Marcelo Rochabrun
Marcelo Rochabrun is a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica, where he covers immigration.
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Marcelo Rochabrun is a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica covering immigration.
He joined ProPublica in 2015 after graduating from Princeton University. He was a finalist for a Livingston award in 2016 and won a SABEW award in 2017 for his coverage of how New York City tenants are harmed when regulators fail to enforce the state’s housing laws.
Prior to joining ProPublica he interned at the Center for Public Integrity and was Editor-in-Chief of his college newspaper, The Daily Princetonian. He won an IRE award for uncovering that Princeton’s exclusive eating clubs had told the IRS that the lavish renovations of their lounges and tap rooms were in fact educational expenses, which allowed their alumni donors to claim tax deductions they were otherwise not entitled to.
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The Trump Administration Plans to End a Refugee Program for Children
Minors from violence-plagued El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala will no longer be permitted to reunite with their parents in the United States.
Will Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?
With the president reportedly at the point of canceling DACA, some of its 800,000 beneficiaries describe what they gained — and now fear losing — from the program.
Are You an Immigrant Protected by DACA? We Want to Hear From You.
As President Trump mulls whether to end a program that granted 800,000 young people a reprieve from deportation, ProPublica is asking those who will be affected by his decision to tell us their stories.
Advocacy Groups Say Senators Should Have One Word for Trump Immigration Pick: ‘No.’
More than 300 immigration advocacy groups urge senators to oppose the nomination of Lee Francis Cissna to head the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, citing ProPublica’s scrutiny of his record.
ICE Officers Told to Take Action Against All Undocumented Immigrants Encountered While on Duty
A directive from the head of ICE’s enforcement unit appears to push for tougher action than the Trump administration has publicly promised.
It’s Legal: Some New York Landlords Can Take Tax Breaks Then Raise Rents Without Limit
Last year, a ProPublica investigation uncovered how Rudy Giuliani, together with upstate Republicans and the real-estate industry, maneuvered behind the scenes in 1995 to exempt downtown Manhattan apartments from rent stabilization rules.
He Was About To Pick Up His Newborn Son After Surgery When He Was Arrested By ICE
The case of Oscar Millan shows ICE’s renewed focus on strict immigration enforcement. Under the Obama administration, agents had discretion in cases of immigrants with gravely sick children.
Trump’s Immigration Pick Attacked Obama Programs in Ghost-Written Senate Letters
If letters written by Lee Francis Cissna, the president’s nominee to head U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, are any guide, he’s poised to dismantle Obama-era policies like a humanitarian program for Central American children.
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As FAIR official, Julie Kirchner advocated harsh restrictions on immigrants. Now her job is to provide them assistance.
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Fees from so-called “premium processing” to expedite H-1B visas have paid for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ efforts to digitize. But the agency hasn’t been able to keep up with demand, forcing it to suspend its cash cow.