alien Enemies Act Deportations Were Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark

Trump admin began orchestrating the removals long before he invoked the Alien Enemies Act & "did so in a way that seems to have been designed to evade judicial oversight"

from @joshkovensky.bsky.social

Alien Enemies Act Deportations Were Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark

They didn’t know where they were going. Some called their families in...

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is a very big concession fwiw

Chris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · Mar 24

Trump lawyers explicitly concede that Sec Noem didn’t examine country conditions before seeking to revoke TPS extensions.

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Nadia Reiman @nadiareiman.bsky.social · Mar 24

The speed with which I opened this link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

www.theatlantic.com