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I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
@peterbakernyt.bsky.socialReposted by @haleaziz.bsky.socialIn the last hours of Noem’s tenure, her agency delivered a windfall to a political donor by buying five airplanes from his firm at a substantial markup. @haleaziz.bsky.social @fahrenthold.bsky.social @nicknehamas.bsky.social @tylerpager.bsky.social @nirajc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
@haleaziz.bsky.socialICE Agents Encountered Austin Man by Chance Before Shooting Him www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
@haleaziz.bsky.social@haleaziz.bsky.socialScoop: Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top Homeland Security leaders by posing as voters as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation’s voter rolls, according to a federal whistle-blower’s account released on Monday.
@haleaziz.bsky.social‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
@haleaziz.bsky.socialRead the whistleblower's complaint here, obtained by the Times through FOIA:
@haleaziz.bsky.socialSCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said ICE was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.”
@haleaziz.bsky.socialIn some cases, investigators are effectively posing as individual voters by plugging their names and personal information into public-facing websites run by the top election official in each state. w/ the great @nytnickc.bsky.social
@haleaziz.bsky.socialScoop: Hundreds of agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been assigned to an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite an absence of evidence of widespread fraud, according to documents and training videos.
@nytimes.comReposted by @haleaziz.bsky.socialTen people who were deported and taken to Liberia this month described a harrowing journey that included months in detention in the U.S. before being sent to nations where they had no ties. All of them said they experienced or witnessed what they described as abusive or violent treatment by ICE.
@haleaziz.bsky.socialNEW: Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
@nytimes.comReposted by @haleaziz.bsky.socialImmigration arrests have risen to record highs with 43,000 ICE arrests in June and 49,000 in July. A majority of those arrested in July were people who were accused of violating civil immigration laws but had with no criminal history, an analysis of newly released federal data shows. nyti.ms/3SYB3cL
@haleaziz.bsky.socialSCOOP: The Trump administration plans to step up deportation flights to Haiti as soon as this week, according to documents obtained by The New York Times, a move intended to more quickly expel thousands of Haitians whose legal status expired this summer.
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@haleaziz.bsky.socialSCOOP: The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country after proving to an immigration court that they would likely face torture, according to two people with knowledge of the move.
@haleaziz.bsky.socialNEW: The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired visas as they travel through airports, according to documents obtained by The Times and interviews with lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.
@haleaziz.bsky.socialNEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests.
The WH has wanted more arrests.
The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day.
@haleaziz.bsky.socialSCOOP: ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.
@haleaziz.bsky.socialScoop: immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions, such as participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests, posting criticism of Israel on social media and desecrating the American flag, according to internal documents.
@haleaziz.bsky.socialScoop: The DOJ has identified nearly 400 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country.
