Tiziana Rinaldi

Journalist

Tiziana Rinaldi is an award-winning journalist and a television producer. Her credits include covering the Bronx for Courier Life Publications/News Corp. and staff positions at ABC News, Lightworks Producing Group, RAI-Radio Televisione Italiana and the U.S. Bureau of the national Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. She's a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Recent Stories

Justice

When the government wrongly deports people, coming back to the US is almost impossible

PRI's The World

July 26, 2018

It took 16 years for Herberth Cortez Gaitan to have his asylum case heard, 9 more for him to be deported — and 2 years for him to return to the US after a federal court found that immigration judges had made a mistake.

In Trump's America

In New York, volunteers engage in a quiet form of advocacy for immigrants facing deportation

PRI's The World

July 04, 2018

The New Sanctuary Coalition has been training people to accompany immigrants to check-ins and court dates for 11 years. Since Trump took office, they’re volunteer base is growing.

Global Politics

Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.

PRI's The World

March 26, 2018

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03/27/2018 - 4:15pm

A small immigration program for Liberians in the US will expire at the end of March. Minnesota economists and health care companies say their losing immigration status will have an outsized effect.

Justice

An immigrant detainee is sent over 1,000 miles away from his family and lawyer — and fights to return

PRI's The World

January 24, 2018

Prominent immigrant advocate Ravi Ragbir was detained in New York City, but agents sent him to Florida after saying that they would deport him. A judge told the government to bring him back while his case is being heard.

Justice

A prominent immigrant advocate has been detained by immigration agents in New York City

PRI's The World

January 11, 2018

Ravi Ragbir, director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, was taken into custody during a check-in with the federal government.

Jobs

DACA recipients saw their mental health improve. Now, advocates fear its end will have the opposite effect.

PRI's The World

November 22, 2017

A UC Davis researcher says they won’t know for sure until their research is complete, but worry that those who lose DACA status will be at risk for anxiety, hopelessness, embarrassment, sadness, shame and self-blame.

Justice

The Supreme Court is considering whether immigrants detained for more than six months should have a chance at bail

PRI's The World

October 04, 2017

In criminal law, people have the right to a bail hearing while they await trial. The Supreme Court is deciding if immigrants have that same right while they fight deportation.

Conflict

Immigration limbo is a ‘tug of emotions.’ It’s also a mental health issue.

PRI's The World

August 22, 2017

With millions of lives in immigration limbo, the long-term effects of uncertainty are beginning to worry mental health experts.

Justice

As immigration detention soars, 2.3 million people are also regularly checking in with immigration agents

PRI's The World

May 23, 2017

Millions of people in the US live their lives in limbo, under the “supervision” of federal agents and the uncertainty of whether they will be deported. One couple is asking: When can we have children?

Justice

It's good news and bad news for an immigrant advocate facing deportation

PRI's The World

March 10, 2017

After an hour-long check-in with immigration agents, Ravi Ragbir was released. The catch? He has to return in a month with his travel documents.

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