El Paso city government spending $300,000 a day on migrant response
The El Paso city government may spend $10 million this month processing and transporting recently arrived migrants, 10 times the amount spent between…
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More than a thousand migrants continue to cross into the El Paso sector every day
EL PASO, Texas – Border Patrol continues to report well over 1,000 migrant crossings per day in the El Paso sector. El Paso sector Border Patrol…
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US border encounters jump amid increased migration from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection encounters along the US-Mexico border have already topped 2 million so far this fiscal…
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County voting on new processing center to help with migrant surge
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso county commissioners are voting on a brand new migrant processing center to help with the surge of migrants the area has…
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Cotton candy vendor looks back at over 30 sweet years in the borderland
JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Roman Tellez was born and raised in Juarez, famous for selling cotton candy at different events. He has been in this business…
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El Paso Mayor says migrants are no longer on the streets of Downtown
EL PASO, Texas– In an interview with Jonathan Karl in ABC’s This Week, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said the number of migrants coming to the…
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Media gets tour of City of El Paso’s Migrant Welcome Center
EL PASO, Texas — City officials gave members of the media a tour of the Migrant Welcome Center in northeast El Paso. The center is managed by the…
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The migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard have been voluntarily taken to a military base for support, officials say
By Kristina Sgueglia, Miguel Marquez, Carolyn Sung and Jason Hanna, CNN The roughly 50 migrants who were sent by plane to Martha’s Vineyard in…
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Biden officials meeting to coordinate administration’s response to GOP governors sending migrants north
CNN, WBZ, WHDH, WCVB, WEAR By Jasmine Wright, Priscilla Alvarez and Kate Sullivan, CNN Biden administration officials are set to meet Friday to…
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El Paso Catholic Diocese seeks volunteers, donations to help support migrants
EL PASO, Texas — The Diocese of El Paso is in dire need of volunteers and is accepting donations to help deal with the increase in migrants coming…
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El Paso County Commissioners address migrant surge in El Paso streets; give update on county processing center
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Commissioners are set to discuss the increase of migrants in El Paso County. An emergency item was added to…
Continue Reading Texas sends two buses of migrants to vice president’s residence in Washington
By Jason Hanna, Priscilla Alvarez, Lauren Koenig and Gabe Cohen, CNN Texas’ governor says his state intentionally sent two buses of migrants to…
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Man is sentenced to life in prison plus 300 years sexual exploitation of a minor; victims included children in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas – A Stratford, Texas man was sentenced to life in prison on numerous counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Court documents show…
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Over a thousand migrants arriving in the El Paso sector per day in September
EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 received a statement from Border Patrol that just over half of the 1,300 encounters they’re reporting daily here in the El…
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Migrant surge in El Paso impacts Las Cruces shelters
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – According to a community outreach coordinator in Las Cruces, most of the shelters are already operating at capacity. The…
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Cleanup efforts increase at migrant campground in downtown El Paso
EL PASO, Texas – A large group of migrants, predominately from Venezuela, are still camped in downtown El Paso, in the Union Plaza area. Waste bins…
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Migrants from Venezuela cross Mexico legally thanks to “safe passage” document
JUÁREZ, Chihuahua — Migrants from Venezuela can to cross the border thanks to a document that lets them move freely through Mexico for a week. The…
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Migrants released on the streets of Downtown El Paso struggle to find bathrooms and showers
EL PASO, Texas– After spending several days on the streets of Downtown El Paso, some migrants are finding it difficult to take care of basic human…
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Legal process for migrants seeking asylum
EL PASO, Texas — Migrants have been seen camped out in parts of El Paso after hundreds have been crossing everyday in the El Paso area. In July,…
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‘It’s not sustainable.’ Migrant surge in El Paso puts strain on shelter system
EL PASO, Texas — A recent increase of immigrants from Venezuela has “changed the game” in El Paso and put a strain on the area’s shelter…
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Large migrant group detained by Border Patrol near Paso Del Norte Bridge
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 captured video of a large group of migrants detained by Border Patrol agents near the Paso Del Norte port of entry.…
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City of El Paso reporting second case of Monkeypox
EL PASO, Texas – A man in his 40s is the latest person to test positive for Monkeypox according to the City of El Paso Public Health Department. The…
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Operation “Hot Chile” see chile importation increase at Columbus Port of Entry USCBP specialists processing 100 shipments daily
COLUMBUS PORT OF ENTRY, NM – CBP agriculture specialists expect to see a peak in the number of shipments they get through the port. In 2021…
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CBP West Texas to deactivate Twitter account
EL PASO, Texas The El Paso region CBP is planning to deactivate its Twitter account after it was used Saturday to promote political and homophobic…
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Many migrants still waiting in downtown El Paso after U.S. Border Patrol drop-off
EL PASO, Texas — In the parking lot next to the Greyhound bus station on the corner of Santa Fe and Overland, migrants have begun to set up camp…
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Hundreds of migrants released into El Paso streets; El Paso leaders addressing the situation
EL PASO, Texas — Hundreds of asylum seekers have been released into the streets of El Paso as a result of local shelters being at capacity. El Paso…
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A RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANTS HAVE DIED CROSSING THE US-MEXICO BORDER
Originally Published: 07 SEP 22 15:53 ETBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 750 migrants have died at the southern…
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TxDOT pedestrian campaign makes a stop in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation is taking its safety campaign for pedestrians and bicyclists to different cities around the…
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El Paso Rhinos looking for housing families
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Rhinos are asking families in El Paso to house the team’s players throughout the season. Some players are from…
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office calls Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing strategy “racist”
Gov. Greg Abbott announced late Wednesday that Chicago is the latest destination to which Texas will bus migrants as part of a strategy to bring…
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