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Jose Olivares

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Investigative journalist. Mexicano. Work in @GuardianUS @theintercept @wnyc @DropSiteNews and others. Tips: olivares.joseluis9@gmail.com

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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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UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody

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Posters of immigrant detainees who have died in ICE custody are posted on a pole outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on 12 June. Photograph: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Friday raised the alarm internationally about deaths in US government immigration custody and called for “prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations”.
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Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’

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By Jose Olivares
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TPS holders, union leaders and activists protest outside the supreme court in April. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images Lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups on Thursday sharply denounced two US supreme court rulings that allowed the Trump administration to severely strip certain immigration protections and fundamentally reshape the asylum system.
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US supreme court allows Trump administration to strip Haitians and Syrians of protected status

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By Jose Olivares
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Temporary protected status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the supreme court prepares to hear oral arguments in Mullin v Doe on 29 April 2026. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s bid to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, who were legally in the US and protected from deportation.
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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
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