Julia Preston

New York

Journalist covering immigration. Prior: Contributing Writer @MarshallProj , National Immigration Correspondent @nytimes . I like facts.

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Articles

Vanishing Rights: Immigration, Deportation, and the Rhetoric of Invasion

1 month ago | nybooks.com | Fintan O’Toole |Francisco Cantú |Julia Preston |Hector Tobar

In the second of a series of virtual events on the most pressing issues emerging from the second Trump administration, Fintan O’Toole hosts Francisco Cantú, Julia Preston, and Héctor Tobar for a panel on the fight for immigrant rights. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.
In Trump’s Dragnet | Julia Preston

2 months 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.
Migration Can Work for All

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.
Your Weekly Personal Essay Fix...

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 .
A Kamala Harris Canvasser’s Education

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.
A Kamala Harris Canvasser’s Education

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 …
Crossing Over

Oct 31, 2024 | cjr.org | Julia Preston

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR‚Äôs daily newsletter. As I watched the momentous debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump on June 27, I found myself becoming deeply offended. The reaction was unfamiliar to me. Dispassion has been my reporter‚Äôs default mode for observing political events, and especially consequential campaigns in the United States, throughout a four-decade journalism career.
The Real Choice on Immigration

Oct 25, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Julia Preston

The choice facing American voters on immigration in the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is stark and consequential. On the surface, it might seem that the differences between the two candidates have narrowed, as Harris has moved closer to Trump’s hard line on border enforcement.
El verdadero origen de la crisis fronteriza: cómo el fracaso del sistema de asilo afecta a la inmigración en Estados Unidos

Nov 29, 2023 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Julia Preston

El verdadero origen de la crisis fronteriza: cómo el fracaso del sistema de asilo afecta a la inmigración en Estados UnidosLocalización: Foreign affairs: Latinoamérica, ISSN 1665-1707, Vol. 23, Nº. 4, 2023, págs. 78-89Idioma: españolTexto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)ResumenEl enfoque migratorio de Joseph R. Biden cuenta con pocos adeptos y se dice que falta a los derechos fundamentales y a los valores estadounidenses. Pero el problema básico es que el sistema de asilo no funciona.
‘No words for the anxiety’: migrants desperate for jobs trapped in US asylum maze

Sep 10, 2023 | theguardian.com | Julia Preston

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City is fed up with providing a welcome for an influx of migrants seeking asylum. At a town hall meeting last week, he declared that spending on shelters and care, more than $5bn this year alone, “will destroy New York City”. After more than 107,000 migrants arrived over the last year, almost 60,000 are still living in some 200 city shelters. The system was already strained; now it’s overwhelmed.