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Araceli Cruz

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Multimedia Producer 💻 ✍ @coppercourier ☀️ Cali native 🇲🇽 🗽 New Yorker at heart ❤️ araceli@couriernewsroom.com 📸 IG: cruzitabells
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Araceli Cruz: Latino journalists reporting on their own communities are paying the price

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By Araceli Cruz Verified
| Courier
Pictured: Nick Valencia | Credit: Adam Gray/ ASSOCIATED PRESS By Araceli Cruz Just two days after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, independent journalist Nick Valencia — a phone in each hand, reporting live — found himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun. An immigration agent pointed the weapon directly at him.
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Araceli Cruz: The broken American Dream shines a light on a new path to Mexico

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By Araceli Cruz Verified
| Courier
By Araceli Cruz The late ’60s revolutionized the United States—and my dad. In the wake of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and with increasing political unrest in Mexico City, my dad was scheming his own revolution. He wanted to live the American Dream. For a young man from a small Mexican coastal village, building a better life for himself and his family in a new country felt nearly impossible.
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My Family Has Been Tormented By U.S. Immigration Crackdowns for Generations Original

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By Araceli Cruz Verified
| Rolling Stone Verified
February 4, 2025 The author's family in Washington State. From left: Brother Güero, father Ricardo, mother Alicia, and brother Pepe. Courtesy of Araceli Cruz On Jan. 26, this year’s Dia de los Reyes celebration on Cherokee Street in St. Louis bustled with people happy for sunshine. After weeks of brutal snow, the event, put on by local Latino community organizers, featured taco tents and tables full of free coats, shoes, and blankets.
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