Maria Sacchetti covers immigration. Reach her on Signal: mariapost.45
Maria Sacchetti covers immigration for The Washington Post. She previously reported for the Boston Globe, where her reporting led to the release of several immigrants from detention. She has investigated Elon Musk's immigration history, migrant deaths on the southern U.S. border, and the deportation cases of President Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives. She was a member of the Boston Globe staff that shared in the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, and on the team of Washington Post finalists for reporting on the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso.She has reported fro
Education: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, BA in journalism; University of Texas at Austin, MA in Latin American studies