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Thrilled to share that I'm returning to where it all began -
@CNN
! 📷 This network gave me my first shot at being journalist when I graduated college, and now, I'm coming back to cover the WH during this critical time. 📷📷 It's truly a full circle moment and an incredible honor
.
@cdechalus
has joined CNN Worldwide as a White House reporter based in Washington, DC.
Welcome Camila!
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NEW:
@RepAOC
weighs in on if she will support Biden in 2024 and be a potential campaign surrogate.
“The president and I have our differences, but I think at the end of the day, we're very united in preventing the horrors of reelecting Donald Trump.”
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For the past 2 days I talked with several NY residents in Rep. George Santos district that voted for him.
Here’s what some of them had to say:
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Dreamers are telling me they can't believe the Supreme Courrt decided to block the administration from ending
#DACA
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"Im in absolute shock. All my friends are celebrating and crying,"a Dreamer told me a few minutes ago.
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Last week several Dem and GOP lawmakers celebrated Congress’s first-ever sneaker day. But with one big goal in mind—to change the dress code.
“It’s a generational change. We don’t wear powered wigs here anymore”-
@RepMoskowitz
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NEW: Employees from USCIS, CBP and ICE are now joining a lawsuit to sue the White House for being exposed to coronavirus while performing their duties
CBP stated at least 1545 of its employees tested positive for COVID-19
ICE has had 198 employees test positive for the virus
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House Homeland Security Chairman
@BennieGThompson
and
@RepMaloney
are calling for DHS's Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli to both step down in light of the new GAO report
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NEW: Republican
@MittRomney
reacts to the news that federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against GOP Rep. George Santos, saying “he should resign immediately, he should have resigned a long time ago”
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Here in Great Neck, NY where
@RitchieTorres
is kicking off a press conference with a group of residents in George Santos district who want to see him removed from office
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Angelina Jolie spotted on Capitol Hill. When asked why she was here she said she wanted to show support for The Justice For All Act
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NEW: GAO report finds that DHS’s Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli were appointed invalidly under the Vacancy Act and are ineligible to serve in their current roles
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On a press call
@JoaquinCastrotx
says DOS should create a task force to reunite families separated under the zero-tolerance policy in response to reports that lawyers are still struggling to the parents of 545 children who were separated from their families at the border
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So excited to announce that I’m joining the Washington Post to cover Congress. I’ve always admired this news organization, so to officially be apart of it feels surreal. Can’t wait to get started next week 🎉
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Biden pledges to immediately grant TPS for Venezuelans residing in the US if he is elected president. These remarks come weeks after Senate Republicans blocked a vote on a measure that would give nearly 200,000 Venezuelans TPS
Joe Biden: "I would immediately grant temporary protected status to Venezuelans as President."
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NEW: I spoke with several ex-campaign volunteers for Madison Cawthorn when he ran in 2020. Two years later, I asked if they are supporting him this time around. One person responded "He fooled the hell out of everybody... he is a criminal and a performer"
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The GOP debt ceiling bill proposes to eliminate Biden's student debt relief program.I asked some GOP lawmakers if they are worried that this move could alienate young voters.
"I'm not, they made a deal, they borrowed the money, they got to pay the money back," Rep. Aaron Bean…
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President-elect Joe Biden announced he will raise the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. to 125,000 in his first year in office. This is a drastic increase from the 15,000 annual refugee cap Trump set for fiscal 2021
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The judge also issued a separate ruling which bars
@StateDept
from applying the public charge criteria to visa applicants living abroad & suspends DOS from applying a rule that would deny visas to foreign immigrants who are deemed unable to pay for their own health care in the US
BREAKING:
A federal judge in New York BLOCKS the Trump administration from enforcing the "public charge" rule for the length of the pandemic-related national emergency.
ICYMI, my coverage over arguments in this case in May for
@CourthouseNews
:
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NEW: As colleges continue to cancel in-person classes amid coronavirus fears, ICE issued a new guidance for international students on F and M non-immigrant visas to assure them that they won’t be penalized for taking multiple classes online — a violation of the student visa
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When Donald Trump was indicted on charges of willful retention of classified documents, many of his allies argued that he was being unfairly targeted. They compared his case to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. But here are some key differences
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NEW: Several progressive lawmakers are throwing their support behind Biden’s reelection effort. But they also see this moment as an opportunity to push the president on issues that are of concern to young, left-leaning voters.
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Should Congress adopt an ethics code on the Supreme Court after the latest revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas? I asked several lawmakers their thoughts on this. Here’s what they had to say:
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NEW:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Clarence Thomas should resign: 'This is a tipping point'
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NEW: Democratic Rep.
@GerryConnolly
said after he leaned of the news that his staff members were attacked he said his immediate reactions were of disbelief and “guilt”
“I know that might sound weird, but I can't help to have that reaction. Like it should have been me, not them”
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@RitchieTorres
says at the NY presser that Rep. George Santos needs to resign in order to “stop the suffering and humiliation” of his constituents
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Personal life update: I’m joining
@thisisinsider
as a Senior reporter covering DOJ, law enforcement and federal courts!
Very excited to cover this beat and report on some of the most important issues facing our country today from criminal justice reform to domestic terrorism
.
@cdechalus
comes to Insider from CQ Roll Call, where she’s spent the last three-plus years writing about immigration policy, the Department of Homeland Security and President Trump’s border wall.
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BREAKING: United States District Judge Jesse M. Furman in New York blocked the U.S. Commerce Department from adding the citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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NEW: The Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas to become Homeland Security secretary, making him the first Latino and immigrant to oversee the third-largest government department.
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Mandy Clifford, a California Resident, says she has $120k in student debt and traveled to DC to show support for Biden’s student debt plan. “I used to feel ashamed…then I started to realize that alone my debt can feel like a burden, but with other people, it feels powerful”
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NEW from me: Georgia DA Fani Willis is investigating Trump's inner circle as her effort towards a Trump charge heats up. The 17-month-long Fulton County investigation poses one of Trump’s most pressing legal challenges
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Hundreds of people are gathered outside of the Supreme Court an hour before the judges with hear the oral arguments for DACA
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Loud booing. Animated conversations in the aisles of the House chamber. Sleeping children. Lawmakers scrolling on their phones. C-SPAN has been able to capture this moments that the public usually doesn’t see. My latest here:
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For months, several lawmakers have called to ban TikTok in the US.
But some lawmakers and congressional candidates say that’s not the answer.
“We can’t be naive about where voters are and we need to reach them where they’re at,”
@CheyenneHuntCA
said.
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Joining CNN early this morning from
the White House. Tune in if your up!
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The new COVID-relief bill says it will provide direct payments to mixed-status families. MPI estimated that 15.4 million individuals in mixed-status families were excluded from the last COVID relief measure
.
@SpeakerPelosi
and
@SenSchumer
outline some of what's in the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill.
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If you've seen some of my ratings in the past by
@ratemyskyperoom
then you know I've come a long way 😂😂😂
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“U.S. immigration officials admitted during a federal court hearing Wednesday that they are not conducting COVID-19 testing on every detainee who gets transferred from one detention center to another”
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Making my first debut on CNN with
@kasie
on
@EarlyStart
in a few minutes. Tune in if your up!!
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Ahh so excited to see my cover story and story with
@Tanvim
about what’s happening at the southern border come out today in the magazine! This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of
@pulitzercenter
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8/10 I’ll take it 😂
Decent setup. Art. Pull out of corner a bit/widen frame. Avoid books of one color. 8/10
@cdechalus
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Rep. George Santos tells reporters that he has not appeared before the Ethics Committee just minutes after House lawmakers voted to refer a resolution to expel the congressmen to the committee.
“There’s a process in this country, everybody is innocent until proven guilty. You…
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NEW: GAO report finds that CBP does not consistently provide medical care to migrant children in its custody and does not properly track or notify Congress on the deaths of migrants in its facilities
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At least 182 of Capitol Hill's most influential and highest-paid staffers have blown past deadlines to detail and disclose their personal stock trades. Here is a inside look into how we found these records
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The WH has vowed to crack down on domestic terrorism. But Insider found that it doesn’t have a national strategy to address one of the biggest hurdles of all: how to root out federal officers who have ties to white supremacists groups. My latest here:
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Former DHS Chief Jeh Johnson says that the U.S. is "exporting the virus, when they deport people back to Central America" after reports revealed that some Guatemalan migrants who were deported in March tested positive for COVID-19
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(1/10) Cant believe I already hit my one year anniversary at
@BusinessInsider
. Very grateful to be working alongside some of the best reporters and editors in the business. And especially proud of the work I’ve done since joining the team!
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JUST NOW: GOP Rep. George Santos was just asked by
@rachelvscott
if McCarthy forced him to step down from his committee assignments
His response: “Nobody tells me to do anything I made the decision on my own that I thought best represented the interest of the voters.”
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After weeks of reporting alongside
@Tanvim
here’s a inside look into the two asylum pilot programs-PACR &HARP- that are being implemented at the southwest border
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Great to be on C-SPAN this morning to talk about my latest reporting on asylum policies at the southern border
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NEW: Sen. Amy Klobuchar's office confirmed that USCIS will ease restrictions placed on foreign physicians that would allow them to relocate and assist hospitals in combating the coronavirus pandemic.
Klobuchar and other lawmakers sent a letter to the agency last month.
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SCOOP: DHS's Chad Wolf will be joining the Homeland Security global threats hearing this week, according to a Democratic aide.
This comes just days after House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson subpoenaed Wolf to appear at the hearing.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky seen exiting the Capitol after delivering a speech to Congress
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After the passage of the Biden-backed debt ceiling bill. Tensions simmered between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and several conservative lawmakers. Here’s a breakdown on what happened and potential problems that can arise in the future
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Excited to share that our Conflicted Congress project is finally out! Its taken us 5 months to create this database that takes an extensive look into the public financial records of every lawmakers and its senior staff
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My latest piece for
@BusinessInsider
is one I’ve worked on for 4 months. Insider spoke with 18 federal prison workers to learn more about their working conditions amid the pandemic and how it has affected their decisions to work at — or leave — the DOJ
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Had a great time on CNN’s latest streaming show The Source with
@kasie
. More than 5 years ago, I was a news assistant at CNN helping TV guests into their chairs and now I have the unreal opportunity to be sitting in one of those chairs
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I have some personal news: I will be covering The Department of Homeland Security and immigration for CQ Roll Call!
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A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a bill to shore up the 2024 presidential election from Trump-like sabotage. New from
@grace_panetta
and I!
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SCOOP: A Border Patrol official said the agency is going to start releasing immigrant families in Rio Grande Valley, in El Paso, Yuma, San Diego and possibly Del Rio due to overcapacity issues
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Congress still hasn't found a solution to address stifling student loan debt. But this fight is personal for many congressional staffers. Insider found that at least 360 senior staffers working on the Hill in 2020 and 2021 have student-loan debt
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Sen. Bob Menendez shows reporters a hand crafted badge that his staffer found at a craft fair. It says “To those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, I know who you are and I won’t forget you.”
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BREAKING: the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Trump administration can continue its “Remain in Mexico” policy (MPP) which returns asylum seekers to Mexico while they await for their asylum cases to be processed in the US
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Trump's allies have boasted that his indictment will only help him court more voters to win the 2024 GOP primary. I traveled to NY and spoke with nearly a dozen GOP voters outside of the city. Here is what some of them had to say about the indictment
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" ICE officials conceded during their briefing that they have no contingency plan for coronavirus treatment if local hospitals become overwhelmed and cannot treat detainees"- Democratic Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney and Jamie Raskin wrote in a letter DHS today
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NEW with
@JayShams
: An 83-year-old California man was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after stealing more than $250,000 by pretending to raise money for Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke and others via
@businessinsider
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Great be on MSNBC with
@AlexWitt
today to share my latest reporting on how effective the Trump administration has been on accomplishing his immigration agenda...this investigative piece has taken me 5 months to write and I’m excited for it to be CQ magazine’s next cover story
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NEW: Black ex-FBI agents say the bureau can't effectively probe hate crimes against Asian Americans without first handling racial problems inside its own ranks
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Donald Trump should not lead the country again, says the GOP leader of the
@NatlGovsAssoc
.Several GOP governors said they were focusing on their state or the next election when asked whether Trump should run again. My latest with
@ngaudiano
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Great to be on MSNBC this weekend with
@GigiStoneTV
to discuss the important news on sexual assault cases that have been reported in government facilities in the last 4 years
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When asked about reports that his spokesperson stepped down and has even called on him to resign he responded saying “well that’s irrelevant to the topic here”
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Oregon could elect a Republican for governor for the first time in 40 years. I talked with several voters across the state. Here’s what some of them had to say!
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Ketanji Brown Jackson is primed to fill Merrick Garland's old DC Circuit seat — and legal insiders are buzzing that the Supreme Court is her next stop via
@businessinsider
with
@rbravender
@cryanbarber
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Coming up in a few minutes on CNN from the White House to talk about the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Tune in if you’re up !
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NEW: A Senate aide tells me that
@HSGAC
is expected to hold a confirmation vote for Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's DHS nominee, next Tuesday
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NEW: My magazine story on the treatment of LGBTQ asylum seekers in ICE facilities just came came out. One person who was in ICE custody for two years told me "I used to fear for my life everyday."
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A federal judge struck down the Trump administration latest proposed rules on the H-1B visa program that would have made it more expensive for U.S. employers to hire foreign workers
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Former Atlanta-based U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak confirms reports that the pressure he faced to investigate false claims of election fraud is what led to his abrupt resignation via
@ajconwashington
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@OpenSecretsDC
reported that cryptocurrency lobbying interests have collectively spent $2.4M in 2021 to rally against the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill. Meet the 12 lobbyists that are fighting to shape cryptocurrency's future on Capitol Hill
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These records aren't supposed to be some state secret. They're mandated by a law called the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. In theory, any American should have reasonable access to them.
But the reality is they don't.
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Hello from outside of the Supreme Court! where the justices will soon begin to hear oral arguments about the student loan forgiveness plan
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House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson asked the Office of Special Counsel to look into whether DHS’ Chad Wolf violated the Hatch Act by naturalizing immigrants during the Republican convention. “This is an unprecedented politicization of the naturalization ceremony.”
JUST IN: Chairman
@BennieGThompson
sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel asking they open up an investigation into whether
@DHSgov
official Chad Wolf violated the Hatch Act by participating in the Republican National Convention last night.
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With the debt ceiling deadline dwindling to a matter of days, talks between the WH and congressional Republicans are moving very slowly, with no certain path to avoiding a calamitous default. Read our latest reporting here by
@rachsieg
@marianaa_alfaro
&yours truly !
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