Dangerous stretch of Rio Grande sees drowning deaths triple, water rescues up by 1,000%
Newly released data reveals a dramatic shift in the region along the Rio Grande over the past year — and offers a window into the human toll of…
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FEMA begins reimbursing Borderland non-profits who helped migrants
Federal officials began Friday to reimburse organizations that fed, sheltered and transported migrants released this year in communities near the…
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McAleenan resigns as acting Homeland Security Secretary: ‘The El Paso shooting hit close to home’
Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security since April and the fourth person to serve in that post since the Trump presidency began,…
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160 bodies buried in mass grave in Juarez
About 160 bodies have been buried in a mass grave in Juarez. The Juarez Medical Examiner’s Office designated them as unclaimed. The bodies were…
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Texas judge rules Trump’s emergency wall declaration is unlawful in suit filed by El Paso County
A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall is unlawful and…
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Husband of El Paso’s Border Patrol chief facing charges of sex assault and kidnapping
A U.S. Border Patrol agent, whose wife heads the El Paso sector of the agency, is facing charges he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a junior agent…
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Nearly 1 million migrants apprehended along Mexico border in fiscal year 2019, most in over a decade
The number of migrants encountered at the Mexican border during the 2019 budget year is likely to be nearly 1 million, one of the highest figures on…
Continue Reading Trump administration to collect DNA from migrants crossing the border, immigrants in detention
The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to implement collection of DNA from migrants who’ve been arrested, according the…
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Trump wanted to shoot border-crossing migrants in the legs, White House officials tell NY Times
President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during a March…
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Juarez mayor to testify on migrants at New Mexico hearing
A key group of New Mexico lawmakers will tour both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border later this week and hear from the mayor of the largest Mexican…
Continue Reading San Elizario residents evacuated after spewing pipe failure on Mexican side of border
An unknown number of residents in a San Elizario neighborhood were evacuated Sunday morning after an apparent dangerous pipe failure that occurred…
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Large chunk of border wall funding diverted from tiny Guam
President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several military construction projects…
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Legendary crooner José José, Mexican musical icon for half a century, dies at age 71
José José, a Mexican music icon, has died, the Mexican Ministry of Culture said. He was 71. “From the Ministry of Culture we are sorry for…
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s plan to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to expand a procedure to speed up deportations for some undocumented immigrants.…
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Catholic Bishops witness evolving face of immigrants along the Borderland
Catholic leaders touring the Borderland are witnessing for themselves the changing face of the immigrants trying to gain entry into the U.S. They are…
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New Trump administration deal could send migrants back to dangerous Central American countries
As part of its latest attempt to deter migrants from seeking refuge at the U.S. southern border, the Trump administration has initiated a series of…
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700 CBP officers returned to port of entry duty in El Paso, elsewhere after assisting Border Patrol
Hundreds of Customs and Border Protection officers who were reassigned in March to assist U.S. Border Patrol agents have returned to their normal…
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Violent weekend in Juarez sets new record with over 20 killings in roughly 40 hours
Juarez set a new homicide record over the weekend with more than 20 killings in a roughly 40-hour period, the state attorney general’s office…
Continue Reading El Paso native Ashley Alvidrez wins Miss Mexico 2019
El Paso native and Horizon High School graduate Ashley Alvdrez was crowned the new Miss Mexico over the weekend, a Clint Independent School District…
Continue Reading ‘We’ll just jump the river’: Migrants stuck in Juarez frustrated as immigration court backlog grows
Dozens of Mexican families continue to wait to declare asylum as the backlog in immigration cases grows every day. “It’s really hard to…
Continue Reading Border Patrol agent seriously injured after being struck by semi-truck near Sierra Blanca checkpoint
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was seriously injured when he was struck by a semi-truck late Tuesday night near the Sierra Blanca border checkpoint and…
Continue Reading Body found in canal along El Paso’s Border Highway
A person was found dead in a canal along the Border Highway on Tuesday morning. The El Paso Fire Department said the body was discovered near Midway…
Continue Reading Violence pushing migrants to U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez in increasing numbers
Even in a city where authorities are investigating the scattering of body parts all over town, Domingo Beltran Zamora feels safer here than in his…
Continue Reading Congress set to vote on measure opposing Trump plan to divert millions from Fort Bliss to fund wall
The fight over funding for a border wall in Texas and other states appears to be heating up again in Congress this month as lawmakers near a deadline…
Continue Reading 1 dead, 2 wounded in Juarez shopping mall shooting
One person was shot and killed, while two others were shot and wounded by a group of armed thieves at a busy north Juarez shopping mall, Mexican…
Continue Reading Border Patrol agent wounded, gunman killed during Texas traffic stop shootout
Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and wounded during a traffic stop near the Texas border city of Del Rio and that another agent…
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Despair among migrants in Juarez after U.S. Supreme Court upholds Trump asylum policy
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s policy of seeking asylum in the first country an immigrant sets foot on. That ruling…
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U.S. Supreme Court allows nationwide enforcement of new Trump administration asylum restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from…
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Federal appeals court says asylum restrictions not blocked in Texas or New Mexico
A federal appeals court has put on hold a ruling that blocked a Trump administration policy that would prevent migrants from seeking asylum along the…
Continue Reading New ‘Day of the Dead Barbie’ celebrating Dia de los Muertos to be released
There’s about to be a new Barbie doll on the shelves, with flowers on her dress and a skull painted on her face. It’s the Dia de los…
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