Body found in canal along El Paso’s Border Highway
A person was found dead in a canal along the Border Highway on Tuesday morning. The El Paso Fire Department said the body was discovered near Midway…
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Violence pushing migrants to U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez in increasing numbers
Even in a city where authorities are investigating the scattering of body parts all over town, Domingo Beltran Zamora feels safer here than in his…
Continue Reading Congress set to vote on measure opposing Trump plan to divert millions from Fort Bliss to fund wall
The fight over funding for a border wall in Texas and other states appears to be heating up again in Congress this month as lawmakers near a deadline…
Continue Reading 1 dead, 2 wounded in Juarez shopping mall shooting
One person was shot and killed, while two others were shot and wounded by a group of armed thieves at a busy north Juarez shopping mall, Mexican…
Continue Reading Border Patrol agent wounded, gunman killed during Texas traffic stop shootout
Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and wounded during a traffic stop near the Texas border city of Del Rio and that another agent…
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Despair among migrants in Juarez after U.S. Supreme Court upholds Trump asylum policy
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s policy of seeking asylum in the first country an immigrant sets foot on. That ruling…
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U.S. Supreme Court allows nationwide enforcement of new Trump administration asylum restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from…
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Federal appeals court says asylum restrictions not blocked in Texas or New Mexico
A federal appeals court has put on hold a ruling that blocked a Trump administration policy that would prevent migrants from seeking asylum along the…
Continue Reading New ‘Day of the Dead Barbie’ celebrating Dia de los Muertos to be released
There’s about to be a new Barbie doll on the shelves, with flowers on her dress and a skull painted on her face. It’s the Dia de los…
Continue Reading CBP chief says number of border crossers & families with kids falls again
The Trump administration says it saw a 30% drop in the number of people apprehended at the southern U.S. border from July to August, amid summer heat…
Continue Reading Judge restores nationwide injunction on Trump plan to block asylum-seekers
A federal judge in California on Monday again blocked the Trump administration from turning away asylum seekers who pass through another country on…
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Dismembered body parts found scattered in multiple Juarez locations amid violence surge
Two men were killed and dismembered with their mutilated remains being found scattered in two separate sections of the city over the weekend,…
Continue Reading House Judiciary Committee holds hearings at UTEP on immigration and domestic terrorism link
A month after a white gunman targeting Latinos killed 22 people in El Paso, the Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee heard Friday from…
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Mexico declares success in slowing migrant flow after Trump tariff threats
Under threat of crippling U.S. tariffs, Mexico said Friday it had reduced the flow of migrants arriving at its northern border by 56% in three…
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$125M for New Mexico defense projects instead going to fund border wall
Federal authorities want to divert $125 million from two planned projects at New Mexico military bases to help to build part of President Donald…
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Detained Mexican migrant dies in Texas hospital
A Mexican man detained by Border Patrol for illegal re-entry died Monday at a hospital in Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Andrew…
Continue Reading Las Cruces residents protest President Trump’s national emergency declaration
A group of about one hundred Las Cruces residents took to one of the busiest corners of town to protest President Donald Trump’s most recent…
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Potential migrant processing center location in far west El Paso
The building options for the proposed migrant processing center planned to be built in El Paso are limited. According to our news partners at the El…
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