Rafael Bernal
rafaelbernal.bsky.social
Rafael Bernal
@rafaelbernal.bsky.social
Welcome to 2025, the official year of Shaka, when the walls fell.
Some personnel news: After 9 years, I will be leaving @thehill next week.
It's bittersweet to leave such a talented and kind team, led by some of the greatest unsung heroes in the news industry.
Stay tuned for an announcement on my next adventure -- I really couldn't be more excited.
January 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It's uncouth to celebrate anyone's death. So for Jean-Marie Le Pen, let's just say he was but a detail in the history of extremism.
January 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reposted by Rafael Bernal
✨PERSONAL NEWS: Excited to pivot back to policy as NPR’s Homeland Security & Immigration policy reporter!
Find me w/ my talented colleagues on a Hill, WH or agency hallway near you!

Should we talk? Are you a current/former DHS employee? Do you write these bills? Let’s chat👋
January 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This might be the only smart thing I've read today.
LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
January 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Not The Onion:
January 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tit-for-tat between Trump and Sheinbaum on renaming geographical areas and redrawing maps.
Baccalearum it is. Rejoice, my fellow Baccalearuans!
thehill.com/policy/inter...
Mexico’s president hits back at Trump over ‘Gulf of America’: ‘We’re going to call it Mexican America’
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dove into President-elect Trump’s chatter of geopolitical rearrangement on Wednesday, proposing a name change for North America in response to Trump’s musings ov…
thehill.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Rafael Bernal
If you were not able to join, the recording is posted here:

www.migrationpolicy.org/events/biden...

Among other points, I highlighted that the current number of TPS holders, 1.1 million is *double* what was already a record in 2022
December 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Today is International Migrants Day.
You don't wish a "happy" International Migrants Day, you wish a [fill in the blank] International Migrants Day.
International Migrants Day | United Nations
International Migrants Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges and difficulties of international migration. The United Nations is actively playing a catalyst role in this area, with the aim o...
www.un.org
December 18, 2024 at 3:31 PM