Lillian Perlmutter

immigration reporter @ASUNEWSWELL / @TimesofSanDiego — previously freelance @guardian @rollingstone @thisisinsider @newrepublic y más—

[Lillian Perlmutter @LillPerlmutter]

For @RollingStone, I investigated the death of a migrant woman in New Mexico, retracing her steps from rural El Salvador to her final hours in the desert https://t.co/PNpO3d1iTI

[SIP • IAPA @sip_oficial]

#PremiosSIP2026 | Periodismo sobre migración 🧳✈️

🏆 Ganador: “Ada and Her Family Fled El Salvador. She Died Alone in the New Mexico Desert”, de @LillPerlmutter; @rollingstone, Estados Unidos.

👉🏼 Por explicar, mediante investigación rigurosa y calidad narrativa, las fallas estructurales del sistema migratorio estadounidense. Destaca por humanizar un problema sumamente complejo.

[Andrew Perez @andrewperezdc]

I edited this story, which has now won an award for "explaining, through rigorous research and compelling storytelling, the structural flaws in the U.S. immigration system. It stands out for humanizing an extremely complex issue."

Please read it. https://t.co/oNvtk1fiOs

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

We also partnered with @TimesofSanDiego part of the nonprofit @ASUNEWSWELL team.

Read @LillPerlmutter's devastating report on Graciela Gómez Hernández, who died along the border within view of a General Dynamics surveillance tower

https://t.co/nd1d20lKTy

[ASJA @ASJAhq]

2025 ASJA AWARDS: Social Change

Honorable Mention: "Trick Clock" by Lillian Perlmutter in The Baffler with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

This story exemplifies what the Social Change category stands for: exposing systemic injustices. @LillPerlmutter

[Lillian Perlmutter @LillPerlmutter]

@_maxgranger Thanks Max!!

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men with no identifying insignias and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.

This is WRONG.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

The Secretary of Defense lies under oath, claiming 21 million illegals" entered under Biden.

Trump previously invented the 20 million figure out of thin air at a campaign rally. Recently, he randomly started saying 21 million. Now his surrogates are parroting that fake number.

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

It’s actually a civil violation, like jaywalking, and the process of seeking asylum is an established legal process that is protected in both domestic and international law.

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

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[WendyFry @WendyFry_]

Agents slashed tires, yanked people out of trucks, threw people to the ground, and called farmworkers “Mexican bitches” during unannounced raids in Kern County, according to a complaint filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union.

[Lauren Gambino @laurenegambino]

Incoming WH officials say Trump will sign 10 border-related executive actions later today, including declaring a national emergency, activating the military for border enforcement, ending birthright citizenship and designating cartels a terrorist organization

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

New: US labor board files complaint saying immigrant detainees who did cleaning and maintenance work at an ICE facility were legally employees, & private prison company Geo Group illegally retaliated with solitary confinement because they supported strikes https://t.co/tQeQySMLFm

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

NEW: Sources at DHS are telling me the cost of Laken Riley Act would be more like $20-30 billion, citing a $7 billion figure just for beds BEFORE the mandate's costs on local law enforcement.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

Estamos siguiendo reportes de la presencia de la migra en el Condado de Kern, California. 

SI VE A LA MIGRA EN SU COMUNIDAD, RECUERDEN SUS DERECHOS.

¡No se deje intimidar! Juntos, superamos la anciedad con estar bien preparados.

[Jared Olson @jolson321]

For over a year, I've reported on-the-ground on growing enforced displacement due to armed conflict in Michoacán, Mexico. The response of the Mexican government: downplay the scale of the crisis if not deny it altogether.

My feature for @thebafflermag

https://t.co/mbbPrmjlSz

[Lillian Perlmutter @LillPerlmutter]

My latest for @RollingStone

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

EXCLUSIVE: Rolling Stone followed migrants on their way to the U.S., facing robbery and kidnapping as they prepare for Trump to take office.

Experts say Trump's policies won't stop migrants from coming — they will only make the journey more dangerous: https://t.co/jFOgYUB6wt

[Lillian Perlmutter @LillPerlmutter]

@AntonioDeLoeraB Thank you thank you!

[Lillian Perlmutter @LillPerlmutter]

@AnnaCat_Brigida Graciaas querida!

[Anna-Cat Brigida @AnnaCat_Brigida]

The H-2A worker visa program has seen a massive expansion in the past decade. That came with increased abuse by employers. Important reporting by @LillPerlmutter

https://t.co/Uqeg7eEwEG