As immigration enforcement in Arizona communities has increased to historically high levels, only half of immigrants with cases filed this past summer were represented by attorneys. As of August 2026, just 49% of immigration cases filed in the last 90 days had legal representation. But among all pending cases in Arizona immigration courts, including those […]
Author Archives: Yana Kunichoff
Yana Kunichoff is a reporter, documentary producer and Report For America corps member based in Tucson. She covers community resilience in Southern Arizona. Previously, she covered education for The Arizona Republic and Chalkbeat Chicago, worked as a special projects editor for Migratory Notes newsletter, produced a feature-length documentary on the experience of elderly prisoners in Illinois jails and oversaw a team of reporters as an editor at The Moscow Times. Her investigation into the Chicago police union’s misinformation about fatal police shootings won a 2016 Sidney Hillman award. In her free time, you can find Yana climbing rocks and reading books, all preferably outside.
Contact: ykunichoff@azluminaria.org
