Reshma Kirpalani

Miami

Video Journalist at The Washington Post

Video Journalist for @WashingtonPost | 14-time Emmy Award-winner 🇸🇷

Articles

‘Can I travel?’: U.S. green card holders cancel trips, on edge after detentions

2 months ago | newsindiatimes.com | David Nakamura |Neeti Upadhye |Reshma Kirpalani |Ela Dutt
‘Can I travel?’: U.S. green card holders cancel trips, on edge after detentions

2 months ago | yahoo.com | David Nakamura |Neeti Upadhye |Reshma Kirpalani

A few weeks ago, New York immigration lawyer Pouyan Darian sought to reassure lawful permanent residents that it was safe to travel outside the United States without jeopardizing their status under the Trump administration. With rare exceptions, he said in a viral YouTube video, those with green cards have the “absolute right” to reenter the country. Darian is rethinking his advice.
‘Can I travel?’: U.S. green card holders cancel trips, on edge after detentions

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | David Nakamura |Neeti Upadhye |Reshma Kirpalani

A few weeks ago, New York immigration lawyer Pouyan Darian sought to reassure lawful permanent residents that it was safe to travel outside the United States without jeopardizing their status under the Trump administration. With rare exceptions, he said in a viral YouTube video, those with green cards have the “absolute right” to reenter the country. Darian is rethinking his advice.
Venezuelanos que apoiaram Trump agora temem ser deportados

Feb 9, 2025 | estadao.com.br | Sabrina Rodriguez |Reshma Kirpalani

Ronald Bellorin decidiu fugir da Venezuela para os Estados Unidos durante a primeira administração do presidente Donald Trump, convencido de que o líder republicano protegeria pessoas como ele, que haviam sido alvo de um regime autocrático. Agora, o professor universitário está preocupado que a administração Trump vá deportá-lo. O Departamento de Segurança Interna cancelou o status de proteção temporária concedido a milhares de venezuelanos que chegaram nos últimos anos.
Venezuelans backed Trump. Now some worry he’ll deport them.

Feb 9, 2025 | msn.com | Sabrina Rodriguez |Reshma Kirpalani

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Fearing Trump’s deportation plans, immigrants turn to churches, lawyers

Jan 18, 2025 | msn.com | Arelis R. Hernandez |Anumita Kaur |Reshma Kirpalani

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Fearing Trump’s deportation plans, immigrants turn to churches and lawyers

Jan 18, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Arelis R. HernÃ¡ndez |Anumita Kaur |Reshma Kirpalani

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The parishioners crowded inside the office of a Catholic church in South Texas waiting to take a photo for what may be their first and only identification in the United States. Volunteers shifted through personal documents — birth certificates from foreign lands, household water bills from this one — and entered their names and addresses. Men smoothed out their hat hair and women rearranged their blouses.
How the election changed abortion access

Nov 12, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Peter Bresnan |Monica Campbell |Maggie Penman |Reshma Kirpalani |Susan Levine

When it comes to abortion, the results of last week’s election were decidedly mixed. Abortion protections passed in New York, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Missouri but failed in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota. This means that 2 million more women now have access to abortion services across the country.
At the center of Florida’s tornado damage, a retirement community picks up the pieces

Oct 12, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Joshua Partlow |Reshma Kirpalani |Maxine Joselow

ClimateEnvironmentWeatherClimate SolutionsClimate LabGreen LivingBusiness of ClimateClimateEnvironmentWeatherClimate SolutionsClimate LabGreen LivingBusiness of ClimateA tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton struck precisely among some of those most vulnerable to natural disasters — elderly people and those who live in manufactured housing. 10 minA Florida couple salvages the remains of their mobile home after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9 devastated the area.
Meet the organizers trying to reverse Florida’s abortion ban

Aug 15, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Monica Campbell |Ali Bianco |Elana Gordon |Elahe Izadi |Peter Bresnan |Sean Carter | +2 more

Voter registration organizer Sasha Hernandez from the organization Mi Vecino talks to Francisco Roman in Kissimmee, Fla., on June 17. (Saul Martinez for The Washington Post)Florida is just one of a number of states where abortion rights will be on the November ballot. In Florida, voters will decide whether to pass Amendment 4, which would reverse Florida’s six-week abortion ban and put abortion protections in the state constitution.