Priscilla Alvarez - Correspondent
Priscilla Alvarez
Correspondent
Priscilla Alvarez is a correspondent covering the White House for CNN.
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Trump team maps out Latin America strategy as part of mass deportation plan
Nov 21, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s team is gaming out an aggressive strategy toward Latin America that will be a crucial element to plans to deport migrants at large scale, according to two sources involved in transition policy discussions.
Mass detention and returning migrants to Mexico: Donald Trump’s plans on immigration are coming into focus
Nov 16, 2024
The incoming Trump administration’s plans to implement strict border measures, strike down Biden-era policies and kick off the detention and deportation of migrants at large scale are underway and starting to come into focus, according to four sources familiar with the plans.
Trump allies, private sector quietly prepare for mass detention of immigrants
Nov 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to detain and deport migrants residing in the United States on a large scale, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
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‘Shock and disbelief’: Hear how Harris’ campaign is reacting to results
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Nov 6, 2024
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez details the reactions of aides and allies within Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign after President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.
Harris isn’t ready to talk about who might serve in her potential administration
Nov 1, 2024
Kamala Harris has a packed schedule these days: multi-state campaign stops; briefings from advisers on issues at home and abroad; a steady stream of phone calls, meetings and interviews, all as she hopes that she will defeat Donald Trump in next week’s election.
A Gen Z pop star kicked off Harris’ campaign. Puerto Rican musicians may bring her to the finish line
Nov 1, 2024
The influx of Latino artists denouncing Donald Trump and showing up for Kamala Harris is the October surprise that the vice president’s campaign didn’t see coming.
Reggaeton superstar Nicky Jam withdraws Trump endorsement over Madison Square Garden rally: ‘Puerto Rico should be respected’
Oct 30, 2024
Latin superstar Nicky Jam on Wednesday said he’s withdrawing his endorsement of former President Donald Trump, one month after appearing onstage with Trump donning a MAGA hat.
Harris hopes Ellipse speech will recall Trump’s chaos, but also evoke her own promise
Oct 29, 2024
As advisers to Vice President Kamala Harris were mulling where to stage the final major address of her campaign, they had a few boxes to check.
Bad Bunny shows support for Harris after comedian makes offensive comment about Puerto Rico at Trump rally
Oct 28, 2024
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny signaled support for Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, sharing a clip on social media of the vice president’s plans for the island moments after a speaker made an offensive joke at Donald Trump’s New York rally, sparking outrage.
Harris says ‘victory runs through Philly’ while courting Black and Latino voters in Pennsylvania
Oct 27, 2024
The road to the White House goes through Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday, as she made several stops across the city that could determine her fate in Pennsylvania — and with it, the race to 270 electoral votes.
In Texas, Harris embraces Beyoncé and warns swing-state voters that ‘Trump abortion bans’ are coming for them
Oct 26, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, after being endorsed and embraced onstage in Houston by music superstar Beyoncé, warned voters across the country Friday night that Texas-style abortion bans would end up in their states if Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Harris and Obama use first joint campaign event to rally voters in battleground Georgia
Oct 25, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama used their first joint campaign appearance, on Thursday night in this Atlanta suburb, to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing the country if Donald Trump is elected again to lead it.
Harris to deliver closing argument speech at Ellipse, site of Trump’s January 6 rally
Oct 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to deliver a final-stretch closing argument address next week at the same location her rival delivered a fiery speech on January 6, 2021 that set in motion the attack by his supporters at the US Capitol.
Lebanese nationals living in the US will be granted humanitarian relief as Israel-Hezbollah conflict continues
Oct 17, 2024
Lebanese nationals residing in the United States will be granted a form of humanitarian relief, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday, citing ongoing armed conflict and conditions in Lebanon.
Kamala Harris spars with Fox News anchor in testy interview
Oct 17, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris turned questions about her nearly four years in office into attacks on Republican rival Donald Trump’s record in a heated interview Wednesday on Fox News, her first appearance on the conservative network, as she courts disaffected Republican and independent voters.
Harris uses Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comment to portray GOP rival as dangerous and unstable
Oct 15, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Republican rival Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Monday night over the former president’s comment that the US military should handle “the enemy from within” on Election Day.
About
Priscilla Alvarez is a correspondent covering the White House for CNN.
Since joining CNN in 2019 as a reporter, Alvarez has covered immigration politics and policy, traveling across the country and along the US-Mexico border to provide first-hand accounts on the ground, as well as major breaking news out of the White House. She has broken a variety of stories on the White House and immigration beats, including President Biden considering executive action on the border.
She was also part of the team nominated for an Emmy for CNN’s coverage of Haitian migrants converging at the border.
Alvarez, who is fluent in Spanish, is based in Washington, D.C., where she’s on the board of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists DC chapter. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech where she majored in journalism and world politics and policy.
