Cengiz Yar
@cengizyar.com
visuals editor at ProPublica 🦂
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Cengiz Yar
@cengizyar.com
· Dec 10
Bringing My Photobook Back To Iraq
YouTube video by Cengiz Yar
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In October I brought 500 copies of my photobook back to Iraq and distributed them in Mosul. Filmmaker Savva Svet documented that journey and made this short film.
🚨Journalism Job🚨 (on my team!) @propublica.org is looking for a creative, empathetic and ambitious Visuals Editor. This role will work closely with the art director and the rest of the visuals team to find compassionate, incisive and original approaches to story presentations. grnh.se/v3pi5tuq6us
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
🚨Journalism Job🚨 (on my team!) @propublica.org is looking for a creative, empathetic and ambitious Visuals Editor. This role will work closely with the art director and the rest of the visuals team to find compassionate, incisive and original approaches to story presentations. grnh.se/v3pi5tuq6us
*Journalism Jobs* @propublica.org is hiring an Audience Writer to adapt our investigations into multiple formats, including short-form newsletter sections and standalone pieces. Open to remote candidates. Learn more here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
*Journalism Jobs* @propublica.org is hiring an Audience Writer to adapt our investigations into multiple formats, including short-form newsletter sections and standalone pieces. Open to remote candidates. Learn more here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Story now also available in Spanish here: www.propublica.org/article/vida...
Los niños de Dilley
ProPublica entró al centro de detención de inmigrantes para familias de Dilley, Texas. Los niños retenidos allí nos contaron de la angustia que sienten al haber sido separados de sus vidas en Estados ...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Story now also available in Spanish here: www.propublica.org/article/vida...
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social reading printouts of the letters today
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social reading printouts of the letters today
Journalism Jobs: @themarshallproject.org is hiring a reporter to cover the immigration system and its intersection with the criminal justice system in the U.S.
Staff Writer, Immigration
The Marshall Project is a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Journalism Jobs: @themarshallproject.org is hiring a reporter to cover the immigration system and its intersection with the criminal justice system in the U.S.
“A Reuters review of federal court records found that the Trump administration has prosecuted at least 655 people under that charge across the U.S. since a series of city-focused immigration crackdowns began last summer. That’s more than double the prosecutions during the same period in 2024-2025..”
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“A Reuters review of federal court records found that the Trump administration has prosecuted at least 655 people under that charge across the U.S. since a series of city-focused immigration crackdowns began last summer. That’s more than double the prosecutions during the same period in 2024-2025..”
“How do you justify terrorizing an entire community? It is the most un-American thing I’ve ever experienced in my entire life.”
Ryan Devereaux reports for the @theintercept.com in MN
Ryan Devereaux reports for the @theintercept.com in MN
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
theintercept.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“How do you justify terrorizing an entire community? It is the most un-American thing I’ve ever experienced in my entire life.”
Ryan Devereaux reports for the @theintercept.com in MN
Ryan Devereaux reports for the @theintercept.com in MN
Journalism Jobs: The @startribune.com is hiring an investigative reporter at their headquarters in Minneapolis MN, a state increasingly at the center of national news conversations including policing, immigration, public safety, business, politics and fraud.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Journalism Jobs: The @startribune.com is hiring an investigative reporter at their headquarters in Minneapolis MN, a state increasingly at the center of national news conversations including policing, immigration, public safety, business, politics and fraud.
“I am in a jail and I am sad and I have fainted 2 times here inside, when I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well. I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
~ Maria Antonia (9 years old) www.propublica.org/article/life...
~ Maria Antonia (9 years old) www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
“I am in a jail and I am sad and I have fainted 2 times here inside, when I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well. I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
~ Maria Antonia (9 years old) www.propublica.org/article/life...
~ Maria Antonia (9 years old) www.propublica.org/article/life...
DHS, which oversees ICE, said “no one is denied medical care“ and detained parents have the option to be deported together. CoreCivic, which operates Dilley, said that health and safety is a priority and that medical staff met “the highest standards of care.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
DHS, which oversees ICE, said “no one is denied medical care“ and detained parents have the option to be deported together. CoreCivic, which operates Dilley, said that health and safety is a priority and that medical staff met “the highest standards of care.”
A rainbow, a family portrait, a heart. These are the drawings found in handwritten letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. Read them today on @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
A rainbow, a family portrait, a heart. These are the drawings found in handwritten letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. Read them today on @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...
“I have friends, school, and family here in the United States. To this day, I don’t know what we did wrong to be detained.” He ended with a plea, “I feel like I’ll never get out of here. I just ask that you don’t forget about us.” www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“I have friends, school, and family here in the United States. To this day, I don’t know what we did wrong to be detained.” He ended with a plea, “I feel like I’ll never get out of here. I just ask that you don’t forget about us.” www.propublica.org/article/life...
When asked they missed most from their lives outside Dilley, the kids almost always talked about their teachers and friends at school. Then they’d get to things like missing a beloved dog, McDonald’s Happy Meals, their favorite stuffed animal...
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
When asked they missed most from their lives outside Dilley, the kids almost always talked about their teachers and friends at school. Then they’d get to things like missing a beloved dog, McDonald’s Happy Meals, their favorite stuffed animal...
Over video calls, children described being watched constantly by guards, bad food, sickness, and boredem.
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Over video calls, children described being watched constantly by guards, bad food, sickness, and boredem.
Children held there told @micarosenberg.bsky.social about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and their fear of what might happen to them next. www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Children held there told @micarosenberg.bsky.social about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and their fear of what might happen to them next. www.propublica.org/article/life...
This morning at @propublica.org, we published a pair of stories about the children held at the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This morning at @propublica.org, we published a pair of stories about the children held at the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. www.propublica.org/article/life...
"a campaign against blue cities ... has burned through the president’s political capital faster than the money could be spent. ICE is now flush with cash right at a moment when public backlash is turning the agency into a pariah." @nickmiroff.bsky.social
ICE After Minneapolis
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"a campaign against blue cities ... has burned through the president’s political capital faster than the money could be spent. ICE is now flush with cash right at a moment when public backlash is turning the agency into a pariah." @nickmiroff.bsky.social
"Now we’re left on our own."
In Afghanistan, a Trail of Hunger and Death Behind U.S. Aid Cuts
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"Now we’re left on our own."
This is what @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I saw in Minneapolis
On Saturday, Jan. 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering events in the days surrounding Pretti’s death. This is what they witnessed.
Read more: https://propub.li/3ZjL7wH
Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering events in the days surrounding Pretti’s death. This is what they witnessed.
Read more: https://propub.li/3ZjL7wH
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
This is what @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I saw in Minneapolis
"I think it would be more accurate to say they’re cutting costs because they want to cut costs. I don’t think anyone outside of maybe Will Lewis sees any strategy here. No one has shared anything with us about this supposed reorientation towards particular coverage or different formats."
Layoffs at the Washington Post
“Our leadership destroyed our brand.”
www.cjr.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"I think it would be more accurate to say they’re cutting costs because they want to cut costs. I don’t think anyone outside of maybe Will Lewis sees any strategy here. No one has shared anything with us about this supposed reorientation towards particular coverage or different formats."
“The point is they’re trying to silence dissent by scaring people. They’re doing that in large part in violation of the law. And I think that part of their hope may be that if they do it at enough volume, it’ll just overpower the ability of people and the judicial system to resist.”
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
“The point is they’re trying to silence dissent by scaring people. They’re doing that in large part in violation of the law. And I think that part of their hope may be that if they do it at enough volume, it’ll just overpower the ability of people and the judicial system to resist.”
"Instead of investigating a crime by identifying a suspect and then pursuing information about him or her, officers instead begin with someone they want to treat as a criminal and then use the technology to find a justification." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | ICE’s New Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"Instead of investigating a crime by identifying a suspect and then pursuing information about him or her, officers instead begin with someone they want to treat as a criminal and then use the technology to find a justification." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...