Mica Rosenberg
@micarosenberg.bsky.social
I am an investigative reporter at ProPublica focused on immigration. Reach out with tips or information you think should be brought to our attention!
Email: mica.rosenberg@propublica.org
Phone: 332-213-1365
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/micarosenberg
Email: mica.rosenberg@propublica.org
Phone: 332-213-1365
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/micarosenberg
ICYMI another must read by my colleagues
As the crisis in Minneapolis unfolded and we saw the feds thwart local efforts to independently investigate the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens, it was hard not to think about the Mexican man killed by ICE agents a few miles from my house in Chicago.
www.propublica.org/article/why-...
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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
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February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
ICYMI another must read by my colleagues
Important read: I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o... via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?
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February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Important read: I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o... via @NYTOpinion
An informative and devastating video about the incredible reporting by my @propublica.org colleagues on the deadly consequences of the dismantling of USAID youtu.be/G7TeKNU_Dps?... via
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What Really Happened When USAID Was Cut
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February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An informative and devastating video about the incredible reporting by my @propublica.org colleagues on the deadly consequences of the dismantling of USAID youtu.be/G7TeKNU_Dps?... via
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Powerful dispatch from my colleagues www.propublica.org/article/minn...
What We Saw in Minneapolis
Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Powerful dispatch from my colleagues www.propublica.org/article/minn...
Reposted by Mica Rosenberg
I was on @wbur.org's On Point today, discussing what I witnessed the past few days while reporting on ICE raids for @propublica.org in Minnesota www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...
'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents?
The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year -- driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who the new recruits are and how they’re being trained.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I was on @wbur.org's On Point today, discussing what I witnessed the past few days while reporting on ICE raids for @propublica.org in Minnesota www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...
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I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.
January 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.
A new directive asks USDA workers to check backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists. Their names are being sent to security experts. One critic called it a “throwback to McCarthyism. By my @propublica.org colleagues www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With
The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
A new directive asks USDA workers to check backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists. Their names are being sent to security experts. One critic called it a “throwback to McCarthyism. By my @propublica.org colleagues www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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NEW: @propublica.org found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
“I felt like I was going to die” said a 16-yr-old citizen.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com report
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“I felt like I was going to die” said a 16-yr-old citizen.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com report
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
NEW: @propublica.org found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
“I felt like I was going to die” said a 16-yr-old citizen.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com report
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“I felt like I was going to die” said a 16-yr-old citizen.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com report
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Don't miss @propublica.org's @micarosenberg.bsky.social on @vox.com's Today Explained podcast discussing 3rd country deportations under the Trump administration podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Deported to a country you've never heard of
Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 01/07/2026 · 26m
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January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Don't miss @propublica.org's @micarosenberg.bsky.social on @vox.com's Today Explained podcast discussing 3rd country deportations under the Trump administration podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
From our editor-in-chief highlighting our reporting from
@propublica.org that takes a hard look at the actual numbers behind the administration's immigration enforcement actions, which do not line up with the government's claims about them ... www.propublica.org/article/prop...
@propublica.org that takes a hard look at the actual numbers behind the administration's immigration enforcement actions, which do not line up with the government's claims about them ... www.propublica.org/article/prop...
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From our editor-in-chief highlighting our reporting from
@propublica.org that takes a hard look at the actual numbers behind the administration's immigration enforcement actions, which do not line up with the government's claims about them ... www.propublica.org/article/prop...
@propublica.org that takes a hard look at the actual numbers behind the administration's immigration enforcement actions, which do not line up with the government's claims about them ... www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
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Columbia Journalism Investigations/Documented found a pattern in this striking investigation by Jazzmin Jiwa and Carla Mandiola that found tens of thousands of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border last year came from places repeatedly hit by climate disasters
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'Nothing to Go Back to': How Climate Change Is Driving Migrants From Their Homes to NYC - Documented
New data shows how climate disasters correspond with migration to the United States.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Columbia Journalism Investigations/Documented found a pattern in this striking investigation by Jazzmin Jiwa and Carla Mandiola that found tens of thousands of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border last year came from places repeatedly hit by climate disasters
documentedny.com/2025/10/22/c...
documentedny.com/2025/10/22/c...
Following our story with Avi Asher-Shapiro and @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social on Border Czar Tom Homan, his senior advisor and connections to a consultant helping firms vying for immigration detention contracts, an ethics watchdog is calling for an IG probe: www.propublica.org/article/bord...
Ethics Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar and Contracts Following ProPublica Report
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center has called on the Homeland Security inspector general to investigate potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations by border czar Tom Homan and his senior...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Following our story with Avi Asher-Shapiro and @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social on Border Czar Tom Homan, his senior advisor and connections to a consultant helping firms vying for immigration detention contracts, an ethics watchdog is calling for an IG probe: www.propublica.org/article/bord...
Hugely important story by my colleague Nicole Foy who found more than 170 cases US citizens being arrested by immigration agents. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned but read about these cases and judge for yourself... www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hugely important story by my colleague Nicole Foy who found more than 170 cases US citizens being arrested by immigration agents. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned but read about these cases and judge for yourself... www.propublica.org/article/immi...
NEW: This story by Avi Asher-Shapiro and Jeff Ernsthausen and me looks inside several tent companies push to cash in on the Trump administration's deportation campaign and how they hired a consultant with ties to Tom Homan who would become the border czar www.propublica.org/article/tom-...
Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign
A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEW: This story by Avi Asher-Shapiro and Jeff Ernsthausen and me looks inside several tent companies push to cash in on the Trump administration's deportation campaign and how they hired a consultant with ties to Tom Homan who would become the border czar www.propublica.org/article/tom-...
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We are hiring an investigative reporting fellow in Washington D.C. for a two-year position to cover the ever expanding world of immigration news. Apply here! grnh.se/dpwvle3d6us
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We are hiring an investigative reporting fellow in Washington D.C. for a two-year position to cover the ever expanding world of immigration news. Apply here! grnh.se/dpwvle3d6us
Ancil Payne Reporting Fellowship
New York City, United States
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September 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Come join us
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We are hiring an investigative reporting fellow in Washington D.C. for a two-year position to cover the ever expanding world of immigration news. Apply here! grnh.se/dpwvle3d6us
@propublica.org
We are hiring an investigative reporting fellow in Washington D.C. for a two-year position to cover the ever expanding world of immigration news. Apply here! grnh.se/dpwvle3d6us
With all the news about the ICE raid on Hyundai's plant, its worth remembering how parts suppliers to the massive car company were using child labor in the U.S. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Undocumented and Underage
Reuters reveals the widespread, illegal use of child workers at plants supplying Hyundai and Kia in the United States. After exposing underage labor by migrant minors at chicken plants in Alabama, reporters uncovered how children worked assembling parts for the Korean carmakers around the state, leading to rescues and government investigations.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
With all the news about the ICE raid on Hyundai's plant, its worth remembering how parts suppliers to the massive car company were using child labor in the U.S. www.reuters.com/investigates...
An important heartbreaking story by Avi Asher-Shapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social about the real world consequences of mistakes made by DOGE that put the lives of innocent people in Afghanistan at risk
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An important heartbreaking story by Avi Asher-Shapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social about the real world consequences of mistakes made by DOGE that put the lives of innocent people in Afghanistan at risk
Moving essay by Adriana Loureiro Fernández who photographed some of the Venezuelan men the Trump administration deported to prison in El Salvador and their families. Our investigation found the government knew the majority had not convicted crimes in the US when they were sent away.
NEW: Over the past four months, I documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions.
This is how CECOT left a mark on my countrymen, their loved ones and Venezuela.
This is how CECOT left a mark on my countrymen, their loved ones and Venezuela.
What I Witnessed as I Photographed the Disappearances and the Homecomings of My Countrymen
Over the past four months, a photojournalist documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions. CECOT left a mark on the men,…
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August 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Moving essay by Adriana Loureiro Fernández who photographed some of the Venezuelan men the Trump administration deported to prison in El Salvador and their families. Our investigation found the government knew the majority had not convicted crimes in the US when they were sent away.
Powerful testimonies of some of the Venezuelans who endured four months of imprisonment in El Salvador after being deported from the United States. youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI?...
Beatings, Humiliation, Psychological Abuse: What Venezuelan Men Experienced Inside CECOT
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August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Powerful testimonies of some of the Venezuelans who endured four months of imprisonment in El Salvador after being deported from the United States. youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI?...