Lomi Kriel

1 day ago | propublica.org | Lomi Kriel |Mica Rosenberg |Jeff Ernsthausen |Avi Asher-Schapiro

This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. It started with a call. A man identifying himself as a federal immigration agent contacted a Venezuelan father in San Antonio, interrogating him about his teenage son. The agent said officials planned to visit the family’s apartment to assess the boy’s living conditions.

1 month ago | propublica.org | McKenzie Funk |Ginny Monk |Nicole Foy |Lomi Kriel

El vuelo de deportación sobrevolaba México cuando estalló el caos en la parte trasera del avión, recuerda la auxiliar de vuelo. Una niña se había desplomado. Tenía fiebre alta y su respiración era entrecortada, frenética. La auxiliar de vuelo, una joven apodada Lala, cogió la bombona de oxígeno de emergencia del avión y corrió entre filas de inmigrantes encadenados hasta alcanzar la niña y sus padres.

1 month ago | propublica.org | McKenzie Funk |Nicole Foy |Lomi Kriel |Perla Trevizo

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then Global Crossing Airlines started expanding into federal deportation flights. Some flight attendants said they ignored orders not to interact with detainees. “I’d say ‘hola’ back,” said one flight attendant.

1 month ago | prensa.com | Lomi Kriel

El mensaje de texto vino desde un centro remoto del gobierno panameño, a horas de la capital de ese país y en el borde de la selva de Darién. Lo había escrito un migrante que había logrado esconder su teléfono celular dentro de sus shorts. Dijo que las autoridades lo habían detenido sin darle acceso a un abogado ni facilitarle algún medio para comunicarse con sus familiares. Tenía hambre porque solo le daban pequeñas raciones de pan y arroz para comer. Su teléfono era la única forma de buscar ayuda.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Lomi Kriel |Perla Trevizo |Mica Rosenberg |McKenzie Funk

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