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Investigative reporter covering immigration + more at @insider_ct. Mostly at joshuaeaton.bsky.social these days. Signal: jeaton.04

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Joshua Eaton’s Biography

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I’m an investigative reporter based in Washington, D.C.

Before going freelance, I was on investigations teams at CQ Roll Call and ThinkProgress, and I worked as a digital producer at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting and GBH News.

My work has also appeared at NBC News, ProPublica, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, FiveThirtyEight, The Intercept and more.

Outlets that have cited my work include The New York T…

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Will tracking digital harassment help defend against internet trolls?

Almost a year after his teenage daughter's attacker was sentenced in a high-profile sexual assault case, Alex…

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With national privacy debate unsettled, US intelligence officials back encryption

The debate over encryption on smartphones and messaging apps is poised to heat up again on Capitol Hill after…

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U.S. Military Now Says ISIS Leader Was Held in Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison

U.S. Military Now Says ISIS Leader Was Held in Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison

In February 2004, U.S. troops brought a man named Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badry to Abu Ghraib in Iraq and ass…

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The Syrian Civil War Explained

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Why hackers are so obsessed with picking locks

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ICE detention of West Hartford restaurateur prompts release request from Connecticut lawmakers Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
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Four members of Connecticut's congressional delegation sent a letter to federal immigration officials this week asking them to release a West Hartford restaurateur they arrested last month. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped Sead Cecunjanin and his two sons on June 20 in the parking lot of a Dunkin' donut shop in West Hartford, where the family had gone for coffee and bagels, according to a court filing and a video U.S. Rep.
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ICE makes first Connecticut courthouse arrest under new state restrictions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Federal immigration officials say they don't have to follow new procedures for making arrests in state court. State officials say they just did. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it arrested Edvin Obdulio Barnica-Esquivel at Danbury Superior Court on Tuesday. Video shared with CT Insider shows at least six agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement walking him away from the courthouse in handcuffs.
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ICE makes first Connecticut courthouse arrest under new state restrictions Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
An ICE deportation officer's badge is seen in a file photo. In Connecticut this week, agents arrested a man at a Danbury courthouse. The Dallas Morning News/Hearst N/The Dallas Morning News via Gett Federal immigration officials say they don't have to follow new procedures for making arrests in state court. State officials say they just did. Article continues below this ad U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it arrested Edvin Obdulio Barnica-Esquivel at Danbury Superior Court on Tuesday.
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