- Home
- Nicole Rodriguez
Nicole Rodriguez
Staff Writer
Nicole Rodriguez is a political reporter covering the Trump Administration and immigration for Newsweek. The South Florida native, who specializes in government, breaking news and investigative reporting, studied journalism at St. John's University in New York City and is a graduate of Florida International University in Miami. Nicole has covered...
Read More
Articles by Nicole Rodriguez
U.S.
Trump’s Border Wall Was a $2.6 Million Hit on San Diego Taxpayers
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office and San Diego Police Department incurred more than $2 million of added costs to beef up patrols around the eight border wall prototypes.
3 min read
U.S.
Donald Trump Is Still Saying Mexico Will Pay for His $18 Billion Wall
President Trump plans to use a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement to make Mexico pay for his long-promised border wall.
6 min read
U.S.
Saratoga Springs Prepares For More Immigration Raids Before Annual Horse Racing Season
Beefed up immigration raids under the Trump administration have negatively affected the economy of Saratoga Springs, leaving dairy farms unmanned and restaurants partially staffed—and created a culture of fear in one of America’s elite horse racing venues.
5 min read
U.S.
Trump Administration Wants to Arrest Mayors of ‘Sanctuary Cities’
The Department of Justice is considering criminally charging state and local officials for implementing or enforcing sanctuary policies—a move immigration advocates argue would be illegal.
4 min read
U.S.
Government Has Lost Track of Millions of Undocumented Immigrants Who Pose Risk to U.S., Federal Investigation Finds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement may have squandered opportunities to apprehend undocumented immigrants who may be “known or suspected terrorists.”
3 min read
U.S.
This Is How Democrats Can Still Save Immigrants From Trump
“You need it … I’d love not to build the wall, but you need the wall,” Trump said Tuesday.
4 min read
U.S.
Border Patrol Staffing At Nine-Year Low, Despite Trump’s Anti-Immigration Talk
President Donald Trump has vowed to stop the flow of illegal drugs and undocumented immigrants over the U.S.-Mexico border, but he doesn’t have the manpower to do it.
4 min read
U.S.
Trump Decision To Deport 200,000 El Salvadorian Refugees Will Tear Families Apart
The Trump Administration’s decision Monday to end deportation protection for El Salvadoran refugees who fled gang violence and natural disasters will tear apart nearly 200,000 families.
3 min read
U.S.
Trump’s Anti-Immigration Rhetoric, Policies Killing Tourism to the U.S., Industry Analysts Say
President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric and policies have kept millions of people from visiting the U.S. and cost the economy potentially billions of dollars, analysts say.
5 min read
U.S.
Donald Trump, Who Hates The Media, Wants To See Pro-Newspaper Movie, ‘The Post’
More political drama is coming to the White House.
3 min read
U.S.
Trump Is Using DACA Recipients as Bargaining Chips for Border Wall Funds
The status of nearly 800,000 so-called Dreamers is being tied to the construction of Trump’s long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
4 min read
U.S.
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Creating a Public Health Crisis Among Children, Analysts Say
Some believe Trump’s hostile attitude toward migrants and his immigration crackdown have created a public health crisis among potentially millions of children across the country.
10 min read
U.S.
Trump Is Building His Controversial Border Wall … In Ireland
The wall is the climate change-denying president’s effort to combat rising sea level at one of his golf courses.
3 min read
U.S.
Border Agents Unknowingly Provided Security At Drug Dealer’s Wedding
The groom, awaiting sentencing for smuggling, wed his fiancée at Border Field State Park while a crowd cheered and even stone-face Border Patrol agents cracked a smile.
3 min read
U.S.
Border Patrol Must Give Mats, Blankets to Migrants Forced to Stand for Hours on Cold Concrete Floors, Court Rules
‘It is not unreasonable to infer that a person who has been detained in a station for over 12 hours… has a right to lie down and rest,’ an appellate court judge wrote.
3 min read
U.S.
Trump Decision to Shutter Resettlement Offices Will Undermine U.S. Safety, Advocates Warn
The Trump administration’s decision puts American lives at risk, refugee advocates warn.
4 min read
U.S.
Trump Goes Easy on Slaughterhouse Exec Who Employed Undocumented Immigrants
“I have no idea what he was thinking,” Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said of President Donald Trump.
4 min read
U.S.
A Piece Of Metal Could Decide A Tied Virginia House Race
The flip of a quarter or maybe even picking a name out of a hat or drawing straws could determine if Democrat Shelly Simonds or Republican incumbent David Yancey wins a Virginia state House seat.
2 min read
U.S.
Trump Vacancies at Homeland Security Endangering Nation, Group Says
The department tasked with thwarting terrorist attacks and protecting the nation’s borders is operating without at least 11 top employees.
5 min read
U.S.
Trump Immigration Policy Causes Rise in Human Smuggling at Border
Department of Homeland Security reported it initiated 2,117 cases against suspected human smugglers through June, compared to 2,110 cases for all of 2016.
5 min read
U.S.
Trump’s Border Protection Will Spend $300 Million To Hire 5,000 Agents
Customs and Border Protection is scrambling to hire agents to its dwindling workforce
3 min read
Load More