President Donald Trump promised a radical reset on immigration, and he didn’t waste any time getting started. Just hours after being sworn in on Jan. 20, he signed 10 executive orders related to immigration containing dozens of policy changes that, if implemented, would upend the immigration system and the lives of millions. Most were pulled from the playbook of Trump’s previous presidency. Others are unprecedented. Since day one, the blitz of executive order signing has continued, and ProPublica reporters have been doggedly tracking and chronicling this rapidly changing landscape.
We’ve brought readers inside ICE Air, where flight attendants on deportation planes are saying disaster is “only a matter of time.” We’ve investigated how ICE and DOGE are being shielded from public inquiry and accountability, while the civil rights unit of the Department of Homeland Security has been dismantled. We’ve exposed how a private company is set to make billions in contracts with ICE running tent detention facilities that will detain thousands of people before they are deported. We’ve documented how Nicaraguan immigrant communities in Wisconsin are packing and sending their belongings back home amid the growing uncertainty of their settlement in the U.S., and there is much more to come.
In this exclusive one-hour virtual event, ProPublica Managing Editor Ginger Thompson and a panel of our journalists will offer an inside look at the newsroom’s investigations into immigration policies and consequences.
Join us as our journalists discuss what they’ve learned about the Trump administration’s immigration agenda and what it means to report on immigration today.
Speakers include:
- Ginger Thompson, ProPublica managing editor
- Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica reporter, Midwest
- McKenzie Funk, ProPublica reporter, Northwest
- Perla Trevizo, ProPublica reporter, Texas Tribune Initiative
- Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica reporter
Robin Sparkman, president, and Mark Colodny, board member and Impact Circle chair, will also share updates.
We invite you to submit questions about our reporting in advance.
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