Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
@sergiomarbel.bsky.social
National correspondent at National Public Radio (NPR) covering immigration. Soy de Carolina y vengo vira’o 🇵🇷. Tips? smartinezbeltran@npr.org; Signal: sergiomarbel.11
Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a victim of the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility, continues to be in critical condition.
His wife is 39 weeks pregnant. It’s a boy. “What if he never even gets to meet him?”
She wants the world to know her husband: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
His wife is 39 weeks pregnant. It’s a boy. “What if he never even gets to meet him?”
She wants the world to know her husband: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
'I want his name to be known:' Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out
Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."
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September 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a victim of the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility, continues to be in critical condition.
His wife is 39 weeks pregnant. It’s a boy. “What if he never even gets to meet him?”
She wants the world to know her husband: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
His wife is 39 weeks pregnant. It’s a boy. “What if he never even gets to meet him?”
She wants the world to know her husband: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
Mayra, a migrant from Nicaragua, was inside the Dallas ICE facility this morning for her immigration check in.
Around 6:20 a.m. local time, she says she heard about 20 gunshots, and that at times she could feel the bullets hitting the building. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
Around 6:20 a.m. local time, she says she heard about 20 gunshots, and that at times she could feel the bullets hitting the building. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
Shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas kills 2 detainees, injures 1 other
Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday at a federal immigration detention facility in Dallas. Two detainees were killed in what the FBI says was an act "of targeted violence."
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September 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mayra, a migrant from Nicaragua, was inside the Dallas ICE facility this morning for her immigration check in.
Around 6:20 a.m. local time, she says she heard about 20 gunshots, and that at times she could feel the bullets hitting the building. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
Around 6:20 a.m. local time, she says she heard about 20 gunshots, and that at times she could feel the bullets hitting the building. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
The other day, a successful immigrant with a good job voluntarily left the U.S. out of fear of being deported.
Samuel Kangethe boarded a flight to Kenya on Sunday. NPR was with him during his last two days in the U.S. Here’s his story: www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Samuel Kangethe boarded a flight to Kenya on Sunday. NPR was with him during his last two days in the U.S. Here’s his story: www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Too much to pack, not enough hugs: A Kenyan man's last 48 hours in America
Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The other day, a successful immigrant with a good job voluntarily left the U.S. out of fear of being deported.
Samuel Kangethe boarded a flight to Kenya on Sunday. NPR was with him during his last two days in the U.S. Here’s his story: www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Samuel Kangethe boarded a flight to Kenya on Sunday. NPR was with him during his last two days in the U.S. Here’s his story: www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Sam Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for 16 years. He’s from Kenya & came to study.
But he’s in a legal limbo: his open immigration case from a past marriage has made him deportable. So he’s opted to leave on his own terms, leaving children & wife behind. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
But he’s in a legal limbo: his open immigration case from a past marriage has made him deportable. So he’s opted to leave on his own terms, leaving children & wife behind. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
'At least I'm safe': A Kenyan immigrant opts to leave the U.S. on his own terms, leaving children and wife behind
The Trump administration has given an ultimatum to immigrants without legal status: Leave voluntarily, or you'll be detained and deported. This has forced some immigrant families in the U.S. to grappl...
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August 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sam Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for 16 years. He’s from Kenya & came to study.
But he’s in a legal limbo: his open immigration case from a past marriage has made him deportable. So he’s opted to leave on his own terms, leaving children & wife behind. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
But he’s in a legal limbo: his open immigration case from a past marriage has made him deportable. So he’s opted to leave on his own terms, leaving children & wife behind. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Federal judge says TPS holders from Honduras, Nicaragua & Nepal want liberty & the American dream, but "Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood.”
She delayed TPS expiration for those countries. www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...
She delayed TPS expiration for those countries. www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...
Federal judge delays expiration of TPS for Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Nepalese
The Trump administration has said the conditions in the three countries have improved, therefore the immigrants can return back to their homelands. But federal Judge Trina Thompson suggested Trump's m...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Federal judge says TPS holders from Honduras, Nicaragua & Nepal want liberty & the American dream, but "Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood.”
She delayed TPS expiration for those countries. www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...
She delayed TPS expiration for those countries. www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...
Carlos Daniel Terán says he thought he was going to die at the CECOT.
Andry Hernandez describes the place as “hell on Earth.”
Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse www.npr.org/2025/07/27/n... w/ Manuel Rueda
Andry Hernandez describes the place as “hell on Earth.”
Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse www.npr.org/2025/07/27/n... w/ Manuel Rueda
'Hell on Earth': Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse
Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual a...
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July 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Carlos Daniel Terán says he thought he was going to die at the CECOT.
Andry Hernandez describes the place as “hell on Earth.”
Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse www.npr.org/2025/07/27/n... w/ Manuel Rueda
Andry Hernandez describes the place as “hell on Earth.”
Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse www.npr.org/2025/07/27/n... w/ Manuel Rueda
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Reposted by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Recently, this story from @sergiomarbel.bsky.social which lets you hear from people in a really intimate way what this terrible disaster was like for them. www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...
Clinging to a tree, and praying: how a family survived the Texas flash floods
"I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Recently, this story from @sergiomarbel.bsky.social which lets you hear from people in a really intimate way what this terrible disaster was like for them. www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...
Reposted by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
For no reason at all, just want to say I'm proud of my work over my nearly 10 years at @npr.org and of the work of so many of my colleagues and our member station partners.
Here's a list of things I've loved over the years.
Here's a list of things I've loved over the years.
July 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
For no reason at all, just want to say I'm proud of my work over my nearly 10 years at @npr.org and of the work of so many of my colleagues and our member station partners.
Here's a list of things I've loved over the years.
Here's a list of things I've loved over the years.
“I thought my mom was going to die in front of me.”
How 19-year-old Taylor Bergmann fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home in Hunt, Texas. t.co/aPNY3cLhRp
How 19-year-old Taylor Bergmann fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home in Hunt, Texas. t.co/aPNY3cLhRp
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5461068/clinging-to-a-tree-and-praying-how-a-family-survived-the-texas-flash-floods
t.co
July 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“I thought my mom was going to die in front of me.”
How 19-year-old Taylor Bergmann fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home in Hunt, Texas. t.co/aPNY3cLhRp
How 19-year-old Taylor Bergmann fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home in Hunt, Texas. t.co/aPNY3cLhRp
NEW: As of 9am CT, the death toll in Kerr County is 59 due to the flooding in Texas’ Hill Country.
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that includes 38 adults and 21 children.
11 Camp Mystic campers are unaccounted for.
8 people have died in nearby counties due to floods.
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that includes 38 adults and 21 children.
11 Camp Mystic campers are unaccounted for.
8 people have died in nearby counties due to floods.
July 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: As of 9am CT, the death toll in Kerr County is 59 due to the flooding in Texas’ Hill Country.
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that includes 38 adults and 21 children.
11 Camp Mystic campers are unaccounted for.
8 people have died in nearby counties due to floods.
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that includes 38 adults and 21 children.
11 Camp Mystic campers are unaccounted for.
8 people have died in nearby counties due to floods.
At least 24 people are dead after flash flooding in Texas’ Hill Country.
Dozens remain missing, including 21-year-old Ella Rose, who was staying with friends at a house near the Guadalupe River. Rescue efforts continue.
My latest from Kerrville, Texas: t.co/RfKu0pZRJw
Dozens remain missing, including 21-year-old Ella Rose, who was staying with friends at a house near the Guadalupe River. Rescue efforts continue.
My latest from Kerrville, Texas: t.co/RfKu0pZRJw
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5457246/at-least-24-dead-in-texas-floods-rescue-efforts-still-underway
t.co
July 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
At least 24 people are dead after flash flooding in Texas’ Hill Country.
Dozens remain missing, including 21-year-old Ella Rose, who was staying with friends at a house near the Guadalupe River. Rescue efforts continue.
My latest from Kerrville, Texas: t.co/RfKu0pZRJw
Dozens remain missing, including 21-year-old Ella Rose, who was staying with friends at a house near the Guadalupe River. Rescue efforts continue.
My latest from Kerrville, Texas: t.co/RfKu0pZRJw
'You barely see people out': How immigration raids are reshaping daily life in Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico's Dominican neighborhood. www.npr.org/2025/06/07/n...
'You barely see people out': How immigration raids are reshaping daily life in Puerto Rico's Dominican enclave
Puerto Rico's Dominican immigrant community is on edge following a series of immigration raids, which started in January. People have stopped going to work, sending kids to school, or attending medica...
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June 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
'You barely see people out': How immigration raids are reshaping daily life in Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico's Dominican neighborhood. www.npr.org/2025/06/07/n...
Reposted by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
JUST IN: Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.
Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote
Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
JUST IN: Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.
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President Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR.
“It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with.” apnews.com/article/trum...
“It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with.” apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
President Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR.
“It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with.” apnews.com/article/trum...
“It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with.” apnews.com/article/trum...
OK, pero TIENEN que ver el Tiny Desk de PJ Sin Suela. ¡Que orgullo ser de la misma isla que él, de Puerto Rico, y de trabajar en un lugar que le da una plataforma! youtu.be/pmu2rshSEFg?...
PJ Sin Suela: Tiny Desk Concert
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May 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
OK, pero TIENEN que ver el Tiny Desk de PJ Sin Suela. ¡Que orgullo ser de la misma isla que él, de Puerto Rico, y de trabajar en un lugar que le da una plataforma! youtu.be/pmu2rshSEFg?...
"To President Trump and his cabinet, I'm not afraid of you." — Mohsen Mahdawi
Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...
Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...
Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi
A federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at his US citizenship interview and ordered deported.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"To President Trump and his cabinet, I'm not afraid of you." — Mohsen Mahdawi
Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...
Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...
Yasmelin Velazquez has waited 10 months for her first immigration court date.
But a last-minute hospitalization has led to more anxiety — missing her court date could be bad news.
This is a day in the life of one migrant seeking to stay in the U.S.: www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g...
But a last-minute hospitalization has led to more anxiety — missing her court date could be bad news.
This is a day in the life of one migrant seeking to stay in the U.S.: www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g...
A day in the life of one migrant seeking to stay in the U.S.
Yasmelin Velazquez has waited 10 months for her immigration court date. But a last-minute hospitalization and confusion over Trump's changing immigration policies lead to more hurdles and anxiety.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yasmelin Velazquez has waited 10 months for her first immigration court date.
But a last-minute hospitalization has led to more anxiety — missing her court date could be bad news.
This is a day in the life of one migrant seeking to stay in the U.S.: www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g...
But a last-minute hospitalization has led to more anxiety — missing her court date could be bad news.
This is a day in the life of one migrant seeking to stay in the U.S.: www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g...
The latest episode of @npr.org’s Code Switch is the result of over a month of reporting & conversations with devastated parents whose sons are in El Salvador, or were in Gitmo, as part of Trump’s policies.
Please give it a listen wherever you listen to podcasts. t.co/TM5mTYfUgs
Please give it a listen wherever you listen to podcasts. t.co/TM5mTYfUgs
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/1243652749/why-trump-is-sending-venezuelans-to-el-salvador
t.co
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The latest episode of @npr.org’s Code Switch is the result of over a month of reporting & conversations with devastated parents whose sons are in El Salvador, or were in Gitmo, as part of Trump’s policies.
Please give it a listen wherever you listen to podcasts. t.co/TM5mTYfUgs
Please give it a listen wherever you listen to podcasts. t.co/TM5mTYfUgs
Y. was working her regular shift at a California Walmart on Monday when she got an email from DHS.
"It is time for you to leave the United States," the email began as part of Trump's push to revoke temporary legal status for some migrants. www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g...
"It is time for you to leave the United States," the email began as part of Trump's push to revoke temporary legal status for some migrants. www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g...
Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave 'immediately,' DHS says
DHS is telling some migrants who entered the U.S. using the CBP One app to leave immediately, part of a broader push to revoke temporary legal protections known as humanitarian parole.
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April 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Y. was working her regular shift at a California Walmart on Monday when she got an email from DHS.
"It is time for you to leave the United States," the email began as part of Trump's push to revoke temporary legal status for some migrants. www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g...
"It is time for you to leave the United States," the email began as part of Trump's push to revoke temporary legal status for some migrants. www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g...
NEW: U.S. Supreme Court pauses midnight deadline for the Trump administration to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador.
The court gives both sides until tomorrow afternoon to respond.
The court gives both sides until tomorrow afternoon to respond.
NEW: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denies Trump administration's motion to stay judge decision ordering the gov to return Kilmar Abrego García to the U.S., the Maryland man deported to El Salvador due to clerical error.
Deadline of 11:59 p.m. remains.
Background: www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...
Deadline of 11:59 p.m. remains.
Background: www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...
Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported
A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-st...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: U.S. Supreme Court pauses midnight deadline for the Trump administration to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador.
The court gives both sides until tomorrow afternoon to respond.
The court gives both sides until tomorrow afternoon to respond.
From the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in their decision re: Abrego Garcia:
"The U.S. government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the U.S. off the street and remove him from the country without due process." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"The U.S. government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the U.S. off the street and remove him from the country without due process." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
From the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in their decision re: Abrego Garcia:
"The U.S. government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the U.S. off the street and remove him from the country without due process." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"The U.S. government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the U.S. off the street and remove him from the country without due process." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denies Trump administration's motion to stay judge decision ordering the gov to return Kilmar Abrego García to the U.S., the Maryland man deported to El Salvador due to clerical error.
Deadline of 11:59 p.m. remains.
Background: www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...
Deadline of 11:59 p.m. remains.
Background: www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...
Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported
A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-st...
www.npr.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denies Trump administration's motion to stay judge decision ordering the gov to return Kilmar Abrego García to the U.S., the Maryland man deported to El Salvador due to clerical error.
Deadline of 11:59 p.m. remains.
Background: www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...
Deadline of 11:59 p.m. remains.
Background: www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...