https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/perla-trevizo/The latest news by Perla Trevizo.enWed, 30 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/venezuelan-men-cecot-trump-salvadoran-prison-abuse/Trump framed the deportation of more than 230 Venezuelan men as a long-overdue campaign to rid the country of immigrants who have committed violent crimes. The facts tell a different story.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Melissa Sanchez and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News, Photos by Adriana Loureiro FernándezWed, 30 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/venezuelan-men-cecot-trump-salvadoran-prison-abuse/Juan José Ramos Ramos, who was held in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador known as CECOT, is back home in Guatire, Venezuela.Juan José Ramos Ramos, who was held in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador known as CECOT, is back home in Guatire, Venezuela.https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/trump-deportation-immigration-asylum-el-salvador/Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules when he arrived at the Texas border with Mexico. Then Trump rewrote them.By Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake NewsFri, 18 Jul 2025 10:30:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/trump-deportation-immigration-asylum-el-salvador/José Manuel Ramos Bastidas’ wife, Roynerliz Rodríguez, and mother, Crisálida del Carmen Bastidas de Ramos, at their home in El Tocuyo, Venezuela.Adriana Loureiro Fernández for The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/30/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela/Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to El Salvador were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.By Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Melissa Sanchez and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake NewsFri, 30 May 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/30/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela/Leidys Trejo Solórzano holds a picture of her brother, Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, who was detained at a port of entry on the border last October and sent to a prison in El Salvador this spring.Adriana Loureiro Fernández for The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/16/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona/The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.By Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Photos by Cengiz Yar, ProPublicaWed, 16 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/16/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona/A section of the U.S. border wall on the edge of Douglas, Arizona. As state and federal resources flow to border infrastructure and security, local residents lack basic needs like drinking water and hospitals.A section of border fence along a dirt road. The fence is high metal staves with barbed wire along the top.https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/28/trump-guantanamo-bay-venezuelan-migrant-mom/Yoiker Sequera’s mother reflects on her fears after finding out her son had been detained in the infamous prison in Cuba for two weeks before being deported to Venezuela.By Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica, Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublicaFri, 28 Feb 2025 11:15:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/28/trump-guantanamo-bay-venezuelan-migrant-mom/Angela Sequera.ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/immigration-flights-elpaso-guantanamo/The Trump administration has flown about 100 immigrants from El Paso to Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune identified nearly a dozen of them and spoke to relatives of three of them.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublicaThu, 13 Feb 2025 13:20:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/immigration-flights-elpaso-guantanamo/Two men in shackles are loaded onto a flight to Guantanamo Bay in a photo released by the Department of Homeland Security.Two men in shackles are loaded onto a flight to Guantanamo Bay in a photo released by the Department of Homeland Security.Department of Homeland Securityhttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/07/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/ProPublica and The Texas Tribune took a snapshot of the blitz of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office by tallying nearly three dozen from his first day.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Graphics by Zisiga Mukulu, ProPublicaFri, 07 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/07/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties/The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 performance in the Latino-majority region.By Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 06 Nov 2024 21:45:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties/Democratic Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, right, secured a fifth term in office with bipartisan support. The county tipped strongly for Donald Trump, reflecting a broader trend of Republican gains along the border.Gabriel Garza, left, augmentee with the sheriff’s office, congratulates, Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, right, after the final vote counts for the night were announced around 10pm at Val Verde County Courthouse on election day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Del Rio, Texas. Martinez was in the lead ahead of his opponent Rogelio “Roger” Hernandez 7,926 votes to 6,033.Salgu Wissmath for The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/joe-frank-martinez-sheriff-del-rio-documentary/Del Rio Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s run for reelection provides a glimpse at how new patterns of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border have coincided with, if not driven, changing attitudes among voters who live there.By Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 03 Nov 2024 05:05:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/joe-frank-martinez-sheriff-del-rio-documentary/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/del-rio-texas-immigration-local-politics/Immigration is not part of Joe Frank Martinez’s job. But in Del Rio, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Data reporting by Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Photos by Gerardo del Valle, ProPublicaSun, 03 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/del-rio-texas-immigration-local-politics/The memory of nearly 20,000 primarily Haitian immigrants arriving at the border is seared into the minds of Del Rio residents. Many fear it could happen again, making immigration one of the key issues in Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s race for reelection and disrupting local politics.The memory of nearly 20,000 primarily Haitian immigrants arriving at the border is seared into the minds of Del Rio residents. Many fear it could happen again, making immigration one of the key issues in Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s race for reelection and disrupting local politics.From left: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune, Liz Moughon/ProPublica, Gerardo del Valle/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/texas-mrg-lawsuit-texas-tribune-propublica/The court ruled that MRG Medical filed its lawsuit against the news organizations past the statute of limitations.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 23 May 2024 10:30:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/texas-mrg-lawsuit-texas-tribune-propublica/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/01/us-immigration-asylum-policy-juarez-fire/A year ago, 40 men died in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An examination by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows that it was the foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies.By Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 01 May 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/01/us-immigration-asylum-policy-juarez-fire/Bodies of those who died during the fire inside a Mexican detention facility were laid in a parking lot outside the offices of the National Migration Institute near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez on March 27, 2023. The fire killed 40 immigrants and injured more than two dozen.Bodies of those who died during the fire inside a Mexican detention facility were laid in a parking lot outside the offices of the National Migration Institute near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez on March 27, 2023. The fire killed 40 immigrants and injured more than two dozen.Paul Ratjehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/06/portable-generators-carbon-monoxide-cpsc-safety-shutoff/Saying that manufacturers failed to make generators safer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving forward with proposed regulations to bolster protections. The proposal comes after reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Suzy Khimm, NBC NewsThu, 06 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/06/portable-generators-carbon-monoxide-cpsc-safety-shutoff/Photo illustration by NBC Newshttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/23/mass-shootings-guns-obtained-legally/Most of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms, an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.By Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 23 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/23/mass-shootings-guns-obtained-legally/Gov. Greg Abbott speaks in Uvalde three days after a man used legally purchased firearms to kill 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School.Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a presser at Uvalde High School on May 27, 2022.Evan L'Roy for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/16/mass-shootings-texas-gun-control/State lawmakers have rejected dozens of bills that would have prevented people from legally obtaining weapons used in many mass shootings. Instead, they’ve made it easier for residents to get guns and harder for local governments to regulate them.By Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 16 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/16/mass-shootings-texas-gun-control/A group of men embrace during a vigil on Aug. 4, 2019, one day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas.A group of men embrace during a vigil a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E05433300Callaghan O’Hare/Reutershttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/border-wall-texas-doj-arcadis-webuildthewall/The report confirms a ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation that found the privately built fencing could collapse during major flooding. The federal government resisted making the findings public for more than a year.By Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 02 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/border-wall-texas-doj-arcadis-webuildthewall/Erosion can be seen along a privately funded border wall in Mission in June 2020.Erosion can be seen along the privately funded border wall that was built less than a year ago on June 19, 2020 in Mission, Texas. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublicaVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/06/texas-churches-johnson-amendment-election/Churches in Texas invited Beto O’Rourke and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to speak to their congregations before the 2022 midterms, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Johnson Amendment.By Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 06 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/06/texas-churches-johnson-amendment-election/Juanjo Gasull for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/25/greg-abbott-texas-governor/Abbott has consolidated power like none before him, at times circumventing the GOP-controlled Legislature and overriding local officials. A flurry of executive measures has solidified his base and raised his national profile.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublicaTue, 25 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/25/greg-abbott-texas-governor/Gov. Greg Abbott after a Houston press conference in 2017.Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/Gov. Greg Abbott and others have been sending thousands of migrants to Washington. D.C. District Attorney General Karl Racine is investigating whether migrants have been deceived.By Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 14 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/Two buses from Texas transporting immigrants arrive at Washington D.C.’s Union Station on April 21.Union Station, Washington, DC - Activists line up to impede journalists from photographing as two buses of migrants arrive near Union Station as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era emergency health order to that allowed immigration authorities at the border to deny entry to migrants in Washington, DC, on Thursday, April 21, 2022.Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/21/generators-carbon-monoxide-shutoff-switch-texas-cpsc/The generator industry has touted automatic shut-off switches as a lifesaving fix for carbon monoxide poisoning. But the voluntary standard falls short of what federal regulators say is necessary to eliminate deaths.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC NewsWed, 21 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/21/generators-carbon-monoxide-shutoff-switch-texas-cpsc/An automatic shut-off switch on a 6,250-watt Briggs & Stratton Storm Responder generator was not enough to prevent the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of three.An automatic shut-off switch on a 6,250-watt Briggs & Stratton Storm Responder generator was not enough to prevent the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of three.Briggs & Stratton