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Daniella Silva

Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.

Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.


Latest from Daniella Silva

5d ago

Three times as many people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago this year as migrant numbers surged

Nearly 19,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago in January, more than three times as many as last year, as the city struggled to manage the thousands of newly arrived migrants in its shelter system.
7d ago

New Mexico police arrest 11-year-old boy on allegations of monthlong crime spree

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrested an 11-year-old boy on allegations that the child went on a violent monthlong crime spree.
7d ago

NYPD officer accused of shooting driver in New Jersey road rage incident

A New York City police officer has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he shot another man in an apparent road rage incident in New Jersey, prosecutors said.

New Mexico police arrest 11-year-old boy on allegations of monthlong crime spree

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrested an 11-year-old boy on allegations that the child went on a violent monthlong crime spree, including car burglaries and shootings.
14d ago

The number of deaths in ICE custody is already more than double all of last year

Ten people have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody so far this fiscal year, more than twice as many as last year and three times as many as the year before, according to ICE data and news releases.
17d ago

Denver launches migrant support program in shift from short-term shelter

After months of responding to its growing migrant community by sheltering new arrivals for limited periods of time, Denver has begun rolling out a new strategy designed to help people transition into more stable lives in the city by providing six months of housing, job training, language instruction and legal support in filing asylum claims.

Louisiana governor signs bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

The governor of Louisiana signed a bill on Friday that adds two medications commonly used to induce abortions to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances.
24d ago

NYC begins evicting some migrants from shelter system after 30 days

New York City began a new policy Wednesday to evict some migrants from shelters within 30 days, or 60 days for younger adults.

Louisiana House passes bill to make abortion pills a controlled dangerous substance

The Louisiana House approved a bill Tuesday that would add two medications commonly used to induce abortions to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, making possession of the drugs without valid prescriptions a crime punishable by fines, jail time or both.
28d ago

College students who protested and those who didn't share in disappointment at response from schools

After a semester marked by sweeping protests on college campuses across the nation that raised questions about freedom of speech, how universities confront allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia and how they invest, some students who experienced the demonstrations say they have been left disappointed by how their universities responded.
36d ago

An asylum-seeker who died in ICE custody was sick for months. Advocates fear other ill people are not getting proper care.

A man who died earlier this year in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody had been sick for months, his condition seeming to worsen as he was held at a troubled detention center in Louisiana, advocates say and ICE records show.