Gaby Del Valle

Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge, where she covers surveillance, the Department of Homeland Security, and the far right.

Bus of migrants arriving in New York City

The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet

The fact that asylum-seekers are being welcomed in the cities they’ve been sent to is good news, but they’ve still got immigration cases to win.

Sep 23, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

Screens showing surveillance video

DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens

The Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies are highly capable of keeping tabs on all of us—and they often do.

Sep 8, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

NYC Immigrant Rights rally

New York City Welcomes Migrants—and Criminalizes Them New York City Welcomes Migrants—and Criminalizes Them

By busing migrants to New York City, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has revealed the inherent contradictions of sanctuary cities, but not in the way he thinks.

Sep 6, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

Haitian migrants reaching out of a boat

Recent Migrant Deaths Highlight the Danger of Deterrence Recent Migrant Deaths Highlight the Danger of Deterrence

Deterrence is a failed strategy for reducing migration—while driving up the number of migrants who die trying to come to the United States.

Aug 17, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

Mourners at the site of the El Paso shooting

3 Years After the El Paso Shooting, “Environmental” Nativism Is Spreading 3 Years After the El Paso Shooting, “Environmental” Nativism Is Spreading

Racist attacks in which shooters claim to be motivated by environmental concerns are becoming increasingly common, as is the ideology behind them.

Aug 3, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse

Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse

Overcrowded detention facilities in the US risk exporting the virus to Central America.

Mar 23, 2020 / Gaby Del Valle and Jack Herrera

When Environmentalism Meets Xenophobia

When Environmentalism Meets Xenophobia When Environmentalism Meets Xenophobia

The conservative conservation movement’s dark history of racism and eugenics.

Nov 8, 2018 / Feature / Gaby Del Valle

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