Nell Salzman (@nellbsalzman) / X

Nell Salzman

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Nell Salzman

@nellbsalzman

Local investigations fellow @nytimes / originally from Denver

Joined July 2015

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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Aug 25, 2025
Excited to work on a long-term project through the NYT Local Investigations Fellowship. And grateful to my wonderful @chicagotribune colleagues for all the help and guidance over the past 2.5 years.
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@NYTimesPR
Aug 25, 2025
The Local Investigations Fellowship is thrilled to welcome @nellbsalzman to its 2025-26 class. Nell joins @Amari_Clare, @Sammy_Sussman, @kristianreports, @yanqixu_ and Alicia Inez Guzmán in producing ambitious local investigative journalism. nytco.com/press/introduc…
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Feb 11, 2024
Genesis was pregnant when she carried her husband, who became paralyzed from the chest down, and toddler across borders to get to the U.S. Tuesday city officials at a shelter threw away the family’s immigration papers and their newborn’s birth certificate:
A migrant family in peril: He’s paralyzed. She just had a C-section and is caring for her husband...
From chicagotribune.com
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jan 24, 2025
ICE showed up at 11:15 a.m. This immigration action appears to be the first at a Chicago school after President Donald Trump took office. “It makes me so sad,” said Eva Chávez, a 37-year-old who lives in the neighborhood and came out after she heard about it.
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jan 24, 2025
New: CPS confirmed that ICE agents visited Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards Friday in Chicago.
Readers added context
It was secret service, not ice. Secret Service said they were investigating a threat, and responded to a house. They said they were then told the person they wanted to talk to was at Hamline Elementary School, but they did not enter the school. abc7chicago.com/amp/post/us-im…
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added context
It was the Secret Service, not ICE. The Secret Service was investigating a threat. They originally showed up at a house (not a school), where they were told that the person they wanted to talk to was at the school. abc7chicago.com/amp/post/us-im…
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Feb 11, 2024
Replying to @nellbsalzman
Her husband was sitting in Walgreens when he learned shelter staff had thrown away their documents. “We warned you,” a staffer said to him over the phone. “When did you call me?” his voice cracked. “Can you check to see if the papers are under the mattress?” Photos @mandophotos
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jan 24, 2025
New: CPS confirmed that ICE agents visited Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards Friday in Chicago.
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added context
It was secret service, not ice. Secret Service said they were investigating a threat, and responded to a house. They said they were then told the person they wanted to talk to was at Hamline Elementary School, but they did not enter the school. abc7chicago.com/amp/post/us-im…
Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more.
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jun 4, 2025
The forced arrests of several people by ICE outside of an office in downtown Chicago on Wednesday.
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jun 4, 2025
ICE agents in Chicago have allegedly detained several people at an office for the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP), run by ICE. Family members said their loved ones received messages several days ago from the government telling them to appear for check-ins.
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Sep 10, 2024
Breaking: The city just confirmed it will be closing three shelters currently housing migrant families, a total of 3,030 beds: - Halsted, 2241 S. Halsted (closing Oct 1) - Ogden, 344 N. Ogden (Oct 1) - Lakeshore Hotel, 4900b S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr. (Oct 24) Story to come.
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Dec 24, 2024
NEW: A memo shows Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to resign his CPS position amid ethics concerns over his teachers union ties. CPS CEO Pedro Martinez’s attorney included the memo in his most recent court filing. W/@byaliceyin @royalpratt :
Mayor Brandon Johnson faced ethics concerns over ties to Chicago Public Schools and teachers union,...
From chicagotribune.com
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Feb 27, 2025
A parent dropping off two students at a school on the Southwest Side of Chicago was detained by ICE Wednesday morning. An ICE spokesperson said his name was Francisco Andrade-Berrera, 37, and that he "is a known member of a violent street gang." See the full statement:
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Aug 1, 2024
AI can’t climb fences or hide in bushes to get to a story. @CTGuild
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jun 4, 2025
Aldermen and community organizers sit in front of an ICE van to protest the detaining of several people at an office for the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP), a program run by ICE Wednesday in Chicago. Several minutes later, the van drove away.
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Jan 7, 2024
Around 12:30 a.m. Friday, the Tribune watched a charter bus from Texas drop off about 40 migrants in Glen Ellyn and then drive away. After missing the train, they stood outside in subfreezing temperatures wearing cotton T-shirts, pants and sandals. chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct…
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Nell Salzman
@nellbsalzman
Aug 23, 2024
Thousands of protesters march at the DNC before Kamala Harris is set to speak.
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