Sam Judy is an award-winning investigative journalist with a background in criminal justice and civil rights reporting. His previous work has been featured in Dallas Weekly, Dallas Free Press, and Prism Reports.
Immigration
I remember meeting Ya'akub Vijandre a little more than two years ago. We were at the first Dallas protest held in the aftermath of Israel’s bloody siege of Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. This was back when I was still working with Dallas
Immigration
Leqaa Kordia, 32, attended her asylum hearing via webcam on Thursday, Oct. 23. The blue light of the monitor displayed multiple windows framing her lawyer, the judge, and the government prosecutor. Her team laid out an argument it had made multiple times already: If Kordia, who is Palestinian, is deported
Immigration
On the evening of Feb. 11, 22-year-old Ward Sakeik sat on a plane from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Miami. She and her husband, Taahir Shaikh, were returning from their honeymoon, but he was sitting a few rows away. She didn’t look back at him — her
Crime & Justice
Felita Bailey let the shower melt away the sweat and grease from her long shift on the packing line at Tyson Foods. The beef plant could be an assault on the senses. Cows are slaughtered in-house, then processed, pre-cooked, and packaged before being loaded onto trucks. She was
News
Dallas’ “No Kings Day” demonstration was a new experience for Mike Galindo and his family. “This is the first time we’ve come out like this and figured, ‘never too late,’” Galindo said. The father of two attended Saturday’s event with his wife, daughters and an estimated 10,000