18 migrants found crammed in open rail car in south Texas
LAREDO, Texas — Customs and Border Protection agents searching trains for migrants said they found 18 undocumented immigrants packed inside an open…
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Noem says National Guard troops to return from Texas border
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says the National Guard troops that she deployed to the…
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Mexico president says containing migrants not enough
By MARCO UGARTE and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has expressed…
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El Paso rescuers don’t find person seen in the water in Chihuahuita
EL PASO, Texas — A search by two El Paso Fire Department water rescue and dive teams didn’t find any signs of a person reportedly seen in the…
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Texas Senate ok’s spending $2B on border security over Blanco’s objection
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday sent legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott committing nearly $2 billion in additional funds for border…
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US draws Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico for World Cup qualifying
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball will face Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba in the first round of qualifying for the 2023 Basketball…
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Abortion on the border: Legislation in Texas and criminalization in Chihuahua
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad…
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Tropical Storm Nora hugs Mexico’s coast; 1 dead, 7 missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Nora has weakened to a tropical storm as it causes floods and landslides along Mexico’s Pacific coast. At midday…
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Mexican troops disrupt migrants heading north from border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Several hundred migrants, including many children, have been blocked by Mexican security forces as they tried to head north from…
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Hurricane Nora sweeps past Puerto Vallarta, heads north
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Nora has swept past Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta area and is heading north for possible close…
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Body pulled from Franklin Canal in Socorro
SOCORRO, Texas — A body was pulled from a canal in Socorro on Friday evening, according to authorities. Socorro police and firefighters on scene…
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Mexican president stopped by protest, misses news conference
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The SUV carrying Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was stopped and surrounded by a radical teachers’ group,…
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Body found in remote desert area of Dona Ana County
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A body, suspected to be that of a migrant, was recovered Thursday night along the western edge of Dona Ana County. The…
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El Paso federal judge grants injunction blocking migrant stops by Texas troopers
EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge in El Paso on Thursday granted the Biden administration’s request for a preliminary injunction halting an executive…
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Rescuers call off search for man seen in Rio Grande near Ysleta Port of Entry
EL PASO, Texas — Rescuers called off the search Thursday afternoon for a man spotted by U.S. Border Patrol agents in the river near Loop 375 and…
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Mexico: help for U.S. on migrants ‘can’t go on forever’
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has again sidestepped questions about reinstating the U.S. “Remain in…
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U.S. Supreme Court orders ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy reinstated
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program…
Continue Reading Mexico welcomes arrival of its 1st group of Afghan refugees
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has accepted its first group of refugees from Afghanistan. The five women and one man arrived Tuesday in Mexico City,…
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Migrants stone Mexico immigration officers, 1 in hospital
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration service says a group of migrants threw rocks at its officers, injuring one severely. The National…
Continue Reading Supreme Court halts reinstating ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court is temporarily halting a judge’s order that would have forced the government to reinstate a Trump…
Continue Reading U.S. extends ban on non-essential Mexico border crossings
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government on Friday extended a ban on non-essential travel along the borders with Mexico and Canada through at least…
Continue Reading Supreme Court puts brief hold on court order requiring revival of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito put a brief hold on a lower court decision requiring the revival of a…
Continue Reading Hurricane Grace strengthens heading for 2nd hit on Mexico
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it bears down…
Continue Reading Hurricane Grace heads toward hit on Mexico’s Caribbean coast
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s Caribbean coast is readying for the arrival of Hurricane Grace, evacuating…
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US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing changing how asylum claims are handled. The aim is to reduce…
Continue Reading ‘Frozen in time’: Lobbyists, lawmakers and mayors plead with the White House to ease Covid travel restrictions
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease restrictions on nonessential travel…
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Smugglers have cut through border wall along El Paso sector over 700 times so far
EL PASO, Texas — As breaches to the U.S.-Mexico border wall in the El Paso sector hit 714 so far in the 2021 fiscal year, the U.S. Border Patrol is…
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Pentagon confirms Fort Bliss to house evacuated Afghanis
FORT BLISS, Texas — Fort Bliss is among two U.S. military bases that are set to be used by the Defense Department to house thousands of evacuated…
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Human smugglers caught trying to sneak 32 into El Paso airport
EL PASO, Texas — Human traffickers have been caught trying to smuggle nearly three-dozen people into the U.S. at the El Paso International Airport.…
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Amid the migrant surge, a look at how an ‘Eye in the Sky’ gives CBP an advantage
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 was given rare access to see what officers of the Customs and Border Protection crew on board a military style Blackhawk…
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