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Michelle Hackman
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Covering immigration and DHS for the @WSJ. forgetful tweeter. Please Get in touch directly: [email protected] or MHackman.59 on signal
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Feb 11, 2025
    Hello! 👋🏼 I'm a reporter for the @WSJ covering immigration. If you work in/with the government and have something to share with a reporter, you can reach me securely on signal at mhackman.59 I take the safety of sources extremely seriously. No one needs to know we talked
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Jan 16, 2021
    Biden Chief of staff Ron Klain says in published memo to incoming WH staff that Biden will reverse Trump's travel ban on inauguration day
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Dec 21, 2020
    Family members of unauthorized immigrants are now eligible to get stimulus checks under the $900 billion deal reached last night. That eligibility is retroactive, so adults excluded last time could get up to $1800 now
    What’s in the $900 Billion Covid-19 Relief Bill
    What’s in the $900 Billion Covid-19 Relief Bill
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Oct 11, 2019
    California's governor has just signed a new law banning private prisons and immigration detention centers. Will have a big impact on ICE's ability to detain people in California W/@AlejandroLazo
    California Bans Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention Centers
    California Bans Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention Centers
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Jun 20, 2018
    Confirmed: The White House will propose merging the Education and Labor Departments, as part of a much broader plan to consolidate the federal government
    White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments
    White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Aug 26, 2020
    Wow, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is conducting a naturalization ceremony for new citizens live at the RNC. Note until today, his agency was planning to furlough 2/3 of the citizenship agency, adn these ceremonies would have slowed to a trickle
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Oct 21, 2019
    New: The White House has concluded, based on an opinion from the office of legal counsel at the Justice Department, that neither Cuccinelli or Morgan is eligible for the acting Homeland Security Secretary job
    White House Personnel Director Tells Trump Top DHS Secretary Picks Ineligible for Job
    White House Personnel Director Tells Trump Top DHS Secretary Picks Ineligible for Job
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Aug 26, 2020
    The immigrants who became citizens at last night's naturalization ceremony at the White House were told only minutes beforehand that President Trump would be appearing, and they weren't told that footage of the ceremony would air during the RNC
    Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn’t Know They Would Appear at RNC
    Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn’t Know They Would Appear at RNC
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Feb 22, 2021
    New from me: The Biden team is struggling to deal with a rise in unaccompanied migrant children in their custody. As of Friday, HHS shelters were at 93% capacity, and more than 700 children had backed up in border patrol custody
    Rise in Migrant Children Tests Biden Border Strategy
    Rise in Migrant Children Tests Biden Border Strategy
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Aug 4, 2021
    New from me: some 100,000 green cards are set to go to waste amid backlogs at citizenship and immigration services if the government can’t figure out a legal way to save them — unless congress or the courts intervene
    Some 100,000 Green Cards at Risk of Going to Waste in Covid-19 Backlog
    Some 100,000 Green Cards at Risk of Going to Waste in Covid-19 Backlog
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Dec 2, 2020
    A federal judge struck down new rules that would have made it tougher for foreign workers, particularly new international graduates of U.S. colleges, to qualify for an H-1B visa and significantly more expensive for companies to sponsor them
    Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s H-1B Visa Rules on Highly Skilled Foreign Workers
    Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s H-1B Visa Rules on Highly Skilled Foreign Workers
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Jan 27, 2020
    “They say they would have gladly worked another five or 10 years, but they just reached a point under this administration where they can’t. It used to be there were pressures, but you were an independent judge left to decide the cases.”
    Philadelphia mmigration judge Charles Honeyman.
    Immigration judges are quitting or retiring early because of Trump
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    Michelle Hackman
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    May 27, 2020
    Republican Sens. Graham, Cornyn, Crapo, Risch, Rounds, Young, Murkowski, Sullivan and Lankford write President Trump to urge him not to restrict temporary, work-based visas, which they say will help the economic recovery
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    Michelle Hackman
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    Jun 15, 2020
    Today is the eighth anniversary of President Obama announcing DACA, and it very well could be the day the Supreme Court comes out with its decision on the case. There are ~700,000 DACA recipients Whose lives could be upended if the program is rescinded