Victoria Elena Valenzuela (@victoriaevalenz) 's Twitter Profile
Victoria Elena Valenzuela

@victoriaevalenz

Just trying to help good people expose shitty systems! Previously: @USCAnnenberg MA 24’, @MarshallProj @BuzzfeedNews intern, @ProPublica emerging reporter

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The average minimum daily wage in prison is 86 cents -- which has DECREASED from 2001, when it was 91 cents. boltsmag.org/the-past-and-p…

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The U.S. prison foodservice industry was worth almost $3.2 billion in 2022. The privatization of the industry has led to massive profits for corporations and government entities at the cost of food quality and the health & safety of incarcerated people. themarshallproject.org/2025/03/08/foo…

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As plans to build a new 1,000-bed ICE detention center in New Jersey move forward, advocates warn it could quadruple the state's detention capacity and raise fears of heightened enforcement in New Jersey's immigrant communities. documentedny.com/2025/03/19/del…

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NEW🚨 ICE is opening a new detention center in Michigan. The North Lake Facility in Baldwin, owned by GEO Group, used to be a private federal prison. It was closed in 2022. Now ICE is opening it to detain immigrants. GEO Group expects more than $70 million in yearly revenue.

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Last month, ICE announced they would be reopening Delaney Hall in New Jersey. Advocates say that the 1,000-bed center could quadruple NJ’s detention capacity and raise fears of heightened enforcement in immigrant communities. For Documented documentedny.com/2025/03/19/del…

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After slashing funding for a program that gave legal representation to 26,000 immigrant children across the country, the Trump administration is forcing kids — some just toddlers — to represent themselves in deportation proceedings. For Documented documentedny.com/2025/04/23/una…

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"...children as young as two years old, younger even, would be forced to go to court, sit across from a very trained government [DHS] attorney trying to defend their case on their own, already in a language that is not their primary language." documentedny.com/2025/04/23/una…

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Trump cut funding to give minors free legal representation in immigration court proceedings. The move will leave children as young as 18 months with the task of representing themselves in a new country and in a language they don’t speak. Via Documented truthout.org/articles/trump…

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Some California lawmakers want to limit how long children spend on probation, creating a presumption that minors cannot serve terms longer than 9 months. The reality right now is far different, Victoria Valenzuela reports. boltsmag.org/california-juv…

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California often places minors in lengthy probation terms that many describe as humiliating. Governor Newsom vetoed an earlier reform effort, but advocates are pushing again. For Bolts boltsmag.org/california-juv…

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Minors put on lengthy probation terms in California say the conditions can be humiliating. Advocates pushing to limit juvenile probation face Governor Gavin Newsom, who has previously vetoed those reforms. boltsmag.org/california-juv…

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Today Gov. Newsom announced the closure of one more prison in California by October 2026. The state will save about $150 million General Fund annually. This comes as advocacy groups have been calling for prison closures and reinvestments into the community.

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Advocates for immigrant domestic violence survivors say they're avoiding police, courts and even shelters out of fear ICE will deport them. For USA TODAY usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

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🌐Out now! Our latest episode with Victoria Elena Valenzuela on US law enforcement's long connections with Israeli police training and how the youth of L.A. are fighting back.🌐 latinomediacollective.com/2025/06/28/jun…

Mayor Karen Bass (@mayorofla) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is footage from today in MacArthur Park. Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous.

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In a “No Sleep for ICE” campaign in Los Angeles County, protesters gather outside the hotels where ICE agents are staying and make noise to put pressure on the hotel staff to kick ICE out and prevent agents from sleeping.   For USA TODAY usatoday.com/story/news/nat…