
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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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/…


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/…





“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…


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…