Nomaan Merchant (@NomaanMerchant) covers immigration for the Associated Press in Houston, Texas. We discuss how he visited the Chicago Tribune in middle school, our shared experience as student journalists and how he ended up working for AP for a stint in China. He also walks us through his reporting a piece showing the human impact of an ICE immigration raid not just on those arrested but their families and the larger community they lived in. The piece was part of a package nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

AP investigation into sexual assault by police officers - bit.ly/appolice

AP exclusive analysis of China pouring $24 bln into golden visa - bit.ly/APgoldenvisa 

AP story on immigration raid, part of Pulitzer-nominated package - bit.ly/APiceraid

The Athletic - theathletic.com

Seymour Hersh, wikipedia bio - bit.ly/SHershwiki

Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour Hersh - bit.ly/ReporterSH

The Wire, Season 5 on HBO - bit.ly/hbowire5

The Houston Chronicle series Abuse of Faith - http://bit.ly/faithabuse

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