George B. Sánchez-Tello

CalMatters Contributor

George B. Sánchez-Tello is an award-winning reporter and writer. Sánchez-Tello currently teaches in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge. He can be reached on Signal @gbst.68.

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Commentary

After ICE arrests come health scares for the detained

Families of detained immigrants describe what many studies have found: ICE centers are ill-equipped to care for people with chronic illness, causing more suffering and death

By George B. Sánchez-Tello • December 2, 2025

Commentary

When this California Spanish-language TV station closed, a news desert opened for Latino viewers

The loss of KMUV 23, a Telemundo affiliate in Salinas, adds to the atrophy of local journalism. It also harms civic engagement and public advocacy.

By George B. Sánchez-Tello • October 29, 2025