Melissa Sanchez is a Reporter at Investigate Midwest. She focuses on immigration and labor issues, drawing connections to cultural movements and subcultures, and is based in Chicago. Her work has been featured in a variety of outlets including ProPublica, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and The Boston Globe.
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Melissa Sanchez's coverage indicates a wide range of topics, with a focus on human interest stories, legal issues, and social justice. Her articles cover themes related to immigrant workers' rights, speech therapy triumphs, tragedy unfolding in communities, and consumer protection.
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By: Melissa Sanchez, Mariam Elba
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates have come and gone. They're still stuck here.
By: Mariam Elba, Jodi S. Cohen, Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella, Melissa Sanchez
By: Melissa Sanchez
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
By: Sebastian Rotella, Mariam Elba, T. Christian Miller, Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen
Reporting Highlights
By: Melissa Sanchez, Mariam Elba, Maya Miller, Lisa Song
Reporting Highlights Harming Children: Kids were in cars, at home and walking to school when tear gas or pepper spray left them wheezing, coughing and struggling to breathe.
By: Lisa Song, Maya Miller, Melissa Sanchez
In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
By: Maya Miller, Lisa Song, Mariam Elba, Melissa Sanchez
En varias ciudades, jueces han reprendido a oficiales federales por el uso excesivo de la fuerza. Un exlíder del DHS dijo que las conclusiones de ProPublica son una “clara señal de alerta”.
By: Melissa Sanchez, Mariam Elba, Jodi S. Cohen
New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents' alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.
By: Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, Mariam Elba
New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.
By: Melissa Sanchez, Lisa Song, Maya Miller
ProPublica identified 79 children across the country who have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray as immigration officers dramatically stepped up their use during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
