Hamed Aleaziz
@haleaziz.bsky.social
I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
Top posts
UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
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The Trump administration makes it official: The refugee cap for this year will be 7,500. As we reported earlier this month, a bulk of the limited slots will be for white Afrikaners from South Africa and others facing “unjust discrimination.: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19752.pdf
Alejandro Juarez was supposed to be transferred to an ICE facility in Arizona. He has a court hearing in October. Instead, DHS put him on the wrong plane -- and deported him to Mexico. One of the craziest stories I've reported w/ @luisferre7.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
NEW: The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
On Sept. 27, President Trump described Portland, Ore., as a “War ravaged” city. But here is how federal officers described the scene outside the ICE building in southwest Portland on Sept. 25: “low energy.” The next day the same: “low energy.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Scoop: The Trump administration is deporting a planeload of about 100 Iranians back to Iran from the US after a deal between the two governments, according to two senior Iranian officials involved in the negotiations and a U.S. official with knowledge of the plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...