Daniella Silva

National Reporter

I am an award-winning journalist covering national and international issues for NBC News, with a focus on immigration and education.

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I am an award-winning journalist covering national and international issues for NBC News, with a focus on immigration and education.

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Latest from Daniella Silva

3d ago

Cesar Chavez abuse allegations spur a movement to disavow the man — without erasing Latino history

Cesar Chavez became the face of Latino civil and labor rights in the media and in history books, but scholars and activists are asking why "a community is only allowed to have one figure."
4d ago

Officials across the U.S. push to remove Cesar Chavez's name from streets, parks and holidays

Allegations that Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women, including Dolores Huerta, has forced a reckoning about what to do with places and holidays bearing his name.
7d ago

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Abused and neglected youths granted immigration protections are being detained and deported

Last year, ICE detained 265 and deported 132 young people with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, according to a letter the Department of Homeland Security sent to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
11d ago

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Asylum-seekers increasingly face detention while their cases proceed, in a departure from the past

Asylum-seekers with no criminal records are being detained around the country as the Trump administration seeks to remove immigrants seeking legal pathways to remain in the United States.
19d ago

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Federal judge demands answers from top Minnesota prosecutor in 'extraordinary' contempt hearing

A federal judge demanded answers from Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen on why immigrants’ belongings had not been returned after they were unlawfully detained.
25d ago

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'Nearly blind' refugee found dead after being released by Border Patrol in New York

A nearly blind refugee who didn’t speak English was found dead in New York state days after he was left at a coffee shop by Customs and Border Protection officers, according to authorities
26d ago

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Federal judge rules Trump admin may not remove people to third countries without due process

The judge wrote that people must receive meaningful notice and the chance to challenge their deportations to third countries.
32d ago

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DHS dramatically increased spending to obtain weapons last year, report says

A report released by Sen. Adam Schiff shows a multimillion-dollar increase in DHS spending for weapons, ammunition and related accessories.
39d ago

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CBP chief says his agency will release body camera footage of Alex Pretti shooting, amid grilling from lawmakers

The FBI and Customs and Border Protection are involved in an investigation into Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said.
40d ago

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Judge orders return of Venezuelans formerly detained in El Salvador if they choose to come back

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to start allowing Venezuelans sent to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador to return to the United States for their immigration proceedings if they choose to.
40d ago

Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding an effort to revoke U.S. citizenship for foreign-born Americans as it works to curb immigration, according to two people familiar with the plans