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Julia Luz Betancourt

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New York
As seen in: Flipboard, Nonprofit Quarterly, LA Progressive, Popular Resistance, Portside, Prism, BreakThrough News
Covers:  activism, politics, social justice, culture, abolition, education, labor, youth, collective liberation, solutions

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Julia Luz Betancourt’s Biography

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Julia Luz Betancourt is an independent journalist based in New York. Her work has appeared in Truthout, the Latin Times, GEN-ZiNE, Scheerpost and Z Network.

Julia began their career as an intern at the Financial Times, where they produced newsletters and social media content for daily and climate news and led a project to diversify the FT's audience. They are currently a staff member at YES! Media, where they co-lead audience development and provide original writing and reporting on a variety o…

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Seeking Sanctuary in America

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By Julia Luz Betancourt
| Nonprofit Quarterly Verified
Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) has partnered with Counterstream Media to co-publish Peace & Riot’s latest issue—a collection of more than 20 voices exploring climate leadership on the frontlines, in communities, and in the culture. Read the full Peace & Riot issue here. In 2017, Cinthya Santos Briones witnessed up close what it took for immigrants to avoid deportation in Trump’s America.
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As Universities Agree To Immigration Enforcement On Campus, Students Fight Back

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By Julia Luz Betancourt
| Popular Resistance
Above photo: A Florida State University police officer stands on campus, on April 18, 2025, in Tallahassee. Florida State University is among the 17 U.S. colleges that have a formal agreement with federal immigration enforcement agencies. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images. Of the colleges that have entered into partnerships with ICE and CBP since last year, only St. John’s University in New York has backed out.
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As More Universities Agree to Immigration Enforcement on Campus, Students Are Fighting Back

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By Julia Luz Betancourt
| Portside
As More Universities Agree to Immigration Enforcement on Campus, Students Are Fighting Back Published April 18, 2026 She was beginning her spring semester as a second-year law student and paralegal when she received the news: The immigration clinic where she volunteered would have to stop all work, a demand directly from the Trump administration. The White House issued a stop-work order on Feb.
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