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Sarah Matusek

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
13
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sarah Matusek

    US welcomes Afrikaners amid refugee debate (opens the original)

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    The U.S. government is welcoming members of a small South African racial minority as refugees while continuing its drive to deport more immigrants. Daan Nel left behind the earthy scent of sekelbos wood. The thought brings him back to the wilds of South Africa, where he used to hunt for impalas with his wife. Now, he hunts for work in Oklahoma. The Afrikaner hadn’t heard of the place until this year, after the United States deemed him a refugee. A former manager in South Africa’s mining industry

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Sarah Matusek

    Immigrant’s shooting in Texas revives questions over ICE tactics (opens the original)

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    The latest shooting related to immigration enforcement is renewing concerns about ICE vehicle stops. The shooting of another immigrant in Texas raises a new round of questions around Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s tactics and the agency’s role in investigating its own activities. Texas officials say an ICE officer shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan immigrant, while he was driving in Austin on Sunday, bringing fresh scrutiny to immigration officers’ use of vehicle stops. After I

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Sarah Matusek

    A traffic stop could lead to much more, as ICE deputizes local law enforcement (opens the original)

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    Sept. 15, 2026, 4:22 p.m. ET | Eufaula, Okla. “How’s my driving?” the back of a semitruck asks in Spanish. On a recent afternoon in eastern Oklahoma, a state trooper is more interested in the driver. The trooper can stop commercial vehicles like this for random safety inspections. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has agreements that effectively deputize state and local law enforcement to also work as immigration officers. The force multiplier is allowing the agency to continue in

  4. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Sarah Matusek

    US pauses immigrant visa processing, spurring uncertainty, lawyers say (opens the original)

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    The U.S. government has paused immigrant visa interviews abroad, lawyers say, as the Trump administration continues to limit lawful ways to enter the country. The American Immigration Lawyers Association says it has received notice of the State Department canceling immigrant visa application interviews across the globe. Those applicants “did what the government asked them to do,” including security vetting, says Shev Dalal-Dheini, senior director of government relations at the association. “Thes

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Sarah Matusek

    Bear necessities: Drought pushes hungry animals closer to humans (opens the original)

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    Wildfires. Smoky skies. Lawn-watering limits. Fewer slopes to ski. Coloradans have increasingly lived with the effects of dire drought. Now, bears are emerging as the latest bellwether of a warming West. Colorado has logged nearly twice as many bear encounters this year compared with last. Dwindling natural food sources have sent them sniffing toward kitchens and garbage cans, wildlife experts say. Seemingly desperate, the animals have even shown up in cities. On Sunday, Denver police officers h

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