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Sarah Betancourt

Sarah Betancourt is a Boston-based reporter, focused on the immigration and public policy beats. She is a former fellow at the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University. Follow her @sweetadelinevt.

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SPEAKING OUT

Khizr Khan: ‘Bigoted’ Trump ‘Creates Room for Terrorists’

The attorney says ‘presidents come and go,’ but this one is endangering national security.

Sarah Betancourt

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JUSTICE

750 Immigrants Hunger Strike Against ICE

A massive hunger strike in Washington State shows a resistance against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Sarah Betancourt

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NO. 1 G-MAN

Comey: Encryption Is Outrunning FBI

The nation’s top cop says almost half of the devices his men and women tried to search were impregnable thanks to apps like Signal and Wickr.

Sarah Betancourt

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CLOSE CALL

Dreamer: ICE Threatened to Kick Me Out

An immigrant with no criminal record protected by an Obama order said the feds wanted to put him on a flight to Honduras. He’s free for now.

Sarah Betancourt

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