Clarissa A. León

🗞️Our victory featured in @Documentedny “The apps don’t give up, but that hasn’t intimidated us—we keep fighting,” said @AjcheGustavo Apps hid tipping options, costing Deliveristas critical wages. But with the help of council members, we reversed it. documentedny.com/2025/07/16/cit…

BREAKING: A federal judge says Donald Trump's crackdown on aslyum for those crossing the southern border exceeded his legal authority and must be halted. He grants sweeping class protection. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p…

🚨 Trump's border "invasion" declaration was just ruled unlawful "nothing in the INA or the Constitution grants the President or his delegees the sweeping authority asserted in the Proclamation and implementing guidance."

NEW: Eric Adams finally embarrassed into acknowledging — but not acting on — the terrible conditions inside the ICE lockup hidden in 26 Federal Plaza, very much in response to @THECITYNY's reporting this week thecity.nyc/2025/07/23/26-…

"We were inseparable." Raiza's son Dylan was torn from their family 2 months ago by ICE agents at immigration court. He still remains in detention. documentedny.com/2025/07/23/dyl…

this is extraordinary work by @propublica @texastribune and their fearless partners projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm… #txlege

Over the weekend, @documentedny was happy to learn that Bronx asylum seeker Merwil Gutiérrez, now 20, was released from El Salvador's CECOT prison. Read more about the joyous reunion with his sister here: documentedny.com/2025/07/21/ven…

CONFIRMED: Arturo Suárez, the musician imprisoned by the Trump admin without due process in El Salvador for 4 months is FREE. He told his brother that while they were imprisoned, they were beaten daily by guards in CECOT. This is the first ever large release from CECOT.

The Trump administration sent about 250 Venezuelan deportees back to their home country in exchange for remaining Americans held in Venezuela, sources say. cnn.it/4lycsob

Eight Months & No Negotiations: SkyHop Workers Take on a $70M Company @Delta @united @AmericanAir @SouthwestAir documentedny.com/2025/07/17/eig…

The Big Beautiful Bill is pretty ugly for Chinatown businesses who say cuts to SNAP will hurt their sales. One food store vendor said ALMOST ALL of her customers use SNAP. documentedny.com/2025/07/17/sna…

The #BigBeautifulBill calls for the largest cut to SNAP in its history — $186 billion. In regards to potentially losing his benefits SNAP benefits, a young Chinese single father of two said: “I’m so scared. I want to give up. I’d rather die.” documentedny.com/2025/07/16/chi…

A must read story by my @propublica colleagues. The IRS is building a vast system to share tax records with ICE and just last month the immigration enforcement agency requested the addresses of 7.3 million taxpayers. propublica.org/article/trump-…

An estimated 1.5 million New Yorkers could lose their Medicaid coverage and become uninsured. Over one million, including children, could see their SNAP benefits reduced or eliminated. How the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' cuts could affect New Yorkers:

For Pride and Immigrant Heritage Month we interviewed comedian Ricky Sim who sees himself in both worlds. Fascinating interview from @KEXU3 documentedny.com/2025/06/30/com…

The man brought zings. “This election is a choice between a candidate with a blue collar and one with a silver spoon,” Adams said. “A choice between dirty fingernails and manicured nails.” documentedny.com/2025/06/26/ada…

After Zohran Mamdani’s upset against Andrew M. Cuomo Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams launched his re-election campaign on the steps of City Hall with a message of experience over idealism. documentedny.com/2025/06/26/ada… @Documentedny @ericadamsfornyc @ZohranKMamdani #NYCMayor

Fun Fact: Zohran Mamdani applied to @thenation Internship program soon after he graduated from Bowdoin— and was rejected. He never re-applied —-but probably good that we didn’t steer him into journalism.