Marcelo Rochabrun
Marcelo Rochabrun is a reporting fellow at ProPublica.
ICE Officers Are Being Told to Take Tougher Action Against Undocumented Immigrants
A directive from the head of ICE's deportations unit appears to push for tougher action than the Trump administration has publicly promised.
The Case of Oscar Millan and ICE's Renewed Focus on Strict Immigration Enforcement
Under the Obama administration, agents had discretion in cases of immigrants with gravely sick children. Under Trump, officers are told to enforce the law "to the greatest extent practicable."
Trump's USCIS Director Pick Could Tighten Restrictions on Immigrants Seeking Citizenship
If letters written by Lee Francis Cissna are any guide, he's poised to dismantle Obama-era policies like a humanitarian program for Central American children.
For Some New York Landlords, It's Legal to Take Tax Breaks and Then Raise Rents Without Limit
The protections stem from when Rudy Giuliani, together with the real-estate industry, maneuvered behind the scenes in 1995 to exempt downtown Manhattan apartments from rent stabilization rules.
David Simon on His New HBO Miniseries, 'Show Me a Hero'
The Wire creator and former Baltimore Sun reporter talks about a historic public housing fight, race, and what makes white people go “batshit, batshit crazy.”
Hot Takes: The Best Climate Change Reporting of the Past Year
A compilation of some of the best journalism in the months leading up to Barack Obama’s historic action to address climate change.