El Paso City Council to address ongoing migrant crisis: emergency ordinance in focus
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Today, El Paso City Council will meet. Agenda item 26 and 27 includes a focus on the approval of the emergency ordinance…
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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to let Border Patrol remove razor wire on US-Mexico border
Originally Published: 02 JAN 24 15:35 ET Updated: 02 JAN 24 16:57 ET By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has asked the…
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Mexico’s National Institute of Migration recorded nearly 41 million legal entries in 2023
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, the National Institute of Migration in Mexico published a statement saying they recorded more than 40.8…
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Congress faces crisis at home and abroad as 2024 deepens partisan division
Originally Published: 02 JAN 24 07:00 ET By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The new year will bring new challenges for lawmakers, who…
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Texas is sending asylum seekers to major cities by bus with little notice. These mayors want to pump the brakes
(CNN) — Frustrated by “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the thousands, the mayors of New York, Chicago and…
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City of Juárez still receiving migrants at local shelters amid new surge
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — More migrants have been arriving at the border recently, some saying they are still traveling on top of trains overnight.…
Continue Reading Justice Department says new Texas immigration law violates Constitution
Originally Published: 28 DEC 23 17:02 ET Updated: 28 DEC 23 17:56 ET By Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — A new law…
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El Pasoans’ concerns grow alongside rising number of pending immigration cases across the US
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Over three million migrants are waiting on their immigration court hearings, according to Syracuse University’s…
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Texas has arrested migrants on trespassing charges, according to new report
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to a new report by the Associated Press, thousands of migrants have been arrested for trespassing since 2021. The…
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Mexico’s president discloses agreements reached with U.S. government on immigration
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — In a Thursday morning news conference, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador explained some of the agreements…
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Groups of migrants seen outside of Juárez traveling on foot to the border
JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Migrants continue to travel on foot just south of Ciudad Juárez, moving towards the U.S.-Mexico border. More migrants…
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Democratic mayors renew pleas for federal help and coordination with Texas over migrant crisis
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver renewed pleas Wednesday for more federal help and…
Continue Reading Blinken and Mayorkas to press Mexican counterparts to drive down border crossings as Biden faces increasing pressure
CNN, POOL, KABB, WOAI, CEPROPIE By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Senior US officials arrived in Mexico Wednesday to seek more help from their…
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Coronado High School student to give a benefit concert for migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Seventeen-year-old Julián Kalel Almanzán is a Junior at Coronado High School who plays the guitar. He is putting on a…
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Migrant caravan walking toward the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A source with a group of non-governmental organizations, or NGO’s, shared a video with ABC-7 of migrants walking along a…
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Opportunity Center for the Homeless celebrated Christmas with migrant children
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Opportunity Center for the Homeless hosted a small Christmas celebration with migrant kids, giving away toys and lunch…
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Borderland residents facing long wait times to cross into El Paso
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The holiday season is bringing longer wait times than usual for borderland residents crossing to Juárez or El Paso every…
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“Light Up the Night” remembers those who died facing homelessness this year
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Dec. 21, the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, Centro San Vicente Family Clinic, and Emmanuel’s United Methodist…
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Congressman Tony Gonzales speaks to border agents in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congressman Tony Gonzales, who represents parts of the Borderland, held a news conference in El Paso Thursday. He met with…
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Texas’ new immigration law sows confusion and uncertainty along the border
KTVT By Nicole Chavez, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A new law that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime is sowing confusion…
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Texas begins flying migrants from southern border to Chicago. The 1st plane carried over 120 people
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas sent a plane with more than 120 migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago in an…
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Business leaders in Juarez pressure federal government to change migration policies
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Business leaders in Juárez have called on the Mexican federal government to find a different way to deal with the recent…
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Migrants turning themselves to El Paso Border Patrol due to misinformation
EL PASO ,Texas (KVIA) — With many migrants making their way to the border wall, El Paso Border Patrol is attributing the number of people arriving…
Continue Reading Watch: El Paso District Attorney addresses new controversial Texas migration law
UPDATE: During the press conference Tuesday, D.A. Hicks hicks said he anticipated there being an injunction that would prevent prosecution of the…
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Suspension of rail operations impacting Borderland’s business
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Trains in Juarez continue to be stuck carrying tons of cargo and merchandise south of the border. ABC-7 spoke with Jerry…
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Lawsuits piling up against Texas after Governor Abbott signs new migration law
Update: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) also are also suing over SB4. The ACLU of Texas…
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Watch: Governor signs border bill creating new state crime for entering Texas illegally
Originally Published: 15 NOV 23 08:44 ET Updated: 15 NOV 23 12:14 ET By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg…
Continue Reading Railroads want US Customs to immediately reopen rail crossings at the southern border
Originally Published: 18 DEC 23 13:17 ET By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The rail industry is demanding the Biden administration immediately…
Continue Reading Biden’s embrace of stricter border measures puts him at odds with key allies tasked with selling his reelection
Originally Published: 18 DEC 23 13:28 ET Updated: 18 DEC 23 13:29 ET By Priscilla Alvarez and Camila DeChalus, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe…
Continue Reading Death of 5-year-old boy prompts criticism of Chicago shelters for migrants
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America A 5-year-old boy living at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago died over the weekend…
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