Good morning! This week, a simple question at the Capitol turned into one of our most-watched moments yet. On Tuesday, I asked House Speaker Mike Johnson about Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show. His answer — that he’d prefer Lee Greenwood as a “role model” — was blunt, revealing, and very telling about the culture clash running through politics today.
The iPhone reel of that exchange didn’t just stay on Instagram. It’s now been viewed tens of millions of times, shared by our readers across the country, and even made it into late-night monologues — Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday (8:24), Desi Lydic on The Daily Show on Thursday (2:28).
But this week marks another milestone for Migrant Insider: our one-year anniversary.
We launched in October 2024 — a soft launch before the election was even decided, when much of Washington still assumed Kamala Harris would beat Donald Trump. A month later, on election night, I stood at Howard University, surrounded by students who also believed Harris was about to succeed Joe Biden in the White House. That night, as the outcome shifted, I knew my purpose for the next four years would be the immigration beat. It’s been my obsession since I arrived in D.C. for Obama’s first inaugural back in 2009.
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Twelve months later, Migrant Insider has broken scoops in Congress, at the White House, and inside the Supreme Court. We’ve become a trusted stop for readers across the spectrum — and, increasingly, for Hollywood celebrities, journalists, and policymakers who follow our work every day.
Migrant Insider the only migrant news outlet in Washington. The only ones to question Trump, Johnson, Schumer, Thune, and Tom Homan — on the record, to their faces. We don’t flinch, we punch up. That’s why Migrant Insider is where America is beginning to turn for migrant news, especially about ICE.
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To keep growing, we need your help. If you’re a free subscriber, consider upgrading to paid today — it’s the best way to support immigration reporting that doesn’t flinch.
Also, please follow us on Instagram where our growth has been explosive over the last couple of months, adding tens of thousands of new followers and amassing tens of millions of views on our videos.
And soon, we’ll send out our first-ever reader surveys to both free and paid subscribers. When they land in your inbox, please take a few minutes to fill them out. Your feedback will help shape the next year of Migrant Insider, as we expand into video and continue pressing power where it counts.
A year ago, we set out to tell immigration stories with urgency and clarity. Today, thanks to you, we’re doing just that — and while thousands will read this update in our news letter, the world is watching our videos, too. And we’re just getting started.
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