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Covering ICE detention/refugees/hate/security for WNYC, NPR, Gothamist. Author: “AMERICAN GOVERNOR: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption.” Ex-Philly Inquirer.

Philly, NYC, Jersey
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    16 Dec 2019

    I spent 6 weeks in Japan reporting on a thing that doesn’t get much attention: The thousands of asylum seekers from across the world who fly into Tokyo. Almost none win legal refugee status. Many get detained. And so I went to find out why, and what it means. 1/?

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    10 hours ago

    See if you can spot when they stopped letting black people vote

    Here's a visual on how many Black Southerners have been elected to Congress since the Civil War. Purple is House, gold is Senate.
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  3. 9 hours ago

    But 3 minutes after midnight on New Year's Day, Newark police shot and killed a man:

    So very interesting. After implementing a de-escalation program, Newark cops didn’t fire a single shot last year. And while homicides soared across New Jersey in 2020, they were unchanged in Newark.
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  4. 11 hours ago

    "Asked on Tuesday to comment about Kelly's possible leap into elective politics, Christie texted a blunt reply: 'Nope.'"

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  5. 14 hours ago

    My latest, on another ICE hunger strike:

    ICE Hunger Strikes Spread To Another New Jersey Jail
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  6. 16 hours ago

    “My whole life, I’ve wanted to do nothing more than serve the public. I’m flattered by this consideration and will have to think about it with my family before making a decision.” - statement from Bridget Kelly

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  7. 16 hours ago

    Bridget Kelly -- whose "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email transformed her from an unknown aide into a household name as Bridgegate upended Christie's career -- is considering making a run for public office as a Republican.

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    17 hours ago

    Incredible thread on what's happening in Pennsylvania politics today, where the Republican-led Senate in Harrisburg refused to seat a Democrat whose election was certified by the state:

    Welp. Republican majority of the Pennsylvania State Senate just removed from the chamber. President Pro Temp Corman is presiding instead. Fetterman refused to recognize a motion that would have prevented a duly elected Democratic senator from being sworn in.
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  9. 18 hours ago

    "Immigrants vulnerable to deportation are sometimes coerced into becoming FBI informants with the promise of adjusting their status. For five years, the FBI dangled this promise in front of Fatma until one day she gave up and decided to break up with them"

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    19 hours ago

    Suspect In Queens Bomb Scare Is Pro-Trump Activist Connected To White Nationalist Group via

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  11. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    This is some audacious spin. What actually happened: Pompeo endorsed the results of a rigged election in DRC after a private security company working for a Congolese autocrat back channelled with Giuliani and other Trump allies. Our investigation:

    The Trump Administration supported the first-ever peaceful transfer of power in the DRC.
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    23 hours ago

    Nebraska

    Undocumented residents will not be eligible for vaccine according to Gov.
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  13. 22 hours ago

    Clarification from Vainieri spox. He says detainee population changes "may lead to some minor discrepancies when looking at the offenses committed," but "it's clear that the vast majority of detainees have been convicted of violent offenses and this continues to be the case."

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  14. Jan 4

    ICE detainee hunger strike NOW at the Essex County jail in Newark, NJ. 5 detainees haven't eaten since Thursday. Strikers want release. This is a continuation of ICE hunger strikes that began in November at the Bergen County jail, which led to daily protests & clashes with cops.

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  15. Jan 4

    It's unclear if this framing is intentionally misleading or reflects politicians' lack of understanding of what ICE detention is all about. Either way, other New Jersey Dems also falsely describe detainees this way in defending their ICE contracts:

    Bergen County Sheriff Cureton's comment here is inaccurate. ICE detainees in his jail are not being "kept" or punished for crimes. They're awaiting hearings/deportation that may have been triggered by criminal sentences that they already finished serving.
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  16. Jan 4

    Also, many detainees are Green Card holders who did not come "to our country illegally." Also, those with charges but not convictions are in fact, technically, "innocent."

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  17. Jan 4

    Vainieri also makes false claim about ICE detainees who county holds: "Every one of them came to our country illegally and then committed a violent crime here in America." But he attached list of detainee "charges" that includes immigration violations & other non-violent offenses

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  18. Jan 4

    Fake bomb from anti-ICE activists? Dem County Executive in Hudson County, NJ, who pushed ICE detention contract renewal last year, says he was sent a fake bomb in the mail. Commissioner Vainieri says it came from anti-ICE activists.

    Ahead of the Board of Commissioners vote to appoint their chair for 2021, County Exec. says he received "a suspicious package" last month, with Anthony Vainieri (the current chair) claiming he and others received "threatening and terroristic phone calls."
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    Jan 4

    This was poignant to listen to in the context of lonely pandemic life - on the happiness-value of human connection, chatting on the bus, in the shops. Featuring the wife of the inventor of the ATM on why she's never used one, and, surprisingly, David Byrne

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    Jan 4

    This is probably the least major thing on the call, but, just, what? Trump to Ryan Germany: "I’m sure you’re a good lawyer. You have a nice last name."

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  21. Jan 3

    Democrats, sick of hearing concerns about ICE detainees they hold in the county jail, walk out of meeting so there’s no quorum and meeting ends. “Lowlife dirtbag type of people,” Dem Hudson County Commissioner Anthony Vainieri said of anti-ICE activists.

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