Ximena Bustillo
Homeland Security Department and Immigration Policy Correspondent, Washington Desk
Ximena Bustillo is a multi-platform correspondent at NPR covering politics and policy in Washington related to DHS and immigration.
On air and in print, Bustillo has covered the full gamut of American politics at NPR: From award-winning stories on farm labor and agriculture politics and crisscrossing the country speaking to voters deciding the 2024 election, to leading the network's coverage of President Trump's criminal trial in New York City. Her stories, which can be centered in places like the echoey halls of Congress or the sandy sidewalks of Arizona alike, aim to show readers the connection between the policies in the Beltway and their daily lives.
Before joining NPR, she was an award-winning food and agriculture policy reporter and newsletter author at POLITICO covering immigration, climate, labor, supply chain and equity issues.
Bustillo got her start in journalism at the Idaho Statesman where she helped spearhead the state's Spanish-language coronavirus news coverage through articles and public web forums.
She is a graduate of Boise State University.
She can be reached via encrypted message on Signal at ximenabustillo.77.
