We, a coalition of 40 civil-society and press-freedom organizations, condemn the arrest and detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We urge ICE to release her immediately.
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Media Contact: Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033
WASHINGTON — The NewsGuild-CWA joined a class action lawsuit with the ACLU of Minnesota, Status Coup News, longtime Minneapolis residents and others to uphold the rights of the Minnesotans and journalists who have been obstructed and targeted by the federal government for exercising their First Amendment rights. The suit is supported by pro bono partners Ciresi Conlin, Forsgren Fisher, and Riach Law.
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Learn what your rights are on the job if ICE comes to your workplace. Hear how CWA members responded to ICE raids in Minneapolis.
Join District 6 Human Rights, District 9 and TNG-CWA for a one-hour Town Hall focused on informing members of their rights on the job as union members and as individuals in the face of ICE presence at their workplace, in their community, or in their homes.
All CWA Members and allies are invited!
Join us on February 25, 2026, at 5 pm PT / 6 pm MT / 7 pm CT / 8 pm ET
Update: We didn’t share Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco’s name at the time of this press release to protect him and his family. But now his family is public. We join his family, friends, coworkers and fellow Guild members in calling for his immediate release. The best thing you can do is donate to support his family and his legal fight. Donate to support Paco
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Member remains in ICE custody in Texas
MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, TNG-CWA Local 37002, as part of Operation Metro Surge.
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October 9, 2025
Media Contact: Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org | (202) 445-4033
CHICAGO – Today, a federal judge barred Department of Homeland Security agents, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs & Border Patrol, from using force against journalists and protesters who don’t pose a threat to agents. A full copy of the lawsuit and restraining order can be found here.
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Violence against journalists continues to be committed by the United States government.
The Chicago Guild joined others in suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for attacking journalists. The suit was filed yesterday and comes after repeated clashes between protestors and ICE agents at a facility in Broadview. Federal agents targeted several Guild members while reporting on the clashes despite being visibly identified as members of the press.
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Chicago NewsGuild joins federal lawsuit to stop ICE and DHS agents from targeting reporters at Broadview protests. The Guild release the following statement:
Guild members each day do the hard and sometimes dangerous work of reporting the news in our region. The past few weeks, the repeated clashes between protestors and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE facility in Broadview has been one of the top headlines, and our members are the ones doing the reporting.
Media Contact: Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033
WASHINGTON (June 11) — The NewsGuild-CWA, representing more than 28,000 journalists and other workers across North America, released the following statement from Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, on the police targeting of reporters in Los Angeles:
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