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MSNBC Senior Political and National Correspondent. Author of Firestorm (2026) and Separated (2020). Executive Producer of Separated, a film by Errol Morris.
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"It's not my home."
Nory Sontay Ramos was a thriving high school student in L.A. until she and her mom were deported by the Trump administration in July. For @msnbc.com, we visited her in Guatemala as she tries to graduate remotely while hiding from the same gang they fled years ago. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/n...
an @lataco.bsky.social x @msnbc.com crossover is something I've been wanting to make happen for months. so much respect and admiration for what @eltragon.bsky.social and the team have been doing all summer documenting ICE raids in L.A. honored to have him on while I'm filling in for Steph this week.
the full 41 minute video of our @nprfreshair.bsky.social conversation about Trump's immigration crackdown is now online. you can watch it here. thank you again to the great Tonya Mosley for having me. youtu.be/nzRhNM2FedE?...
thanks for the warm welcome back to MSNBC. this is coming home. ❤️
more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
I'm back. I came home to MSNBC because there's no other place like it -- a space to listen to other people, share their stories, and learn from them.
EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED INTERVIEW: “I see my reflection in their pain, because it’s my own,” Narciso Barranco, the father of three Marines violently detained while landscaping, told me about the men he met in ICE detention for my first assignment as MSNBC senior national and political correspondent.
MSNBC has made a major hire for its news team, tapping Jacob Soboroff as senior national and political correspondent.
you can watch our whole conversation here. youtu.be/jb-EtKjxbvg?...
absolutely delighted and incredibly excited to return to the MSNBC family full time. the journalism. the people. our audience. ten years and one day after I first started, I’m coming home. so grateful. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
loved joining @nicollewallace.bsky.social so much on her pod, out today. way deeper and more personal conversation than we've ever had on TV. open.spotify.com/episode/1Wfi...
masked and armed agents are apprehending migrants every day as they attempt to do the right thing by showing up to immigration court. it was important for us to see what was happening for ourselves so you could too.
more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
what I saw at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan this week was families with kids forced to walk through a gauntlet of masked and armed federal agents apprehending migrants the second they walk out of immigration court — left to wonder if they might be separated in the hallway next.
spoke with @nicollewallace.bsky.social about what we saw. www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
NBC News' @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports on ICE raids taking place in Manhattan where federal agents arrest people they say are in the country illegally, but are at the facility to attend mandatory immigration court hearings. WATCH his report here: www.instagram.com/reel/DMtKowc...
just went to immigration court in Lower Manhattan to see with my own eyes how masked and armed federal agents are apprehending people in the hallways as they walk out of their scheduled hearings.
Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance by my friend @wdlopez.bsky.social is a critically important book that could not be more timely. preorder now: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the two Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Narciso Barranco, the father of 3 U.S. Marines, has been released from ICE custody on bond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWr...
“We organized peaceful protests, we came together at rallies, we took the Trump administration to court — all of this led to today’s retreat.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that immigration officers in southern California can't rely solely on someone's race or speaking Spanish to stop and detain people. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/
The government is putting more and more pressure on journalists reporting on ICE. We all must speak out against these chilling tactics.
these videos collected and verified by @nbcnews.com represent a small fraction of many following a pattern: heavily armed authorities, little visible ID, often wearing masks while detaining people, sometimes violently, then putting them into vehicles. www.nbcnews.com/specials/tru...
I've obtained a trove of leaked documents about today's federal crackdown on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. One revelation is its codename: "Operation Excalibur"
more from our conversation: www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
listen here: www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
I’m on @nprfreshair.bsky.social today with the great Tonya Mosley talking about the Trump administration’s immigration blitz in Los Angeles and the terror it is inflicting upon members of the community here.
more here: youtu.be/a7QYBOrwFK0
every day Angelenos are mobilizing daily to push back against the Trump administration’s month-long immigration blitz in Los Angeles. we joined some of them early this morning ahead of the latest raids.
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
Hector Mata, 22, an American citizen, has been avoiding taking the bus, worried that immigration agents may target public transportation in Los Angeles. “I’m brown,” Mr. Mata said of federal agents, “and that’s all they need.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Seth: Do you think that there’s a chance these protests will be effective? Me: No doubt about it.
1618 people have been taken by federal agents from the streets of L.A. over the last three weeks.
thank you Seth for such a lovely conversation about the city and people I love so much, Los Angeles and Angelenos. @latenightseth.bsky.social
tonight! lots of L.A. talk with Seth. 📷: Lloyd Bishop / NBC
"It doesn't make me love my country less. It makes me love it more because I see all these people standing up for people like my dad. And it's just what this country is all about, you know, coming together as a community, loving each other, and just helping each other."
House Oversight Ranking Member @robertgarcia.bsky.social calls detention of landscaper Narciso Barranco, father of three Marines, "disgraceful." "You can rest assured that the Oversight Committee is going to ensure that we hold these folks accountable." @aliciamenendez.bsky.social
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“I want President Trump to know not all undocumented people are bad. Most of them are here, hardworking people who have raised children like myself, my brothers to love our country, to give back. We're willing to give the ultimate sacrifice. We swore an oath to the Constitution.”
more of our extended conversation with Alejandro Barranco, who had just visited his dad in ICE custody where he says he is “in a cage, you can say, with at least 70 other people. No privacy. One toilet. He's received water maybe once a day.” youtu.be/OgIXyY1xzho?...
“I promise you, it would have been a war crime.” that’s what Alejandro Barranco told me what would have happened if he treated a detainee when he was deployed to Afghanistan with the Marines like federal agents treated his father.
Alejandro Barranco, the Marine veteran, just left L.A.'s Metropolitan Detention Center where he was able to visit with his dad, Narciso, after he was detained over the weekend while working as a landscaper at IHOP. He'll join @nicollewallace.bsky.social and me on @msnbc.com at 5PMET. Tune in.
Alejandro says their family -- his two brothers are active duty Marines -- has a lawyer and they're working hard on making contact with their dad, who is at the Metropolitan Detention Center. He hasn't spoken with him since Sunday.
Spoke with Alejandro Barranco, Marine and son of Narciso, detained doing his landscaping job at an Orange County IHOP. Told me dad is "a kind person, hard working... a patriot. Loves this country. He always taught us the same thing. Just to love our country and always give back."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
this is exactly what Trump said they were going to do. “Mass Deportations Now.” thank you @nicollewallace.bsky.social for sharing this story.
what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
“He has always worked hard to put food on the table for us and my mom,” said Alejandro. “He was always careful and always did his taxes on time. He never caused any problems and he is known as a kind and helping person by everyone in our community.” santanero.org/2025/06/21/l...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-...
asked for an invite to VP Vance’s press conference here in L.A. today — his office said no.
VP Vance just called California Senator Alex Padilla “Jose Padilla” during his press conference in Los Angeles.
confirmed. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-...
highly recommend. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
if you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.
“What's happening is outrageous,” L.A. councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez told me. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
EXCLUSIVE: VP Vance may visit L.A. this week. Source with knowledge of federal law enforcement operations tells @nbcnews.com planning underway. Guard units federalized by Trump involved in planning for visit by high-level official, another said. Plans not final, subject to change.
Dodgers: This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.
federal agents at Dodger Stadium.
more, from my conversation today with @nicollewallace.bsky.social. youtu.be/sM3fIxyZ9OE
fact check.
confirming this report. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The Department of Homeland Security is reversing last week’s pause on immigration enforcement actions at agricultural and hotel worksites, per my colleague Gabe Gutierrez.
Ross shared these photos of his time in the Marines at Camp Pendleton.
Ross, the Marine I met at the protest on Saturday, and I met up today and he shared more about why he has protested Trump’s immigration crackdown daily — even after getting shot with less-lethal munitions. thank you @nicollewallace.bsky.social for having us. youtu.be/kWebOXEZJ6Y?...
"My parents came from Mexico... I was born here. I love this country. Don't get me wrong... I will fight for this country any day. But I'm also going to represent what runs through my blood."
my full conversation with Ross. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
Ross told me he enlisted in the Marines when he was 17 because he loves his country and to help his parents get a path to citizenship. protesting directly in front of Marines deployed by President Trump he told me "it makes me feel sad... a lot of Marines, they’re all Hispanic."
here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
cannot thank you all enough for your support of our work this past week. proud to be on the streets and with the people of my hometown. and grateful to @msnbc.com and my colleagues in our L.A. bureau. we will keep going. see you out there.
FIRST ON MSNBC: Sen. Alex Padilla’s full 20 minute interview after getting forcibly removed from a DHS press conference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Gd...
"That's ridiculous. It's a lie but par for the course for this administration," Padilla began. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
my full exclusive interview with Senator Alex Padilla after he was handcuffed at Sec. Noem's press conference today -- first on MSNBC. www.msnbc.com/the-beat-wit...
FIRST ON MSNBC: "It's all BS coming from Trump." Sen. Padilla gets emotional talking about the treatment of immigrants from the Trump administration hours after being forcibly removed from a DHS press conference.
FIRST ON MSNBC: "I introduced myself and said I had a question. Look, they said I wasn't wearing my pin — my polo says 'United States Senate.'" Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks about forcible removal from Department of Homeland Security press conference.
Senator Alex Padilla will join me live exclusively on MSNBC. Tune in.
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
here’s more on what happened in Ventura County when federal agents showed up to conduct immigration enforcement — reporting for @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
here’s more on what happened in Ventura County when federal agents showed up to conduct immigration enforcement — reporting for @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
President Trump’s federal agents are now chasing migrant farm workers through fields — and circling them with a CBP chopper normally used to track smuggling at the border — in the heart of the nation’s agricultural economy. here’s my report from Ventura County, California.
for important backstory and context to what is now unfolding, watch Errol Morris’ SEPARATED. tv.apple.com/us/movie/sep...
if you're a family member of a National Guard member or Marine deployed to L.A. and want to talk please get in touch.
there’s a lot of talk about how “gnarly” things are in L.A. right now. not at this interfaith vigil a few blocks from the protest. this is nice. ❤️
watch the full report with @nicollewallace.bsky.social here: youtu.be/BynOd6B7NFg?...
thank you @ndlon.bsky.social and Pablo for helping explain why this Home Depot street corner is essential to understanding what’s going on in Los Angeles.
'Arrest me': California's governor unfazed by threats of arrest by Tom Homan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
my full conversation tonight with Governor Newsom inside the L.A. County Emergency Operations Center. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
Homan tells me ICE agents will be out "every day" regardless of pushback amid widespread protests across Los Angeles County. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan, in Los Angeles, told me he thinks "someone is going to lose their life" here, that he hasn't ruled out asking DOJ to prosecute Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom and, despite reports to the contrary, "there was no one outside of schools." www.nbcnews.com/video/tom-ho...
“approximately 44 people” were administratively arrested and one person was arrested on an obstruction charge, Homeland Security Investigations said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
watch more: youtu.be/OFH4MWwugUI?...
live from the huge spontaneous anti-ICE protest after the agency used military-style tactics during a series of raids in Los Angeles today.
this is what having to stockpile rice cookers and air fryers and other household goods looks like for a small importer struggling to stay afloat due to President Trump’s tariffs. thank you @arimelber.bsky.social for helping us share this reporting today.
truck drivers are out of work — literally stuck sitting, waiting and in some cases going broke — because of Trump’s tariffs. here’s one of them. thank you @nicollewallace.bsky.social for the time to tell this story.
