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Tanvi Misra
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writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
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Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · Nov 26
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.

nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
tanvi.bsky.social
Doing investigative fellowship with the good folks at Type Media, covering-- no surprise--immigration. Pls reach out if you have investigative tips (real tips! pls don't give me story ideas, i've been on this beat for a decade!)

I'm at tanvim.05 on signal.

typemediacenter.org/fellows/tanv...
Tanvi Misra - Type Media Center
The Fellowship Program provides emerging and established journalists the support needed to write on complex social and political issues. Our fellows form a unique community of thinkers and writers and...
typemediacenter.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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catconlan.net
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
Guild member detained by ICE in Minnesota January 16, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dylan Manshack, Comms | dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033 Member remains in ICE custody in Texas MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, TNG-CWA Local 37002, as part of Operation Metro Surge. While the circumstances of his arrest are not clear, we know he has been transferred to an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus. The Guild is not publicly identifying the member out of concern for his family’s safety, but he is a father, a husband, and a staff member at a Minneapolis non-profit organization. He is a steward in our union and an advocate for all workers. And he is one of dozens of Minnesota union members who have been detained in recent weeks. The Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests since the surge began in December, according to an MPR News report. But the agency has not provided details about the people arrested, such as how many were charged with a crime, how many face deportation, and how many were subsequently released. “The Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild stands with our member and his family as they face an uncertainty that is all too common in our state right now,” local president Nick Woltman said. “Like all Minnesota workers, our members deserve to feel safe in their communities both on and off the job.” “The detention of a Guild member in Minnesota amidst the chaos created by DHS is heartbreaking and infuriating,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “My heart goes out to his family, who are now without their father and husband. As a union, we commit to fight for each other as stewards of our communities—especially in times as dark as this, while federal agents continue to target working families.” ALT TEXT CONTINUED IN NEXT POST
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
reading this by @tanvi.bsky.social 'as the new mayor takes office, the bigger question is not what he symbolizes for immigrant communities but what benefits he might deliver for them if he can realize his vision of an affordable city.'
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation
www.nybooks.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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migrantfreedom.bsky.social
Our immigration system is based on criminalization & punishment, and so called third country deportations are just one way Trump is scaling this system to even harsher extremes. We spoke w/ @nymag.com about how double punishment works. Read the story by @tanvi.bsky.social: nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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typeinvestigations.org
As we wrap up year one of Trump’s second administration, we invited @adamfederman.bsky.social, @tanvi.bsky.social, and @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social back to the Backstory to talk about how the year has gone and how they think things will develop going forward.

open.spotify.com/episode/2UOo...
Adam Federman, Tanvi Misra, and Kathryn Joyce: Lessons from One Year of Reporting on Trump
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December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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podmalm.bsky.social
”Yet immigrants, of course, are not a monolith. They have taken different paths to America and had different experiences upon arrival—and they tell themselves different stories about their own luck and circumstance.” Important read/reminder 👇
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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tanvi.bsky.social
New year, new mayor, new essay in @nybooks.com about what the Mamdani mayoral era might mean for the city's immigrant communities:
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation
www.nybooks.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
New year, new mayor, new essay in @nybooks.com about what the Mamdani mayoral era might mean for the city's immigrant communities:
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation
www.nybooks.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
I revived my dead substack and did a roundup of everything i wrote last year: all my essays and investigations and magazine pieces on immigration, the topic I've covered for a decade at this point. PLS READ & SUBSCRIBE

substack.com/home/post/p-...
All the things I wrote
...in 2025
substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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MY LATEST @kcrw.com ‬⁩ ORANGE COUNTY LINE: The legacy of Chicano artist Jose Lozano. Share, porfas!
The legacy of Chicano artist Jose Lozano | KCRW
The late painter's art is featured across Southern California.
www.kcrw.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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tanvi.bsky.social
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.

nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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brennancenter.org
For years, ICE has used the latest surveillance technology to target immigrants, now it’s using this technology to target anti-ICE protesters. This is a serious threat to Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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kentremendous.bsky.social
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 9
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"

Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
!! Comms folks, PR ppl, press officers, public liaisons, spokespersons!!

Please put my new email on your press lists: reporting@tanvimisra.com.

I'm also on tanvi.misra@protonmail.com for secure tips and tanvim.05 on Signal.

(Pls delete/ swap out any other emails on file!)
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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kristoncapps.bsky.social
Read @tanvi.bsky.social on migrants who have been rendered stateless — deported by the US then exiled by the countries of their birth — and the black hole in which they find themselves nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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ratczarina.bsky.social
I appreciate that @tanvi.bsky.social highlights a deported refugee, now stateless, who committed a crime all of us find egregious

Deportations in no way address harm or sexual violence and the immigrants' rights space needs to move away from respectability politics

nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
ICYMI!!!!!!
tanvi.bsky.social Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · Nov 26
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.

nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
I knew I’d get some of this. It IS journalism, actually, to go beyond simplistic notions of good and evil that rely on a high school idea of morality & question how systems work against people who are very sympathetic as well as those who have done grave harm, because both those people are people.
dovishhawk.bsky.social DovishHawk 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 @dovishhawk.bsky.social · Nov 26
This is what passes as “journalism” these days - gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over the deportation of a child molester. He got what he deserved, and the system worked in this instance.
tanvi.bsky.social Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · Nov 26
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.

nymag.com/intelligence...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.

nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
I got questions about how to help Laura, the mom in my @MotherJones story that came out a few weeks ago. Laura’s sister, who covers her legal fees and commissary costs, responded with the gofundme link, which I’ve included below.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them
Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home
www.motherjones.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
tanvi.bsky.social
Y'all want to read some great recent stories my students wrote?

Here's a TL cleanse: www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/10/15/a...
All Dogs Go to Heaven at the Feast of St. Francis
Thousands gathered for the annual “Blessing of the Animals.”
www.nycitynewsservice.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
want cake? why not try "mug of cereal." that's right, mug of cereal: Its what you have
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate." 3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025
October 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM