Journalists observe over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
DONNA, Texas — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant…
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El Paso border expert says ‘fragile economies’ help explain why migrants are fleeing home countries
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border officials reported a 168% increase in encounters with migrant families and a 63% increase in encounters with…
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Congressman says Fort Bliss shelter could begin receiving migrant children on Tuesday
EL PASO, Texas — It appears a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children at Fort Bliss could see its first arrivals on Tuesday. That’s according to…
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White House to host briefing for U.S. House members on border situation
WASHINGTON, DC — The White House will host a bipartisan briefing for members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday to update them on the…
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Congressional delegation tours U.S./Mexico border in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Congressional leaders toured the El Paso sector of the U.S.-Mexico border in light of reports of overcrowding as processing centers…
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Popular Juarez television clown Niko Liko dies
EL PASO, Texas — A beloved border-television clown, Niko Liko has died. Antonio Gaytán Muruato, who hosted the long-running Niko Liko Show in…
Continue Reading Two separate lawmaker trips to border highlight different messages on immigration amid surge of minors
Two separate groups of lawmakers traveled to Texas on Friday to spotlight the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico border in recent…
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COVID-19 restrictions did little to stop border drug trafficking
This story by Rocío Gallegos, Verónica Martínez, Gabriela Minjares was first published by La Verdad. Land crossing restrictions imposed by the…
Continue Reading President Biden says Fort Bliss approved to hold 5,000 beds for unaccompanied migrant children
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden in his first press conference Thursday said Fort Bliss has been approved to hold 5,000 beds for unaccompanied…
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A crucial — and informal — cross-border economy has been disrupted by the pandemic
This story by Angela Kocherga was first published by KTEP Public Radio. A year after the U.S. border was closed to all non-essential travel, the…
Continue Reading Biden administration prepares to activate 2 military sites in Texas for migrant children
The Biden administration is setting up two more emergency intake sites that combined will provide more than 5,000 beds to accommodate migrant…
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An inside look at an unaccompanied migrant children shelter in south Texas
CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas — New images were made public of an unaccompanied migrant shelter run by the Department of Health and Human Services…
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HHS asks Pentagon to help house unaccompanied minors at 2 military locations in Texas, including Fort Bliss
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has asked the Pentagon to help house unaccompanied minors at two military locations in…
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CBP releases new images of El Paso Border Patrol processing center
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection released new video showing the conditions inside El Paso’s Central Processing Center…
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Migrant families with young children expelled from El Paso back to Mexico
EL PASO, Texas — Migrant families, traveling with nothing but the clothes on their back, were expelled into Juarez Monday over the Paso del Norte…
Continue Reading Border Patrol has detained more unaccompanied minors in March than all of February
The US Border Patrol has detained more than 11,000 unaccompanied migrant children between February 28 to March 20, according to preliminary…
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Inside a closed-door US Border Patrol facility in Texas
As the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the US-Mexico border continues to rise, hundreds have been kept in US Border Patrol…
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As Covid-19 ravaged the border, U.S. and Mexico did little to work together
This story by reporter Molly Smith was first published by El Paso Matters. EL PASO, Texas — When Mexico’s president traveled to the White House…
Continue Reading Biden officials traveling to Mexico amid surge of unaccompanied minors
Senior Biden administration officials are traveling to Mexico on Monday to discuss managing migration with government officials amid a surge of…
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Border experts clash on federal government’s handling of unaccompanied migrant children
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso is again in the national spotlight because of the surge in unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States. The…
Continue Reading Homeland security chief again tells migrants ‘do not come’ during ABC News interview after El Paso visit
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas placed the blame for the current influx of migrants on the southern border…
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Biden administration called out for lack of transparency with El Paso border visit
EL PASO, Texas — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso on Friday with a…
Continue Reading Senators react to border conditions after El Paso visit with Homeland secretary
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators visited the Mexican…
Continue Reading Homeland Security chief visiting border in El Paso; 14,000 kids in custody
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was visiting El Paso on Friday for a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border and migrant…
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We met migrant teens who just crossed the border in Texas – here’s what they told us
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — In the pitch-black night, the teens’ eyes blink in confusion as the bright beam of a constable’s…
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2 El Pasoans injured in Texas truck crash that killed 8 migrants
DEL RIO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned two El Pasoans were injured and hospitalized when their pickup truck was struck by another pickup loaded with…
Continue Reading Border Patrol encounters 32 large groups along U.S.-Mexico border in 6 months
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Border Patrol has encountered 32 large groups of migrants along the southern border since October, amid a new wave of…
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U.S. House approves bill with citizenship path for young Dreamer immigrants
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House has voted to open a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers and other immigrants who have fled war or natural…
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Children in Juárez’s poorest neighborhoods go months without any formal schooling
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (KVIA) — Shairi Lopez loves animals. It’s her dream to be a veterinarian some day. She’s one of many Juárez children who have…
Continue Reading El Paso’s former U.S. Marshal says Mexican cartels ‘make money’ from migrant influx
EL PASO, Texas — Former U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte of El Paso tells ABC-7 that Mexican drug cartels are taking advantage of the recent influx of…
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