I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alumhttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3mun5kl7b3k2aRead the whistleblower's complaint here, obtained by the Times through FOIA: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-whistleblower-complaint.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun5kl7b3k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3mumklgaeds2aSCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said ICE was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html03 Sep 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumklgaeds2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3muklguuiv22jScoop: Hundreds of agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been assigned to an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite an absence of evidence of widespread fraud, according to documents and training videos. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/us/politics/trump-election-voter-fraud.html02 Sep 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muklguuiv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3muacq2o4k226NEW: Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/afghans-deported-us-central-african-republic.html29 Aug 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muacq2o4k226https://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3mu34cmkqls2rSCOOP: The Trump administration plans to step up deportation flights to Haiti as soon as this week, according to documents obtained by The New York Times, a move intended to more quickly expel thousands of Haitians whose legal status expired this summer. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/haiti-deportation-flights.html27 Aug 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu34cmkqls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3msj6g3vnzk2hSCOOP: The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country after proving to an immigration court that they would likely face torture, according to two people with knowledge of the move.07 Aug 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj6g3vnzk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3mrq6y5mt3k25NEW: The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired visas as they travel through airports, according to documents obtained by The Times and interviews with lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html28 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq6y5mt3k25https://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3mpmv5cdack2oNEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests. The WH has wanted more arrests. The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/ice-immigrant-arrests-surge.html02 Jul 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmv5cdack2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3moy3kucjnk2cNEW: In the coming weeks, the US plans to provide a welcome gift to white South Africans. They will get an Android tablet, an American flag. They will also receive a packet of literature that provides a sanitized, Trump-approved view of American and South African history.23 Jun 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy3kucjnk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3movyr4pshk2aNEW: The Trump administration told a federal court judge in Michigan that it plans to sell the warehouse it purchased to detain immigrants in the state. This is the first public acknowledgement of plans to sell warehouses after our story last week.22 Jun 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3movyr4pshk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3mopvz67znk2oSCOOP: Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/rubio-beto-coral-colombia.html20 Jun 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopvz67znk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3molh2sv6c22rFor those interested. The locations include: Romulus, Michigan Social Circle, Georgia Flowery Branch, Georgia Hamburg, Pennsylvania Tremont, Pennsylvania Salt Lake City Roxbury, New Jersey [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3molh2sv6c22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/haleaziz.bsky.social/post/3molczvvtrk26SCOOP: ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/politics/ice-warehouses-immigration.html18 Jun 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/app.bsky.feed.post/3molczvvtrk26