
Jesús Marrero Suárez was a post-graduate investigative reporting fellow at the Justice Media Computational Journalism Co-Lab. At WBUR, he worked 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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Logan Airport is losing immigrant workers as Trump administration changes the rules
Airport service workers have been quietly let go as the Trump administration remakes immigration policy to narrow pathways into the workforce. Scores of workers have been impacted at Logan —...

Members of Congress call Afghan interpreter's detention by ICE a 'betrayal'
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Bill Keating expressed outrage at the treatment of a former Afghan interpreter for U.S. Armed Forces deployed against the Taliban, describing his arrest and...

FBI flagged former Afghan interpreter as alleged national security risk before ICE arrest
Masked agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Zia S. on July 16 outside an immigration office in East Hartford, Connecticut, following a routine appointment for his green card...

Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a...

How Trump’s big law impacts Massachusetts
From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key provisions may have an impact on residents and programs in...
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SJC rules Mass. must begin releasing unrepresented defendants from custody
On Sunday, there were 1,190 unrepresented defendants, 70 of whom were in custody, across the courts in Suffolk and Middlesex counties, according to a court filing.

With bar advocates on strike, more than 1,300 people lack defense in Mass. courts
The state’s high court will rule on whether to release people being held in custody with no defense.

U.S. wants to deport FBI informant who was set to testify in gang case in Mass.
The FBI brought a man from El Salvador to the U.S. to testify in a Massachusetts case against members of the notorious gang MS-13. The informant says he was promised...

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...