
Julia Preston
Journalist at Freelance
Journalist covering immigration. Prior: Contributing Writer @MarshallProj , National Immigration Correspondent @nytimes . I like facts.
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3 weeks ago |
nybooks.com | Julia Preston
In Berwyn, Illinois, immigration officers arrested Julio Noriega as he was walking down the street and, without explanation, handcuffed him and pushed him into a van. He was held for ten hours, according to court documents, before agents looked into his wallet and realized they had nabbed a United States citizen.
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Jan 7, 2025 |
foreignaffairs.com | Michael Horowitz |James Lindsay |Amy Pope |Julia Preston
Across the world, a backlash to immigration is remaking politics. In election after election, voters have backed candidates who promise to do whatever is necessary to stop the flow of unauthorized arrivals and, in many cases, send millions back to their countries of origin, no matter how war-torn or desperate. Anti-immigrant politicians and activists spread disinformation to suggest that countries are being invaded by waves of undocumented migrants.
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Dec 2, 2024 |
memoirland.substack.com | Douglas Field |Aimee Christian |Julia Preston |Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by Sari Botton, now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus, Granta, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays. Recently I published “Happy Messes,” by .
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Nov 30, 2024 |
newyorker.com | Julia Preston
In October, as a novice volunteer knocking on doors in Pennsylvania for the Kamala Harris campaign, my task was to make sure that committed Democrats voted, and to persuade undecided voters that Harris was the better choice. I was told not to spend time talking with voters who were clearly supporters of Donald Trump. But there was something about the way one man snarled at me, “She’s evil,” as he was tending his front lawn on a quiet, tree-shaded street in a suburb of Allentown, that made me stop.
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Nov 30, 2024 |
flipboard.com | Julia Preston
6 hours agoWith some of President-elect Donald Trump’s allies promising to dismantle entire federal departments and the incoming administration laying the groundwork for mass layoffs, experts say Trump is likely to start with targeted firings aimed at making an example of specific civil servants as he tests …
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SecState @SecRubio setting an example of spinelessness.

Like @LindseyGrahamSC before him, @marcorubio is currently defining what it means to abandon absolutely every principle one used to hold dear. Today he shrugged at the idea that we might need to “move on” from supporting Ukraine. But here’s how he used to sound: https://t.co/bOxdgwxy9e

RT @JoyceWhiteVance: 250 years later…

It’s about time somebody is calling out Rubio’s shameful hypocrisy. @oppenheimera #deportation

Marco Rubio, quien como senador apoyaba a los inmigrantes venezolanos que huian de la dictadura de Maduro, ahora les da la espalda y apoya las deportaciones...!