Jack Herrera (@jherrerx) 's Twitter Profile
Jack Herrera

@jherrerx

Reporter. I cover the border and Latino communities. Recent work in @NewYorker, @TheAtlantic, @TexasMonthly, @POLITICOMag. Roll your RRs. Jackherrerx /at/ gmail

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NEW: I have been tracking this case since this young man from Venezuela (no tattoos, no criminal record, immigration court date on the books) was sent to Bluebonnet, Tx, from Va and almost removed from the country until the April 19 SCOTUS order. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

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An expansive look by Jack Herrera Kinney County, along Texas’ border with Mexico, collected some $1.7 million in bail from migrants who were deported before they could make their court appearances. The money was never returned. #immigration via The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/…

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When TX started arresting migrants for trespassing in ‘21, many paid hefty bail to get out of jail. But instead of releasing them, Texas handed them over to ICE. I spent over a year investigating: One county has made over a $1 million by taking bail from deported migrants.

When TX started arresting migrants for trespassing in ‘21, many paid hefty bail to get out of jail.

But instead of releasing them, Texas handed them over to ICE. 

I spent over a year investigating: One county has made over a $1 million by taking bail from deported migrants.
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A powerful and enraging piece of investigative journalism exposing how Texas is using Operation Lone Star to take money from migrants--deporting them before they can make court appearances, and then pocketing their bail money. By the great Jack Herrera: nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/…

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I don’t know if Americans realize how often ICE arrests US citizens, and how long those citizens can spend detained. I spoke to Davino Watson, who spent 3.5 years in a detention center. He was a citizen every minute of that time. 1/3

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Yet another reason why Americans have to pay attention to the rapid growth of immigration enforcement. As more officers are deputized without training, these mistakes will increase.

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We’re seeing the largest de-legalization campaign in U.S. history. I spoke to immigrants affected. They were vetted. They gave the govt their fingerprints, their addresses; ICE knows where they live. Read more about Trump’s attack on legal immigrants: newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

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“I’m an American citizen,” Gavidia said he told the agent at least three times. Despite his responses, the agent pushed him into a metal gate, put his hands behind his back and asked him what hospital he was born in, Gavidia said. via Brittny Mejia latimes.com/politics/story…

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After El Paso joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown, Operation Lone Star, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged texastribune.org/2025/06/16/tex…

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Latest w/ Rachel Uranga includes a statement from the White House and DHS denying this. However, it doesn’t change the fact that advocates and lawyers are concerned that this is happening. Our story delves into that here latimes.com/california/sto…