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• Our Mission

• The Problem We Solve

• What We Do

• Our Perspective

• Who We Are

Our Mission

Migrant Insider (MI) is the first Beltway news outlet fully dedicated to covering the immigration beat in English. Produced by migrants, MI offers a unique, authoritative voice on the politics and policies shaping the lives of migrants in a historically xenophobic era in our country.

The Problem We Solve

Before MI, there was no serious, full-time accountability press covering the immigration beat in Washington, D.C. — so it was easy for enforcement policy driven by sensationalist border narratives to dominate political beats. The lack of a dedicated immigration beat in the Beltway is a big reason why migrants are misunderstood and misrepresented. MI is obsessed with reversing this dynamic.

What We Do

We obsessively cover the people, politics, and power shaping migrant policy and politics in the Beltway. We fill a critical news gap the Washington press corps has long overlooked by querying the powerful, often on behalf of desperate communities living in the shadows. MI is obsessed asking questions from impacted migrants.

Our Perspective

MI’s editorial strength on the immigration beat comes mostly from two places:

• Our Sourcing: We are insanely connected in the Beltway. This is true at the White House, in Congress, the agencies, and in advocacy. Beyond the capital, we are constantly connecting with impacted migrants and their allies whose stories help inform our coverage.

• Our Authenticity: As a newsroom of migrants reporting on migrant affairs, we bring a deep, lived understanding of the stakes and consequences of policy decisions. We aren’t here to regurgitate hate speech but to hold it accountable, pushing past the rhetoric to analyze and report on real impacts and outcomes.

Who We Are

MI is created and produced by Pablo Manríquez, a Congressional correspondent for Vanity Fair, The New Republic, and other great American news outlets — with occasional assists from his primos. Pablo’s experience and connections in Washington gives MI the informed, impactful coverage to a topic often overlooked by the Beltway press.

Questions? Email us at [email protected].