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Andrew Becker is a reporter for Reveal, covering border, national and homeland security issues, as well as weapons and gun trafficking. He has focused on waste, fraud and abuse – with stories ranging from border corruption to the expanding use of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles, from the militarization of police to the intersection of politics and policy related to immigration, from terrorism to drug trafficking. Becker's reporting has appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Newsweek/The Daily Beast and on National Public Radio and PBS/FRONTLINE, among others. He received a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. Becker is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.

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Posted inAccountability, The Wall

This land is our land: Many property owners won’t sell for Trump’s wall

by Andrew Becker April 5, 2018June 30, 2021

The question of who owns the border and how they will be compensated looms large.

Posted inAccountability, Immigration, Inequality, The Trump Era

How Trump is expanding the government’s secret deportation weapon

by Bernice Yeung and Andrew Becker October 26, 2017June 30, 2021

The move has gotten less attention than raids and the border fence, but it has the potential to radically change immigration enforcement nationwide.

Posted inBorder Patrol, Immigration, Law Enforcement, National Security, The Trump Era

DOJ sets deadline for jurisdictions to prove they’re not sanctuaries

by Andrew Becker October 13, 2017October 25, 2017

The latest deadline sets up yet another showdown between the Trump administration and local authorities over immigration enforcement.

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Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security, The Wall

Contractors named to build border wall prototypes

by Patrick Michels and Andrew Becker August 31, 2017September 12, 2017

President Donald Trump’s border wall is coming a little bit closer to reality, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces its chosen contractors.

Posted inImmigration, Inequality, The Trump Era

No sanctuary, fewer farmhands: How Dairyland suffers under Trump agenda

by Andrew Becker, Patrick Michels and Alexandra Hall August 9, 2017June 30, 2021

Wisconsin farmers say the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is making it harder to find workers for one of the state’s largest industries and the core of its Cheesehead identity, dairy production.

Posted inAccountability, Immigration

No country for sanctuary seekers

by Kate Talerico, Cheryl Devall, Ziva Branstetter, Andrew Becker, Ike Sriskandarajah, Alexandra Hall, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs and Mwende Hinojosa August 5, 2017June 30, 2021

This week, we look into places that offer sanctuary to those immigrants – and what the conflict between federal and local policies means for them.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Militarization of Police, National Security, The Trump Era

Milwaukee to feds: We follow immigration law

by Andrew Becker June 28, 2017June 29, 2017

With a looming deadline to prove cooperation with U.S. immigration agents, at least one county has told the Trump administration that it follows the law – despite little guidance on how officials are supposed to show that.

Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security, The Wall

Feds hunt down mystery landowners in bid to build border wall

by Andrew Becker and David Rodriguez June 21, 2017June 30, 2021

The federal government has spent a decade chasing a meandering paper trail, with researchers combing through yellowed government files, testing the faded memories of neighbors and perusing the local library as they try to sort out who owns the land.

Posted inAccountability, Border Patrol, National Security

Border Patrol’s watchdog returns, but does he have new tricks?

by Andrew Becker June 6, 2017June 9, 2017

Matthew Klein will be in charge of watchdogging the agency as the Trump administration pushes for another massive expansion of the U.S. Border Patrol. Since its last expansion, the agency has been plagued by corruption.

Posted inAccountability, National Security

TSA whistleblower alleges racial profiling against Somali-Americans

by Andrew Becker June 5, 2017June 6, 2017

The agency has faced steady criticism and scrutiny for its screening practices, including the use of behavior detection techniques to try to identify suspicious passengers, as well as its own internal troubles stemming from allegations of misconduct, retaliation and dysfunction.

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