María Inés Taracena

María Inés Taracena

María Inés Taracena is a journalist from Guatemala based in New York City.

19 posts
Migrant deaths and disappearances are part of Biden’s legacy on immigration
Immigration

Migrant deaths and disappearances are part of Biden’s legacy on immigration

The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion

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12 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
Palestinians in the U.S. race to evacuate families from Gaza
Immigration

Palestinians in the U.S. race to evacuate families from Gaza

U.S.-based Palestinians describe a chaotic and unjust process as they fight for immigration relief for their relatives

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10 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
color photograph of a person wearing a black long-sleeve shirt holds a cardboard sign reading "Abolish ICE" in red and blue l
Immigration

Hunger strikers at New Mexico ICE facilities protest inhumane conditions

Dangerous conditions at two New Mexico ICE facilities have led to deteriorating mental and physical health for asylum-seekers

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11 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
Undocumented people struggle to access reproductive care due to militarization of Arizona borderlands
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Undocumented people struggle to access reproductive care due to militarization of Arizona borderlands

Communities living in border states like Arizona are very familiar with the anxiety triggered by state violence

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6 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
a young Honduran child holds a cardboard sign with the text "Biden dejame entra por favor"
Immigration

Asylum-seekers call Biden’s Alternatives to Detention program a ‘digital prison’

Asylum-seekers say digital surveillance has a harmful impact on their mental health and livelihood

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5 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
two people walk on a sidewalk past a sign for Northwest Detention Center while holding signs reading "Build kindness not wall
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Detained immigrants in Washington face retaliation for hunger strike

Men detained in Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, are protesting inhumane conditions

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5 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
Haitian migrants sue the Biden administration over mistreatment at the southern border
Immigration

Haitian migrants sue the Biden administration over mistreatment at the southern border

The migrants are suing the president and several U.S. agencies and officials over physical and verbal abuse, racial discrimination, denial of medical care, and denial of due process under Title 42

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4 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
People evicted during the pandemic travel to Washington, D.C. to confront Congress
Economy & Workers' Rights

People evicted during the pandemic travel to Washington, D.C. to confront Congress

Many housing justice organizers think the previous pandemic eviction moratorium should be the bare minimum.

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4 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
Immigrant workers haven’t been given space to grieve during the pandemic
Economy & Workers' Rights

Immigrant workers haven’t been given space to grieve during the pandemic

As deaths have mounted, so has the need for mental health services for immigrant community members trying to cope with the devastation.

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5 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
Workers shouldn’t have to go hungry to gain COVID-19 relief
Economy & Workers' Rights

Workers shouldn’t have to go hungry to gain COVID-19 relief

New York has approved a relief fund for immigrant and ‘nontraditional’ workers, but it took three weeks of a statewide hunger strike to pressure lawmakers.

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6 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
Immigrant Indigenous communities in LA County are left behind during the pandemic
Race

Immigrant Indigenous communities in LA County are left behind during the pandemic

Indigenous activists take a proactive role in ensuring their communities weren’t ignored in COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.

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5 Min
By: María Inés Taracena
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Economy & Workers' Rights

Food delivery drivers find hope and relief in New York’s Deliveristas Unidos

Last month, a fire destroyed the home of six food delivery drivers in the community of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in New York. Within two days, hundreds of people had already donated over $20,000 to their online fundraiser so they could replace their belongings, including the bikes they use for work,

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5 Min
By: María Inés Taracena

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