Alexandra Martinez
@alexmar.bsky.social
Senior News Reporter @prismreports.bsky.social
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NEW: FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz.” Amazing investigative work by the brilliant @alexmar.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/08/11/f...
FIU workers secretly delivered equipment to Alligator Alcatraz
Public records and a Florida International University employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades
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August 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
NEW: FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz.” Amazing investigative work by the brilliant @alexmar.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/08/11/f...
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FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz,” @alexmar.bsky.social investigates in this developing story. Public records & a university employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades.
FIU workers secretly delivered equipment to Alligator Alcatraz
Public records and a Florida International University employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades
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August 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz,” @alexmar.bsky.social investigates in this developing story. Public records & a university employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades.
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Trump’s Take It Down Act threatens free expression, artists & digital rights advocates warn. The law purports to target “revenge porn,” but experts & activists fear far-reaching censorship, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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Take It Down Act threatens free expression, advocates warn
The Take It Down Act purports to target “revenge porn,” but artists and digital rights experts fear far-reaching censorship
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July 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump’s Take It Down Act threatens free expression, artists & digital rights advocates warn. The law purports to target “revenge porn,” but experts & activists fear far-reaching censorship, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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“It has been a long standing goal of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 to police the internet.” @alexmar.bsky.social spoke with artists & digital rights advocates who warn that Trump’s Take It Down Act threatens free expression & enables overreach by right wing & white Christian groups.
Take It Down Act threatens free expression, advocates warn
The Take It Down Act purports to target “revenge porn,” but artists and digital rights experts fear far-reaching censorship
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July 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“It has been a long standing goal of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 to police the internet.” @alexmar.bsky.social spoke with artists & digital rights advocates who warn that Trump’s Take It Down Act threatens free expression & enables overreach by right wing & white Christian groups.
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Every time tensions flare between the U.S. & Iran, Iranian nationals & Iranian Americans feel the fallout. Iranian student denied U.S. visas say their lives are in limbo after the Trump admin invoked issued blanket visa rejections, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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Iranian students denied U.S. visas after long wait
Students say their dreams are crushed and their lives are on hold after the Trump administration invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections
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July 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Every time tensions flare between the U.S. & Iran, Iranian nationals & Iranian Americans feel the fallout. Iranian student denied U.S. visas say their lives are in limbo after the Trump admin invoked issued blanket visa rejections, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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‘We waited a year, then they shut the door’: Iranian students are being denied U.S. visas, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Students say their dreams are crushed & lives are on hold after the Trump admin invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections.
Iranian students denied U.S. visas after long wait
Students say their dreams are crushed and their lives are on hold after the Trump administration invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections
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July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
‘We waited a year, then they shut the door’: Iranian students are being denied U.S. visas, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Students say their dreams are crushed & lives are on hold after the Trump admin invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections.
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‘No detention on stolen land’: Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The proposed development, adjacent to federally protected lands that are sacred to Indigenous groups, would be Florida’s largest immigration detention center.
Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades
The proposed Everglades development, adjacent to federally protected land, would be the largest immigration detention center in Florida
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June 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
‘No detention on stolen land’: Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The proposed development, adjacent to federally protected lands that are sacred to Indigenous groups, would be Florida’s largest immigration detention center.
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Vermont immigration leaders were violently detained by border patrol, prompting emergency rally, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The arrests came as federal agents stormed a warehouse & arrested dozens of workers in LA, fueling continued calls for freedom & accountability.
Vermont immigration leaders' violent detainment prompted emergency rally
The arrests in Vermont came as federal agents also stormed a warehouse and arrested dozens of workers in LA, fueling continued calls for freedom
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July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Vermont immigration leaders were violently detained by border patrol, prompting emergency rally, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The arrests came as federal agents stormed a warehouse & arrested dozens of workers in LA, fueling continued calls for freedom & accountability.
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Three years after Dobbs, abortion hasn’t ended—it’s shifting underground, across state lines, & into the hands of the most resilient, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Advocates & physicians reflect on the precarious realities of abortion access across the country.
Three years after Dobbs, abortion has moved across state lines
Advocates and physicians reflect on the precarious realities of abortion access across the country post-Dobbs
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June 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Three years after Dobbs, abortion hasn’t ended—it’s shifting underground, across state lines, & into the hands of the most resilient, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Advocates & physicians reflect on the precarious realities of abortion access across the country.
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Here are five Supreme Court cases to watch this month, @alexmar.bsky.social explains on issues of immigration, LGBTQIA+ rights in schools, & government power. Several cases are a direct result of Trump’s first presidency, which tested the limits of executive power & reshaped the federal judiciary.
Five Supreme Court cases to watch this month
Several of the Supreme Court cases are a direct result of policies and executive actions from Trump’s first presidency
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June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Here are five Supreme Court cases to watch this month, @alexmar.bsky.social explains on issues of immigration, LGBTQIA+ rights in schools, & government power. Several cases are a direct result of Trump’s first presidency, which tested the limits of executive power & reshaped the federal judiciary.
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Unanimous Supreme Court ruling clarifies legal standard for Title VII employment discrimination claims, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The court ruled Thursday in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that majority-group plaintiffs are entitled to the same standard as minority groups.
Supreme Court ruling clarifies legal standard for Title VII employment discrimination claims
The court ruled that majority-group plaintiffs are entitled to the same standard as minority groups under Title VII
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June 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unanimous Supreme Court ruling clarifies legal standard for Title VII employment discrimination claims, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The court ruled Thursday in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that majority-group plaintiffs are entitled to the same standard as minority groups.
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"Now, as the Trump administration is trying to put an end to TPS, everything that I have worked so hard to build is at risk, and the situation in Haiti is not good."
"I filed this lawsuit not just for myself and my wife, but for hundreds of thousands of my fellow Haitians."
#USA #Haiti #Deportation
"I filed this lawsuit not just for myself and my wife, but for hundreds of thousands of my fellow Haitians."
#USA #Haiti #Deportation
Haitian TPS holders challenge deportation threat in federal court
A federal court is expected to rule this week on the Trump administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 200,000 Haitians
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June 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"Now, as the Trump administration is trying to put an end to TPS, everything that I have worked so hard to build is at risk, and the situation in Haiti is not good."
"I filed this lawsuit not just for myself and my wife, but for hundreds of thousands of my fellow Haitians."
#USA #Haiti #Deportation
"I filed this lawsuit not just for myself and my wife, but for hundreds of thousands of my fellow Haitians."
#USA #Haiti #Deportation
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Mobilizing against budget cut legislation like the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", which awaits a Senate vote after passing the House on May 22, hundreds of activists are fasting in protest under the slogan "Don't Starve California", @alexmar.bsky.social reports:
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California activists fast to protest federal budget cuts to health care
Hundreds of activists in California committed to 12-hour fasts to protest the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which now awaits a Senate vote
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May 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mobilizing against budget cut legislation like the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", which awaits a Senate vote after passing the House on May 22, hundreds of activists are fasting in protest under the slogan "Don't Starve California", @alexmar.bsky.social reports:
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After what advocates called VT's largest workplace immigration arrest in recent history & a full-day picket led by @migrantjustice.bsky.social, @alexmar.bsky.social reports on the growing anxiety & organizing efforts within VT's immigrant & farmworker communities: prismreports.org/2025/05/28/d...
Immigration arrests in Vermont expose vulnerabilities faced by dairy farmworkers
Advocates called the arrests of the dairy farmworkers the largest immigration enforcement action in Vermont’s recent history
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May 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After what advocates called VT's largest workplace immigration arrest in recent history & a full-day picket led by @migrantjustice.bsky.social, @alexmar.bsky.social reports on the growing anxiety & organizing efforts within VT's immigrant & farmworker communities: prismreports.org/2025/05/28/d...
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At Florida International University, >60% of students identify as Latinx & many are immigrants or international. The university’s decision to enroll in the 287(g) immigration enforcement program, a partnership with ICE, sparks outrage, by @alexmar.bsky.social
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FIU faculty pushes back against controversial ICE partnership
Florida International University applied for the 287(g) program last year, potentially granting immigration enforcement powers to campus police
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May 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
At Florida International University, >60% of students identify as Latinx & many are immigrants or international. The university’s decision to enroll in the 287(g) immigration enforcement program, a partnership with ICE, sparks outrage, by @alexmar.bsky.social
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Residents of Li’l Abner Mobile Homes, facing eviction after the park was rezoned & sold to a developer, are running for local office to challenge the elected officials whose oversight they say landed them in this precarious position, @alexmar.bsky.social reports:
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Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents run for office while facing eviction
As voters head to the polls Tuesday, a group of residents is running for Sweetwater city commissioner seats in Florida
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May 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Residents of Li’l Abner Mobile Homes, facing eviction after the park was rezoned & sold to a developer, are running for local office to challenge the elected officials whose oversight they say landed them in this precarious position, @alexmar.bsky.social reports:
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Wikipedia may seem like an unlikely site of resistance, but in an era of escalating censorship, disinformation, & erosion of public trust, Wikipedia is a model for collective governance led by next generation of cultural workers, @alexmar.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/12/w...
How museums are using Wikipedia to archive marginalized art
As public archival institutions fade and the state rewrites curricula, the next generation of cultural workers is stepping up
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May 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Wikipedia may seem like an unlikely site of resistance, but in an era of escalating censorship, disinformation, & erosion of public trust, Wikipedia is a model for collective governance led by next generation of cultural workers, @alexmar.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/12/w...
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The U.S. immigration detention system is spiraling into a “state-sponsored terror campaign” against immigrant communities, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Immigrants at Krome Detention Center in South Florida are suffering from physical abuse & medical neglect, a legal group says.
‘State-sponsored terrorism’: Florida’s immigrant detention crisis
Immigrants at Krome Detention Center are suffering from physical abuse and medical neglect, a legal group says
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May 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The U.S. immigration detention system is spiraling into a “state-sponsored terror campaign” against immigrant communities, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Immigrants at Krome Detention Center in South Florida are suffering from physical abuse & medical neglect, a legal group says.
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Midwest organizers lead push to repeal anti-boycott laws as free speech battle intensifies, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. So far, 38 states have penalized boycotts of Israel in measures that critics argue directly attack First Amendment rights.
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Midwest organizers lead push to repeal anti-boycott laws
Thirty-eight states have penalized boycotts of Israel in measures that critics argue directly attack First Amendment rights
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April 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Midwest organizers lead push to repeal anti-boycott laws as free speech battle intensifies, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. So far, 38 states have penalized boycotts of Israel in measures that critics argue directly attack First Amendment rights.
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Bikini Hostel "is home to more than 100 individuals who were once unsheltered, but city officials are pushing to shut it down, citing concerns over public safety and its operation as an unofficial homeless shelter."
"Don't kick us while we're down. Help us get up."
#Florida #USA #Housing
"Don't kick us while we're down. Help us get up."
#Florida #USA #Housing
Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for housing homeless residents
The Bikini Hostel began housing homeless people in November 2024 after about 50 people were relocated from Miami's Camillus House shelter
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April 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A federal court ruled to postpone the Trump admin’s cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. The victory grants relief to ~350,000 families, ensuring that they will continue to have protection from deportation & the ability to work legally in the US, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
Legal victory grants relief to 350,000 TPS holders across U.S.
A federal court ruled to postpone the Trump administration’s cancellation of Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Venezuelans
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April 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A federal court ruled to postpone the Trump admin’s cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. The victory grants relief to ~350,000 families, ensuring that they will continue to have protection from deportation & the ability to work legally in the US, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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O Cinema found itself at the center of a political firestorm & eviction threat after showing “No Other Land.” In a significant victory for free expression, the Miami Beach mayor withdrew his threat to evict O Cinema after public outcry & fears of government retaliation, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
Mayor drops eviction threat against O Cinema for screening ‘No Other Land’
Miami Beach community members and free speech advocates remain vigilant over retaliation and censorship of the independent theater
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March 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
O Cinema found itself at the center of a political firestorm & eviction threat after showing “No Other Land.” In a significant victory for free expression, the Miami Beach mayor withdrew his threat to evict O Cinema after public outcry & fears of government retaliation, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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Trump administration drops EMTALA, Idaho's emergency abortions case, sparking fears among health care workers,
@alexmar.bsky.social reports. The lawsuit was filed by the Biden administration to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by federal law.
@alexmar.bsky.social reports. The lawsuit was filed by the Biden administration to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by federal law.
Trump drops EMTALA case, sparks fear among health care workers
The lawsuit was filed under Biden to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by EMTALA
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March 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Trump administration drops EMTALA, Idaho's emergency abortions case, sparking fears among health care workers,
@alexmar.bsky.social reports. The lawsuit was filed by the Biden administration to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by federal law.
@alexmar.bsky.social reports. The lawsuit was filed by the Biden administration to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by federal law.
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Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The developer of the $3 billion project committed to implementing stringent heat protections for construction workers, among other measures.
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Worker safety activists secure victory in Miami redevelopment deal
The developer of the $3 billion project committed to implementing stringent heat protections for construction workers, among other measures
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March 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The developer of the $3 billion project committed to implementing stringent heat protections for construction workers, among other measures.
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, froze $3 million in Israel bonds following persistent advocacy from local grassroots orgs, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Ohio activists say there is more work ahead—those funds should be invested locally to benefit residents.
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, freezes $3 million in Israel bonds
The Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community, who led the campaign, argue that funds should be invested to benefit Ohio residents
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March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, froze $3 million in Israel bonds following persistent advocacy from local grassroots orgs, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Ohio activists say there is more work ahead—those funds should be invested locally to benefit residents.
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