Tina Vasquez

They were teens when a parent was deported. They still feel the pain as adults The Guardian spoke to adults now in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to reflect on the lasting impact of family separation in the US

NEW: For @theguardian.com, I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s whose parents were deported under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations about the long-term impacts of family separation:

They were teens when a parent was deported. They still feel the pain as adults The Guardian spoke to adults now in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to reflect on the lasting impact of family separation in the US

NEW: For @theguardian.com, I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s whose parents were deported under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations about the long-term impacts of family separation:

That the Trump admin is detaining and deporting immigrant journalists from the South should be a much bigger story. First Mario Guevara, who was taken in Atlanta, GA and deported. Now Estefany Rodriguez, detained in Nashville, TN while in her news van.

ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.

Literally everything the Heritage Foundation suggests is nauseating

“The state’s proposed “trigger laws,” …are direct challenges to Plyler v. Doe, a narrowly decided 1982 Supreme Court case that enshrined the right to a free K–12 public education regardless of immigration status.”

Drawing of flowers wrapped around unfurled barbed wire that says, “Unfence the Future.”

Sharing @studyhall.bsky.social's podcast episode feat. @tinavasquez.bsky.social for International Women’s Day (3/8)—a day w/ roots in early 20th century labor movements. Listen to Tina discuss her reporting on immigration, ice raids & workers’ rights @ tinyurl.com/studyhallpodcast. 🎨: Roger Peet

Everything is normal, everything is fine. It’s not like the Trump admin has been bombing civilians purported to be cartel members without evidence, right? RIGHT?

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

A Nashville reporter who has reported on ICE was detained at a stop in South Nashville yesterday. Estefany Rodríguez fled Colombia after getting death threats and is awaitng an asylum hearing.

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This will never happen.

Because I’m a chismosa, I want to know about the Corey Lewandowski of it all. Will he continue being special envoy for Noem?

'Ice Barbie' Kristi Noem: The Face of Our Slide Into Fascism Kristi Noem’s appearance is designed for reality TV and her aesthetic reflects the brutality of the Trump administration.

When I wrote this piece on Noem for @theflytrapmedia.com back in August, I noted that she was completely disposable to Trump. He got his use out of her and now he’s on to the next one. What is more interesting to me is this “Shield of the Americas” the admin is shunting her to…

I'm truly sorry to report that you still feel like shit because you can't self-care/drink/shop/eat/sleep/ignore your way out of fascism.

Give Lexis-Olivier Ray ALL OF YOUR MONEY. He produces some of the best investigative journalism out of L.A. for one of the best indie publications there is, @lataco.bsky.social!

I'll be in conversation with @renee.bsky.social @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social @gretchensisson.bsky.social and @tinavasquez.bsky.social on Saturday, March 7 at 1:45PM at the #AWP26 Conference & Bookfair for a panel titled Writing Abortion: What Stories Can Accomplish When Rights Are Taken Away

"To Dismantle The Principle Of Birthright Citizenship Would Undermine Both The Legal And Moral Foundations of American Society" — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network), in this brief

Feel free to turn it off! Enjoy your night! Have a snack, read a book, pet a cat. Fuck the SOTU.

Before my first mammogram, a friend told me not to freak out if they call me back for a second one because it's very common and they are extra cautious the first time around. And she was right! So, I thought I'd share that with you too.

I usually watch every SOTU, but I am sparing myself tonight. Life is hard enough. Why waste a precious night on lies?

I hope everything turns out OK! I had a similar experience last year that included a troubling mammogram. While everything turned out OK, it was very fucking stressful and scary. I'll be thinking of you!

I'm doing a journalism training this week. I've been a journalist since I was 13 years old. I've devoted a majority of my life to journalism. Being a reporter is my entire personality!

But I also just want to tell people: Run! Don't enter journalism! Do something else with your life!

Intro to Movement Journalism: A Virtual Training. Request a free slot by February 23 at bit.ly/introtomj, or pay the full cost ($99) at bit.ly/introtomj2. What: Intro to Movement Journalism, a virtual training facilitated by Tina Vásquez, Prism features editor & Freedomways Reporting Fellowship coordinator at Press On When: Friday, February 27, 10:00-11:30am PT/ 12:00-1:30pm CT / 1:00-2:30pm ET Participants will: - Learn the history, ethics, and commitments of movement journalism - Learn what distinguishes movement journalism from traditional reporting - Learn how journalists are building a career in movement journalism - Participate in a Q&A session with a seasoned journalist about movement journalism Accessibility: Training will be delivered in English. Live captioning will be provided. Even more reason to register: All attendees will receive a free three-month subscription to Study Hall, giving you access to a community of 4,500 members, with weekly newsletters and original reports, Slack chats, and editor databases.

Learn how to make media to amplify grassroots liberation movements at our Feb. 27 virtual Intro to #MovementJournalism training w/ @studyhall.bsky.social! Facilitated by @tinavasquez.bsky.social. Request a free slot by Feb. 23 @ bit.ly/introtomj, or pay the full cost ($99) @ bit.ly/introtomj2.

I highly recommend you read this powerful dispatch from Minneapolis by movement journalist, Anna Simonton.

'Ice Barbie' Kristi Noem: The Face of Our Slide Into Fascism Kristi Noem’s appearance is designed for reality TV and her aesthetic reflects the brutality of the Trump administration.

I wrote about this very thing! www.theflytrapmedia.com/ice-barbie-k...

I still very randomly think of people such as Kirstjen Nielsen and Scott Lloyd and then Google to see whose lives they are now ruining.

Sweet Hereafter The bitter past and promising future of sugarcane.

I promise y'all @theflytrapmedia.com already had this spectacular Bitch Mag reprint on sugar cane scheduled before we realized it was gonna run on Bad Bunny week!!!

Pretty In Pink Inside the community of nail artists telling ICE to get fucked.

This week, @nicolefroio.bsky.social explores the power of activism + creativity and connects with a community of nail artists who are telling ICE to get fucked.

(Oh! And it's a FREE POST!)

I have a McLaughlin scoop I want to share so badly, but I will keep it to myself for now until I can write about it for @theflytrapmedia.com.

🧵I am co-leading the Writing for Liberation program at @empowermentave.bsky.social, an organization that supports incarcerated journalists, essayists, and poets in publishing their work. Our writers have been published everywhere from the Dallas Morning News and Prism to Rolling Stone and Cosmo.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration The move comes as public opinion has turned on the administration’s hardline immigration policies.

Some of the most hateful, vile rhetoric that has come from DHS during Trump 2.0 can be traced directly to McLaughlin. I will follow her career very closely because I want to know who would hire such a monster.