Michelle Hackman (@mhackman) 's Twitter Profile
Michelle Hackman

@mhackman

Covering immigration for the @WSJ. Please Get in touch: [email protected] or DM for signal. Same handle where the skies are blue

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Trump on Ukraine: 05/23: “I’ll have that done in 24 hours” 09/24: “I will get it settled before I even become president” 03/25: “What I really mean is I’d like to get it settled
I think I’ll be successful” 04/25: If parties make it difficult “we're going to just take a pass"

Liz Essley Whyte (@l_e_whyte) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SCOOP- The Trump administration has grown so furious with Harvard after escalating fireworks between the two sides that it is planning to pull an additional $1 billion of the school’s funding with Douglas Belkin

Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Trump appointed judge fumes as 2-year-old US citizen girl is deported to Honduras with her mother despite pending suit in Louisiana. w/Kyle Cheney politico.com/news/2025/04/2


Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HAPPENING NOW: DHS official tells court that agency leadership diverted 10-20 employees to run *1.3 million* names of foreign students through database that tracks criminal charges. Took 2-3 weeks. There were fewer than 6,400 hits (0.004%). But thousands were for charges that

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The Trump administration is serious about this. As we reported a few weeks ago w/ Alex Ward Michelle Hackman, Trump officials have asked Libya, Rwanda, Benin, Eswatini, Moldova, Mongolia and Kosovo (among others) to take US deportees wsj.com/politics/polic


Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

! Pablo ManrĂ­quez that ICE raids are coming to DC this week. ICE is planning "targeted raids on Tuesday and Wednesday" and is targeting restaurant workers -- esp those who work at Subway franchises and delivery workers using scooters, like DoorDash employees.

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Trump’s letter to Khamenei referred to the Supreme Leader as ‘azizam’ which literally means ‘my dear’ or ‘my beloved’ in Persian

Trump’s letter to Khamenei referred to the Supreme Leader as ‘azizam’ which literally means ‘my dear’ or ‘my beloved’ in Persian
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Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government religionnews.com/2025/05/12/epi


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New email from CBP commissioner's office says, after a review, CBP will not be subject to a reduction in force or eligible for the deferred resignation program. DHS had previously offered the DRP to CBP employees

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“I feel a little bit like Bubba from Forrest Gump," new FEMA director says to workers. Says he needs to understand Trump's "intent" for agency. Trump aides have plans to get rid of FEMA, which employees say is not ready for hurricane season. Our latest: wsj.com/politics/polic


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This Afrikaner has drawn criticism for anti-Semitic comments online - while being resettled by a Jewish-affiliated group & as DHS has said it considers "anti-Semitic activity on social media” as grounds to deny visas/citizenship applications. By Teo Armus washingtonpost.com/immigration/20


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The Department of Homeland Security is considering being part of a television show in which immigrants would compete for potential U.S. citizenship. “This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” says the producer, whose credits include "Duck Dynasty." wsj.com/politics/polic


Ellen M. Gilmer (@ellengilmer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kristi Noem tells Sen. Blumenthal "there are no plans whatsoever to do a reality show" for immigrants to compete for citizenship. Says she and her executive team have no knowledge of it and it isn't under consideration.

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Inside Trump Officials’ Debate Over Abrego Garcia’s Deportation - The New York Times. This is a terrific story. nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/


Jennifer Jacobs (@jenniferjjacobs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scoop: Security for border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources told CBS. Another source said the total — with ~$500k in salaries for agents plus airfare, hotel bills and other travel expenses — actually adds up to around $1 million per month.