rapha

howard fellow @merrillcollege | previously border reporter @azcentral

[rapha @raphaeldelag]

Verifying myself for the Journalists of Color slack. https://t.co/fzKIBOVlIQ

[azcentral @azcentral]

Are immigration judges cooperating with ICE to ramp up deportations? What to know https://t.co/hRvmCyGzSW

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

On the front page of Wednesday's Arizona Republic: "Lost, pregnant, alone: Migrant tells her story" by @raphaeldelag. https://t.co/Tiz2cMHA0E

[rapha @raphaeldelag]

@amandaluberto thank you friend!

[rapha @raphaeldelag]

Erika Mateo, a 24-year-old woman from Guatemala who gave birth at a Tucson hospital after being found in the desert by Border Patrol, holds her newborn daughter, Emily, in their hotel room in Phoenix on May 3, 2025.

[rapha @raphaeldelag]

“Asi me tocaba,” she said.

Instead, what happened over the next few days became an internationally watched story and sparked community outrage and mobilization to ensure she wouldn’t be deported or separated from her newborn.

This story is my attempt to set the record.

[rapha @raphaeldelag]

posting onto this platform to share a story I wrote that published today.

https://t.co/rcdkwTm74J

[rapha @raphaeldelag]

A few hours later (after Mateo and her daughter were able to sleep and have dinner) I was invited over to the their hotel room.

I shook Mateo’s hand. I met her baby girl, Emily. And I asked her to recount her odyssey.

She told she believed she was going to die in the desert.

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

MUST READ: "On the Mexico border, residents await Trump with anticipation, concern." (via @lapidus_sarah and @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/16hc2WVbe2

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

"How many agents do Border Patrol and ICE have? See the numbers." (via @KFalayi and @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/1JdipgatnH

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

NEW: "Trump renews call for a DACA deal, but here's why Arizona’s Dreamers are skeptical." (via @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/y6RV10h2cW

[Stephanie Murray @stephanie_murr]

Arizona, Mexico traders worry about effects of Trump's 25% tariff plan

w/ ⁦@lauragersony⁩ and ⁦@raphaeldelag⁩ https://t.co/YGhUcmiHjB

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

"Gov. Katie Hobbs says she’ll work with Trump on border security if it won’t harm families." (via @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/Tg2yRXI52Y

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

MUST READ: "Trump plan for militarized mass deportations met with uncertainty, anxiety in Arizona." (via @stephanie_murr, @lauragersony and @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/fUiKHgpcX2

[Stephanie Murray @stephanie_murr]

NEW: What would Trump's deportation plan mean for Arizona?

Dems and advocates are gearing up to fight, while leaders at the border say it’s not clear what a looming emergency declaration would actually mean for them

w/ @lauragersony & @raphaeldelag

https://t.co/VikF9Y2tK6

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

NEW: "Down to the wire: How Harris, Trump campaigns courted the Latino male vote." (via @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/JVJTuXmOFL

[Dan Nowicki @dannowicki]

NEW: "Kamala Harris aims new jobs and investment agenda at Latino men." (via @raphaeldelag) https://t.co/8QJ5Cd4Car