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 Biden’s concessions on border policy to get Ukraine aid passed have put him at odds with key allies who will be charged with mobilizing voters, multiple sources tell CNN, underscoring the political
Continue Reading 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 after being transported to a hospital after suffering a medical emergency, the city’s mayor said Monday. The boy’s death on Sunday revived community organizers’ complaints about conditions at shelters and questions about
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is temporarily suspending international railway crossing operations in the El Paso and Eagle Pass bridges starting Monday, Dec. 18 at 8:00 a.m. The decision by CBP will allow the redirection of personnel to other areas to help USBP with migrant intake and processing. A release
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by Puente News Collaborative, El Paso MattersDecember 15, 2023 By Lauren Villagran / El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Mount Cristo Rey rises in the desert like two hands in prayer, the U.S. and Mexico sides, over a graveyard without tombs. This year, migrants
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Lauren Villagran LA CEIBA, Guatemala — Marcos Abdon Tziquin Cuc chopped wood for his 71-year-old mother and left it neatly stacked by her cook fire before he left his rural village for the U.S. border. The last of Juana Cuc’s nine children, 20-year-old Tziquin Cuc wanted to ease his mother’s burden. Later, maybe she wouldn’t
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Aline Simerman El Paso Times LA CEIBA, Guatemala — News of the death of Diego Suy Guarchaj came suddenly, like the autumn rains in his small village nestled in the Mayan lands of western Guatemala. Antonio Chox, an indigenous community journalist from La Ceiba, traveled to Suy Guarchaj’s nearby village of Tzucubal to report in
Continue Reading WLS, PATRICK WATSON, ILLINOISNAACP.ORG, CNN By Andy Rose and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — Teresa Haley, the top official of the Illinois NAACP is under fire from the state’s governor and others after a leaked video call with NAACP leaders around the state appears to show her comparing recent migrant arrivals to “savages” and saying “they’ve been raping people.” Asked about
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Lauren Villagran El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Laura Mae Williams knelt beside the body of a woman near the U.S.-Mexico border, her kneepads pressing into the searing sand. The field investigator for New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator read the ground temperature
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Aline Simerman El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Leer en español. JUÁREZ — Her thin body was found lifeless and abandoned in a ravine in the impoverished border community of Lomas de Poleo, an area that undocumented migrants frequently traverse to cross from Juárez
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez International Airport started a five-year improvement plan in 2019 to improve service for Borderland residents. More gates and better facilities are the main goals at the airport in 2024. According to the Mexican National Chamber of Industry, a total of $1 billion Mexican pesos was the total investment for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As El Paso continues to see an influx of migrants, local leaders are indicating they could open an additional shelter, within 48 hours if necessary. Nightly roving teams are taking migrants from the street to hotels. City leaders decided to utilize hotels to house migrants instead of Community Readiness Centers
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez was founded 364 years ago on December 8th by Fray García de San Francisco. To commemorate the town’s founding the city held several events. They began with a mass at 8:00 a.m. in the Cathedral and then placed a wreath at the monument of the city’s founder, located outside the Guadalupe Mission. Later, the municipal president,
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Update: Mayor Leeser said during the news conference that numbers have gone up over the last several weeks, but the city expects them to go back down. Officials said numbers have tapered off over the last few days. Leeser said Customs and Border Protection currently have about 3,100 people in custody. He said the city
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The County of El Paso is experiencing an increase in state inmates at its two county jails. The El Paso County Detention Facility can hold around 1,000 inmates and the Jail Annex has a capacity for 1,880. Currently, the El Paso County Detention Facility is undergoing renovations that decrease its
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In recent weeks, more migrants have been seen sleeping on Downtown El Paso streets, especially at the Downtown Shelter Network centers. “We are seeing a higher number of individuals coming to our facilities to look for assistance,” said Aracely Martin, a spokeswoman for the Opportunity Center for the Homeless. “Many of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The human smuggler networks operating on this side of the border are using local hotels to stash hundreds of migrants after crossing illegally into the country from Mexico in an attempt to avoid getting caught. A human smuggler granted ABC-7 exclusive access to a hotel room where he was stashing
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by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersDecember 11, 2023 Genesis sat on the steps of the Union Depot in Downtown El Paso early last week, watching as dozens of recently arrived migrants like herself board buses waiting to transport them out of the region. She wouldn’t be among them, she regretted. “There was a mixup with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As El Pasoans deal with some of the coolest temperatures of the season this weekend, dozens of migrants living on the streets are having to deal with the same frigid conditions overnight. According to the City of El Paso’s Migrant Situational Awareness Dashboard, the amount of migrant crossings into El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A CBP Air and Marine helicopter helped track down an alleged 15-year-old human smuggler in Northeast El Paso today. That is according to a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas DPS Troopers started chasing the unidentified 15-year-old driver around 9 a.m. Friday morning after he allegedly committed
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has overturned a 2022 ban on bullfighting in Mexico City, opening the way for events to resume, possibly as soon as this month. A panel of justices voted to overturn a May 2022 injunction that said bull fights violated city resident’s rights to a healthy environment free from
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Borderland migrant advocates are speaking up after new data revealed the El Paso sector was the busiest during fiscal year 2023. Alan Lizarraga, the communications director for the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR), told ABC-7 that reported migrant deaths are on the rise. The El Paso sector saw 149 reported
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Officials with the City of El Paso confirmed they have been using local hotels to house some migrants since late November. This comes as the city continues to see an uptick in migrants coming into our community. According to the city migrant dashboard, Customs and Border Protection is apprehending roughly 1,000
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City residents regaining composure after the capital was rattled by a moderate magnitude earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred Thursday at about 2:03 pm local time at a spot near Chiautla de Tapia, a rural village locate almost 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of Mexico City. Acting
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — This week, big groups of migrants were seen arriving into Juárez on trains. Some of them are staying at local city shelters, and others went straight to the U.S.-Mexico border. The city’s Director of Human Rights, Santiago González, told ABC-7 his team has noticed increased volume at the Kiki Romero shelter
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Update: ABC-7 crews watched Wednesday afternoon as the bridge reopened. El PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ferromex workers blocking northbound lanes on the Mexican side of the Bridge of the Americas, according U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson. Commercial and pedestrian lanes are not being affected, only the car lanes. Information is limited at this time.
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced economic sanctions against 15 people and two companies that the United States says are linked to a Mexican drug cartel. She outlined the penalties on Wednesday as she visited Mexico City for talks with officials about efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 31-year-old, Pablo Clark Guillen was located arrested on eight criminal warrants by Texas Department of Public Safety along with Texas Highway Patrol Troopers, United States Border Patrol and Ysleta Anti-Smuggling Unit. Guillen has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, which is a third degree felony
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso sector were the busiest in fiscal year 2023. Among apprehensions, rescues, deaths, etc., all numbers increased compared to previous years. The number of deaths were especially high, as U.S. Border Patrol recorded 149 deaths in fiscal year 2023. Around 60 of those
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Some El Paso residents have noticed two ‘Sanctuary City’ billboards erected near Downtown El Paso. The billboards simply read ‘Sanctuary City’ with a picture of New York City or San Francisco in the background. One can be seen near I-10 and the Cotton exit going eastbound, the other can be seen
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