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🌲’25| Reporting Fellow @latimes | Previous: @APEntertainment @WSJ @USAtoday @collegebeatCA @StanfordDaily

Los Angeles, CA
Joined October 2018
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@andreamcastillo
Andrea Castillo
16 days
Last week, I spoke with Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. who face possible deportation. They have complicated feelings about the U.S. strikes in Venezuela. "Many of us asked ourselves, ‘What’s going to happen with us now?’" one woman told me. https://t.co/ZsZxiy3ZEg
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For many of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants facing possible deportation, their relief about the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro was cut by the fear about what comes next from an...
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@Itzel03Luna
Itzel Luna
15 days
A young protester is blind in his left eye after being hit by a DHS agent at close range on Friday, family said “I thought I was going to bleed out on the floor…with the DHS officer holding my head down to the ground like a trophy,” he said Latest here: https://t.co/vRF6TDKR8C
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A 21-year-old protester says he is now blind in his left eye after a federal agent hit him with a less-lethal round at close range on Friday in Santa Ana.
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@andreamcastillo
Andrea Castillo
16 days
Jeri Rees said her nephew suffered a fractured skull around his eyes and nose and that doctors said he had permanently lost the vision in his left eye. Via ⁦@LATvives⁩ and ⁦@Itzel03Luna
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A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana...
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@Itzel03Luna
Itzel Luna
20 days
A woman was killed by an immigration agent in Minneapolis, the latest in a series of similar incidents nationwide. Increasing immigration enforcement and a lack of uniformed training means more armed confrontations are likely, experts said. More here: https://t.co/YZUTNUdXAv
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A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday, the most recent armed confrontation between immigration agents and civilians across the country.
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@Itzel03Luna
Itzel Luna
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Hundreds of immigrant families impacted by ICE raids had one concern this holiday season: How would they afford Christmas? An immigrant-led group stepped up, collecting over $18k and 900 gifts in donations for over 130 families Here's how they did it https://t.co/j47aoM2PGW
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Barrio Power, a grassroots collective, found immigrant families were stressed about the holidays. So, they called out to the community for help. After 900 gifts and nearly $15,000 were donated, the...
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@haileybranson
Hailey Branson-Potts
1 month
Babblejit Kaur was awaiting her green card when she was detained by ICE at a routine fingerprint appointment this month. Known in Long Beach as Bubbly, she and her husband were at the forefront of Indian cuisine in the city. https://t.co/Ije8YmUt9T @Itzel03Luna
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Babblejit "Bubbly" Kaur ran a beloved Indian restaurant in Long Beach for decades and was in the process of getting a green card. Now, she's in ICE detention.
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@suhaunah
suhauna hussain
1 month
‘It penetrates your bones’: Day laborers protest noise machines installed at Home Depot that has caused them headaches and nausea @Itzel03Luna reports
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latimes.com
Immigrant rights organizers and local city leaders held a news conference Wednesday denouncing Home Depot's installation of noise machines at its Cypress Park location. The high-pitched sound causes...
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@Itzel03Luna
Itzel Luna
2 months
DACA was life-changing for nearly a million young people. The hundreds of thousands of youth who came after them are now being left out. “It was almost like the system was taunting me,” said Alex, an undocumented student. Read my latest:
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latimes.com
For nearly a million young people, DACA was revolutionary. For hundreds of thousands of undocumented students who followed the initial wave, it was a missed opportunity.
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@Itzel03Luna
Itzel Luna
2 months
Home Depot is a lifeline for immigrant day laborers. Now, it’s become “ground zero” for immigration enforcement, organizers say. Protestors gathered at a location in Monrovia, demanding the company prevent raids on their lots. My latest for @latimes : https://t.co/Bbx7iLeSNc
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Over one hundred community members gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia Saturday to pressure the company to stop the immigration raids taking place at its locations.
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@AP
The Associated Press
@AP
5 months
Tramell Tillman took home the #Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series for "Severance." Follow live updates: https://t.co/bTQAP2e5M9
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@RealGDT
Guillermo del Toro
5 months
Only some- :)
@RealGDT
Guillermo del Toro
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Guillermo del Toro almost lost his movie memorabilia in a wildfire. Now, he's letting some of it go
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@LAPublicPress
Los Angeles Public Press
8 months
ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger. From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone. https://t.co/LIuNRxO8Ba
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From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking federal buses, community organizers say Los Angeles County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone. Over the past three...
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@andreamcastillo
Andrea Castillo
8 months
My latest: Deysi Vargas received notice last month that her family's legal status had been terminated. The letter warned them to leave the U.S. or risk deportation. Doing so would put her 4-year-old daughter at immediate risk of death. https://t.co/OnZ9jXRRb6
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latimes.com
In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.
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@sarahmraza
Sarah Raza
11 months
In personal news, I started last week as the South Dakota reporter for @APNews! I’m based in Sioux Falls and will cover all news related to the state. Please send me SD recs, add me to your press lists and message with tips!
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@brittny_mejia
Brittny Mejia
1 year
So incredibly proud of my latest story. I spent time getting to know three families with deep roots in Altadena: Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the fire came.
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The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
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@brittny_mejia
Brittny Mejia
1 year
I interviewed Carol Mayorga who has been working as a housekeeper in Pacific Palisades for 20 years. When the fire swept through, nearly 10 properties she and her husband worked at burned down. Now they have no income. Please read. W/ @LATvives https://t.co/BllywhKRoR
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Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.
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@_hamilton_matt
Matt Hamilton
1 year
Thousands of homes burned in L.A. wildfires. Untold number of nannies, gardeners, housekeepers, plumbers, pool cleaners and other service workers are grieving alongside their employers for all that was lost, write @brittny_mejia + @LATvives . https://t.co/ieS8MlNmeq
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latimes.com
Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.
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@PplsCityCouncil
People's City Council - Los Angeles
1 year
California has deployed 400 incarcerated firefighters to fight the LA blaze. They make $26 over 24hr shift “We’re doing this heroic, crucial work, but many ppl inside can’t support their family, can barely afford hygiene supplies. Nobody is saving money,”
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theguardian.com
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
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@MrOlmos
Sergio Olmos
1 year
“People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” Rounds up in Kern county appears to be the first large-scale Border Patrol raid in California since the election of Donald Trump https://t.co/CicHNcEbFl
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calmatters.org
‘If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,’ says local economist.
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