Alex Arriaga
@alexarriaga__
local journalist | audience engagement editor @nysfocus [email protected]
You may have seen reports about the release of Venezuelans the Trump administration sent to a Salvadoran prison and called "the worst of the worst." But when we set out to learn more about them, that's not what we found. 🧵
this is extraordinary work by @propublica @texastribune and their fearless partners projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm… #txlege
not mi abuela metiendo la lechuga en una bolsa del shein
“We’re starving”: A Gaza journalist’s dispatch from the midst of starvation mohammedmhawish.com/p/were-starvin…
thinking abt the best essay about learning to speak English, Alejandro Zambra's Translating a Person: "I wanted to learn English so I could read novels or watch movies without glasses or better pronounce lyrics by the Kinks or Neil Young, not so I could get ahead in business"
you really see america’s soul at water parks, and by that i mean people’s extremely bad tattoos
spotted at the waterpark
"not him but similar" see how easy it is to respect one another's privacy online
I have a long tradition of writing hand written birthday notes and other dedications. Sure hope this never leads to my downfall
woah now.
The Alligator Alcatraz contractors are really trying to scrub their internet mentions. Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart's article in Brickell Magazine has now disappeared.
New: I teamed up with @elenalingshao and @nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
That’s it. Congress has officially killed federal funding of PBS, NPR and local stations across the U.S. after decades of thwarted attempts.
BREAKING: $9 billion rescission package gets final passage in the House 216-213. This was close. Did not vote: Three members - 2 Rs, 1 D No votes: 2 Rs.
In my 10 years covering this topic, I have not spoken to a single person who has experienced ICE detention who hasn’t been traumatized by it. Some I have written about have not even survived ICE detention.
ICE’s detention standards are among the highest in the nation. Detention isn’t a punishment. We detain removable aliens while they await final removal proceedings.
“The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” wsj.com/politics/trump…