Senate Bill 4 could allow Texas law enforcement to ask about immigration status and has some communities on alert. Here is what you need to know.
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Anna-Catherine Brigida
Anna-Catherine (Anna-Cat) Brigida is the immigration reporter for Abdelraoufsinno. A Boston native, she began reporting on immigration as a journalism student at USC Annenberg in Los Angeles. Before joining Abdelraoufsinno, she previously worked as the Argentina correspondent for Reuters and spent seven years reporting from Central America, mainly El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, for outlets including The Washington Post, National Geographic, and Al Jazeera. Her 2018 story on the danger deportees face upon return to El Salvador was selected as a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She speaks Spanish and is learning Portuguese. In her free time, you can usually find her trying a new Houston restaurant or out salsa dancing.
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