Ariana Figueroa, Source NM

Ariana covers the nation's capital for States Newsroom. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections and campaign finance.
Source New Mexico is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
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The Trump administration paid El Salvador $4.76 million to detain approximately 300 immigrants.
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Attorneys for a group of 10 Guatemalan children who were nearly deported late last month asked a federal judge to grant protections for all unaccompanied minors in the care of a Department of Health and Human Services agency.