Annunciation House in El Paso hosting 1,200 Haitian migrants, about 50 have Covid
EL PASO, Texas — Officials at El Paso’s Annunciation House shelter told reporters Monday that they had received more than 1,200 migrants over the…
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Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is renewing efforts to shield hundreds of thousands…
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7 shot & killed at Juarez house party; home burned down
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A group of armed men shot and killed seven people at a party and then burned the house down in Juarez early Sunday morning,…
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Mayorkas: About 4,000 migrants in Del Rio have been expelled under Covid-19 public health rule
Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas says about 4,000 migrants apprehended by US Customs and Border Patrol in Del Rio, Texas, over the last…
Continue Reading Del Rio Port of Entry in Texas to reopen more than a week after migrant surge
After several days of living in squalid conditions under the Del Rio International Bridge, the last remaining migrants departed a makeshift camp…
Continue Reading Last Haitian migrants depart Del Rio; 1,800 being processed in El Paso, 350 to stay at Annunciation House
UPDATE: DEL RIO, Texas — After several days of living in squalid conditions under the Del Rio International Bridge, the last remaining Haitian…
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Biden harshly condemns horseback wrangling images from Texas border
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden harshly condemned images of Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in…
Continue Reading ‘Suspicious travelers’ from China, Russia & the Middle East among those caught by El Paso border agents
EL PASO, Texas — It has been a record setting year for the U.S. Border Patrol. From the number of unaccompanied children making the trek to the…
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Migrant camp along Texas border shrinks as removals ramp up
By MARÍA VERZA and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — A camp where almost 15,000 migrants had waited along the Texas border just…
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Juarez Fair runs through Oct. 10 with Covid precautions, but also risk
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An El Paso infectious disease expert says the Juarez fair could be a risk to El Paso if proper Covid safety measures are not…
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6 bodies thought to be those of Mexican Indigenous men found
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators in northern Mexico found six sets of skeletal remains and are performing tests…
Continue Reading Parents of 303 migrant children separated at border under Trump have still not been found, court filing says
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 303 migrant children who were separated at the US-Mexico border under…
Continue Reading Many migrants staying in US even as expulsion flights rise
By ELLIOT SPAGAT, MARIA VERZA, JUAN A. LOZANO and SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. officials say many of the…
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Feds: 3 charged in Mexican migrant worker conspiracy
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Three people have been indicted in a multi-state conspiracy involving the forced labor of Mexican agricultural immigrants. A…
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El Paso Border Patrol finds 142 migrants hidden in truck, SUV
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Paso sector thwarted a human smuggling attempt and discovered 131 undocumented…
Continue Reading DHS releasing some Haitians into US despite claims they would be immediately expelled
By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is releasing some Haitians into the United States, despite repeated…
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El Paso church ready to help Haitian refugees from Del Rio
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso church is preparing to be an ad hoc shelter for some of the nearly 13,000 Haitians at the border in Del Rio. …
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Abbott speaks from Del Rio, blames Biden administration for migrant influx
DEL RIO, Texas — With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using…
Continue Reading Homeland Security chief defends expulsion of Haitians from Texas; hundreds being processed in El Paso
DEL RIO, Texas — More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants have been removed from an encampment at the Texas border town of Del Rio, U.S.…
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U.S. extends travel restrictions at Mexican border until Oct. 21
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States is extending nonessential travel restrictions at land crossings with Canada and Mexico through October 21,…
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U.S. flying Haitians home from Texas border; some being processed in El Paso
DEL RIO, Texas — The United States acted Sunday to stem the flow of migrants into Texas by blocking the Mexican border at the isolated town of Del…
Continue Reading US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas
By JUAN A. LOZANO, ERIC GAY, ELLIOT SPAGAT and EVENS SANON Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas…
Continue Reading U.S. to deport huge number of Haitians from Texas border
DEL RIO, Texas — The Biden administration plans on “massive movements” of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border city on flights to Haiti…
Continue Reading 500 Haitians reported walking through Mexico toward US
MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 500 Haitians headed toward the U.S. border have been ordered off buses by Mexican immigration authorities. Some of the…
Continue Reading Del Rio Port of Entry closed after ‘massive’ migrant bridge influx
DEL RIO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday evening that it was temporarily closing the Del Rio Port of Entry to vehicles…
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Nearly 50 migrants found in trailer at Sierra Blanca checkpoint
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Almost 50 people who had entered the U.S. illegally were found inside the trailer of a truck stopped at a Border Patrol…
Continue Reading Thousands of migrants held in squalor under Texas bridge
By Rosa Flores and Ray Sanchez, CNN Roselini Villasmil broke down Friday as she recalled the squalid conditions under a bridge in the Texas border…
Continue Reading Biden administration appeals ruling that blocks expulsions of migrant families
By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration on Friday appealed a federal judge’s ruling to block border authorities…
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Unaccompanied migrant children encounters set record in El Paso sector
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Border Patrol Sector reported that a record number of unaccompanied migrant children have been encountered by…
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Mexican soldiers, police kill 9 in shootout near US border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers and police have killed 9 suspected gunmen near the U.S. border. The government of the northern border state of…
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