I’m a journalist specializing in the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration and U.S.-MX foreign relations. I speak English and Spanish. Available for freelance work. Contact: wendyreports@gmail.com. Signal: WendyFry.10.https://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mwvx2pl3os2oNew California law requires companies to disclose past profits from slavery: https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/10/slavery-disclosure-new-law/02 Oct 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvx2pl3os2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mwoe5y4njs2vNewsom signs new laws to rein in immigration agents as Trump’s deportation campaign escalates: https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/09/newsom-signs-immigration-laws/ by @nigelduara.bsky.social29 Sep 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoe5y4njs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mwo7dfnlzl2xStories coming soon: Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signs new immigration laws aimed at disrupting the tactics of federal agents operating in CA, including one prompted by @calmatters.org reporting on a lack of access to 911 call records for detention centers. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/29/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-push-back-on-trumps-orwellian-immigration-tactics-to-protect-immigrant-communities/29 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo7dfnlzl2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mw4lpbzkns2fThank you @johncusack.bsky.social for the support! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4lpbzkns2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mvoma2fmsk2gRead our latest, which includes body camera footage that contradicts agents' narratives about their arrests in the greater LA area. w/ @sergioolmos.bsky.social https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/09/la-immigration-raids-warrantless-arrests-ruling/17 Sep 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoma2fmsk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mug4br2dp22mAfter CalMatters report, lawmakers pass bill to force release of detention center 911 calls https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/08/ice-detention-center-911-calls/31 Aug 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mug4br2dp22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mpyudrduyc2w#BreakingNews Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/corecivic-sells-ice-detention-centers/06 Jul 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyudrduyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mnii5z7fqc2u5 things to know about the Trump administration's new green card policy https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/06/green-cards-what-to-know/04 Jun 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnii5z7fqc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mngddkhu5k23#Breaking Federal judge orders immigrant detention center to allow San Diego County health inspection https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/06/otay-mesa-san-diego-inspection-2/04 Jun 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mngddkhu5k23https://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mbx563imek2m“My body didn’t want to go to sleep last night because I’m afraid I’ll dream I’m back there in jail,” Demirtas said about his first night home. https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/01/san-diego-immigration-release-courts/08 Jan 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbx563imek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mb5afoa5yc2yJust your periodic reminder from a journo that when you’re in ICE detention and/or CDCR and they say they might be recording your calls, THEY ARE RECORDING YOUR CALLS29 Dec 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5afoa5yc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mb4v5tbjlc2eOk so they’re really really really gonna start enforcing the Real ID, y’all. Feb 1. If you have a passport card though or passport book, you’re OK via @TravelGov29 Dec 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4v5tbjlc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mawqqo2qrs2nMe explaining to my future husband how it’s not true that you can’t just leave church spaghetti sitting out on the stove all night. If that were true, all of Texas would already be dead, luv. 😘✌🏽27 Dec 2025 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mawqqo2qrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mawlzz2exk23How it started vs How it ended. Yo. Join SPJ today. Together maybe we can make a difference. (And you get a huge discount on contest entries!)27 Dec 2025 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mawlzz2exk23https://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3map6vzjv322bDon’t miss this. H2A worker visas will only go up. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSoIj4TgQdX/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==24 Dec 2025 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3map6vzjv322bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3map5paal2226I’m just gonna note here that my mom still does not think it’s funny that I hid a whole human being (my bestie) in our own house for several weeks completely undetected like the wanna be CIA agent that I am. That’s how little our parents paid attention in the 90’s.24 Dec 2025 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3map5paal2226https://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3mantyoeufk2gImmigration rights activist Jeannette Vizguerra-Ramirez was released yesterday from a for-profit GEO Immigration Detention Center in Denver. A federal immigration judge ordered her release on bond after finding that the Department of Homeland Security failed to justify her continued detention.23 Dec 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mantyoeufk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3malc2somcs2wBaja authorities are searching for this 15-year-old last seen in Colonias de California in Tijuana. Please share.22 Dec 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3malc2somcs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3maemufsez223CA Attorney General Rob Bonta finds unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the newly opened California City ICE detention center run by CoreCivic. CoreCivic has said they're following all fed regs. DOJ staff finds some detainees have to spend 23-24 hours a day in their housing unit.19 Dec 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3maemufsez223https://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3ma7dcyqbpk2dLook I did it! I can't BELIEVE that actually worked and I could follow all of @adamisacson.com steps. But it did, and it took me a little longer, but I could follow all the steps! 🙌That's so cool thank you so much!17 Dec 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7dcyqbpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3m7jinuflhc24Wow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2025 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7jinuflhc24https://bsky.app/profile/wendyfry.bsky.social/post/3m7b3miawzc2d“The corrections department also provides ICE with information that helps the agency locate, arrest, and deport people who are not directly transferred. CalMatters obtained and reviewed more than 27,000 pages of emails between state prison employees and ICE.“ https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/12/immigration-poll-criminal-record/05 Dec 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:p5eedzeifcc6d7jcbsp64yeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7b3miawzc2d