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Reynaldo Leanos Jr.

Reynaldo Leanos Jr. is a freelance multimedia journalist living in New York City. His work has been featured on PRI's Global Nation and The World, NPR's Latino USA, NBC Latino and KUT's Texas Standard. He is from the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas near the Mexico border, where he reported on immigration on the southern border and Latino culture.Reynaldo graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos, where he studied journalism and international studies.  He is now studying at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and specializing in international reporting.
Woman in bandana leans over jars of green beans with permanent marker, writing on tops
Health
Four months of food aid in Puerto Rico brought too much salt and sugar, say some recipients
Man holding up ID card for medical school
Justice
DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly
Workers raise a fence in front of white kevlar tents
Justice
A private prison company with a troubled past looks to reopen an immigration detention facility in Texas
View from back of classroom, with backs of children and teacher in front
Business
In the age of Trump, fewer lenders want to provide this med student with student loans
Back of agent looking over river
Justice
This underground railroad took slaves to freedom in Mexico
Young man making art on a wall
Justice
A 19-year-old undocumented student — authorized to be in the US — was detained and then let go by federal agents
Front of building with sign for Prairieland Detention Center
Economics
In a small Texas town, a new private detention center for transgender migrants brings jobs — and concerns
Man in suit standing next to school sign
Education
Halfway through med school, undocumented students worry Trump will derail their progress
Gallegos
Election 2016
‘I don’t think that being of a certain ethnicity should decide who you’re going to [vote for]’
People sitting at a bar with a screen showing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton above
Election 2016
Texas is now a swing state, but here’s why these voters are sticking with Trump
Front of Adelanto detention center with GEO Group sign
Justice
California’s governor vetoed a bill that would stop privately run migrant detention. What now?
Woman on street holds sign showing farmworkers marching in black and white photo
Justice
50 years later, protesters re-enact a farmworker strike that is scarcely mentioned in the history books
An exterior photo shows a privately operated US government detention facility in rural Karnes County, about 60 miles southeast of San Antonio, Texas, July 31, 2014.
Global Politics
DHS will review its relationship with private prison companies, but there are many questions about what comes next
A simple bed with a colorful blanket
Justice
Advocates say another privately operated immigration detention center for women and children is the wrong approach