Sarah Betancourt
@sweetadelinevt.bsky.social
Immigration Reporter @gbhnews.bsky.social #desgraciada 🇵🇷 journalist since 2007. I don’t make the headlines. Occasional freelancer elsewhere. IRE award 2018 w/ ProPublica.
A DACA recipient and an undocumented indigenous Guatemalan man were both recently detained by ICE. Both who organizers for the law that allows undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers licenses.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A DACA recipient and an undocumented indigenous Guatemalan man were both recently detained by ICE. Both who organizers for the law that allows undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers licenses.
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On All Things Considered: Laid off caregivers speak out about losing their work permits. An already strained industry deals with layoffs of immigrant parolees.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
On All Things Considered: Laid off caregivers speak out about losing their work permits. An already strained industry deals with layoffs of immigrant parolees.
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Really learned a lot about writing conversational radio from @cristelaguerra.bsky.social @hooliwho.bsky.social @jsoco.bsky.social @cgrisales.bsky.social #NAHJ25
July 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Really learned a lot about writing conversational radio from @cristelaguerra.bsky.social @hooliwho.bsky.social @jsoco.bsky.social @cgrisales.bsky.social #NAHJ25
“My advice to Tom Homan and ICE is to take a time out. Re-assess what you are doing and how you are doing it,” said Wu.
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June 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“My advice to Tom Homan and ICE is to take a time out. Re-assess what you are doing and how you are doing it,” said Wu.
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Michelle, 12, who is a U.S. citizen, spoke at the event and said she has had anxiety attacks since her father, a construction worker, was detained.
“I’m glad he was released, but sometimes I’m most afraid when he goes to work,” she said.
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“I’m glad he was released, but sometimes I’m most afraid when he goes to work,” she said.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Michelle, 12, who is a U.S. citizen, spoke at the event and said she has had anxiety attacks since her father, a construction worker, was detained.
“I’m glad he was released, but sometimes I’m most afraid when he goes to work,” she said.
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“I’m glad he was released, but sometimes I’m most afraid when he goes to work,” she said.
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Fabian Schmidt is unassuming, wearing a light blue polo shirt, surrounded by his indoor plants, and earnest in describing the nightmare of the past two months.
The New Hampshire father & green card holder speaks out in the first published interview.
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The New Hampshire father & green card holder speaks out in the first published interview.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fabian Schmidt is unassuming, wearing a light blue polo shirt, surrounded by his indoor plants, and earnest in describing the nightmare of the past two months.
The New Hampshire father & green card holder speaks out in the first published interview.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
The New Hampshire father & green card holder speaks out in the first published interview.
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Rümeysa Öztürk makes her statement to the press at Logan airport, where she’s returned this evening, free from ICE detention. @gbhnews.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Rümeysa Öztürk makes her statement to the press at Logan airport, where she’s returned this evening, free from ICE detention. @gbhnews.bsky.social
BIG immigration news.
450k CHNV parolees to get a reprieve, as judge indicates how she will rule. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
450k CHNV parolees to get a reprieve, as judge indicates how she will rule. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
BIG immigration news.
450k CHNV parolees to get a reprieve, as judge indicates how she will rule. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
450k CHNV parolees to get a reprieve, as judge indicates how she will rule. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
The Department of Homeland Security sent out retraction notices to Ukrainians who received the email yesterday. It says “the terms of your parole as originally issued remain unchanged at this time.” This was just sent to me @GBHNews. Original email in second image.
April 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Department of Homeland Security sent out retraction notices to Ukrainians who received the email yesterday. It says “the terms of your parole as originally issued remain unchanged at this time.” This was just sent to me @GBHNews. Original email in second image.
Source shared this video with me this morning, you can see the moment when Rumeysa Ozturk is detained by ICE. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Source shared this video with me this morning, you can see the moment when Rumeysa Ozturk is detained by ICE. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
49 municipalities enacted immigrant protections during the first Trump administration, and more are doing so before his next.
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December 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
49 municipalities enacted immigrant protections during the first Trump administration, and more are doing so before his next.
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A local version of what @propublica covered…people with autism face denials of coverage by Optum/ United behavioral health, subsidiary of United healthcare. @gbhnews
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December 14, 2024 at 12:43 PM
A local version of what @propublica covered…people with autism face denials of coverage by Optum/ United behavioral health, subsidiary of United healthcare. @gbhnews
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Calls more than doubled in the state prison system over the prior year, according to Department of Correction data from the first 11 months of the new program.
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December 7, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Calls more than doubled in the state prison system over the prior year, according to Department of Correction data from the first 11 months of the new program.
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@enriquepepen.bsky.social introduces hearing order to put responsibility of broker fees on those who hire them— usually a landlord. Says a Roslindale constituent was charged broker fee, almost 10k move-in cost for a unit the landlord lived in. @gbhnews.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/news/housing...
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
@enriquepepen.bsky.social introduces hearing order to put responsibility of broker fees on those who hire them— usually a landlord. Says a Roslindale constituent was charged broker fee, almost 10k move-in cost for a unit the landlord lived in. @gbhnews.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/news/housing...