DC-based immigration reporter
Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2009
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I'm excited and humbled to share that I'll be joining @washingtonpost in early July as an immigration reporter. If we've previously been in touch, I hope we can continue that. If you would like to connect or share tips, I'm on Signal at tedhesson.23
🚨 @tedhesson is announced as a new immigration reporter for The @WashingtonPost, joining us from @Reuters.
"Deeply sourced at and adjacent to DHS, he has broken stories on ICE operations, Trump’s refugee program for white South Africans, and war-displaced Ukrainians forced to leave the United States."
⤵️See the announcement below from Managing Editor @kyoshino & Deputy National Editor @DebbiWilgoren.
🎉Welcome Ted!
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ICE is quietly firing new hires. For one recruit, it was devastating.
By @AlexHortonTX @joyceslee @tedhesson & me
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Immigration has been one of the biggest stories of the past decade and the Post's superb team of reporters has consistently produced first-rate journalism that breaks news, sheds light on internal decisions, and bears witness to the experiences of the people caught in the middle
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NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT: @Reuters management wants our members to accept a measly annual wage increase of only 0.5%. Watch this new video of our members who are speaking out! #WeareReuters
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🔊 ‘She said that they would not be welcome there if they were using aggressive tactics like they've used in other states such as Minnesota.’ @tedhesson talks to Reuters World News about Maine’s governor as Trump steps up his immigration crackdown reut.rs/4qyLf7n
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Today we braved the cold to share an important message with those heading in to attend today's session of #ReutersNext: We deserve a fair contract that includes AI job protections. We stand for people-powered journalism. #NewsNotSlop
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What @Reuters management is doing – refusing to negotiate unless they get their way on everything – is wholly unacceptable and is a clear violation of our rights....
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SCOOP: In early July, the US embassy in Pretoria asked Washington if non-whites can apply for Trump’s refugee program geared towards white South Africans. In response, State Dept’s top refugee official said the program was intended for white people. W/@tedhesson
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🔊 ' I interviewed a woman in Pennsylvania... and she had a final order of removal. She's from El Salvador, and she'd been in the US for about 10 years.' @tedhesson on Trump’s plan to fine migrants who don’t leave the US after a final deportation order
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'Democrats have been saying… this is an unfair move to allow them to jump the line and come in as refugees while other groups are blocked.' Listen to @tedhesson on the mixed reactions in Washington, D.C., as white Afrikaners arrive with refugee status reut.rs/4maU7ya
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🔊'You have a law that ... was best known for the justification for internment of Japanese Americans, Italian Americans, and others during World War II.' @tedhesson on the law being used to justify the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members reut.rs/4idiPM4
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NEW: Trump officials launch ICE effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children - reuters.com/world/us/trump-a… w/ Kristina Cooke and @tedhesson
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Caught in the dragnet: Riyer, a 27-year-old Venezuelan detained by ICE in the Atlanta area who fought back tears as he worried about how his 22-year-old partner and their 5-month-old son would survive without him. By Kristina Cooke @tedhesson @KevinMohatt
reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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NEWS: The meeting between Trump border czar and Canada’s top public safety official offers Canada its last chance to make its case before Trump announces his decision on tariffs. W/@tedhesson reuters.com/world/americas/t…
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BREAKING via @idreesali114 @reuters:
Three soldiers were on board U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter, official says
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According to our math, Ice under Biden performed 467 arrests on average per day in 2023 (although the average fell to 310 in 2024) @anthonydb
ICE officers blitz US, arresting 460 immigrants under Trump’s mass deportation operation: Report washingtonexaminer.com/polic… via @dcexaminer
US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation reuters.com/world/us/us-farm…
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NEW: U.S. farm groups want Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.
My latest with @tedhesson: reuters.com/world/us/us-farm…
Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall - reuters.com/world/us/trumps-…
