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Check out our latest newsletter: In October, the government’s new fiscal year begins, & it will bring billions of dollars in increased funding for immigration enforcement

Kevin Flores sat down with Alvaro Huerta, who represents the Immigrant Defenders Law Center

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“They're targeting people who are just trying to make an honest living": Alvaro Huerta on the Supreme Court lifting limits on immigration sweeps

In October, the government’s new fiscal year begins, which will bring billions of dollars in increased funding for immigration enforcement.

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Tiny News Collective @tinynewscollective.bsky.social · Sep 2

A shoutout to many of our members who are part of this trend: @51st.news, @coyotemedia.org, @505omatic.bsky.social, @theshout.shoutwichita.com.ap.brid.gy, @tayohelp.bsky.social, @thesouthlander.com, @newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jul 16

We are back with another #WorkerWednesday!

For almost a year before our soft-launch, we worked to lay the groundwork for this project. A lot of that labor involved conversations about how we can build a newsroom to better serve our needs, not the ruling class.

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jul 7

We are a few weeks away from publishing our first investigative piece! Can you chip in to support LA’s only worker-owned investigative newsroom?

To meet our halfway goal for fundraising during our soft launch period, we need $29 in additional subscriptions. More fiscal support = more stories.

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Southlander is ONE PERCENT away from halfway to our funding goal. We only need $29 to get to halfway yall. We’ve already been doing some critical coverage and providing our analysis on what’s happening. Help us get to 50% tonight yall. 🙏

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jul 2

Subscribe to The Southlander to receive our newsletter!

We are just under halfway to our fundraising goal — please help us get the next half by becoming a paid subscriber. We’ll be publishing original reporting on The Southlander soon.

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jul 2

We paused our weekly intros while our reporters have been working to cover the state-sanctioned kidnappings in communities across the Southland, but we’re bringing Worker Wednesday back to continue sharing our perspective with you.

#WorkerLed #WorkerWednesday #TheSouthlander

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Kevin Flores @kevin-flores.bsky.social · Jun 18

When Robert Luna was the LBPD chief, I covered the violence his officers unleashed on peaceful protesters during the BLM uprisings in Long Beach. He’s at it again as Sheriff. This time his deputies injured two of my colleagues and other members of the public and press.

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jun 18

Here’s the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

LAPC COUNTY COMPLAINT ECF FILED

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jun 18

We just filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for violating our First Amendment rights. Subscribe to thesouthlander.com and read our latest newsletter, which gives a more in-depth account of the ICE protests in LA and the injuries our reporters sustained on the ground.

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jun 15

my thread from twitter:

yo @newsmanzach i hope you never get hit by one of those projectiles you’re saying on tv that “won’t hurt”. Those are the same projectiles that are injuring people and press.

journalists shouldn’t lie, much less on air. Do better, stop making propaganda that serves to

Kevin Flores @kevin-flores.bsky.social · Jun 15

CBS/KCAL reporter Zach Boetto saying on live TV that “less-lethal” rounds “won’t hurt but it might be enough to push you back.” People have lost eyes, teeth, fingers, and more from being shot by these projectiles. Police use these types of weapons for what they call “pain compliance.”

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jun 15

I spoke too soon. Here’s what the scene look like before. There was just a lot of rubber bullets that were fired. The second Photo is now on second and Broadway.

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abraham márquez @abemarquez.bsky.social · Jun 15

Zach Boetto was at the Compton/ Paramount protest, and I overheard him and his entire crew say how scared they were going into the crowd to cover the protest. I took a selfie of the moment because KTLA has a massive budget while I’m there with my cellphone.

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Kevin Flores @kevin-flores.bsky.social · Jun 15

CBS/KCAL reporter Zach Boetto saying on live TV that “less-lethal” rounds “won’t hurt but it might be enough to push you back.” People have lost eyes, teeth, fingers, and more from being shot by these projectiles. Police use these types of weapons for what they call “pain compliance.”

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jun 15

Protests against the ICE terror are facing violent repression from the LA county sheriffs department and LAPD just outside of LA City Hall at grand Park now. Chemical, kinetic and stun weapons are being used against crowds that are chanting and holding signs and flags.

#LA

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jun 15

Our reporters are out in the field again this weekend! If you could ask them any question about what it's like for journalists to cover ICE protests, what would you want to know?

Don't forget to subscribe or donate at thesouthlander.com, which supports our ability to bring you breaking news.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'd missed this incident with @abemarquez.bsky.social from @thesouthlander.com last Saturday. Glad LA Times brought it to light. Not so happy with LASD repeatedly shooting him. This isn't "crowd control," this is "press attack." www.latimes.com/california/s...

Abraham Márquez, a reporter with the nonprofit investigative news startup Southlander, was filming a tense standoff between Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and immigrant rights protesters in Paramount on Saturday night when he saw a deputy aim a “less-lethal” launcher in his direction.

Sensing a confrontation, Márquez said, he raised his press credential and “kept yelling press, press, press,” even as he turned and began running in the opposite direction. He barely made it a few feet before he felt a stinging pain as first one foam round, then another slammed into his buttocks and his back.

“They just unloaded,” he said of the deputies.

He was nearly struck again a short time later, when deputies riding by in an armored vehicle sprayed foam rounds into a gas station parking lot where Márquez and a KTLA-TV news crew had sought cover, he said. He was shaken, but said that he felt compelled to keep reporting.

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · Jun 13

@thesouthlander.com co-founder and journalist @bencamach0.bsky.social was shot with crowd-control munitions twice — in the knee and then the elbow — while covering protests in the LA suburbs of Compton and Paramount on June 7.

Journalist shot with crowd-control munitions at immigration protest near LA

Ben Camacho, co-founder of and journalist for The Southlander, was shot twice with crowd-control munitions by law enforcement while covering …

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jun 13

Did you read our latest newsletter? If not, it's not too late! Visit thesouthlander.com/ice-terror/ for a recap on how the military occupation of Los Angeles unfurled.

Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter so you don't miss out on more reporting from our team this weekend!

The Southland stands up to ICE terror

Throughout Greater LA, people take to the streets to protest federal abductions in immigrant communities.

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Indivisible/Swing Left South Bay LA❌️👑 @indivisible-isbla.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you want to support independent media. Please consider financially supporting @thesouthlander.com - a new investigative news cooperative based in greater LA and help them reach their goal.

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The Southlander is the only dedicated investigative news cooperative serving Greater Los Angeles. We are a worker-led nonprofit newsroom focused on bringing a critical eye to the region’s slumlords, p...

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jun 12

my colleague @abemarquez.bsky.social was targeted by LA sheriff's deputies while yelling "press!" and showing his press pass. The police agencies we are dealing with during the ICE terror are ignoring press freedom.

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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · Jun 12

Take a moment to read more about the experience of our reporter, @abemarquez.bsky.social, who was on the ground in Downtown Los Angeles this weekend covering the protests.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Jun 11

L.A. law enforcement's treatment of journalists during protests is once again under scrutiny

Journalists have been shot with less-lethal police rounds, tear-gassed, shoved and detained while chronicling the ongoing civil unrest and military intervention in Los Angeles.

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American Friction @americanfric.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
We wanted to find out what it's like in LA, so @jacobjarvis.bsky.social spoke with @thesouthlander.bsky.social's Ben Camacho, who's been shot twice with rubber bullets covering the situation, about what's happening ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · Jun 9

Will be on KPFA at 10a talking about the raids and protests:

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KPFA | Community Powered Radio

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