Wendy Fry
@wendyfry.bsky.social
I’m a journalist specializing in the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration and U.S.-MX foreign relations. I speak English and Spanish. Available for freelance work. Contact: wendyreports@gmail.com. Signal: WendyFry.10.
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He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
Yo. SD Media. The holiday party at same place as last year. HMU for details. (Or even better, join the newsletter mailing list!) 6pm Dec 10. Be there. Be merry. Be bright. 🎄🎁🎉🎁🎄🎅
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Yo. SD Media. The holiday party at same place as last year. HMU for details. (Or even better, join the newsletter mailing list!) 6pm Dec 10. Be there. Be merry. Be bright. 🎄🎁🎉🎁🎄🎅
Reposted by Wendy Fry
A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97
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He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
I wonder how we could have seen coming the consequences of out-of-control corporate consolidation of media and how that could one day silence independent voices. @jaketapper explaining here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
CNN's Jake Tapper weighs in on President Trump's Truth Social post over the weekend, saying late night host Seth Meyers should be fired.
TikTok video by CNN
www.tiktok.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I wonder how we could have seen coming the consequences of out-of-control corporate consolidation of media and how that could one day silence independent voices. @jaketapper explaining here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U2pdhh/
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November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
GET LOUD. 🐷💰For a limited time, take $15 off an SPJ Pro membership with code: PIGGY
Don’t forget to add on your local chapter! @spj_tweets @sdspj
Join or renew today:
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Don’t forget to add on your local chapter! @spj_tweets @sdspj
Join or renew today:
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
U.S. Attorney’s office, while highlighting “border-related crimes,” mistakenly refers to Tijuana as “Mexico’s second largest city.” (It’s not.)
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
U.S. Attorney’s office, while highlighting “border-related crimes,” mistakenly refers to Tijuana as “Mexico’s second largest city.” (It’s not.)
At SD @spj-posts.bsky.social event last week, @sofiareports.bsky.social said a government study that showed foreign-born residents commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens had been removed from internet. I tried to find it for a big story we had early in 2025 too and wasn’t able to. Can 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
At SD @spj-posts.bsky.social event last week, @sofiareports.bsky.social said a government study that showed foreign-born residents commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens had been removed from internet. I tried to find it for a big story we had early in 2025 too and wasn’t able to. Can 1/2
Let’s find out and see.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Let’s find out and see.
San Diego ICE arrests expand to green card appointments www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-ic...
San Diego ICE arrests expand to green card appointments
Though other cities have reported arrests of immigrants in the final stages of obtaining their green cards, this week marks the first time that San Diego attorneys have seen clients detained at U.S. C...
www.daylightsandiego.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
San Diego ICE arrests expand to green card appointments www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-ic...
Reposted by Wendy Fry
California has a law that gives counties the authority to inspect ICE detention facilities like Desert View. At least as early October, that authority wasn't being utilized.
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
California has a law that gives counties the authority to inspect ICE detention facilities like Desert View. At least as early October, that authority wasn't being utilized.
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
From @wendyfry.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
“And somewhere in LA right now, there’s a story that should be told but won’t be, because the journalist who could tell it is calculating whether the danger is worth it, and they don’t have the protections that would make that calculation easier.”
When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
www.poynter.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“And somewhere in LA right now, there’s a story that should be told but won’t be, because the journalist who could tell it is calculating whether the danger is worth it, and they don’t have the protections that would make that calculation easier.”
When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
www.poynter.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Reposted by Wendy Fry
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
We’re so looking forward to this important discussion about immigration and covering immigration today. Please come! (As an aside, this flyer designed by Philip Salata and photo by me.) More details on event: spjsandiego.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We’re so looking forward to this important discussion about immigration and covering immigration today. Please come! (As an aside, this flyer designed by Philip Salata and photo by me.) More details on event: spjsandiego.org
Reposted by Wendy Fry
Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees
(!)
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/i...
(!)
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Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees
The Equal Access to Justice Act authorizes the award of attorneys’ fees against the government to petitioners who prevail in habeas actions challenging detention by immigration authorities, the Tenth ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Immigrants With Successful Habeas Cases Can Seek Attorneys’ Fees
(!)
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/i...
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Wow. I just put together a list of everything I’ve done this year. Every article, newsletter, radio interview and video. I KILLED it this year. 🔥🔥🎉🎉🎊
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Wow. I just put together a list of everything I’ve done this year. Every article, newsletter, radio interview and video. I KILLED it this year. 🔥🔥🎉🎉🎊
It was such an honor to work with the extremely talented group of journalists at @LatinoUSA and Futuro for last couple of months. Don’t miss @peniley_ramirez column in @Reforma about how these raids are impacting families.
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It was such an honor to work with the extremely talented group of journalists at @LatinoUSA and Futuro for last couple of months. Don’t miss @peniley_ramirez column in @Reforma about how these raids are impacting families.
In July, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin was adamant that ICE does not use bounty hunters, but now they’re planning on doing just that, according to the
@theintercept
(For clarification, we did not report Yuri’s story, we only asked about it, as is our job.)
@theintercept
(For clarification, we did not report Yuri’s story, we only asked about it, as is our job.)
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In July, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin was adamant that ICE does not use bounty hunters, but now they’re planning on doing just that, according to the
@theintercept
(For clarification, we did not report Yuri’s story, we only asked about it, as is our job.)
@theintercept
(For clarification, we did not report Yuri’s story, we only asked about it, as is our job.)
Please don’t miss our podcast collaboration with @LatinoUSA Taken: The agents raiding communities and the people trying to stop them. www.latinousa.org/2025/10/31/t...
Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the People Trying to Stop Them - Latino USA
A rogue Border Patrol chief sparks violent immigration raids in L.A.—and a powerful community pushback that’s redefining resistance.
www.latinousa.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Please don’t miss our podcast collaboration with @LatinoUSA Taken: The agents raiding communities and the people trying to stop them. www.latinousa.org/2025/10/31/t...
It’s really important we never forget our fallen colleagues, Margarito and Lourdes. This work can be constant, hard, grueling, at times harrowing, at times heartbreaking, and unfortunately sometimes deadly. That’s why every year Vicente Calderon makes sure we take time
www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
Journalists honored in Tijuana Día de Muertos ofrenda
An ofrenda at the CEART in Tijuana honors journalists killed while working. Then, our film critics return for a Halloween edition of Midday Movies.
www.kpbs.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It’s really important we never forget our fallen colleagues, Margarito and Lourdes. This work can be constant, hard, grueling, at times harrowing, at times heartbreaking, and unfortunately sometimes deadly. That’s why every year Vicente Calderon makes sure we take time
www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
As Border Patrol agents deploy across the nation, border apprehensions increased 83 percent from July to September, especially in Arizona, according to CBP data published Oct 24. They’re still at a historic low: www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...
Trump Administration delivers 5 straight months of 0 releases at the border
Securing America's Borders
www.cbp.gov
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As Border Patrol agents deploy across the nation, border apprehensions increased 83 percent from July to September, especially in Arizona, according to CBP data published Oct 24. They’re still at a historic low: www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...
Reposted by Wendy Fry
The Sacramento Bee reports that the complaint alleges the contractor “engaged in unwelcome sexual harassment of Plaintiff, including calling her on her phone, calling her by video, texting pictures of himself naked w/an erect penis, and sending videos of himself masturbating.” #AbuseofPowerWatch
📍𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀:
A mom of 8 U.S. Citizen children, Silvia Reyna Mendoza, was deported last week, after she accused an ICE contractor of sexual harassment—despite receiving an emergency temporary stay from the court. She lived in the U.S. for 40 years. #AbuseofPowerWatch
A mom of 8 U.S. Citizen children, Silvia Reyna Mendoza, was deported last week, after she accused an ICE contractor of sexual harassment—despite receiving an emergency temporary stay from the court. She lived in the U.S. for 40 years. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Woman deported after reporting sexual harassment by ICE contractor
A spokesperson for the contractor told Newsweek that it "takes all allegations of sexual abuse and harassment with the utmost seriousness."
www.newsweek.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Sacramento Bee reports that the complaint alleges the contractor “engaged in unwelcome sexual harassment of Plaintiff, including calling her on her phone, calling her by video, texting pictures of himself naked w/an erect penis, and sending videos of himself masturbating.” #AbuseofPowerWatch
Reposted by Wendy Fry
‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno - Fresnoland
As ICE enforcement surges across the Central Valley, immigrants attending permanent residency appointments are being detained at Fresno’s USCIS office. As ICE enforcement surges across the Central Val...
fresnoland.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
"Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with
Reposted by Wendy Fry
Many Arizonans who lived through Joe Arpaio’s 287(g)-fueled immigration-enforcement effort more than a decade ago see parallels between what happened in Maricopa County and what’s now playing out across the country as local officers join forces with ICE. @azluminaria.org
This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.
Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County was one of the first testing grounds for ICE’s 287(g) program, which lets local police enforce immigration laws. Many Arizonans say those abuses parallel what...
www.propublica.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Many Arizonans who lived through Joe Arpaio’s 287(g)-fueled immigration-enforcement effort more than a decade ago see parallels between what happened in Maricopa County and what’s now playing out across the country as local officers join forces with ICE. @azluminaria.org