A Diary of Harm

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Tohono O'odham Nation — Sacred Land Destruction

  Topic: Indigenous tribal members whose ancestral lands and burial grounds were bisected by wall construction

  Resource: "The Wall" — Showtime Documentary (2020)

  URL: https://www.hcn.org/articles/tohono-oodham-fight-border-wall-on-sacred-sovereign-lands/

• Texas Ranchers — Eminent Domain Seizure

  Topic: Multi-generational ranchers who lost family land to wall construction

  Resource: "Whose Land?" — Texas Monthly (2018–2019)

  URL: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/texas-big-bend-border-wall-property-rights-eminent-domain/

• Wildlife Biologists — Ecosystem Destruction

  Topic: Scientists documenting jaguar migration disruption and endangered species habitat loss

  Resource: "The Jaguar and the Wall" — National Geographic (2019)

  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/science/jaguars-are-ready-to-come-back-the-border-wall-might-stop-them.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/illegal-border-barrier-threatens-wildlife-arizona-mexico-border

• Border Community Business Owners — Economic Collapse

  Topic: Small business owners in Rio Grande Valley whose cross-border commerce was destroyed

  URL: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2026/01/26/mexican-crossing-retail.html

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• U.S. Citizen Children — Orphaned by Deportation

  Topic: American children whose undocumented parents were deported, now in foster care or with relatives

  Resource: "Separated" — Jacob Soboroff

  https://www.harpercollins.com/products/separated-jacob-soboroff?variant=32903736295458 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqeaTp2lgQ&t=101s

• Workplace Raid Victims — Guatemalan Meatpacking Workers

  Topic: Workers arrested in Tennessee meatpacking raids, children left at school

  Resource: "Workplace Raids" — PBS NewsHour (2018–2019)

  https://www.nilc.org/resources/mapping-worksite-raids-under-the-trump-administration/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-hundreds-of-migrant-children-remain-separated-from-their-parents

• Sanctuary Church Residents — Living in Hiding

  Topic: Undocumented immigrants living in churches for sanctuary, ICE staking out churches

  Resource: "The Sanctuary" — The Guardian / Jeanette Vizguerra story

  URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/jeanette-vizguerra-ice-colorado

• Sanctuary City Officials — Federal Funding Cuts

  Topic: City officials in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York facing federal defunding threats

  Resource: "Sanctuary Under Siege" — Penn Manifold

  URL: https://penn.manifoldapp.org/read/sanctuary-under-siege-examining-sanctuary-promises-in-a-time-of-racialized-immigration-enforcement/section/b2f50402-504a-4d08-886d-7447080603d6

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Iranian Students — Stranded at Airports

  Topic: 12,000+ Iranian students mid-semester unable to return to U.S. universities

  Resource: New York Times

  URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/us/iran-students-deported-border.html

• Iraqi Interpreters — Betrayed Military Allies

  Topic: Hameed Darweesh and other Iraqi SIV holders who risked lives for U.S. military, detained at JFK

  Resource: The Independent

  URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-immigration-ban-iraqi-refugee-hameed-khalid-darweesh-a7551261.html

• Syrian Refugees — Indefinite Ban

  Topic: Syrian families fleeing active war zone, indefinitely banned from U.S. resettlement

  Resource: 'All our hopes and dreams vanished' — Syrian refugees devastated as Trump bans them

  URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/syrian-refugees-shocked-muslim-ban

• Somali-Americans — Minneapolis Community Frozen

  Topic: 150,000+ Somali-Americans in Minneapolis unable to reunite with family members

  Resource: Somali girl reunited with family after being separated as an infant and barred from U.S. under Trump travel ban

  URL: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/02/02/somali-girl-reunited-with-family-after-being-barred-from-us-under-trump-travel-ban

• Medical Emergency Cases — Iranian Cancer Patient

  Topic: Iranian nationals denied entry for life-saving medical treatment in U.S.

  Resource: Health Impacts of Restrictive Migration Policies: A Qualitative Study of Highly Educated Iranian Immigrants and International Students in the U.S.

  URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12882853/

• Iranian Biologist — Harvard Postdoc Abandoned

  Topic: Iranian biologist with 200+ academic citations forced to abandon Harvard postdoctoral position due to travel ban

  Resource: Times of India (2025)

  URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-travel-ban-hits-top-talent-iranian-biologist-with-more-than-200-citations-forced-to-abandon-harvard-postdoc/articleshow/125949540.cms

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Yemeni-Americans — Family Stranded as Refugees in Djibouti, Leading to Suicide

  Topic: A U.S. citizen's family was denied visas under Trump's travel ban. Fleeing Yemen, they lived under extortionate prices in Djibouti. The travel ban placed unbearable stress on income in America. Then he died by suicide.

  Resource: NBC News

  URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-citizen-s-family-was-denied-visas-under-trump-n895381

  When the US embassy closed in Sana'a in February 2015, Yemeni visa processing largely moved to the embassy in Djibouti, substantially increasing the costs and risks required to apply for family reunification visas. The risks include a precarious 17-hour overland journey from Sana'a to Aden, followed by a 13-hour crossing of the Red Sea by boat. The costs include leaving one's employment and investing up to tens of thousands of dollars to pay for rent, food and utilities during the long wait in Djibouti — in many cases more than a year — for a consulate interview.

  Additional Resource: The Muslim Ban and Trump's War on Immigration

  URL: https://www.merip.org/2020/06/the-muslim-ban-and-trumps-war-on-immigration-2/

• Warsan — A Somalian Refugee's Testimony

  Topic: Voices of the Banned: The Trump Administration's Exclusion of Muslims Seeking Refuge

  I lived with my husband and children in Mogadishu, where we owned a small store. In 2008, the violence of the civil war was intense, stores were ransacked, and houses were abandoned. My husband was murdered. Then my husband's family demanded that I marry his brother. I fled with my children to Ethiopia. My husband's brother followed me to the refugee camp there and, while I was in the hospital with my youngest child, took my other children back to Somalia. My eldest son managed to escape and bring them back to Ethiopia.

  Through the refugee resettlement program, I was able to come to the United States and then applied for my children to follow me. I applied for all four of them to come, but only my three younger children arrived in March 2018. Though I have asked many times, I still don't know what is holding my eldest son, now 19, back in Addis Ababa. He is alone there. I worry about him, because of the danger there and my inability to reach him, because of blocked phone service, and his fear of even picking up the money I send him, worried he will be targeted.

  "He remembers the death of his father, the attempts by his uncle to take the children, escaping back to Ethiopia. He has nightmares and went through all of this; he's the one that deserves most to come here as a refugee." — Warsan

  I feel like part of my body is ripped off from me, like an arm. He is the oldest. He who suffered the most in Somalia remains in danger. My other children are adjusting and don't remember as much. They are drifting away — they have a future life here — while my eldest, their own brother, is still back there, afraid for his life.

  Source: Refugees International — Voices of the Banned

  URL: https://www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-briefs/voices-of-the-banned-the-trump-administrations-exclusion-of-muslims-seeking-refuge/

• Sudanese Students — Academic Disruption

  Topic: Sudanese students unable to return to U.S. universities mid-semester

  Resource: A Sudanese doctoral student can't return to UMD because of Trump's travel ban

  URL: https://dbknews.com/0999/12/31/arc-bysb2ztionhvzj4euwhyvg5ofu/

• Supreme Court Case — Hawaii v. Trump Plaintiffs

  Topic: Plaintiffs in successful Supreme Court challenge (later overturned)

  Resource: Supreme Court oral arguments and plaintiff interviews

  URL: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/585/17-965/

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Congolese Refugees — Frozen in Camps

  Topic: 20,000+ approved Congolese refugees frozen in Uganda/Tanzania camps during 120-day suspension

  Resource: These Refugees Escaped Congo, but Trump's Policies May Strand Loved Ones — New York Times

  URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/politics/trump-refugees-montana.html

• Burmese Rohingya — Stateless in Bangladesh

  Topic: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps, resettlement suspended during genocide

  Resource: Rohingya in Bangladesh will not be forced back to Myanmar — Al Jazeera

  URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/15/rohingya-in-bangladesh-will-not-be-forced-back-to-myanmar

• Afghan SIV Applicants — Enhanced Vetting Delays

  Topic: Afghan interpreters facing additional 90-day review despite already extensive vetting

  Resource: The Afghan SIV Program: Legally Required, Improperly Halted — Afghan Evac

  URL: https://afghanevac.org/siv-current-state

• Resettlement Agency Workers — Program Shutdown

  Topic: Resettlement workers at IRC, World Relief forced to close offices during suspension

  Resource: World Relief Announces the Layoff of 140+ Staff and Closure of Five Local Offices Due to the Trump Administration's Reduction in Refugee Resettlements in the U.S. — February 15, 2017

  URL: https://worldrelief.org/world-relief-announces-the-layoff-of-140-staff-and-closure-of-five-local-offices-due-to-the-trump-administrations-reduction-in-refugee-resettlements-in-the-us/

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Guatemalan Indigenous Mothers — Children Stolen

  Topic: 700–800 Guatemalan Mayan mothers separated from children, many deported without them

  Resource: Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says — AP News

  URL: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-unaccompanied-children-trump-deportations-guatemala-33521b90e77dcd0b33e7eb5c337e1afd

• Tender Age Shelter Children — Infants in Detention

  Topic: Babies and toddlers detained separately from parents in "tender age" facilities

  Resource: Inside Tornillo: The expanded tent city for migrant children — NBC News

  URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/inside-tornillo-expanded-tent-city-migrant-children-n919431

• ProPublica Audio — Children Crying for Parents

  Topic: Audio recording of children crying in detention facility that sparked national outrage

  Resource: ProPublica "Children Crying in Detention" (2018)

  URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy

• Parents Deported Without Children — Still Separated

  Topic: Honduran and Salvadoran parents deported to home countries while children remain in U.S.

  Resource: How Trump's Policy Change Separated Migrant Children From Their Parents — New York Times Interactive

  URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/20/us/border-children-separation.html

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Federal DEI Trainers — Programs Cancelled

  Topic: Diversity trainers whose federal contracts were cancelled mid-program

  Resource: Trump Administration Bans Contractors from Providing Certain Types of Diversity Training

  URL: https://governmentcontractsnavigator.com/2020/09/24/trump-administration-bans-contractors-from-providing-certain-types-of-diversity-training/

• Federal Employees — Reporting Hotline

  Topic: Federal workers who reported colleagues for "divisive" training, creating hostile environment

  Resource: Fed Contractors Ordered to End 'Divisive' Diversity Training — Bloomberg Law

  URL: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/federal-contractors-ordered-to-end-divisive-diversity-training

• HBCU Faculty — Research Grant Impact

  Topic: Historically Black College faculty whose diversity-focused research grants were threatened

  Resource: Trump Executive Order Could Make HBCUs Ineligible for Nearly All Federal Funding

  URL: https://educationnewsflash.substack.com/p/trump-executive-order-could-make?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

  The definition is dangerously broad and clears the way for the government to hold businesses back from federal funding if they venture too far into reverse sociopolitical engineering of systems and cultures built by historical racism. It could also allow for a nearly instant and horrific reversal of programs created to support historically Black colleges and universities.

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Venezuelan TPS Holders — 600,000 Facing Deportation

  Topic: Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status facing deportation to Maduro dictatorship

  Resource: Monitor current news — interviews being conducted now (2025)

  URL: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/venezuelan-migrants-united-states (background)

• Mixed-Status Families — U.S. Citizen Children

  Topic: American children whose undocumented parents are prioritized for deportation under "maximum enforcement"

  Resource: Monitor ACLU, immigration legal clinics for current interviews

  URL: https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights (ongoing documentation)

• Sanctuary Jurisdiction Officials — Federal Defunding

  Topic: City and state officials facing federal funding cuts for non-cooperation

  Resource: Monitor local news in sanctuary cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, San Francisco)

  URL: Local news outlets conducting ongoing interviews

• ICE Detention Expansion — Detained Individuals

  Topic: Individuals detained in expanded detention facilities under maximum capacity directive

  Resource: Monitor The Marshall Project, detention facility reporting

  URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/1343-immigration-detention

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Texas National Guard Members — Border Deployment

  Topic: National Guard troops deployed to border under state/federal coordination

  Resource: Monitor Texas Tribune, military news outlets

  URL: https://www.texastribune.org/series/texas-border-security/ (ongoing coverage)

• Border Community Residents — Militarization Impact

  Topic: Residents of Texas border towns experiencing military presence

  Resource: Monitor Texas Monthly, local border news

  URL: Local Texas border news outlets

• Asylum Seekers — State Enforcement Encounters

  Topic: Migrants encountering state-level enforcement with federal backing

  Resource: Monitor Human Rights Watch, border advocacy organizations

  URL: https://www.hrw.org/topic/migrants (ongoing documentation)

• Constitutional Law Experts — Invasion Clause Analysis

  Topic: Legal scholars analyzing unprecedented use of Constitutional Invasion Clause

  Resource: Monitor law school symposia, legal journals

  URL: Academic legal publications

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Sinaloa/Jalisco Residents — Regional Stigmatization

  Topic: Mexican nationals from cartel-designated regions facing visa denials and suspicion

  Resource: Monitor Mexican news outlets, immigration attorneys

  URL: https://www.proceso.com.mx/ (Mexican news — Spanish)

• Salvadoran Youth — MS-13 False Accusations

  Topic: Young Salvadorans wrongly accused of gang membership based on tattoos, neighborhood

  Resource: Monitor immigration legal clinics, public defenders

  URL: https://www.nilc.org/ (National Immigration Law Center — ongoing cases)

• Venezuelan Community — Tren de Aragua Stigma

  Topic: All Venezuelans facing suspicion due to gang designation

  Resource: Monitor Venezuelan-American community organizations

  URL: Venezuelan-American community centers (Miami, Houston, NYC)

• Remittance Senders — Financial Sanctions Impact

  Topic: Families unable to send money to relatives due to SDGT financial restrictions

  Resource: Monitor financial services reporting, immigrant advocacy groups

  URL: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/ (ongoing analysis)

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Remain in Mexico (MPP) — Asylum Seekers in Danger

  Topic: Families forced to wait in dangerous Mexican border cities (Tijuana, Juarez, Matamoros)

  Another father spoke about his experience with U.S. authorities. His evaluation stated that when the father was apprehended by U.S. authorities after being kidnapped by gangs in Mexico:

  "He had injuries from the beating and could barely walk. He begged to be seen by a doctor but was never allowed to. He and his son were put in the 'ice chest,' the cold holding facilities. They were sometimes separated…. He begged not to be sent back, telling the officials about his kidnapping just near Reynosa and threats of worse harm if he were returned to Mexico. He was sure that the kidnappers knew of the forced return to Mexico and would be waiting for him. He pleaded for his child to be allowed to stay in the U.S., only to keep him safe. 'I told them I didn't even care about myself anymore, with everything I'd been through. I said I would rather be sent back to Venezuela to be killed – at least someone would bury me. Just take my child.' He and his son were released on the (U.S. border) bridge with nothing but their passports and permission to remain in Mexico for 180 days while their asylum case was being adjudicated. His phone and the rest of their meager possessions had been taken by the U.S. officials and never returned."

  Source: Forced into Danger: Human Rights Violations Resulting from the U.S. Migrant Protection Protocols

  URL: https://phr.org/our-work/resources/forced-into-danger/

• Customs and Border Patrols One App Users — Cancel Citizenship Appointments Scheduled Years in Advance

  Topic: Families with scheduled legal appointments suddenly cancelled, stranded at border

  They came from Haiti, Venezuela and around the world, pulling small rolling suitcases crammed with clothing and stuffed animals to occupy their children. They clutched cellphones showing that after months of waiting they had appointments — finally — to legally enter the United States.

  Now outside a series of north Mexico border crossings where mazes of concrete barriers and thick fencing eventually spill into the United States, hope and excitement evaporated into despair and disbelief moments after President Donald Trump took office. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that the CBP One app that worked as recently as that morning would no longer be used to admit migrants after facilitating entry for nearly 1 million people since January 2023.

  Tens of thousands of appointments that were scheduled into February were canceled, applicants were told.

  Source: Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter the US are canceled as Trump takes office

  URL: https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-cbp-one-border-app-652854b5f2a4e6ccd6ee2ccc729cbb55

• Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV)] Humanitarian Parole Program — Status Terminated

  Topic: 100,000+ Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans Parole Status Revoked

  "without papers, there is no stability, no future. Living in a country without legal status is like trying to build a house on sand; no matter how hard you work, everything could crumble at any moment." - Rachel Pereda

  Source: "Like Trying to Build a House on Sand" Cubans in the US Face Uncertainty and Legal Limbo

  URL: https://www.weareceda.org/interview-series/rachel-pereda

• Military Border Deployment — Active JAG Lawyers become Immigration Court Deportation Judges

  Topic: Active and reserve duty military personnel deployed to be Immigration Judges hearing immigration cases

  "Are military immigration judges, who are there on active duty orders, sufficiently independent and impartial to do that work?" McFadden asked in an interview.

  The practice also raises questions related to the century-and-a-half-old Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts the use of the military in civilian matters, said Margy O'Herron, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program at the New York University School of Law.

  "There's no expressly authorized exception, passed by Congress, for military lawyers to serve as immigration judges. Full stop," she said.

  In the JAG Corps, reservists and full-time personnel provide a broad range of legal services to military staff, from helping deploying soldiers draft their wills to prosecuting international terrorism suspects. In August of last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly approved using up to 600 military lawyers as temporary immigration judges, a position typically occupied by veteran Justice Department attorneys with relevant experience.

  Source: Military lawyers are being named temporary immigration judges. Can they be impartial?

  URL: https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/08/19/jag-lawyers-immigration-court-massachusetts-conflict-trump

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Venezuelans — Alien Enemies Act Application

  Topic: Venezuelan nationals detained under Alien Enemies Act, deported to CECOT prison

  Resource: Monitor human rights organizations, Venezuelan advocacy groups

  URL: https://www.hrw.org/americas/venezuela (ongoing documentation)

• CECOT Deportees — Families of Those Sent to Mega-Prison

  Topic: Families of Salvadorans deported to El Salvador's notorious CECOT torture prison

  Resource: Monitor Salvadoran human rights organizations

  URL: Salvadoran human rights NGOs

• Emergency Detention — Individuals in Expanded Facilities

  Topic: People detained in emergency-expanded detention facilities

  Resource: Monitor detention facility reporting, legal aid organizations

  URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/ (ongoing detention coverage)

• Military Construction — Border Community Impact

  Topic: Communities affected by emergency military construction of barriers

  Resource: Monitor local Texas/Arizona/New Mexico news

  URL: Local border state news outlets

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Stateless Children — Born in U.S., Denied Citizenship

  Topic: Children born in U.S. to undocumented parents, denied citizenship by both U.S. and parents' countries

  Resource: Monitor immigration legal clinics, constitutional law centers

  URL: https://www.aclu.org/ (ongoing litigation and interviews)

• H-1B Families — Tech Workers' U.S.-Born Children

  Topic: Indian and Chinese tech workers whose U.S.-born children denied citizenship

  Resource: Monitor tech industry news, immigration attorneys

  URL: https://www.immigrationvoice.org/ (H-1B advocacy organization)

• Hospital Staff — Birth Certificate Denials

  Topic: Hospital workers navigating refusal to issue birth certificates

  Resource: Monitor healthcare news, hospital associations

  URL: Healthcare news outlets, medical associations

• Indigenous Guatemalan Families — Statelessness Risk

  Topic: Indigenous families whose children face statelessness due to limited documentation

  Resource: Monitor indigenous rights organizations, immigration legal clinics

  URL: Indigenous rights advocacy organizations

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Transgender Federal Employees — Forced Misgendering

  Topic: 150,000+ trans federal employees forced to use wrong pronouns, bathrooms, facilities

  Resource: Monitor federal employee unions, LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations

  URL: https://www.afge.org/ (American Federation of Government Employees)

• Trans Women in Federal Prisons — Violence and Assault

  Topic: Transgender women housed in men's federal prisons, experiencing assault

  Resource: Monitor The Marshall Project, Lambda Legal, ACLU

  URL: https://www.lambdalegal.org/ (ongoing litigation)

• Passport Denials — Trans Travelers Stranded

  Topic: Transgender individuals unable to obtain accurate passports, trapped abroad or unable to travel

  Resource: Monitor State Department reporting, LGBTQ+ travel organizations

  URL: https://www.lambdalegal.org/ (passport litigation)

• Security Clearance Reviews — Trans Intelligence Community

  Topic: 50,000+ transgender federal employees with security clearances under review

  Resource: Monitor intelligence community news, federal employee advocacy

  URL: Federal employee unions, LGBTQ+ federal employee groups

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Congolese Refugees — Approved Cases Frozen

  Topic: 20,000+ approved Congolese refugees in Uganda/Tanzania camps, processing frozen

  Resource: Monitor refugee resettlement organizations, UNHCR

  URL: https://www.unhcr.org/ (ongoing refugee documentation)

• Afghan SIV Holders — Betrayed Interpreters

  Topic: Afghan military interpreters whose SIV processing was frozen, hiding from Taliban

  Resource: Monitor veterans organizations, No One Left Behind

  URL: https://nooneleft.org/ (Afghan SIV advocacy)

• Rohingya Refugees — Stateless in Bangladesh

  Topic: Stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh camps with no resettlement option

  Resource: Monitor Human Rights Watch, Rohingya advocacy organizations

  URL: https://www.hrw.org/tag/rohingya (ongoing documentation)

• Resettlement Workers — Organization Shutdown

  Topic: IRC, World Relief, Church World Service workers whose programs were suspended

  Resource: Monitor resettlement organization news

  URL: https://www.rescue.org/ (International Rescue Committee)

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Trans Student Athletes — Banned from Teams

  Topic: Transgender girls and women banned from school and college sports teams

  Resource: Monitor LGBTQ+ sports advocacy, Athlete Ally

  URL: https://www.athleteally.org/ (trans athlete advocacy)

• Intersex Athletes — Forced into Wrong Categories

  Topic: Intersex athletes who don't fit binary sex categories

  Resource: Monitor intersex advocacy organizations, sports medicine

  URL: https://interactadvocates.org/ (intersex advocacy)

• College Athletes — Scholarship Revocations

  Topic: Trans college athletes who lost scholarships mid-college

  Resource: Monitor NCAA news, college athletics reporting

  URL: College athletics news outlets

• Cisgender Women Athletes — High Testosterone

  Topic: Cisgender female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels affected by policies

  Resource: Monitor sports medicine, athletics news

  URL: Sports medicine journals, athletics news

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Trans Youth — Forced Detransition

  Topic: Transgender minors on puberty blockers/hormones whose treatment was terminated

  Resource: Monitor LGBTQ+ youth organizations, pediatric endocrinology

  URL: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ (LGBTQ+ youth crisis support)

• Families — Interstate Medical Refugees

  Topic: Families who relocated from red states to blue states to access care for trans children

  Resource: Monitor family advocacy organizations, relocation stories

  URL: LGBTQ+ family advocacy organizations

• Pediatric Endocrinologists — Provider Criminalization

  Topic: Doctors facing investigation for providing gender-affirming care

  Resource: Monitor medical associations, healthcare news

  URL: https://www.endocrine.org/ (Endocrine Society)

• Trans Youth Mental Health — Suicide Risk

  Topic: Mental health professionals documenting elevated suicide risk after care denial

  Resource: Monitor The Trevor Project, mental health organizations

  URL: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ (crisis intervention and research)

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Federal Employees — Bathroom/Facility Restrictions

  Topic: Transgender federal employees forced to use facilities matching birth sex

  Resource: Monitor federal employee unions, LGBTQ+ federal employee groups

  URL: https://www.afge.org/ (federal employee union)

• Federal Contractors — Compliance Requirements

  Topic: Contractors required to implement biological sex policies to maintain contracts

  Resource: Monitor federal contracting news, business associations

  URL: Federal contracting news outlets

• Non-Binary Federal Employees — X Gender Marker Removal

  Topic: Non-binary federal employees whose X gender markers were forcibly changed

  Resource: Monitor LGBTQ+ advocacy, federal employee groups

  URL: LGBTQ+ federal employee organizations

• OPM Policy Implementation — HR Professionals

  Topic: Federal HR professionals navigating implementation of sex-based policies

  Resource: Monitor Office of Personnel Management news, HR associations

  URL: Federal HR professional associations

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Legal Aid Organizations — RAICES, CLINIC Defunding

  Topic: Immigration attorneys whose organizations lost federal funding, clients facing deportation without representation

  Resource: Monitor immigration legal aid organizations

  URL: https://www.raicestexas.org/ (RAICES — ongoing impact)

• Resettlement Workers — IRC, World Relief Shutdown

  Topic: Resettlement workers whose organizations were defunded mid-client service

  Resource: Monitor resettlement organizations

  URL: https://www.rescue.org/ (IRC — ongoing impact)

• Haitian TPS Holders — Legal Assistance Loss

  Topic: 500,000+ Haitians with TPS who lost access to legal help for status defense

  Resource: Monitor Haitian community organizations (Miami, Boston, NYC)

  URL: Haitian community centers and advocacy groups

• Sanctuary Cities — Federal Funding Cuts

  Topic: City officials and residents in sanctuary cities losing federal services

  Resource: Monitor major city news (Chicago, LA, NYC, San Francisco)

  URL: Local news outlets in sanctuary cities

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Federal DEI Staff — 5,000 Employees on Leave

  Topic: Federal DEI officers placed on administrative leave, positions eliminated

  Resource: Monitor federal employee unions, OPM news

  URL: https://www.afge.org/ (federal employee union)

• HBCU Students — Research Funding Collapse

  Topic: 300,000+ HBCU students losing research opportunities due to grant eliminations

  Resource: Monitor HBCU news, student organizations

  URL: https://www.thehundred-seven.org/ (HBCU advocacy)

• Minority Business Owners — 8(a) Program Impact

  Topic: Black, Latino, Asian business owners losing federal contracts

  Resource: Monitor minority business associations, SBA news

  URL: Minority business chambers of commerce

• Disability Rights Advocates — Accommodation Elimination

  Topic: Federal employees with disabilities losing DEI-supported accommodations

  Resource: Monitor disability rights organizations

  URL: https://www.ndrn.org/ (National Disability Rights Network)

Suggested Interview Subjects / Topics

• Federal Contractors — Affirmative Action Program Termination

  Topic: Contractors forced to eliminate affirmative action programs to maintain federal contracts

  Resource: Monitor federal contracting news, business associations

  URL: Federal contracting news outlets

• OFCCP Compliance Officers — Policy Reversal

  Topic: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs staff navigating policy 180-degree reversal

  Resource: Monitor Department of Labor news, compliance professional associations

  URL: DOL news, compliance associations

• Minority Hiring Programs — Corporate DEI Investigations

  Topic: Corporate diversity officers facing DOJ investigation for DEI programs

  Resource: Monitor corporate news, HR associations

  URL: https://www.shrm.org/ (Society for Human Resource Management)

• Civil Rights Attorneys — Consent Decree Challenges

  Topic: Attorneys defending consent decrees with DEI requirements under review

  Resource: Monitor civil rights organizations, legal news

  URL: https://www.naacpldf.org/ (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)

Investigative & Advocacy Organizations

University Oral History Archives

• Columbia University — https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/ccoh.html
• UC Berkeley Bancroft Library — https://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
• University of Texas at El Paso — https://www.utep.edu/library/