Gaby Del Valle

Policy Reporter

Our ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ future

Budget cuts are blowing up US health infrastructure — and your toilet.

Gaby Del ValleJul 15

Gaby Del ValleJul 13

ICE just killed another person.

Federal immigration agents shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday morning, the Portland Press-Herald reports.

Nationally, it’s the second fatal shooting involving immigration agents in less than a week — and just like last time, agents weren’t wearing body cameras.

ICE claims that the unnamed victim “attempted to flee in a vehicle in the direction of the officer,” but an eyewitness told NBC News that he heard the man, who was bleeding from his head, say “I tried to stop.”

ICE is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting

Gaby Del ValleJul 10

If you criticize ICE online, agents might just show up at your house

DHS is accusing people of ‘doxing’ federal agents — and, a new lawsuit claims, trying to chill dissenting speech.

Gaby Del ValleJul 9

It’s surveillance summer

Precatuions for America250 and other major events are building up the surveillance state.

Gaby Del ValleJul 3

Gaby Del ValleJul 1

DHS won’t say whether it’s keeping a database of anti-ICE protesters.

ICE has denied it maintains such a database, but Mother Jones lays out some shifty wording that suggests Trump administration officials are dodging the question — including a spontaneous mention of the known Terrorist Screening Dataset. Given that 15 Minnesota activists are facing federal charges, it sure sounds like DHS may be tracking protesters after all.

ICE finds a new way to dodge Congress about a secret protester database

[Mother Jones]

The Supreme Court stops Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

Gaby Del ValleJun 30

Gaby Del ValleJun 29

A search is a search.

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court determined that people have a reasonable right to privacy on their devices. The government had argued “geofence warrants” don’t constitute searches — but the court disagreed.

Elena Kagan, writing for the majority, said:

“An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone’s location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information—even though for only a limited time, and from a third-party tech company.”