Herrell sought to travel with VP Harris on trip to Guatemala, Mexico
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — The recent crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is gaining national attention because of the influx of immigrants fleeing…
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North Carolina student denied diploma after wearing Mexican flag over graduation gown
ASHEBORO, North Carolina — A North Carolina high school student said he was denied his diploma at his graduation ceremony for wearing a Mexican flag…
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Harris in Guatemala tells migrants: ‘Do not come’ to U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday emphasized the need to restore hope for residents of struggling Central American…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday that the government can block non-citizens who are in the U.S. under a program that…
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Mexico’s president loses grip on power in midterm elections
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s ruling political coalition is projected to lose its qualified majority in the lower house of Congress after a…
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ABC-7 Xtra: One-on-one with El Paso’s Border Patrol sector chief
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso chief Border Patrol agent Gloria Chavez was gracious enough to sit down with the ABC-7 Sunday Xtra…
Continue Reading More than 600 quakes shake the California-Mexico border this weekend
CALIPATRIA, California — More than 600 small earthquakes have been recorded this weekend in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern…
Continue Reading El Salvador will adopt bitcoin as legal tender, president says
El Salvador could become the first county to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender, Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele announced in a video recording shown…
Continue Reading Why Kamala Harris is heading to Guatemala and Mexico
Kamala Harris leaves for Latin America on Sunday under intense political pressure to stem the flow of migrants to the US, with lots of people asking…
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1 dead, 6 missing at northern Mexico coal mine collapse
COAHUILA, MEXICO — The body of one miner was found Saturday at a small coal mine in a northern Mexico border state that flooded and collapsed,…
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More than 150 quakes shake California-Mexico border; largest registers 5.3 magnitude
CALIPATRIA, California — Over 150 small earthquakes have been recorded Saturday in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern California,…
Continue Reading Mexico to vaccinate border cities in hopes of lifting U.S. crossing restrictions
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Mexico announced Friday a plan to vaccinate border cities against Covid-19 in the hopes of ending crossing restrictions…
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Biden administration quietly deploys facial recognition to process asylum seekers
WASHINGTON, DC — Facing a backup of tens of thousands of migrants stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Biden administration is betting on a…
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Up to 80 people found inside trailer in San Antonio human smuggling case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio police are looking for dozens of people who escaped from an 18-wheeler, parked on a road outside of town, in what’s…
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Border Patrol says 19-year-old U.S. citizen who ran Hudspeth checkpoint shot self
UPDATE, June 4: U.S. Border Patrol officials now say a man who died after refusing to stop at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint earlier this week took his…
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Massive sinkhole in Mexico grows, threatens to swallow house
SANTA MARIA ZACATEPEC, Mexico — A huge sinkhole some 60 meters in diameter has appeared in farmers’ fields in central Mexico,…
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Video said to show 5-year-old abandoned at Juarez-El Paso border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A French news agency reported Thursday that it had obtained cellphone video of a 5-year-old boy being abandoned along the…
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El Paso, other border counties lead Covid-19 vaccination efforts across Texas
EL PASO, Texas — Texas counties on the U.S.-Mexico border that once dealt with the brunt of the load of Covid-19 are now outpacing the state…
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Fired workers claim poor conditions at Fort Bliss migrant shelter
FORT BLISS, Texas — A group of disgruntled employees working at the Fort Bliss shelter for migrant children, gave ABC-7 some insight Wednesday…
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Mexican Nat’l Guard border mission still a concern 2 years later
(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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Mexico raids building project next to Teotihuacán pyramids
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico sent in 250 National Guard troops and 60 police officers to seize land next to the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacán…
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Samaniego seeks to vaccinate Juarez before border reopens
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego is in talks with Ciudad Juarez officials to open a vaccination hub in El Paso that would…
Continue Reading Biden formally ends Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration formally ended the Trump-era policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico until their court dates in…
Continue Reading Vice President Harris’ team tries to distance her from fraught situation at the border
WASHINGTON, DC — In the weeks since the President asked her to take charge of immigration from Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris…
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Mexican cartels are now hunting down police at their homes
GUANAJUATO, Mexico — The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico’s “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of its own:…
Continue Reading Congresswoman, urges caseworkers at Ft. Bliss Migrant Facility to pick up the pace
EL PASO, Texas– The shelter at Fort Bliss meant to house migrant children, has El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar concerned for the children in…
Continue Reading Texas Gov. Abbott says drug trafficking across border is at ‘crisis’ level
FORT WORTH, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott called the smuggling of fentanyl across the Texas-Mexico border a “crisis” and said Thursday that…
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Watch: El Paso firefighters rescue pregnant migrant woman from top of border barrier
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection released video Tuesday afternoon, showing a 23-year-old pregnant migrant woman who had to be…
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‘Totally different situation’: El Paso County Judge concerned over Juarez vaccination rate
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso is reporting several positive Covid-19 trends. Hospitalizations and the county’s positivity rate have been…
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‘Life in your hands’: Migrants must clear high asylum hurdles
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — All Isela can do is hope. She’s one of dozens of migrants who have found temporary refuge at the Buen Samaritano shelter in…
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