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Immigration reporter at @HoustonChron // she/her/ella // Texan // Bylines: @npr @marketplace @theworld // Send tips & ideas to Elizabeth.Trovall@chron.com
Sep 23, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
🧵Ya’ll had questions about #Haitian families coming from #Chile (& other places). I interviewed 9 of them (& a Dominican fam) at a Houston shelter this week.

Here’s some takeaways:

(📸@egconley)
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… *Why did you come to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico to cross into the US?*

-word traveled quickly about this border crossing
-ppl heard through other migrants (via Whatsapp, phone calls, talking) that it was a safe & easy place to cross
-migrants were shocked by large crowds there
Sep 20, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
A thread 🧵 on what I heard and saw in #DelRioTexas and Acuña, where thousands of #Haitians and other migrants are hoping to get their shot at a life of safety and economic security in the US: Babies crying — a lot of ppl at the border camp are families w young children. A volunteer who runs a respite center said she’s seen many pregnant women as well. Some w medical emergencies have been taken to the hospital. (sound up)
May 26, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
1 In 3 low-income immigrant families w/ kids opted out of benefits in 2020, citing immigration concerns (via @urbaninstitute).

The report shows how a short-lived Trump-era policy may have an enduring impact on children in immigrant families.

houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/… The "public charge" policy — & confusion around its implications — caused an exodus of immigrant families (like single moms and cancer patients) withdrawing from health & food benefits that they or their kids were legally entitled to. @HoustonPubMedia

houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…
May 14, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
1/4 After a 10-year wait, the family of an Afghan interpreter who was killed by the Taliban for his work with the US military is one crucial step closer to resettling in #Houston.

The family is nearing safety thanks to @combinedarmsus + @IRAP.

houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/… 2/4 The Mohammed family case underscores the deadly cost of long visa wait times for Afghan & Iraqi interpreters & others who served alongside the US military.

Appx 18,000 Afghan families have pending visa apps to come to the US, as they live in life-threatening conditions.