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Good morning! We’re in the midst of our Spring Fundraising drive at @thebarbedwire.com — and I’d like to take a minute to share some gratitude to our readers for fueling my ferocious, delusional sense of hope. 🧵 thebarbedwire.com/2026/04/07/i...

Our Independent Newsroom Was Built on a Ferocious, Delusional Sense of Hope. Help Us Keep It Going.Thanks to all of you, our team has pitched, written, edited, fact-checked, illustrated, built, and published more than 700 stories.thebarbedwire.com

The Big Bend region has a way of making visitors feel wonderfully small. Amid confusion over shifting plans for a possible border wall in the area, we asked our staff to reflect on their memories and share pictures of their time spent there. Then we asked you, our readers.

Photos: Your Big Bend Memories Through the YearsAs evidenced by the strong response to unclear plans for a border wall, the Big Bend area holds special meaning for its residents and visitors.www.texasmonthly.com

The birthright citizenship case shows how Trump-era Republicans have embraced the convictions of the proslavery Senator John C Calhoun, who believed America was a “white man’s government” and the integration of nonwhites onto the polity would destroy the country www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

New ICE arrest data just dropped via the Deportation Data Project's FOIA lawsuit. I spent hours validating it so you don't have to. Here's what the numbers actually show. 🧵

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz

Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicideThe Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death.www.pbs.org

Nearly 50 people have died in U.S. immigration detention since Trump returned to power. “… places where disease and illness are rampant and detainees are often denied sufficient food, clean drinking water, medications and medical care.”

On this edition of Pressing Issues, Jazmine Ulloa explores how the history of the United States flows through El Paso. @jazmineulloa.bsky.social is a national reporter at the New York Times and a proud fronteriza. Read more: https://pressingissues.org/five-questions-with-jazmine-ulloa/

Five Questions with Jazmine UlloaHow the history of the United States flows through El Pasopressingissues.org

New edition of PressingIssues.org is out. I connected with @jazmineulloa.bsky.social about her new #ElPaso book. Five Questions with Jazmine Ulloa How the history of the United States flows through El Paso

Five Questions with Jazmine UlloaHow the history of the United States flows through El Pasopressingissues.org

A court just ordered the government to facilitate the return home of Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, the DACA recipient who was arrested at her green-card interview and deported last month. My interview with Maria and her daughter Damaris is now live at @thecut.com: www.thecut.com/article/mari...

Picking Up the Pieces After Mom’s Deportation“I stared at my mom’s closet and didn’t know what to pack. How do I fit her whole life in a backpack?”www.thecut.com

"In El Paso, a Homecoming Marred by Violence---A native El Pasoan reflects in a new book on her bustling Texas border city’s roots—and one of the most tragic days of its modern life" @jazmineulloa.bsky.social

In my latest newsletter, I share what I’m learning right now about immigration policy — including a great podcast on the history of DACA, new research on the health impacts of enforcement, and a powerful ICE whistleblower story. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/securing...

What I’m Learning About Immigration Right NowFrom a new immigration policy podcast to new research on the health impacts of enforcement, here are a few resources shaping my thinkingopen.substack.com

"Jazmine Ulloa’s new book puts El Paso at center of U.S. immigration story" elpasomatters.org/2026/03/05/j...

Glenn Whipp also sat down with ONE BATTLE director Paul Thomas Anderson for his first interview pre-release. PTA shared his morning ritual: coffee-grinding and a well-trained dog. "The dog comes back in with the paper. Boop. I’ve got my L.A. Times and pour my coffee.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

He’s made the most incendiary movie of the year. But Paul Thomas Anderson remains an optimistThe director of "Boogie Nights" and "There Will Be Blood" returns with an angry epic about American dissent, born from grappling with Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland."www.latimes.com

NEWS: The Trump administration is reviewing DACA renewals so slowly that the delays are causing people to lose their jobs, licenses, and deportation protection. It’s happening across the country. Our Sunday story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/15/d...

DACA delays lead to lost jobs, less stability and anxiety over potential deportation under Donald TrumpWithout the renewal, DACA recipients are in danger of being placed in deportation proceedings.www.chicagotribune.com

"The nation had scarcely processed what had unfolded when another mass shooting wracked Dayton, Ohio, thirteen hours later. We jumped into covering the twin tragedies from afar, another deadly day in a politically divided nation replete with guns."

In El Paso, a Homecoming Marred by ViolenceA native El Pasoan reflects in a new book on her bustling Texas border city’s roots—and one of the most tragic days of its modern life.www.texasobserver.org

Our podcast Writing Latinos features Latino authors discussing their books & how their writing contributes to the ever-changing conversation about the meanings of latinidad. New at PB: @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social talks with @jazmineulloa.bsky.social.

Jazmine Ulloa on “El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory” - Public Books“We tend to see El Paso as this very narrow space that divides Mexico and the United States, but it's this much richer region where ideas and goods and people are constantly flowing back and forth.”www.publicbooks.org

“How history gets told really depends on who's telling it. Whose perspective am I missing in this? I really took that approach in writing this book.” New at PB: @jazmineulloa.bsky.social on her debut book “El Paso.”

Jazmine Ulloa on “El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory” - Public Books“We tend to see El Paso as this very narrow space that divides Mexico and the United States, but it's this much richer region where ideas and goods and people are constantly flowing back and forth.”www.publicbooks.org

“As El Paso became a backdrop to our nation’s immigration battles, I began to believe it held the key to understanding American identity. If only we can give the city the place it’s due at the center — not the margins — of our story.” @jazmineulloa.bsky.social thebarbedwire.com/2026/03/05/f...

From Minneapolis to El Paso, Every City Is Now a Border CityEl Paso is “the Ellis Island of the Southwest.”thebarbedwire.com

As promised! Season 4, Episode 1, of Writing Latinos from @publicbooks.bsky.social! I'm thrilled to kick things off with @jazmineulloa.bsky.social discussing her new book: El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory. www.publicbooks.org/jazmine-ullo...

Jazmine Ulloa on “El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory” - Public BooksWe’re back for season 4 of Writing Latinos! Our first guest is Jazmine Ulloa, a national political reporter for The New York Times who justwww.publicbooks.org

New at PB: In the season 4 premiere of our podcast Writing Latinos, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social talks with author and NY Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa.bsky.social) about her new book "El Paso" (Dutton).

Jazmine Ulloa on “El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory” - Public Books“We tend to see El Paso as this very narrow space that divides Mexico and the United States, but it's this much richer region where ideas and goods and people are constantly flowing back and forth.”www.publicbooks.org