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Susan Ferriss joined CPI in 2011 and directs its immigration project. As a Cox Newspapers Latin America correspondent, Susan won Overseas Press Club and Inter-American Press Association honors for reports on failed promises of Mexican economic reforms. She also covered immigration at the Sacramento Bee, co-wrote The Fight in the Fields, about Cesar Chavez, and produced The Golden Cage, a film about farmworkers. Susan’s CPI “Criminalizing Kids” reports changed school policies and won honors from Columbia University, the Online Journalism Association and the Radio Television Digital News Association. Her reporting on immigrants at Idaho dairies won a regional Edward R. Murrow prize. A Stanford Knight fellow, Susan has a BA in Latin American Studies and an MA in Journalism from the University of California at Santa Cruz and Berkeley. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":[null,0],"12":0}">Susan Ferriss joined the Center in 2011, where she has covered immigration, criminal justice and education. As a Cox Newspapers Latin America correspondent, Susan won Overseas Press Club and Inter-American Press Association honors for reports on failed promises of Mexican economic reforms. She also covered immigration at the Sacramento Bee, co-wrote The Fight in the Fields, about Cesar Chavez, and produced The Golden Cage, a film about farmworkers. Susan’s “Criminalizing Kids” reports changed school policies and won honors from Columbia University, the Online Journalism Association and the Radio Television Digital News Association. Her reporting on immigrants at Idaho dairies won a regional Edward R. Murrow prize. A Stanford Knight fellow, Susan has a BA in Latin American Studies and an MA in Journalism from the University of California at Santa Cruz and Berkeley.

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Trump administration to end temporary protected status for immigrants from El Salvador

by Susan Ferriss January 8, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inImmigration

Dreamers from Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s district call on the GOP to step up

by Susan Ferriss January 5, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inImmigration

Thousands of immigrants with ‘protected status’ face possible deportation

by Susan Ferriss November 6, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inImmigration

How Trump’s immigration crackdown threatens ‘Made in America’ dairy-industry miracle

by Susan Ferriss September 16, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inImmigration

Refugee screeners criticize bill to narrow eligibility

by Susan Ferriss July 13, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Commentary: Mexico must protect its journalists!

by Susan Ferriss June 14, 2017January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Trump country trade-off: Tariffs could trigger U.S. job losses

by Susan Ferriss May 31, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Get up, stand up: California’s search for education equity

by Susan Ferriss February 6, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Trump’s immigration orders face legal and fiscal ‘reality checks’

by Susan Ferriss January 26, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Trump and immigration: tough talk masks a complex reality

by Susan Ferriss December 12, 2016January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation

Coalition calls for end of police presence in schools

by Susan Ferriss September 22, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Virginia drops charges against boy who was subject of Center probe

by Susan Ferriss March 15, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Uphill climb for school discipline reform in Virginia

by Susan Ferriss February 25, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Virginia bills would put limits on role of police in schools

by Susan Ferriss February 9, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inCriminalizing kids, Education, Juvenile Justice

Report says Virginia should require school police training and alter laws to reduce arrests

by Susan Ferriss January 6, 2016January 7, 2022
Posted inCriminalizing kids, Education, Juvenile Justice

An epidemic of questionable arrests by school police

by Susan Ferriss December 10, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

One cop’s telling tale: Who will police the school police?

by Susan Ferriss December 10, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Shocking South Carolina video no isolated case

by Susan Ferriss October 27, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Virginia moves forward on school discipline reforms

by Susan Ferriss October 14, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Bipartisan alliance vows to slow Virginia’s school-to-prison pipeline

by Susan Ferriss October 1, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Shift billions in prison spending to teachers, says Education Secretary

by Susan Ferriss September 30, 2015January 28, 2022
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California should ensure funds to help struggling students are spent as intended, report says

by Susan Ferriss September 18, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Kayleb returned to court as schools alter discipline policies

by Susan Ferriss September 3, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Virginia pursuing school policing reforms following Center probe

by Susan Ferriss August 1, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Grad rates rising, but more kids living in poor neighborhoods

by Susan Ferriss July 22, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

House hearing, Obama speech explore alternatives to incarceration

by Susan Ferriss July 16, 2015January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Report says girls being misdirected into juvenile detention

by Susan Ferriss July 9, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inCriminalizing kids, Education, Juvenile Justice

Can federal education law be used to curb harsh school discipline?

by Susan Ferriss June 5, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Lawsuit says kids traumatized by violence have right to mental health services in school

by Susan Ferriss May 19, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Virginia governor asks how to reverse schools’ staggering rate of referrals to cops and courts

by Susan Ferriss May 14, 2015January 28, 2022

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