Nadia Reiman
@nadiareiman.bsky.social
Reporter/editor @ This American Life. Pulitzer audio 2020. Mostly immigration/also an immigrant 🇨🇷🇨🇱 nadiareiman1.45 on Signal
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Nadia Reiman
@nadiareiman.bsky.social
· Feb 22
Hello! Always worth saying that if you work for immigration and wanna talk to me, you absolutely can on signal any time and I will die on the hill of protecting your anonymity. Don’t be shy!
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Vice President Vance said military members will continue receiving their pay amid the government shutdown, suggesting to reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump has identified new funding to avoid a first-ever lapse in troop pay.
Troops will get their paychecks this week, Vance says
The vice president spoke after a Senate GOP lunch where he got an earful about the administration’s plan to import Argentinian beef.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Vice President Vance said military members will continue receiving their pay amid the government shutdown, suggesting to reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump has identified new funding to avoid a first-ever lapse in troop pay.
Hi! We made a show for you about what’s been happening at immigration court:
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
www.thisamericanlife.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Hi! We made a show for you about what’s been happening at immigration court:
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
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“No one I interviewed could think of an example of American law enforcement masking. Jules Epstein, a law professor at Temple University, said that in his more than 45 years of practice, he had never seen the police wear masks, including in high-profile gang cases.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
ICE Agents Are Wearing Masks. Is That Un-American?
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“No one I interviewed could think of an example of American law enforcement masking. Jules Epstein, a law professor at Temple University, said that in his more than 45 years of practice, he had never seen the police wear masks, including in high-profile gang cases.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
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🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
September 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
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Christopher Kinnison, who owns a one-man law firm in the central Louisiana, is "tired of losing.”
His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.
His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.
A last lifeline in ‘detention alley’
Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming.
wapo.st
August 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Christopher Kinnison, who owns a one-man law firm in the central Louisiana, is "tired of losing.”
His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.
His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.
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Restaurants in Washington, D.C., many of which are still reeling from the pandemic and decreased spending, are now trying to encourage diners to visit despite images of National Guard troops on the streets and of people being detained by armed agents.
As Troops Walk the Streets, Washington Restaurants Report a Slump
With the deployment of the National Guard, owners say business is down drastically.
nyti.ms
August 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Restaurants in Washington, D.C., many of which are still reeling from the pandemic and decreased spending, are now trying to encourage diners to visit despite images of National Guard troops on the streets and of people being detained by armed agents.
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Seneca County Jail is located in Tiffin, Ohio.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 39 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/SEN...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 39 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/SEN...
August 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Seneca County Jail is located in Tiffin, Ohio.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 39 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/SEN...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 39 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/SEN...
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Border czar Tom Homan says there will be "no amnesty" for undocumented farmworkers.
Border czar Tom Homan says there will be 'no amnesty' for undocumented farmworkers
President Donald Trump has suggested his administration will come up with a program that farmers can use to ensure they have the labor they need.
ow.ly
July 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Border czar Tom Homan says there will be "no amnesty" for undocumented farmworkers.
thehill.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This was so lovely! Thank you :)
So excited to share my latest @niemanstoryboard.org podcast conversation with @nadiareiman.bsky.social, who covers immigration for @thisamericanlife.org and was part of the team that received the first-ever Pulitzer for Audio Reporting.
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/07/03/n...
#podcasts #longreads
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Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’ - Nieman Storyboard
The reporter and editor for ‘TAL’ reflects on the show’s unique voice, as well as her own experience with immigration
niemanstoryboard.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This was so lovely! Thank you :)
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“I want it to be human. At the end of the day, it’s all a bunch of humans doing stuff to humans.” @nadiareiman.bsky.social visits @niemanstoryboard.org to talk immigration reporting for our show bit.ly/4nsusSx
Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’ - Nieman Storyboard
The reporter and editor for ‘TAL’ reflects on the show’s unique voice, as well as her own experience with immigration
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“I want it to be human. At the end of the day, it’s all a bunch of humans doing stuff to humans.” @nadiareiman.bsky.social visits @niemanstoryboard.org to talk immigration reporting for our show bit.ly/4nsusSx
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DELETED: Trump administration deleted a webpage summarizing evidence that “undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.” 1/2
June 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
DELETED: Trump administration deleted a webpage summarizing evidence that “undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.” 1/2
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Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
June 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
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My latest @niemanstoryboard.org newsletter, featuring Ira Glass, @nadiareiman.bsky.social, @samfragoso.bsky.social, @barryyeoman.com, and more...
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/05/16/i...
#podcasts #longreads #journalism
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Ira Glass on storytelling lessons from 30 years of ‘This American Life’ - Nieman Storyboard
Plus: Producer Nadia Reiman tells the story of a young woman discovering that her fiancé has been taken to CECOT prison in El Salvador.
niemanstoryboard.org
May 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My latest @niemanstoryboard.org newsletter, featuring Ira Glass, @nadiareiman.bsky.social, @samfragoso.bsky.social, @barryyeoman.com, and more...
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/05/16/i...
#podcasts #longreads #journalism
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#podcasts #longreads #journalism
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In today's Unabridged newsletter, I shared outstanding narrative and investigative journalism, including @nadiareiman.bsky.social @rumblestrip.bsky.social @karinaelwood.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @andreasuozzo.com @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @livaaben.bsky.social
Second draft of history
Narrative and investigative journalism worth your time. Plus, tunes that help keep me sane.
barry-yeoman.beehiiv.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
In today's Unabridged newsletter, I shared outstanding narrative and investigative journalism, including @nadiareiman.bsky.social @rumblestrip.bsky.social @karinaelwood.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @andreasuozzo.com @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @livaaben.bsky.social
Hello! If you are a government employee who was asked to take a polygraph and you refused I’d love to talk to you. Happy to discuss anonymity if that’s what you need.
May 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hello! If you are a government employee who was asked to take a polygraph and you refused I’d love to talk to you. Happy to discuss anonymity if that’s what you need.
Hi it’s me your friendly neighborhood immigration reporter. I made you a story! Give it a go?
A woman watches her partner get taken in handcuffs with no explanation. Days later, she sees a video and spots him — he's in a prison in El Salvador. The coordinates of her life suddenly don't make sense as she navigates the bewildering map of the U.S. immigration system.
Chaos Graph
People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.
Prologue: A scientist who is used to organizing data starts tracking scientific meetings that seem to exist only on paper—meetings ...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hi it’s me your friendly neighborhood immigration reporter. I made you a story! Give it a go?
Here’s the story I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Inside the world of one person out of the 238 taken to CECOT. I would say enjoy but…you’ll see:
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
Solving For Where - This American Life
A woman watches her partner get taken in handcuffs with no explanation.
www.thisamericanlife.org
April 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Here’s the story I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Inside the world of one person out of the 238 taken to CECOT. I would say enjoy but…you’ll see:
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
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Mind-boggling that DHS's official position on this case is genuinely that a US citizen dad from Albuquerque visiting family in Tucson went up to a Border Patrol agent and said "Hi, I'm a Mexican man who entered here illegally, please deport me."
Do they think we are dumb?
Do they think we are dumb?
April 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mind-boggling that DHS's official position on this case is genuinely that a US citizen dad from Albuquerque visiting family in Tucson went up to a Border Patrol agent and said "Hi, I'm a Mexican man who entered here illegally, please deport me."
Do they think we are dumb?
Do they think we are dumb?
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NEW: Judge edges towards contempt-of-court proceedings for Trump administration in case over deportation flights. Judge James Boasberg says officials may have acted in 'bad faith' by rushing flights as urgent court action was underway. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Boasberg signals he may hold Trump officials in contempt over deportation flights
The federal judge grilled a DOJ lawyer about whether the administration had tried to evade a court order.
www.politico.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NEW: Judge edges towards contempt-of-court proceedings for Trump administration in case over deportation flights. Judge James Boasberg says officials may have acted in 'bad faith' by rushing flights as urgent court action was underway. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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ICE disappeared a 52 year old mother today from Westminster, Maryland whose children said she has no criminal record and is legally allowed to be in the country from El Salvador because she has a pending immigration case.
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ICE disappeared a 52 year old mother today from Westminster, Maryland whose children said she has no criminal record and is legally allowed to be in the country from El Salvador because she has a pending immigration case.
Incredible reporting
"Alien Enemies Act Deportations Were Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark
Trump admin began orchestrating the removals long before he invoked the Alien Enemies Act & "did so in a way that seems to have been designed to evade judicial oversight"
from @joshkovensky.bsky.social
Trump admin began orchestrating the removals long before he invoked the Alien Enemies Act & "did so in a way that seems to have been designed to evade judicial oversight"
from @joshkovensky.bsky.social
Alien Enemies Act Deportations Were Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark
They didn’t know where they were going. Some called their families in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incredible reporting
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This is a very big concession fwiw
Trump lawyers explicitly concede that Sec Noem didn’t examine country conditions before seeking to revoke TPS extensions.
March 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is a very big concession fwiw
The speed with which I opened this link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The speed with which I opened this link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order barring the government from carrying out any further Alien Enemies Act removals. I can't cover the hearing as I'm at a conference and about to appear on a panel. Check the below for coverage!
New: The Alien Enemies Act hearing with Judge Boasberg is about to begin. I'll follow along here
March 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order barring the government from carrying out any further Alien Enemies Act removals. I can't cover the hearing as I'm at a conference and about to appear on a panel. Check the below for coverage!