Melissa del Bosque

Jan 17, 2025 | sacurrent.com | Francesca D'Annunzio |Melissa del Bosque |Monica Camacho

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and X. Editor’s Note: This report is part of “Seeds of Distrust,” an investigative collaboration between Lighthouse Reports, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, the Texas Observer, palabra, and Puente News Collaborative. Jaeson Jones is trained as a cop — not a journalist.

Jan 15, 2025 | palabranahj.org | Francesca D’Annunzio |Melissa del Bosque |Monica Camacho

Jones emphasizes different credentials depending on his audience. Sometimes he speaks as a correspondent for Newsmax, and other times as a member of Border911. In legislative settings, he often emphasizes his DPS career, such as when he advocated designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations at a press conference outside the Arizona Capitol.

Jan 14, 2025 | havanatimes.org | Melissa del Bosque |Circles Robinson

An interview with former agent Jenn BuddBudd, a former Border Patrol agent, and now one of the agency’s fiercest critics says the rogue agency wants even more power under Trump. By Melissa del Bosque (Border Chronicle)HAVANA TIMES – Today’s Q&A with Jenn Budd is part of a series that The Border Chronicle launched after the election, seeking the viewpoints of border residents and experts on what we can expect during Trump’s second administration.

Jan 14, 2025 | theborderchronicle.com | Melissa del Bosque

Today’s Q&A with Jenn Budd is part of a series that The Border Chronicle launched after the election, seeking the viewpoints of border residents and experts on what we can expect during Trump’s second administration. In November we spoke with author Jessica Pishko about the role that sheriffs might play in Trump’s mass-deportation plans, and how some sheriffs might resist, as they did last time.

Jan 14, 2025 | texasobserver.org | Francesca D’Annunzio |Melissa del Bosque |Monica Camacho

Editor’s Note: This report is part of “Seeds of Distrust,” an investigative collaboration between Lighthouse Reports, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, the Texas Observer, palabra, and Puente News Collaborative. Jaeson Jones is trained as a cop—not a journalist. Yet the 51-year-old holds a lucrative correspondent contract at one of the country’s most prominent MAGA-aligned television networks.