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Immigration Reporter @GuardianUS. Mexicano. Tips: jose.olivares@theguardian.com Signal: @jlosc9.55

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Jose Olivares is an investigative journalist, reporting on immigration enforcement and U.S. involvement in Latin America.

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Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office

Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office

In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump's pla…

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"Hand Restraints and Black Out Goggles": Biden Administration Plans for Migrants Held at Guantana...

"Hand Restraints and Black Out Goggles": Biden Administration Plans for Migrants Held at Guantana...

Documents show U.S. government has long used the controversial naval base to house and process refugees, cont…

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A U.S.-Linked Prosecutor Is Behind the Assault on Ecuador's Left | Intercept Brasil

A U.S.-Linked Prosecutor Is Behind the Assault on Ecuador's Left | Intercept Brasil

Leaked messages show how Ecuador's Attorney General is using her office to attack the left - in alliance with…

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Did Mexico's Top Cop Play a Role in the Killing of a DEA Informant?

Did Mexico's Top Cop Play a Role in the Killing of a DEA Informant?

Past court testimony implicated Mexico's former top cop Genaro García Luna, who is on trial in New York, in t…

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"He Just Empties You All Out": Whistleblower Reports High Number of Hysterectomies at ICE Detenti...

"He Just Empties You All Out": Whistleblower Reports High Number of Hysterectomies at ICE Detenti...

Sources said an OB-GYN serving ICE's Irwin detention center performed hysterectomies at a high rate.

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How Solitary Confinement Kills: Torture and Stunning Neglect End in Suicide at Privately Run ICE ...

How Solitary Confinement Kills: Torture and Stunning Neglect End in Suicide at Privately Run ICE ...

Guards at a CoreCivic-run ICE jail put Efraín Romero de la Rosa in solitary confinement despite a schizophren…

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Codeintel Marks a New Phase of Rapid Growth and Strategic Expansion

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| EIN Presswire
Mortgage Marketing and Technology Firm Announces Aggressive Expansion With Uncloaked, LOSuccess, LoanSight, and the Visibility Authority Engine We're not interested in becoming another agency offering a longer list of interchangeable services.
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Codeintel Launches Visibility Authority Engine, Transforming Mortgage Lender Discoverability and Digital Authority

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| EIN Presswire
New Codeintel division moves beyond traditional SEO to engineer the complete ecosystem influencing whether mortgage brands get known, get found and get chosen. If more people could find you, more people would choose you.
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‘Shoved the tube so hard it tore my nose’: Kurdish film-maker recounts ‘inhumane’ ICE force-feeding

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| Inkl
Choli, a 40-year-old Kurdish asylum seeker with a thick beard and long dark hair, had been on hunger strike for over two months, demanding improved conditions for detained immigrants and to be released or deported. That day in June 2025, Choli’s nose was swollen, his throat hurt and he could still taste blood from previous days of treatment for which he never gave his consent, he said.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelancing for a local website, covering topics such as homelessness, poverty and gentrification.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! Not professionally as a journalist, but once in a play.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

History books, search engines, email/phone calls, FOIA/public record request templates, Word, Adobe Suite, PGP, coffee, cigarettes