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Author Archives: María Inés Taracena

María Inés Taracena is a journalist from Guatemala based in New York City.

Posted inImmigration

Palestinians in the U.S. race to evacuate families from Gaza

Maria by María Inés Taracena February 28th, 2024February 29th, 2024

U.S.-based Palestinians describe a chaotic and unjust process as they fight for immigration relief for their relatives

color photograph of a person wearing a black long-sleeve shirt holds a cardboard sign reading "Abolish ICE" in red and blue letters
Posted inImmigration

Hunger strikers at New Mexico ICE facilities protest inhumane conditions

Maria by María Inés Taracena November 29th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
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Undocumented people struggle to access reproductive care due to militarization of Arizona borderlands

Maria by María Inés Taracena August 16th, 2022August 16th, 2022
a young Honduran child holds a cardboard sign with the text "Biden dejame entra por favor"
Posted inImmigration

Asylum-seekers call Biden’s Alternatives to Detention program a ‘digital prison’

Maria by María Inés Taracena June 1st, 2022January 23rd, 2023
two people walk on a sidewalk past a sign for Northwest Detention Center while holding signs reading "Build kindness not walls" and "We are a nation of immigrants"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Detained immigrants in Washington face retaliation for hunger strike

Maria by María Inés Taracena May 19th, 2022May 23rd, 2022
Posted inImmigration

Haitian migrants sue the Biden administration over mistreatment at the southern border

Maria by María Inés Taracena December 22nd, 2021November 9th, 2023
Posted inPolitics & Democracy

People evicted during the pandemic travel to Washington, D.C. to confront Congress

Maria by María Inés Taracena September 23rd, 2021September 23rd, 2021
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights, Immigration

Immigrant workers haven’t been given space to grieve during the pandemic

Maria by María Inés Taracena June 11th, 2021June 10th, 2021
Posted inImmigration

Workers shouldn’t have to go hungry to gain COVID-19 relief

Maria by María Inés Taracena April 23rd, 2021June 9th, 2021
Posted inRace

Immigrant Indigenous communities in LA County are left behind during the pandemic

Maria by María Inés Taracena April 2nd, 2021April 5th, 2021

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