After confidential informant Ernesto Gamboa helped federal prosecutors secure nearly 100 convictions, ICE moved to deport him. In this episode of “The Investigators,” CIR reporter Andrew Becker describes the predicament that some foreigners face while working for the U.S. government. Part 1: Confidential Informants in Limbo Part 2: The Case of Ernesto Gamboa
Category: Accountability
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CIR and NPR collaborate on three-part series on confidential informants
The first story in the series airs tonight; CIR’s Andrew Becker reports on Saturday.
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Adapting to the news cycle
As California Watch ramps up distribution of its work, we are experimenting with different ways to reach the California public.
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ICE “Industry Day” on detention reform attracts familiar faces
A list of companies that attended an “Industry Day” event shows familiar faces are interested in helping the immigration agency fix how it detains people.
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ICE turning toward old hands for new detention practices?
The agencies that run immigration detention and detainee health care are turning, in some cases, to the same people, consultants and companies that have been advising or working with those agencies for years.
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Federal stimulus program pours $54 million into Wine Train project
NAPA – The corporate shareholders live in tribal villages in the outback of western Alaska. The CEO is in South Carolina, where his prior multimillion-dollar venture – a dot-com for sail boaters – collapsed in bankruptcy. But the main action today is in Napa, where, without competitive bidding, this unusual construction company won a $54 […]
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Special Mexico adviser to top ICE official on meteoric rise
Who is Tracey Bardorf?
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Throwing out the old rule books and starting fresh
We have pretty much thrown out the old rule books. Here editors will write and report and – gasp – reporters will edit.
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Immigration judge misconduct gives asylee another day in court
A DOJ investigation of an immigration judge’s misconduct gives asylum seeker another day in court.
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Clearing the air on carbon credits
Mark Schapiro discusses the carbon cap and trade system on Marketplace.