🔎 Investigative Journalist 📰 Prism, BreakThrough News, YES! Magazine, Truthout + 📲 Signal: julesthejourno.09 🗯️ Opinions my own www.julialuzbetancourt.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mtwhizgubk2wImmigration enforcement in the U.S. is changing our climate. But immigrants are finding new ways to survive in a hotter, more hostile America. Read my latest for @counterstream.bsky.social https://www.peaceandriot.org/seeking-sanctuary-in-america25 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwhizgubk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mkm3b4bzbk2jAs devastating, ableist, and utterly classist as this news is, working people need to remember that a better system is possible. We will build a system that works for us instead of against us — but we must fight for it together. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children29 Apr 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm3b4bzbk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mk4kavehx22sICE and CBP’s use of AI-powered surveillance technology threatens people and movements everywhere. But communities are rising up to defend themselves and the planet. 🍃 Read my latest for @counterstream.bsky.social’s new issue of Peace & Riot: https://www.peaceandriot.org/policing-the-planet22 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4kavehx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mjxuktl77k2fhousing is a human right. end billionaires. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxuktl77k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mjinw4wfxc2aWhy have universities held tightly onto partnerships with ICE despite students and faculty overwhelmingly speaking out against them? Read my latest for @prismreports.org https://prismreports.org/2026/04/14/universities-ice-cbp-st-johns-florida/15 Apr 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjinw4wfxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mjimcqmuac2dMy latest. Tap in 👇🏽 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjimcqmuac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3mfs7hziv3c27The law firm Proskauer Rose LLP has been behind several union busting efforts at universities and media companies across the country. They just claimed another college — my alma mater. Please share, circulate and support the St. John’s faculty, who are again fighting for their right to unionize. https://www.chronicle.com/article/another-catholic-college-stops-recognizing-its-faculty-unions26 Feb 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs7hziv3c27https://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m7t2v4kc2s26I’m looking for more immigration, higher ed, surveillance, and intelligence experts to share their expertise with me for this story. Please drop suggestions below or share with your networks! Ty ✨ [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Dec 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7t2v4kc2s26https://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m5m7km5nd22oI’m investigating university partnerships with ICE for @prismreports.org with support from the lovely editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social 📲 Send me a message on Signal at julesthejourno.09 or email me at julesthejourno@proton.me ⚠️ Do NOT use a school-provided email address14 Nov 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5m7km5nd22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m5kk2pji3k2r*pretends to be shocked* great reporting, btw [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Nov 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5kk2pji3k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m4hhev6xqc2yCan we just pause and think for a second about why 42 million people in the U.S. are on SNAP… 42 MILLION. That is more than the population of the entire state of California.31 Oct 2025 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4hhev6xqc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m2ov6jnlhc2oWhile Trump’s NSPM-7 memo claims so-called anti-Christian beliefs are signs of “left-wing violence,” a Chicago pastor who belongs to a Presbyterian church was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE. You can’t make this up.08 Oct 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ov6jnlhc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m2c2gogiac2sI can’t believe I have to check my credit score through all of this.03 Oct 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2c2gogiac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3m252aviusc24Every journalist covering the White House, government, free speech, repression, etc. should honestly report on what this is: an attempt to manufacture consent for what would be a dictatorial power grab.01 Oct 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m252aviusc24https://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3lyqukk6rpc2nHave you heard of Flock Safety? The surveillance company was once a small technology startup with a mission to “eliminate” non-violent crime. Now it’s becoming a one-stop shop for law enforcement to buy and plug into all the big brother-esque tech they can get. My latest for BreakThrough News 👇🏽 https://breakthroughnews.org/flock-safety-surveillance-authoritarian-tracking-infrastructure-drones-alpr/13 Sep 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqukk6rpc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3lwcakwl7gk2tWelcome to the era of digitized white supremacy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwcakwl7gk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/julialuz.bsky.social/post/3lvsyejxl4s2qWhen big tech companies and imperialist states are able to roam unchecked, it is inevitable that they will join forces. This is a byproduct of capitalism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:fzfntefnlskeelfbjdefidty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsyejxl4s2q