Reynaldo Leaños Jr.
Reynaldo Leanos Jr. covers immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border for Texas Public Radio.
Prior to joining Texas Public Radio, Reynaldo was a freelance journalist in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas and in New York City. His work has appeared in Public Radio International’s The World and Global Nation, NBC News, NPR’s Latino USA, KUT’s Texas Standard and KUT.
He has an undergraduate degree from Texas State University, where he studied journalism and international studies. Leanos also has a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in international reporting.
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A report by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general said the DHS did not have adequate technology to track families separated during the...
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At one point a child welfare official threatened to take custody of the kids and families refused to let them go. "I told them I couldn't, that I wouldn't let my kid go," one woman said.
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Officials in Matamoros, Mexico, are threatening to separate asylum seekers from their children if they don't leave a tent encampent of more than 1500...
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Update: This story has been updated to reflect the location of the shelter. It is at a gymnasium at Alberca Chavez. There are more than 1,500 migrants...
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Julián Castro, a Democratic presidential candidate, visited asylum seekers in Matamoros, Mexico, on Monday.
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The asylum-seekers, who were in Matamoros, Mexico, because of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, said they faced violence and harassment because they identify as LGBTQ.
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Attorneys for the organization say vulnerable populations are supposed to be excluded from the groups of asylum-seekers being sent back to Mexico to wait for their U.S. immigration court hearings.
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In Matamoros, Mexico, volunteers have created a pop-up school on a downtown sidewalk for migrant children. They're all asylum-seekers waiting for their day in U.S. immigration court.
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More than 30,000 asylum seeking migrants have been returned to Mexico to await their day in immigration court — a process that can take months. This is...
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U.S. officials have sent back to Mexico more than 30,000 asylum-seeking migrants to wait for their immigration court dates. This is part of the Trump...