Erin Siegal
Reporter, Fronteras DeskErin Siegal is part of the Fronteras Desk reporting team, based in San Diego at KPBS. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, a Soros Justice Fellow, and a Redux Pictures photographer. She was a 2008-2009 fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Erin is the author of the award-winning book Finding Fernanda, (Beacon Press 2012), which examines organized crime and child trafficking in international adoption between Guatemala and the U.S. Previously, she wrote a column on public records and government accountability for the Columbia Journalism Review, "The FOIA Watchdog." She's contributed to various media outlets, including Univision, the New York Times, Time, Reuters, Newsweek, O Magazine, Businessweek, Rolling Stone, and more. She lives in Tijuana, Mexico. When she's not eating tacos or working, Erin can be found along the border at Rancho Los Amigos, riding horses and smoking cigars with her favorite vaqueros.
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Premieres Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Italians really do eat spaghetti and meatballs! We head to Abruzzo to learn the ancient origins of this all-American dish. Plus, we share two more red sauce recipes with surprising origin stories: Charred Red-Sauce Spaghetti (Spaghetti all'Assassina) and Slow-Cooked Short Rib Ragu with Pasta. -
NPR en españolLa medida llega después de que la semana pasada el Departamento de Justicia realizó cambios sobre quién podría calificar como juez de inmigración temporal, reduciendo efectivamente los requisitos y eliminando la necesidad de tener experiencia previa en inmigración. -
Even after a federal court ruled his use of the National Guard in LA was illegal, the president has weighed sending troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans. Here's where things stand in those cities. -
Tune in for a new season 9 of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television! From the original spaghetti and meatballs to bright Malaysian curries to Mexican street food, the ninth season brings culinary inspiration from more than 20 countries around the world. -
La ACLU y la Unión de Campesinos presentaron una moción alegando que la Patrulla Fronteriza violó una orden judicial destinada a frenar la discriminación racial y los arrestos ilegales sin orden judicial en el Valle Central. -
Gregory Bovino, exjefe de la Patrulla Fronteriza, ahora dirige operativos migratorios en Los Ángeles bajo Trump, con redadas rápidas y armadas que han provocado protestas y demandas por perfil racial.
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