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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

“I don’t want to be here anymore”: They tried to self-deport, then got stranded in Trump’s America

Melissa Sanchez, Mariam Elba
A prison officer guards a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. (Alex Peña/Getty Images)

Venezuelan deportees say they endured months of abuse inside Salvadoran prison

Perla Trevizo, Melissa Sanchez, Ronna Rísquez, Mica Rosenberg, Adrián González
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Parents are giving up custody of their kids to get need-based college financial aid

Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez
An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus, McAllen, Texas, June 23, 2018. (AP/David J. Phillip)

Records reveal “lax” supervision, sexual abuse at migrant detention center for children

Duaa Eldeib, Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez
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What’s the city of Chicago doing about its problem with duplicate sticker tickets?

Melissa Sanchez, Elliott Ramos
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Chicago hiked the cost of vehicle city sticker violations to boost revenue

Melissa Sanchez, Elliott Ramos
FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File) (AP)

The many roads that lead to bankruptcy in Chicago

Melissa Sanchez