Ted Hesson

DC-based immigration reporter @Reuters. Send tips to [email protected].

[Reuters Guild @ReutersGuild]

NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT: @Reuters management wants our members to accept a measly annual wage increase of only 0.5%. Watch this new video of our members who are speaking out! #WeareReuters

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🔊 ‘She said that they would not be welcome there if they were using aggressive tactics like they've used in other states such as Minnesota.’ @tedhesson talks to Reuters World News about Maine’s governor as Trump steps up his immigration crackdown https://t.co/BhhyxfakKQ

[Reuters Guild @ReutersGuild]

Today we braved the cold to share an important message with those heading in to attend today's session of #ReutersNext: We deserve a fair contract that includes AI job protections. We stand for people-powered journalism. #NewsNotSlop

[Reuters Guild @ReutersGuild]

NOT RIGHT, NOT FAIR: @Reuters management wants to control who gets raises. We are the value behind @Reuters and all of us deserve annual wage increases that recognize our work! We passed out flyers in multiple offices to spread the word.

[Reuters Guild @ReutersGuild]

What @Reuters management is doing – refusing to negotiate unless they get their way on everything – is wholly unacceptable and is a clear violation of our rights....

[Hümeyra Pamuk @humeyra_pamuk]

SCOOP: In early July, the US embassy in Pretoria asked Washington if non-whites can apply for Trump’s refugee program geared towards white South Africans. In response, State Dept’s top refugee official said the program was intended for white people. W/@tedhesson

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 ' I interviewed a woman in Pennsylvania... and she had a final order of removal. She's from El Salvador, and she'd been in the US for about 10 years.' @tedhesson on Trump’s plan to fine migrants who don’t leave the US after a final deportation order
https://t.co/QlteNVKikf

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'Democrats have been saying… this is an unfair move to allow them to jump the line and come in as refugees while other groups are blocked.' Listen to @tedhesson on the mixed reactions in Washington, D.C., as white Afrikaners arrive with refugee status https://t.co/UQHkVg8tvR

[Ted Hesson @tedhesson]

@hassankanu @politico Congrats! Look forward to seeing your work there

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊'You have a law that ... was best known for the justification for internment of Japanese Americans, Italian Americans, and others during World War II.' @tedhesson on the law being used to justify the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members https://t.co/5WHZ34Yqxt

[Marisa Taylor @marisaataylor]

NEW: Trump officials launch ICE effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children - https://t.co/PrrHnQ5hC5 w/ Kristina Cooke and @tedhesson

[Mary Milliken @mhmilliken]

Caught in the dragnet: Riyer, a 27-year-old Venezuelan detained by ICE in the Atlanta area who fought back tears as he worried about how his 22-year-old partner and their 5-month-old son would survive without him. By Kristina Cooke @tedhesson @KevinMohatt
https://t.co/3o9oQz0gPW

[Jarrett Renshaw @JarrettRenshaw]

NEWS: The meeting between Trump border czar and Canada’s top public safety official offers Canada its last chance to make its case before Trump announces his decision on tariffs. W/⁦@tedhesson⁩ https://t.co/7hWabRA14p

[Nandita Bose @nanditab1]

BREAKING via @idreesali114 @reuters:

Three soldiers were on board U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter, official says

[Ted Hesson @tedhesson]

@AndrewRestuccia @learyreports @vmsalama @AnnieLinskey @tparti @schwartzbWSJ @natalieandrews @meridithmcgraw Congrats!

[Michelle Hackman @MHackman]

According to our math, Ice under Biden performed 467 arrests on average per day in 2023 (although the average fell to 310 in 2024) @anthonydb

[Ted Hesson @tedhesson]

@Rafael_Bernal_ @thehill Congrats! Look forward to hearing about what comes next. Best of luck!

[Ted Hesson @tedhesson]

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation https://t.co/BZ4ksT9fM0

[Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas]

NEW: U.S. farm groups want Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

My latest with @tedhesson: https://t.co/hiCnUorpDe

[Ted Hesson @tedhesson]

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall - https://t.co/MUI35CFCZv