Caitlin Dickerson
I'm a @nytimes immigration reporter. Formerly an investigative reporter at @npr. Reach me at [email protected]
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Inside the Refugee Camp on America’s Doorstep
A squalid tent camp on the border is the result of President Trump’s unprecedented limits on asylum. Some people have waited in filthy conditions for more than a year to obtain refuge in the United States.
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1/During the debate you heard that asylum seekers are living in a refugee camp on America's doorstep for the 1st time in history. Some have been there more than 1yr with no formal school for kids. Safety & sanitation are deteriorating. Photos by @IlanaPL
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Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found
A new report shows hundreds of cases in which migrant children were taken from their families, and their parents, who were deported, cannot be located.
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Part of why the parents of 545 separated kids are "unreachable" is bc the gov't didn't originally disclose the separations, then fought for months against sharing any more info. By the time details came out under court order, 2 years had passed for some.
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Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries
Immigrants detained at an ICE-contracted center in Georgia said they had invasive gynecology procedures that they later learned might have been unnecessary.
Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries
Immigrants detained at an ICE-contracted center in Georgia said they had invasive gynecology procedures that they later learned might have been unnecessary.
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NEW: Medical records suggest that immigrant women detained in Georgia underwent invasive gynecological surgeries unnecessarily. And emails show that referrals to the doctor performing them continued despite years of complaints. With @SethFW and @mirjordan
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Inquiry Ordered Into Claims Immigrants Had Unwanted Gynecology Procedures
Members of Congress and the D.H.S. are investigating claims by a nurse and lawyers that immigrant detainees in Georgia were complaining of unwanted procedures and rough treatment.
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Here's what we know about the claims that women detained in Irwin County Georgia have been subjected to gynecological procedures without their full knowledge or consent
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A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels
Under emergency coronavirus orders, the Trump administration is using hotels across the country to hold migrant children and families before expelling them.
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Adding to the coverage of children being expelled under the pandemic border ban: records show at least half a dozen hotels have been used in a growing shadow detention system. With help from @eleanor_lutz, @simonelandon and @kitty_bennett
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How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
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This piece has the historical, global and sociological context I've been craving for months... which is why it was so devastating to read. ICYMI, it's essential.
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Trump Considers Banning Re-entry by Citizens Who May Have Coronavirus
Under the proposal, the government could block a citizen or legal resident’s entry if an official “reasonably believes” the person had been exposed to or was infected with the communicable disease.
Trump Delays Effort to End Protections for Immigrant ‘Dreamers’
After the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump failed to present a valid rationale for ending DACA, the administration said it would conduct a “comprehensive review” of the program.
A Rare Look Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Draws Legal Threats
A new documentary peers inside the secretive world of immigration enforcement. The filmmakers faced demands to delete scenes and delay broadcast until after the election.
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NEW: Two filmmakers gained unprecedented access to the immigration officials carrying out Trump's hardline agenda. Then, they say they were threatened, told to delete scenes that made officers look bad and delay publication under after the election.
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Vulnerable Border Community Battles Virus on ‘A Straight Up Trajectory’
In the Rio Grande Valley, poverty and chronic illness are aggravating the coronavirus outbreak. Ambulances stack up outside emergency rooms, where patients wait for beds.
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NEW: List the illnesses that lead to severe Covid-19 complications and you will have described much of South Texas. I embedded in a hopsital and witnessed both new life and death at close range. The region is overwhelmed and there's no relief in sight.
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‘I Couldn’t Do Anything’: The Virus and an E.R. Doctor’s Suicide
Dr. Lorna Breen was unflappable — until she faced a new enemy.
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In reporting on the coronavirus outbreak in South Texas this week, I have seen example after example of why this tragic story is so essential to understanding the full toll of the virus, including on healthcare workers.
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Sleeping Outside in a Pandemic: Vulnerable Renters Face Evictions
As the coronavirus prevents people from going back to work and pay their rent, evictions have begun, often targeting vulnerable people such as unauthorized immigrants.
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My latest story, discovered and photographed by @rcjonesphoto, is about the many vulnerable renters who have already been forced out of their homes because of the pandemic. A lot are immigrants without legal status.
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A Minneapolis Neighborhood Vowed to Check Its Privilege. It’s Already Being Tested.
Blocks from where George Floyd drew his last breaths, residents have vowed to avoid the police to protect people of color. The commitment is hard to keep.
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A lot of white Americans say they plan to rely less - or not at all - on the police after watching George Floyd's killing on video. I wrote about an uber liberal neighborhood where that commitment is already being challenged.
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Court Halts Deportation of Migrant Boy in Challenge to Border Closure
While a judge reviews the Trump administration’s closure of the land borders to halt the spread of the coronavirus, a 16-year-old Honduran asylum seeker can stay in the United States.
In the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price
Young people are reeling from their losses and harboring pent-up depression that often comes pouring out in panic attacks and breakdowns, relatives say.
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Wanted to share this story by @Yamiche I think back on a lot about some of the kids that have been left behind after police-involved deaths.
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March Peacefully or ‘Take the Streets’? Protesters Debate What Comes Next
What began as a protest over one man’s death in police custody in Minneapolis has grown into a nationwide movement with diverse activists, tactics and demands.
‘In Every City, There’s a George Floyd’: Portraits of Protest
The people giving voice to their anger are individual pieces of a movement, like drops of water to a wave.
‘Please, I Don’t Have Insurance’: Businesses Plead With Protesters
Businesses ranging from national chain stores to neighborhood pizza shops have been damaged in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Stunned store owners were still assessing their losses.
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“I can make some money again,” said Kester Wubben, whose business may not survive damage it suffered over the weekend of unrest. "But you can’t start George Floyd’s life back over. It’s ended.” My story about business owners reacting the demonstrations.
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What We Know About the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Mr. Floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer’s knee, in an episode that was recorded on video by a bystander, sparking condemnation and protests.