Samantha Grasso
Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.
‘Permit Patty’ lied and really did call 911 on a Black 8-year-old
Yikes.
On Jun 29, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
‘Pool Patrol Paula’ assaults Black teenager who ‘didn’t belong’ at pool
She assaulted a teenager, then assaulted two police officers who arrested her for the first assault.
On Jun 28, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Heartbreaking audio reveals mom trying to cheer up child detained at border
‘Be happy and… Go with God, baby.’
Blogger slain moments after hosting seminar on online harassment—allegedly by internet troll
Police have arrested a man claiming to be the blogger’s internet troll.
On Jun 27, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Trump has 30 days to reunite thousands of immigrant children with their parents
Federal judge rules that the government cannot separate families.
‘PermitPatty’s attack on 8-year-old bites her own marijuana business in the grass (updated)
Northern California dispensaries are dropping Permit Patty.
On Jun 26, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Supreme Court rules anti-abortion centers can continue not informing women of their options
The First Amendment protects the right to mislead, apparently.
Viral video shows racist woman calling Mexican landscaper a rapist, drug dealer
That totally isn’t the same rhetoric Trump used, nope.
Where is the little girl crying in that viral border photo?
ICE and border patrol won’t say.
On Jun 21, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
This is what will happen to the 2,300 children already separated from their parents
The Trump administration had no reunification procedure to begin with.
Portlanders surround ICE office in days-long protest (updated)
Protesters say they have blocked employees ‘from returning home to their families.’
On Jun 20, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Corey Lewandowski mocks 10-year-old immigrant with Down syndrome: ‘Womp, womp’
The internet wants to ‘womp, womp’ on the former Trump campaign chief.
White woman evokes ‘slavery wasn’t that bad’ narrative to argue for Confederate-named park
Yes, please go on, tell us how it was for Black slaves, present-day white woman.
On Jun 19, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Jeff Sessions makes weak explanation for why U.S. border situation isn’t Nazi Germany
He offered a flippant response to the trauma of thousands.
Video of Texas border processing facility shows children in cages
More than 1,000 children have been separated from their parents at this facility.
On Jun 18, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
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