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Carla Astudillo

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Journalist making news apps at ProPublica (previously Texas Tribune). Send me tips and data: Email: carla.astudillo@propublica.org Signal: Carla_Astudillo.87

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I’m a New York City based reporter with a passion for online interactive media, news app development and data driven journalism. Basically, I gather the data, I find the stories, I talk to people and I present in a beautiful, digestible package for all to see and read. It might not change the world, but hopefully you learn something new by the end of my stories.

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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants

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By Ruth Talbot, Pratheek Rebala , Carla Astudillo
| ProPublica
As federal immigration agents surge into communities and detain people, the number of cases filed by those claiming their detention is illegal has risen to historic highs. ProPublica is tracking the volume of these cases, known as habeas petitions, as they overwhelm legal advocates and government attorneys. Immigrants filed more habeas cases in the first 13 months of the second Trump administration than in the past three administrations combined, including his first.
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Immigrants challenging their detention have hit a historic high. Here’s a look at the increase.

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By Ruth Talbot, Pratheek Rebala , Carla Astudillo
| KPRC-TV (Houston, TX)
Immigrants challenging their detention have hit a historic high. Here’s a look at the increase. (Photo Illustration By Propublica. Source Image: Seth Herald/Reuters., Photo Illustration By Propublica. Source Image: Seth Herald/Reuters.) ProPublica is tracking the volume of these cases, known as habeas petitions, as they overwhelm legal advocates and government attorneys.
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Immigrants challenging their detention have hit a historic high. Here’s a look at the increase.

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By Ruth Talbot, Pratheek Rebala , Carla Astudillo
| KSAT-TV (San Antonio, TX)
Immigrants challenging their detention have hit a historic high. Here’s a look at the increase. (Photo Illustration By Propublica. Source Image: Seth Herald/Reuters., Photo Illustration By Propublica. Source Image: Seth Herald/Reuters.) ProPublica is tracking the volume of these cases, known as habeas petitions, as they overwhelm legal advocates and government attorneys.
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