Liv Veazey
Writer & oral historian
reach me for tips at:
liv@nysfocus.com
liv.veazey@protonmail.com
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- Reposted by Liv VeazeyOur next issue, BRUTE FORCE AND PLUNDER, drops soon. With @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, Vivian Gornick, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social @joshuacraze.bsky.social @liv-veazey.bsky.social Robin D. G. Kelley, Aslı Ü. Bâli & Aziz Rana, Gerald Epstein, @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social +
- Reposted by Liv VeazeyGovernor Hochul unveiled a proposal to bar local police from signing contracts with ICE. But many localities collaborate with ICE without contracts, and Hochul’s proposal wouldn’t change that. Here’s what you need to know: nysfocus.com/2026/01/31/hochul-sanctuary-ice-immigration-287g-jail-bill
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- My first piece as interim immigration reporter with @nysfocus.bsky.social is about the immigration-related bills Hochul didn't back in her SOTS yesterday. Send story ideas and tips to liv@nysfocus.com
- Reposted by Liv VeazeyOver the weekend, asylum seekers in New York were flooded with messages — some from their lawyers — telling them to pay a $100 fee to the Trump administration by Tuesday or risk deportation. via @nysfocus.bsky.social
- For @nysfocus.bsky.social : immigrants are sorting through a flood of misinformation about a $100 fee for new and pending asylum applications. Many lawyers aren't even sure what to advise.
- Reposted by Liv Veazeyn+1 Issue 51: FORCE MAJEURE is online now! With new writing by @will-davies.bsky.social @liv-veazey.bsky.social @rodriquese.bsky.social @jacknorton.bsky.social @tricialockwood.bsky.social @lilyscherlis.bsky.social . . . and many more. Read it all here: www.nplusonemag.com/magazine/iss...
- Reposted by Liv VeazeyHell Gate has been reporting from New York City's immigration courts, observing the workplace banter and water cooler talk from federal agents as they spend their days arresting New Yorkers post-hearings. Click the link to learn what life is really like inside 26 Federal Plaza and 290 Broadway.
- Reposted by Liv VeazeyThis is such a strong piece by Liv Veazey for @hellgatenyc.com offering the banality of ICE agents as they huddle and lounge around Lower Manhattan, engaging in the most barbaric of activities, kidnapping and holding people in a gulag and then talking about slurpees. hellgatenyc.com/what-ice-age...
- Filled me with joy to write this piece for Hell Gate. Please read!
- I wrote about accompanying a friend to immigration court, now readable online at @nplusonemag.com
- @maxrn.bsky.social and I wrote about federal agents masking in immigration courts.
