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…
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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…
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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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Abbott backpedals on pledge to shut down 6 border crossings
UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he directed state troopers and the Texas National Guard “to…
Continue Reading Federal judge blocks Biden administration from expelling migrant families under public health order
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal judge blocked the Biden administration from expelling migrant families apprehended at the US-Mexico border under…
Continue Reading Border agents ‘overwhelmed’ as thousands of migrants wait under Texas bridge to enter U.S.
DEL RIO, Texas — Thousands of asylum-seeking migrants — most of them from Haiti — are waiting under an international bridge in Del Rio to be…
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Mexico to give away ‘El Chapo’ safehouse in lottery
By ANDRÉS VILLARREAL Associated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — The house that former drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled in 2014 when…
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Border agents rescue toddler & baby from Rio Grande, find 29 migrants in Clint trailer
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol agent made a shocking discovery while on a boat patrol in the Rio Grande. He found a two-year-old girl and…
Continue Reading DHS needs better Covid-19 protocols at US-Mexico border to prevent putting migrants and staff at risk, watchdog finds
By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security needs to enhance its Covid-19 prevention measures at the US-Mexico border, a newly released…
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El Paso events to celebrate Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16
EL PASO, Texas — Mexico’s independence is celebrated Sept. 16 and several events are scheduled in El Paso to celebrate. UTEP will have a celebration…
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Frustration grows for migrants stuck in southern Mexico
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Tens of thousands of Haitian migrants are stuck in the southern Mexico city of…
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Mexico finishes 3-month push to vaccinate border residents
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says it has successfully completed a three-month push to provide coronavirus vaccines to all adult…
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Mexico gives drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes 28 years
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Mexico has hit drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes with a 28-year prison sentence for organized crime, money…
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At least 1 dead, 10 missing in landslide near Mexico City
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TLALNEPANTLA, Mexico (AP) — A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City has given way, plunging rocks…
Continue Reading Biden administration appeals Texas ruling that found DACA unlawful
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration appealed on Friday a Texas court ruling that found the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood…
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More than 150 aftershocks follow deadly Mexico quake
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Residents of Acapulco began cleaning up broken glass and chunks of plaster Wednesday as they took in the full impact of a…
Continue Reading At least 1 dead after 7.0 quake shakes Acapulco, Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and…
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Mexico’s Supreme Court rules that abortion is not a crime
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion. The court on…
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16 die as floods swamp public hospital in central Mexico
By GERARDO CARRILLO Associated Press TULA, Mexico (AP) — Torrential rains in central Mexico have suddenly flooded a hospital, killing 16 patients.…
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Migrant caravan broken up again in southern Mexico
By MARCO UGARTE Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican border agents and police have broken up a caravan of hundreds of migrants who had…
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Heavy smoke from Juarez recycling plant blaze seen from El Paso
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A recycling plant blaze in Juarez on Saturday generated heavy dark smoke that could be seen for miles, including across the…
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Woman struck and killed while crossing I-10 near Van Horn with group of migrants
VAN HORN, Texas — A Mexican woman was struck and killed Thursday night while crossing Interstate 10 near Van Horn with a group of migrants,…
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