Mica Rosenberg

Here's how to get in touch with some @propublica reporters covering the incoming administration - reach out if you have information to share propublica.org/article/second…

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC. No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space. gothamist.com/news/theyre-ki…

Multi-million contracts & purchase orders documents published in the Florida Accountability Tracking System reveal the big business of building and operating Alligator Alcatraz and help explain why the site is very expensive and its $450M annual price tag miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

This detail on reading in ICE detention: “To my surprise, I discovered handwritten notes scattered throughout the book, dated and written by various detainees over time. These messages were filled with reminders of hope, strength, and the assurance that this, too, shall pass.”

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-…

SCOOP: Another round of firings hit immigration courts on Friday. These firings come after Congress approved $3 billion in part to hire more judges. Since the start of the admin, over 80 judges have been fired or took the Fork in the Road. npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-…

Exclusive: Immigrants in overcapacity ICE detention say they're hungry, raise food quality concerns A food poisoning outbreak in April in one ICE facility sickened 57 people as per local health department documents w/@DidiMartinez5 @JuliaEAinsley nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i…

"If they can do this sort of thing to Abrego Garcia, to 238 people that nobody knows, and send them to CECOT forever with no due process, they can do that to anyone,” said Mr. Reuveni."

NEW: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures went from freezing to sweltering. A hospitalization. And little or no access to showers, much less confidential calls w/ attorneys. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

NEW great explainer by @arelisrhdz What is and isn’t legal when ICE officers make an immigration arrest

A 75-year-old Cuban man died in ICE custody last week, the 13th detainee death reported by the agency in fiscal 2025, according to a notice sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News. ICE reported 12 detainee deaths in the entirety of fiscal year 2024.

New: Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations. A dark money group routed the funds to Noem's Delaware LLC, tax records show. The original source of the money remains unclear. propublica.org/article/kristi…