His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. Stunning reporting here.
@propublica
Remember the secret recording that captured a 6-year-old Salvadoran girl who had been separated from her mother? I'm rushing to the border because ICE is expected to release the mom today. And I'll travel with her as she seeks to reunify with her daughter. Stay tuned
@ProPublica
@ProPublica
has learned that Mexico's former security minister, Genaro Garcia Luna, has been indicted on corruption charges in NY and arrested in Grapevine, Tx. Source says Garcia Luna had "all kinds of pictures with US officials in his unassuming one bedroom."
@propublica
has learned that former Mexican Defense Minister Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was arrested by U.S. authorities when he arrived in the country late this afternoon on a trip with his family.
Asked by
@AnaCabrera
on
@cnn
how he felt hearing cries of migrant children separated from their parents, new DHS secretary said, “I am a father. I am a husband. I am a son. I am a brother. I have not heard before a pain as acute & heartbreaking as that."
@propublica
“However hard it is, we will get the job done,” says Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on reuniting families who were separated at the border under the Trump administration. “The cruelty of the prior administration has come to an end.”
Breaking: Jimena spoke to her mother! She cried through the entire call, asking her mom when they were going to be together again. I suspect hearing her mother’s voice for the first time after being so traumatically torn apart brought the pain rushing back. This is Zero Tolerance
It’s one thing for a reporter to find out by chance that the government is still separating children from their parents at the border. It’s another thing entirely when that’s how the lawyers representing those kids find out. My latest,
@ProPublica
The arrest comes as part of a broad investigation into Mexican corruption, following the trial against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman. Garcia Luna was accused during the trial of taking cartel bribes as far back as 2005.
More on the remarkable six-year-old Salvadoran girl whose distraught, determined pleas for help have been heard around the world. My latest.
@ProPublica
2 weeks ago, I wrote about a 4-year-old boy, Brayan, who was separated from his father at the border.
@CBP
said, w/out evidence, the father was a gang member. Last night, after 7+ weeks apart, the gov't quietly reunited the boy and his dad. My latest:
This is humbling, especially after a year of stellar immigration reporting by so many colleagues at competing news organizations. Hats off to you all. You know who you are.
Polk Award for Immigration Reporting: The staff of ProPublica for “Zero Tolerance,” coverage that led the U. S. to cease separating children and parents at the Mexican border.
#immigration
During his time as Mexico’s security minister, from 2006-2012, he worked closely with the DEA, and oversaw the SIU program, or Sensitive Investigative Units. Those units were notoriously leaky, as I reported for
@ProPublica
and
@NatGeo
in 2018. One leak triggered a massacre.
The story of the CDC can be summed up in this devastating quote: “I am very troubled on this Sunday morning that there will be people who will get sick and perhaps die because of what we were forced to do."
It’s rare to hear border patrol officers reflect off-script about their work and why they do it, especially now, when what they do has become so disturbing. One agent agreed to speak. My latest:
A viral image of a crying Honduran child at the U.S.-Mexico border has won the 2019 World Press Photo contest’s Photo of the Year prize. Congrats
@jbmoorephoto
! via
@HuffPostArts
This 6-year-old Salvadoran girl we all heard pleading for help, walked out of a Houston airport early this morning holding her mother’s hand—and countless hearts. Glad I was there with the amazing
@nadiasussman
to report it for
@ProPublica
.
Listen to children who’ve just been separated from their parents at the border.
@ProPublica
's
@gingerthomp1
has obtained exclusive audio from inside a detention facility.
Four-year-old Brayan and his father, Julio, were reunited tonight, 80 days after
@CBP
separated them, sending Brayan to NY and Julio to detention in TX. Why did agents separate them? They won’t say. So separations go on, in secret.
Brayan is 4 year old Salvadoran boy. He was placed in a temporary foster home in September in NYC. Until our phone call last month, his lawyer had no idea that he’d been separated from his father.
My latest.
@ProPublica
Las Fuerzas Armadas de Mexico se comprometen con proteger el pueblo de cualquier enemigo, pero en el caso del narcoviolencia dicen que la ley los prohíbe actuar. Increíble.
#Allende
Dr. Susan Moore died today from COVID, but HOW she died is unacceptable. She posted a video to Facebook from an Indiana hospital days before her death about mistreatment. "This is how black people get killed when you send them home and they don't know how to fight for themselves"
I’m overwhelmed and humbled to win an award named for the great John Chancellor. He called himself a “frightened optimist” about the state of America. I share his conviction that whenever the country’s in trouble, journalists are key to turning things around.
@columbiajourn
.
@propublica
Reporter,
@gingerthomp1
selected as this year's John Chancellor Award winner. "Her work from the past three decades reflects the courage and integrity of the late John Chancellor,” said Dean
@SteveCollNY
, a member of the Chancellor jury.
My latest: another DEA operation that resulted in the loss of innocent Mexican lives. Not easy holiday reading. But hoping it gets authorities on both sides of the border to look hard at the costs of the way they fight the drug war.
In surprise visits to CBP detention facilities, federal inspectors found a cell with a maximum capacity of 12 that held 76 detainees. One with a maximum capacity of 8 held 41.
The father I wrote about this week, who was separated from his 4-yr-old son at the border in August, walked out of a detention facility on bond tonight, ready to get his son back. “I’m happy,” he said, hugging his mother. “Now comes the most important part.”
@ProPublica
Devastating: college-educated black mothers fare worse than women of other races who never finished high school. Obese women of all races do better than black women at normal weight. And wealthy black women do worse than white poor ones.
@AnnieWaldman
As coronavirus cases surge, inundating hospitals and leading to testing shortages, a rapidly growing number of Houston area residents are dying at home, according to an
@NBCNews
and
@propublica
review of Houston Fire Department data.
This is an important development. It signals that while the Trump administration attempts to conflate illegal immigration with organized crime, senior agents in the field are telling them they’re wrong.
“If we don’t develop a different attitude, we’re going to be like people in the lifeboat, beating on those that are trying to climb in.” Essential reading, from beginning to end, by
@AbrahmL
and
@MeridithKohut
More sickening findings in the
@WSJ
Facebook Files. Human traffickers, a drug cartel and prostitution rings have used Facebook for recruitment. The platform’s employees have flagged the problems—to little avail.
This stunning account of the Jan 6 insurrection by my brilliant
@propublica
colleagues is a devastating reminder of how far away this country remains from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream.
A career like mine only happens with the help and support of great editors. I’ve had more of them than I can name in 280 characters; at the
@latimes
,
@baltimoresun
,
@chicagotribune
@nytimes
@propublica
. Two of the best are no longer with us:John Carroll and Christine Kay. 🙏🏾
.
@propublica
Reporter,
@gingerthomp1
selected as this year's John Chancellor Award winner. "Her work from the past three decades reflects the courage and integrity of the late John Chancellor,” said Dean
@SteveCollNY
, a member of the Chancellor jury.
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 252 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy.
It has been well established that African Americans are dying of COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate in cities across America.
@propublica
sought to explore the problem by examining the first 100 recorded deaths in Chicago.
OMG. Is this is how
@CBP
decides whether to separate a child from a parent? “You size up people with their demeanor and you can tell if they're angry, if they're upset, if they had an altercation. There's a lot of non-verbals that stand out."
"The jurors also unanimously chose to highlight
@ProPublica
for the first-ever Peabody Catalyst Award for a story that brought immediate change to a controversial government practice of family separation."
Thank you,
@PeabodyAwards
via
@PeabodyAwards
“This child is very strong,” said the family’s lawyer, Thelma O. Garcia. “Nobody would have known or understood what was happening at the border if it wasn’t for the audio with her voice.” By
@lomikriel
The Navy punished its own sailors for failing to master a flawed system that they’d been inadequately trained on and that the Navy itself admitted it did not fully understand. 10 died. Astonishing read by a badass band of reporters
@propublica
A disturbing primer on how police oversight fuels civilian distrust by
@ericuman
@propublica
. Spoiler: It’s because the police are the overseers.
1/Since I began covering zero tolerance, the gov't keeps moving the goal posts. Today we learned 1000s more kids were separated from their parents than
@DHSgov
previously reported.
The words of the judge who ordered it to end have been ringing in my head.
Nearly 2,000 secret graves have been found in almost every state in Mexico, many in plain sight. This important work by the talented team
@quintoelab
shows the scale of the violence and impunity that defines Mexoco’s last decade, and is worth your time.
My brilliant colleague
@hannahdreier
won a Pulitzer tonight.
@propublica
’s zero tolerance coverage was a finalist in public service. Cause for celebration.
A game-changing ruling for asylum-seekers. U.S. judge blocks Trump crackdown on asylum seekers, bars blanket detentions of those with persecution claims
Following
@ProPublica
’s reporting on DEA operations that triggered at least two massacres in Mexico, and several calls of concern from Democrats on Capitol Hill, the Justice Department’s Inspector General has announced he will investigate.
It’s been one month and one day since Cindy Madrid was separated from her daughter Jimena & detained for seeking asylum. She was released yesterday and hopes to be reunited with Jimena tomorrow. She wants to look as good as she’s going to feel with her daughter back in her arms.
Remember the 6-yr-old Salvadoran girl whose cries helped bring an end to the administration's zero tolerance policy? My colleague
@nadiasussman
paid her a visit earlier this month and produced a beautiful video update
@ProPublica
. Please take a look.
Remember when Trump officials called immigrant shelters “summer camp?” Read this bombshell: Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter.
@ReporterTopher
@MichaelGrabell
The Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy will take a toll on the families affected that we’ll never be able to calculate, and may never fully see. But here’s a glimpse. My latest
@ProPublica
Hundreds of immigrant parents have been separated from their children at the border because of vague gang affiliation accusations. Where do those charges come from?
@MelissaLaLinea
's first story for
@propublica
provides some disturbing answers.
Wonder what’s happening with the little girl on the audio? She’s still separated from her mother, who has to parent from 1000 miles away. My latest on Jimena.
We're thrilled to announce the seven finalists for the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. These stories have all had a real impact on the U.S. over the past year, and it's an honor to celebrate these journalists' work.
.
@propublica
Reporter,
@gingerthomp1
selected as this year's John Chancellor Award winner. "Her work from the past three decades reflects the courage and integrity of the late John Chancellor,” said Dean
@SteveCollNY
, a member of the Chancellor jury.
I’m incredibly proud to have been part of the team of journalists who did this work, and grateful for the numerous sources who helped us. A special shout out to Jennifer Harbury for her trust. And to Jimena for lending her voice.
#Pulitzer
In the 1930s Paul Tobenkin focused his journalism on exposing bigotry in public policy. I’m honored
@propublica
’s immigration reporting has won an award named for him. Thank you
@columbiajourn
.
Deeply honored to be part of this stellar team and to win an award named after an iconic champion of human rights, especially now, when that fight couldn't be more important. Thank you to
@propublica
and all the editors who worked on this project, especially mine
@tracyweber
.
This year’s New Media Award winner “Inside the Border Patrol” takes us to the Mexican border to examine the federal agency charged with carrying out the family-shattering policies of the Trump administration. Congratulations to the
@ProPublica
team.
For those of us who often go out to eat: Federal and state investigators determined that more than $52 million had been stolen from people working in restaurants, more than in any other industry in New York.
@propublica
@Documentedny
We traveled to Houston to learn more about the 6-year-old Salvadoran girl whose separation from her mother has outraged people everywhere. We got to hear her voice again. Please watch. By the talented
@nadiasussman
@ProPublica
Today we acknowledge the work of Ginger Thompson
@gingerthomp1
, who is currently a senior reporter at ProPublica. Prior to this, she worked at the New York Times for 16 years. She served as a correspondent in Washington and as the Mexico City bureau chief.
New: “It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, Holy shit, this is not the flu. Watching this relatively young guy, gasping for air, pink frothy secretions coming out of his tube.”
A national Murrow Award for excellence in sound on the anniversary of the day we published this audio of the voices of children who had just been separated from their parents. Thank you RTDNA.
#zerotolerance
The Radio Television Digital News Association has named ProPublica the winner of two Edward R. Murrow Awards. The national competition, among the most prestigious in journalism, recognizes outstanding achievement in broadcast and digital news.
So happy that
@ProPublica
and our Latin America partners are translating and distributing these stories. Me da mucho gusto que estas historias han sido traducidos y distribuidos en español.
Retweeted (
@eldiarioes
):
"Mami, quiero estar contigo": la niña de la grabación que destapó el horror de la política migratoria de Trump sigue a mil millas de su madre Lo cuenta
@gingerthomp1
Why we must vote, and report anyone who tries to stand in the way. White poll worker, says to black voter in Texas, "Maybe if I'd worn my blackface makeup today you could comprehend what I'm saying to you."
@electionland
2/“The unfortunate reality is that under the present system migrant children are not accounted for with the same efficiency and accuracy as property.”
Even after that order, I learned that separations continued.
A proud night at
@propublica
, whose documentary film team led by the brilliant
@almudenatoral
and
@mrodpons
won three (yes 3!) Emmys for their stunning film, The Night Doctrine. Bravo colleagues!