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Eric Bazail-Eimil

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As seen in: POLITICO, Medium, MSN, MSN South Africa, Yahoo News, Die Welt, Meet the Press, NBC News Latino, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal (China), The Wall Street Journal (Japan) and
Covers:  Catholic Church, foreign policy, Cuba, Latin America, Puerto Rico, Africa, religion, Congress, SCOTUS, trade, U.S. Southeast, Europe, energy
Doesn't Cover: Healthcare, tech, film/movie industry
Covering DHS, immigration, and some LatAm news @politico. Dolphins/Hoyas apologist. Talk to me: ebazail@politico.com and Signal at ebazaileimil dot 37

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Eric Bazail-Eimil is a journalist and a senior in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University majoring in Regional and Comparative Studies.

Originally from South Florida, Eric lives in Washington and currently works for the Wall Street Journal as their Politics Reporting Intern, covering Congress. Before that, Eric worked at NBC News as an intern for Meet the Press and was the Summer 2022 Burton C. Gray Memorial Editorial Intern at Reason, the libertarian magazine dedicated to free …

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How ICE melted from view at the World Cup

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By Eric Bazail-Eimil Verified
| POLITICO Verified
Even Democrats are praising the Department of Homeland Security for its restraint. Ahead of this year's World Cup, Democrats had warned that immigration enforcement agents at matches were likely to cross the line with fans or players and create international incidents in the process. So far, those fears haven't borne out. As the tournament moves into its final week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Homeland Security Department has stayed away from crowd control.
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ICE, so far, avoids blowups at the World Cup

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By Eric Bazail-Eimil Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Ahead of this year's World Cup, Democrats had warned that ICE agents at matches were likely to cross the line with fans or players — creating international incidents. So far, those fears haven't borne out.
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Mullin's mark on DHS: Ending the drama Noem unleashed

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By Eric Bazail-Eimil Verified, Myah Ward Verified, Daniel Lippman Verified
| POLITICO Verified
Trump's new Homeland Security secretary is making the administration's immigration crackdown more discreet. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 25, 2026. | Jose Luis Magana/AP 07/06/2026 10:01 AM EDT Three months into Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin 's tenure, he is succeeding in his pledge to get his department out of the headlines.
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Awards

Pulitzer Center Crisis Reporting Grant Semifinalist

2022