What I Cover
I’m currently covering how policy changes in Washington play out on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly as they relate to Texas.
My Background
I’ve covered the border and immigration for more than 15 years from nearly a dozen countries and across the United States, including in Tennessee and Arizona.
Since I joined ProPublica in 2020, my colleagues and I have investigated Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature multibillion-dollar border operation. Our reporting showed that many of the arrests had no connection to the border. I’ve also reported on how U.S. policies led to one of the deadliest incidents in a Mexican immigration detention center, and on how a private wall built in South Texas by a company backed by the Trump administration was at risk of falling down if not fixed. President Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the project after our reporting.
Following a deadly winter storm in Texas, I partnered with NBC News to expose how failures at every level of government had contributed to the “biggest epidemic of CO poisoning in recent history.” Our reporting led to a push by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for new mandatory safety rules to crack down on carbon monoxide poisonings and sparked an investigation by the Houston Fire Department into a delayed response to a 911 call from a house where two people died.
I was part of the team that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Recognitions for my work also include Texas’ top award for investigative reporting two years in a row and an Edward R. Murrow award. I was also a finalist for a Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
