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Supreme Court allows Trump to cancel protected status for nearly 350,000 Venezuelans Trump officials asked the justices to lift a lower-court order that barred the administration from ending TPS for Venezuelans while litigation continues. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Florida seeks to detain immigrants and send them to ICE without removal warrants or state charges. tallahassee.com/story/news/loc…

Award season is wrapped, and I can say my 2024 work earned: - Education Writers Association nat’l education beat reporting award - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists local news finalist - Texas Managing Editors 🥇in community service,🥈in investigations Been a turbulent time but important to celebrate the wins :)

Houstonians came out Sunday to demonstrate in response to nationwide immigration enforcement raids and deportations. For Texas Tribune

We’re seeking a fellow to report on an issue that matters to immigrant communities in NYC. $10,000 to complete your ambitious project. Please consider applying or sharing with someone who may be interested. documentedny.com/2025/06/11/isa…

Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are arresting people outside Houston immigration courts. click2houston.com/news/local/202…

A deaf and mute Mongolian man seeking asylum has spent more than 80 days at an ICE facility. During that time, he has not had an opportunity to see a judge or communicate with anyone who understands Mongolian Sign Language, according to family. kpbs.org/news/border-im…

Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened. wapo.st/3IbPLrg

Immigrants detained at Florida's new Everglades detention center say toilets don't flush, temperatures went from freezing to sweltering and there are giant bugs and little or no access to showers, toothbrushes and confidential attorney calls miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

New from The Tributary | The obscure origins of a Jacksonville firm that landed a $78 million contract to run "Alligator Alcatraz" w/ The Trib's newest reporter Anna-Cat Brigida (link to follow)

At least two people have been wrongfully charged under a Florida law outlawing undocumented people from entering the state since a federal judge halted enforcement, according to a report Florida’s attorney general is required to file as punishment for defying the judge’s ruling.

New from The Tributary | In Florida’s eviction capital, major landlord under the spotlight jaxtrib.org/2025/07/23/in-…

“I feel like my life is in danger,” Palma, who is Cuban, said in Spanish. He described feeling “in a state of torture," being swarmed by mosquitoes during his sleep and unable to tell night from day because the facility's fluorescent lights are always on.

New from The Tributary | As immigration arrests surge and oversight ebbs, 911 calls at Florida detention center double (link to follow) 📝 Anna-Cat Brigida

911 calls from an ICE detention facility in Broward are on pace to double from last year, according to an analysis by Anna-Cat Brigida. It’s a trend that some lawmakers/attorneys attribute to an overwhelmed system operating with little oversight.  jaxtrib.org/2025/07/25/as-…

After weeks of requests from politicians and media, the state of Florida said it has no formal, completed plan for how to handle a hurricane at Alligator Alcatraz, the new immigrant detention site in the heart of the Everglades. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm… by Alex Harris

New from The Tributary | Two more people wrongfully charged under Florida’s blocked immigration law, attorney general tells judge "Neither of the two arrested has any other criminal history in Florida, according to a criminal search through FDLE." 📝 Anna-Cat Brigida