Meg Anderson
@meganders.bsky.social
Criminal justice reporter @npr.org
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
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“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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We at @propublica.org looked into the immigration raid that happened in Chicago's South Shore in late September. We found many of the Venezuelans detained in that raid, looked into them, and spoke to several of them.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We at @propublica.org looked into the immigration raid that happened in Chicago's South Shore in late September. We found many of the Venezuelans detained in that raid, looked into them, and spoke to several of them.
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There’s one news story that affects everyone on Earth.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s one news story that affects everyone on Earth.
Six months ago, the DOJ cancelled millions in federal grants to safety initiatives in the US. Things like school violence programs, resources for DV victims, hate crime prevention.
Many groups are still reeling. Like so much, the news moves on, but the effects last.
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Many groups are still reeling. Like so much, the news moves on, but the effects last.
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Public safety groups face an uncertain future months after federal grant cuts
Six months after the Trump administration cut more than $800 million in Justice Department grants geared toward public safety, the organizations affected are adjusting to a future without that money.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Six months ago, the DOJ cancelled millions in federal grants to safety initiatives in the US. Things like school violence programs, resources for DV victims, hate crime prevention.
Many groups are still reeling. Like so much, the news moves on, but the effects last.
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Many groups are still reeling. Like so much, the news moves on, but the effects last.
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Reposted by Meg Anderson
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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I think this take on the sandwich guy trial is correct. our system is built assuming that prosecutors will show appropriate restraint. the sandwich guy case went on for way too long and that in and if itself should be raising alarm bells www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I think this take on the sandwich guy trial is correct. our system is built assuming that prosecutors will show appropriate restraint. the sandwich guy case went on for way too long and that in and if itself should be raising alarm bells www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
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Incredible reporting by @meganders.bsky.social. Diversion programs like these help address the underlying issues that lead to someone's arrest, allowing people to move forward and end costly cycles of arrest and incarceration.
I spent time recently in LA, with a public defense team dedicated to helping people with cognitive impairments like traumatic brain injuries or intellectual disabilities.
It's built on the idea that prison is not always the answer for people with these conditions.
www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
It's built on the idea that prison is not always the answer for people with these conditions.
www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access tre...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Incredible reporting by @meganders.bsky.social. Diversion programs like these help address the underlying issues that lead to someone's arrest, allowing people to move forward and end costly cycles of arrest and incarceration.
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
I spent time recently in LA, with a public defense team dedicated to helping people with cognitive impairments like traumatic brain injuries or intellectual disabilities.
It's built on the idea that prison is not always the answer for people with these conditions.
www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
It's built on the idea that prison is not always the answer for people with these conditions.
www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access tre...
www.npr.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I spent time recently in LA, with a public defense team dedicated to helping people with cognitive impairments like traumatic brain injuries or intellectual disabilities.
It's built on the idea that prison is not always the answer for people with these conditions.
www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
It's built on the idea that prison is not always the answer for people with these conditions.
www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
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The Trump administration has claimed that it needs to send the military into American cities because of the unique danger faced by federal agents enforcing immigration laws.
But a Mother Jones review shows that there is little evidence that ICE agents face such severe and widespread danger.
But a Mother Jones review shows that there is little evidence that ICE agents face such severe and widespread danger.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Trump administration has claimed that it needs to send the military into American cities because of the unique danger faced by federal agents enforcing immigration laws.
But a Mother Jones review shows that there is little evidence that ICE agents face such severe and widespread danger.
But a Mother Jones review shows that there is little evidence that ICE agents face such severe and widespread danger.
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news from the network:
npr founding mother susan stamberg has died, aged 87
npr founding mother susan stamberg has died, aged 87
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
news from the network:
npr founding mother susan stamberg has died, aged 87
npr founding mother susan stamberg has died, aged 87
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The school shooting industry is worth billions and growing fast.
I took at look at what's for sale, what experts say about these products, and the psychology behind the industry.
For the Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...
I took at look at what's for sale, what experts say about these products, and the psychology behind the industry.
For the Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...
Inside the growing industry to defend schools from mass shootings : The Indicator from Planet Money
From drones to body armor to bulletproof whiteboards, companies are offering schools a multitude of products to try to deter or protect against the next school shooting. But does any of this stuff wor...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The school shooting industry is worth billions and growing fast.
I took at look at what's for sale, what experts say about these products, and the psychology behind the industry.
For the Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...
I took at look at what's for sale, what experts say about these products, and the psychology behind the industry.
For the Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...
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here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
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"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time. Police are now investigating.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time. Police are now investigating.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
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Solidarity is the only way
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Solidarity is the only way
"These are just the tip of the iceberg ... People being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. We've seen people getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire."
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...
www.npr.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"These are just the tip of the iceberg ... People being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. We've seen people getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire."
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
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You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
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Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as ‘lawless mayhem,’ according to images of messages provided to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
www.startribune.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as ‘lawless mayhem,’ according to images of messages provided to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”
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Why *almost* every door? What made the difference? Hardware, reportedly.
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Why *almost* every door? What made the difference? Hardware, reportedly.
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Tiny public radio station KUCB in Unalaska basks in love from afar. It and 13 other small public radio stations in Alaska finally catch a break. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
14 small public broadcasting stations in Alaska catch a break
Months after losing federal money, the Interior Department steps forward with a one-year reprieve. Meanwhile, stations like KUCB in Unalaska are basking in love from afar.
alaskapublic.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tiny public radio station KUCB in Unalaska basks in love from afar. It and 13 other small public radio stations in Alaska finally catch a break. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...