2025-2026 JSK Fellow Journalist & Photographer
Chicago, IL
Joined August 2015
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Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
At least 10 people were arrested at check-ins under an ICE monitoring program for immigrants and an alderman said he was thrown to the ground by agents while protesting the arrests.
via @francialgh & photos by @photosbysebas/@BlockClubCHI
blockclubchicago.org/2025/06…
I’m a truly humbled to build community with 2025-2026 John S. Knight Journalism Fellows at @JSKstanford
What do these 16 journalists working on some of the biggest issues in media have in common? They’re all part of the 2026 JSK Journalism Fellowship. 👏👏 Please help us welcome them to Stanford! buff.ly/8efUD6V
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Immigration policy hits incredibly hard on local communities. I’m thrilled to announce I'm joining @injusticewatch, where I’ll investigate the hidden machinery of the Chicago Immigration Court and examine how immigrants interact with Cook County courts. injusticewatch.org/staff-new…
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
✨️ We’re so proud to share that four of our Civic Reporting fellows were recently named finalists for the @headlineclub's #LisagorAwards for their work covering Migrant Labor.
Check out their reporting here:
citybureau.org/migrant-labor
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Migrants in Ciudad Juárez who were waiting for their 1 pm CBP1 parole appointments learned 20 minutes ago that the app has shut down & those appointments are no longer valid.
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
*HEALTH/SCIENCE*
🔹@emilyhoerner and @lschencker, @chicagotribune
*IMMIGRATION*
🔹@MauricioPena, @KatrinaPham_, @nissarhee and @PhotosBySebas, @Borderless_Mag
*INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING*
🔹@agrimm34, @SunTimes
*INVESTIGATIONS*
🔹Emily Hoerner and Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Labor + the left have had so many losses since '68. That has consequences. For 50+ yrs the right has won and consolidated power. Ofc things wont suddenly turn our way. Its gonna take much sharper strategy, unity, and resources. There's no evidence we've built that yet on the left
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
If you tell a people so many times that they are horrible and criminals, they will turn away from their own people and run towards whiteness.
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
After a person reports their loved one as missing, how long does it take for officers to show up for a preliminary investigation?
Currently the Chicago Police Department’s missing persons data makes it difficult to answer this question definitively.
chicagomissingpersons.com/no…
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: On Jan. 10, 2024, a video recording shows Luis, a Venezuelan day laborer, being placed in handcuffs & walked toward a Home Depot building by security personnel.
He was dragged into a security room and allegedly beaten by an off-duty police officer working security.
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Eréndira Rendón, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project, advocates for an initiative to provide employment authorization for all undocumented immigrants. citybureau.org/newswire/2024…
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Five recently arrived migrants say criminal trespassing enforcement at a Southwest Side Home Depot has escalated to physical assaults by security personnel, including multiple off-duty Chicago Police officers.
✍️ @PhotosBySebas
citybureau.org/newswire/2024…
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Pick up a copy of @chicagoreader this week for a print version of the @city_bureau article from Civic Reporting fellow @PhotosBySebas on allegations off-duty Chicago police officers have beaten, choked and threatened migrants looking for work at Home Depot.
ALT Cover of the Aug. 8, 2024 edition of the Chicago Reader
ALT First page of the City Bureau article in the Reader this week.
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
Our reporting work from the City Bureau winter fellowship cycle is making rounds and @PhotosBySebas story is front and center!
miamiherald.com/news/nation-…
Read my first investigative story about abuses day laborers sustained by off-duty cops working as security personnel at the Home Depot hiring site on Western Blvd.
Special TY to @city_bureau. Especially the goat @sarahanneconway and @arielfab
blockclubchicago.org/2024/08…
the allegations in the above tweet are outlined in this story/lawsuit from interviews with multiple migrant workers: blockclubchicago.org/2024/08…
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Day laborers say they are being beaten, harassed and targeted by off-duty Chicago police working security at a Southwest Side Home Depot.
✍️ Exclusive coverage from our reporting fellow @PhotosBySebas citybureau.org/newswire/2024…
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
During the pandemic, trust broke down, violent crime rose, and 1 in 20 American adults decided to buy a gun for the 1st time.
I wrote about who they were, and why they decided to arm themselves, for @voxdotcom
vox.com/policy/353878/new-gu…
ALT A group of students taking a concealed carry class in Chicago, Ill.
Sebastián Hidalgo y Salinas retweeted
.@City_bureau’s winter fellows are hosting their Public Newsroom about migrant labor today at the @chicagoartdept. Panel ft. @chi_temps, @LatinoUnionChi and @RaiseTheFloor. – at Chicago, IL
