Melissa Gomez
Covering immigration at the Los Angeles Times| A veces hablo español | Florida native | Journalism ain't dead. Chill. hmu: melissa.gomez@latimes.com
- In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- "In some ways, 10-year-old Giancarlo is one of the lucky ones. He still goes to school." In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families www.latimes.com/world-nation...
- "Bad Bunny’s performance isn’t just the story of the ascendancy of a single performer, or of one genre, or even of Latin music more broadly... America’s pop culture today is multilingual, polycultural and international at its very core." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
- "In a system where acquittals are statistical outliers, experts say the federal public defender’s office’s recent wins raise questions about prosecutorial decision-making and the credibility of cases being brought." great story by Brittny Mejia www.latimes.com/california/s...
- “States can’t just generally regulate ICE conduct, because the federal government gets to regulate that,” he said. “But states can provide remedies against federal officials when federal officials violate federal constitutional rights.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- “I describe that day as if you’re on an airplane and it’s really bad turbulence, and you have to keep your cool because, if you don’t, you lose the entire building,” said Emmanuel, an assistant principal. “It felt like we went through war.” www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
