Jesús Marrero Suárez is a post-graduate investigative reporting fellow at the Justice Media Computational Journalism Co-Lab. At WBUR, he works closely with the Investigations team, using data-driven reporting to hold institutions to account.
Previously, he's written about the legacy of segregationist housing practices, accessibility improvements to T stations, silly street flyers, labor unions, car crashes, the impact of rising temperatures on communities of color and bears.
He spent a year writing breaking news at The Boston Globe and oversaw the delivery of two investigative pieces as a project manager for Justice Media. Before that, he served as campus editor at The Daily Free Press, Boston University's independent student newspaper.
Raised in Puerto Rico, Jesús is a native Spanish speaker, the son of Venezuelan immigrants and spends most of his free time on his phone.
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Öztürk arrives at Logan Airport after 6 weeks in ICE detention
A day after a federal judge ordered her release, Öztürk said: "America is the greatest democracy in the world and I believe in those values that we share."
Tufts student Öztürk released from Louisiana detention center on judge's order
Judge William Sessions made the order for Öztürk's release from the bench, saying he found serious claims "of both due process and first amendment violations" in her arrest in Somerville...
Federal appeals court rules immigration officials must bring Öztürk to Vermont by next week
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion by the federal government to delay or block the Tufts University doctoral student's transfer to Vermont for a bail hearing. The...
Federal appeals court weighs whether feds must return Tufts student to Vermont for hearing
Lawyers with the Department of Justice are fighting an order by a lower court to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont to attend her bail hearing in person.
Federal appeals court temporarily halts Öztürk’s transfer to Vermont
A federal judge in Vermont had ordered immigration officials to return the Tufts doctoral student to his court by May 1.
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Judge orders ICE to move detained Tufts student from Louisiana to Vermont by May 1
The judge's order also stated the constitutional concern raised by Rümeysa Öztürk and her attorneys warrant "full and fair consideration."
Judge denies Tufts student's release from detention in Louisiana
The Department of Homeland Security argued that Rümeysa Öztürk posed a flight risk. The Louisiana immigration judge agreed and determined she should continue to be held.
Federal judge in Boston blocks Trump administration's effort to revoke status of Haitians, others
Judge Indira Talwani had indicated last week in court that she planned to block the federal government's order. The Trump administration is likely to appeal.
Federal judge suggests Tufts student detained by ICE should return to Vermont for hearing
The matter before Judge William K. Sessions III concerns the Vermont federal court’s jurisdiction in a legal challenge to last month’s arrest of Turkish national Rümeysa Öztürk.
Tufts student details harrowing transport by ICE, lack of food and medical care in detention
Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention while they fight the revocation of her visa.