Investigative reporter covering the Southwest @propublica. Author of THE HUNT - available 11/10/26.
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Thrilled to be joining the best investigative newsroom around covering what I consider the most fascinating and dynamic region in the country.
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very good story by @rdevro ->
Despite assurances from the Trump administration, ProPublica found the government has turned its vast security and surveillance apparatus against the Tohono O’odham Nation.
“The drones flying over us all day,” one tribal member said, “it’s a lot.”
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Early on Aug. 25, the Tohono O’odham Nation received a one-minute notice from Border Patrol.
A convoy of contractors — guarded by masked agents — was en route to conduct testing for a coming border wall.
The tribe was warned: Do not interfere.
propublica.org/article/tohon…
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This @rdevro piece paints a striking picture of what it feels like when “the Wall” shows up in a community — many people I’ve talked to experience it as this bewildering sudden siege, an unstoppable swarm. The fact that this is happening to members of a sovereign nation …
On Aug. 25, at 4:59 a.m., Jose received word that a construction convoy was en route to conduct tests for the coming wall.
Tribal officials could observe but could not intervene, a Border Patrol chief warned.
The work would begin in one minute.
propublica.org/article/tohon…
Tomorrow, DHS is slated to begin uprooting thousands of saguaro cacti on the Tohono O’odham Nation, marking the first step in what could become the Trump administration’s most contentious border wall battle yet.
The tribe is condemning the plans in the strongest possible terms.
Yesterday, we published an investigation detailing the backstory of the standoff, and revealing the pervasive surveillance directed at a tribal prayer camp organized in opposition to the project.
READ MORE ⬇️
propublica.org/article/tohon…
In July, I took a ride through the Arizona desert with Verlon Jose, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, a sprawling reservation on the U.S.-Mexico border that may soon be changed forever.
It was the beginning of an investigation that ProPublica is publishing today.
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The archive — coupled w/ photos, videos and firsthand observation — reveals escalating surveillance of the prayer camp before, during and after the Aug. 25 DHS incursion, offering a glimpse at what might come should tribal resistance to the wall grow.
propublica.org/article/tohon…
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The Tohono O’odham Nation sued to stop a wall from being built on their land. In federal court, DHS gave assurances that the government would engage with the tribe in good faith. It didn’t feel that way on the ground. propublica.org/article/tohon… @rdevro
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MUST READ: As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones propublica.org/article/tohon… @rdevro