Jazmine Ulloa

“My friend told me to be careful because they are squarely picking up everyone, simply for having a Hispanic face.” Immigrant workers in DC say they find themselves at the center of two crackdowns: one on crime, another on illegal immigration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

Before his immigration check-in, Kilmar Abrego Garcia delivered an emotional plea to immigrants and the immigrant rights community. “Regardless of what happens here with ICE, promise me this that you will keep fighting, praying, believing in dignity — not only for me but for everyone,” he said.

Some immigrants have gone a week without showers. Others sleep on bare floors. Medications have gone unprovided. As detentions have soared, former detainees, lawyers, family members and lawmakers tell us conditions in facilities across the country have become intolerable.

It’s here! Join me, Jia Lynn Yang + @haleaziz.bsky.social at Politics and Prose TODAY to discuss El Paso and it what this city had to teach us about our nation’s border and immigration battles today. See you at 7 pm at 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW. politics-prose.com/jazmine-ullo...

El Paso — the book and the place — front and center. Went on CNN’s “Inside Politics” with Dana Bash the other day to break down Texas primary results and got a nice mention of the release. ¡Que viva El Paso y que viva la frontera!

Kristi Noem — the first cabinet member to be ousted in Trump’s second term — had been among the key figures in the admin fulfilling his mass deportation effort, which he campaigned on aggressively and which was influenced by Stephen Miller, a top WH adviser. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

I can’t stop thinking about Gustavo’s truck. He was pulled over on a road in Minneapolis, shackled by federal agents, and almost shipped more than 1,300 miles away — to El Paso. My hometown now echoes in every city seeing harsher immigration enforcement.

Camp East Montana, which is at the military base Fort Bliss in El Paso, has been mired in controversy since it opened in August. Three people have died while in custody. Now it could be closing, from @poojasalhotra.bsky.social + Madeleine Ngo. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

Beautiful story I’ve been meaning to share. Orlando Mayorquín closely follows one California family’s decision to self-deport. It shows what can happen when you stay with a story until you know it inside and out — and can capture the full weight of it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A night for the books. Standing room only at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social. We sold out of El Paso. Grateful to Greenlight for hosting me. Grateful to @astead-mirror.bluesky.bot for the thoughtful conversation. Grateful to everyone who came out, who waited in line, who stayed late to talk and toast.

Gracias!!

🥹♥️ love the throwback to the Velcro wall decked with notes and drafts and timelines

It’s here!! PUB DAY. No better way to kick it off than with this interview. Daniel says here he got choked up thinking about my journalism origin story, but I choked up so many more times listening back to our conversation. Thank you for such thoughtful questions and careful read of my book.