Marcela Garcia

ICE is extremely desperate for you to work for them The latest move? Eliminating age restrictions to become an ICE agent.

ICE is extremely desperate for you to work for them

A legal win for immigrant protections — but the clock is still ticking - The Boston Globe A federal judge calls out the racial politics of immigration.

My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest!
A legal win for immigrant protections — but the clock is still ticking:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/o... via @bostonglobe.com

The Billionaire Behind Mysterious Immigration Ads Targeting Miami Republicans

More of this, please!
The Billionaire Behind Mysterious Immigration Ads Targeting Miami Republicans: "“Deporting immigrants is cruel,” some of the ads against Cuban Americans in Congress read. Michael B. Fernández wanted to “wake up” Miami’s conscience." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

Welp, we know it's not the governor's poll b/c they mispelled her name lol

Me and @marcelagarcia.bsky.social — my @globeopinion.bsky.social work bestie — interview each other for our newsletters: OUTTAKES and ¡Mira! globe.com/OUTTAKES

And to close the loop: Don’t miss @rygraham.bsky.social interviewing yours truly in this week’s issue of ¡Mira!, my bilingual newsletter: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/o...

NIMBY-ism shouldn’t win in West Roxbury - The Boston Globe The need for a shelter outweighs the concerns of local residents.

Editorial: It’s a sad reality that almost no community welcomes a homeless shelter, and Boston is no different.

A columnist walks into another columnist’s newsletter… - The Boston Globe This is what we came up with so that our readers can get to know us a little better.

Love this: Renée Graham on her best celebrity story (it's Prince), her biggest journalistic regret, and 5 other answers to probing questions from @globeopinion.bsky.social colleagues
@marcelagarcia.bsky.social and Alan Wirzbicki. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/o...

I said farewell to the @washingtonpost.com today, after 30 years. My note to my friends and colleagues, threaded:

Another one!

The Washington Post's longtime media columnist Erik Wemple announced today that he's jumping ship and joining the New York Times.

“this time it will be different”

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. www.propublica.org/article/nath... @propublica.org

MONDAY: Join advocates, policy experts, legislators, and community leaders for an important forum on the outlook for civil rights in Massachusetts.

📆 - Monday, July 28
⏰ - Networking: 8 AM | Program 9 - 10:30 AM
📍- MCLE Conference Center (Downtown Crossing)

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The roots of entitlement: When neighbors cut down trees that aren’t theirs - The Boston Globe Granted, it wasn’t as egregious as a recent case in Nantucket. But when my husband and I dealt with a neighbor who cut down two of our maple trees, we learned about the limits to trees’ legal protecti...

Granted, it wasn’t as egregious as a recent case in Nantucket. But when my husband and I dealt with a neighbor who cut down two of our maple trees, we learned about the limits to trees’ legal protections — MY NEW @globeopinion.bsky.social column: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/o... @bostonglobe.com

Perfect example …

Technology doing what it’s designed to do doesn’t make it sapient or sentient:

When a chatbot arranges words into a format of an apology or admission of guilt it does so because it was instructed to do so by the user or because that is what the statistical model indicates is the words that should be probabilistically used in that situation.

Not “self reflection”

Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods? The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.

More than 100 people are still missing in Texas after floodwaters roared through houses, campgrounds and RV parks on July 4, killing at least 135 people.

A YIMBY super PAC enters the arena

Took me only three days into the new job to write about super PACs
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The Michelin Guide is coming to town. What does that mean for Boston? - The Boston Globe Globe restaurant critic Devra First weighs in on how the Michelin Guide will impact a dining scene that's already under pressure.

“As soon as the announcement was made, I felt like there was a little ripple in the air,” @devrafirst.bsky.social says. “It was like everybody sat up a little straighter.”

Listen to #SayMore:

The public is pissed about Epstein in no small part because he was a rich guy who got away with heinous crimes because he deliberately cultivated rich friends. That's an inequality story. The only way it could be closer to "kitchen table issues" is if the files were tucked in a goddamn pocketbook!

A reporter's goodbye "I thought I’d write an ode to a role I’ve loved, bearing witness to beauty in all its forms, watching artists do alchemy, building community alongside the best team anyone could ask for," writes Cris...

@cristelaguerra.bsky.social You are going to be SO, SO missed, my friend. Boston grieves your departure but I am thrilled about what's coming for you!! 😍 www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

This is genuinely the news every day

Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list The Trump and DeSantis administrations have refused to release a roster of detainees, none of whom seem to appear in ICE’s online database.

Amazing work by the @miamiherald.com: Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

Exclusive: The Trump administration has declared that immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally are no longer eligible for a bond hearing as they fight deportation proceedings in court, according to documents reviewed by The Post.

Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later. More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep in cabins by the Guadalupe River.

Must read www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

‘No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí’: Bad Bunny’s 30-night homecoming that’s powering Puerto Rico - The Boston Globe Bad Bunny is boosting the island’s economy, drawing attention to its culture, and delivering a powerful political message simply by staying put.

My new @globeopinion.bsky.social column: ‘No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí’: Bad Bunny’s 30-night homecoming that’s powering Puerto Rico. He's boosting the island’s economy, drawing attention to its culture, and delivering a powerful political message simply by staying put www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/14/o...

Farm worker who died after California Ice raid was ‘hardworking and innocent’, family says Jaime Alanís, 57, died a day after falling off a greenhouse roof during an immigration raid of a cannabis farm

“Family members said he suffered catastrophic injuries – including a broken neck, fractured skull and severed artery – during the ‘reckless’ raid.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant? We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids

As ICE continues to raid businesses, it's essential for restaurant owners and workers to know their rights.

If you own a restaurant or work in one, make sure you know your rights when encountering ICE: www.eater.com/24364171/ice...

Several Killed in Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility The fire broke out on Sunday in the city of Fall River, a state official said. The exact number of victims was unclear.

Several people were killed after a large fire broke out at an assisted living facility in the city of Fall River in Massachusetts. Officials did not immediately release the number of victims.