CT Mirror and ProPublica are finalists for a journalism award focused on investigating predatory towing practices across Connecticut.

Immigration scams surged as Trump’s sweeps lured desperate people to eager defrauders This story was originally published by ProPublica. As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid the military-style immigration sweeps across the country. Then she read about legal residents being arrested at immigration court and wondered when federal agents would set their sights on her city.