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Daniella Silva

Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.

Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.


Latest from Daniella Silva

14d ago

Baltimore bridge collapse survivor details how he climbed onto floating concrete to await rescue

Julio Cervantes Suarez was one of seven construction workers fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed into the Patapsco River.
26d ago

Trump’s unchallenged immigration falsehoods leave advocates frustrated and fearful

Immigration advocates expressed disappointment that former president Donald Trump vilified migrants and repeated immigration lies and misinformation with little to no pushback from President Joe Biden, worrying some over what comes next.
28d ago

Federal pandemic funding boosted student achievement, report finds

Federal funding given to school districts to stanch pandemic learning loss resulted in a boost in student achievement, a Harvard University study found.
28d ago

ICE detainee deaths could have been prevented, ACLU report says

Most of the deaths of detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 2017 to 2021 could have been prevented if the agency had not failed to provide proper medical care, the American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights organizations said in a report released Tuesday.
36d ago

Denver asylum-seekers hopeful as work training program starts ‘to completely change our lives’

DENVER — Hundreds of asylum-seekers are gathering at the Community College of Denver this week for the launch of an ambitious work training program, WorkReady Denver, that is a pivotal part of the city's shift in how it addresses a migrant population that has grown over the last two years.
44d ago

Three times as many people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago this year as migrant numbers surged

Nearly 19,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago in January, more than three times as many as last year, as the city struggled to manage the thousands of newly arrived migrants in its shelter system.
46d ago

New Mexico police arrest 11-year-old boy on allegations of monthlong crime spree

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrested an 11-year-old boy on allegations that the child went on a violent monthlong crime spree.
46d ago

NYPD officer accused of shooting driver in New Jersey road rage incident

A New York City police officer has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he shot another man in an apparent road rage incident in New Jersey, prosecutors said.

New Mexico police arrest 11-year-old boy on allegations of monthlong crime spree

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrested an 11-year-old boy on allegations that the child went on a violent monthlong crime spree, including car burglaries and shootings.