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…
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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:…
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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…
Continue Reading Lawyers say Ft. Bliss ‘warehousing’ migrant kids by the thousands
FORT BLISS, Texas — The shelter at Fort Bliss feels more like a warehouse, according to people who have been there, with rows and rows of bunk…
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WATCH: GOP’s Border Security Caucus tours El Paso conditions
EL PASO, Texas — A Republican congressional delegation made up of members of the Border Security Caucus visited El Paso on Monday to examine…
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Chaparral trio charged by feds with taking migrants hostage
CHAPARRAL, New Mexico – Federal prosecutors on Monday charged three Chaparral residents with operating a human smuggling operation that allegedly…
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Man seriously hurt in Sunland Park border wall fall; 2nd in week
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — For the second time in a week, a person fell off the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sunland Park on Saturday and was…
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Lower Valley farmers discuss migrant influx with congressional delegation
EL PASO, Texas — Farmers from El Paso’s Lower Valley shared their concerns about the influx of migrants along the southern border with Texas…
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1 dead, 15 rescued in smuggling boat incident near San Diego
SAN DIEGO, California — One person is confirmed dead after an incident involving a suspected smuggling vessel off the coast of San Diego…
Continue Reading Biden administration shuts down 2 immigration detention centers under scrutiny for poor conditions
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop detaining immigrants at two detention centers that came under…
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Migrant woman seriously hurt in fall off Sunland Park border wall
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A migrant woman was severely hurt Wednesday when she fell off a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sunland Park.…
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Mexico says border travel restrictions with U.S. due to Covid now extended through June 21
WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions across the U.S.-Mexico border have now been extended through at least June 21, according to Mexico’s foreign…
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Lawsuit alleges New Mexico guards pepper-sprayed detained asylum seekers
ESTANCIA, New Mexico — One year ago Monday, more than 20 asylum seekers were on a hunger strike, protesting Covid-19 safety conditions at the…
Continue Reading Chihuahua City’s Miss Mexico Andrea Meza wins Miss Universe
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico — Miss Mexico Andrea Meza of Chihuahua City was crowned Miss Universe at the 69th annual pageant, which was delayed last…
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Over 20 migrants found hidden in truck bed and trailer at Sierra Blanca checkpoint
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents this past week encountered a large human smuggling scheme off Interstate 10 at the immigration…
Continue Reading Thousands of ‘fake AirPods’ seized, CBP says
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Ohio have seized 36,000 headphones that resembled Apple AirPods. CBP in Cincinnati found that the…
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Samaniego lays plan to vaccinate Mexican visitors as he prepares for border reopening
EL PASO, Texas– The border between the U.S. and Mexico initially shutdown on March 20, 2020, due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in both countries.…
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‘The world’s haves and have-nots’: Global vaccine disparities on display at El Paso-Juárez border
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez…
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Power restored to thousands in Juárez after 4-hour blackout
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A blackout in Ciudad Juárez on Thursday left thousands of people without electricity and water services for nearly…
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Biden administration expands effort to identify vulnerable migrant families in Mexico for entry into U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration plans to coordinate with nongovernmental organizations to identify vulnerable migrant families in…
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Dallas and San Antonio sites used to house migrant children set to close within weeks
DALLAS, Texas — Two large sites in Texas used to shelter unaccompanied migrant children amid the influx in arrivals earlier this year will…
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Indigenous diaspora: Reaching the border, untracked in the U.S. immigration system
(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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El Paso, Juarez firefighters undergo joint training to deal with hazardous train derailments
EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border suited up and trained with a new tool from the toolbox, given to them…
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Border Patrol mourns El Paso agent who died after contracting Covid-19 on the job
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol station on Hondo Pass in El Paso is mourning the loss of one of its own. Agent and canine handler Freddie…
Continue Reading Border encounters reach 2-decade high in April, though number of unaccompanied children dips
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in April, a slight increase over March, for the highest…
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