Texas Democrats urge Abbott to accept federal funds to help border communities
AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic lawmakers from Texas are urging the state’s governor to accept federal funds to help with the testing and…
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Record number of kids in Border Patrol custody, shelter beds scarce
WASHINGTON, DC — The number of unaccompanied migrant children in US Border Patrol facilities, which are akin to jail cells and not intended for…
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Migrants being flown to El Paso from overwhelmed Rio Grande Valley
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso will begin receiving planes full of migrants from the Rio Grande Valley for processing, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar,…
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Ricardo González Gutiérrez, beloved Mexican clown known as Cepillín, dead at 75
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Comedian Ricardo González Gutiérrez, who was best known for his performances as a beloved Mexican clown under the name…
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Bus driver protest briefly shuts down Juárez border bridge
CIUDAD JUÁREZ , Chihuahua (KVIA) — A group of bus drivers blocked northbound traffic into El Paso early Monday morning, ABC-7’s news partners in…
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Infamous tent camp on U.S.-Mexico border drawn down as Biden ends Trump policy
MATAMOROS, Mexico — A tent camp in Matamoros, Mexico, where hundreds of migrants stayed in deplorable conditions after being subject to a…
Continue Reading ‘A violent gamble’: Crash that killed 13 undocumented migrants highlights perils of desperate border crossings
IMPERIAL COUNTY, California — Hours after 13 undocumented migrants were killed in a collision on a desolate stretch of California’s…
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Is there a border crisis? Depends who you ask in Texas, but it’s clear more migrants are crossing into U.S.
MISSION, Texas — An American flag blew in the South Texas wind as Father Roy Snipes prepared to welcome 100 migrants to the school close to his…
Continue Reading Abbott blames migrants for spreading Covid, but stalls federal testing offer
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants…
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Texas migrant family detention centers to become rapid-processing hubs
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is preparing to convert its immigrant family detention centers in South Texas into Ellis-Island-style…
Continue Reading Unaccompanied kids being held by Border Patrol for 77 hours on average, internal documents show
WASHINGTON, Dc — Migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone are staying in Border Patrol custody for longer than three days on…
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13 crash dead among 44 smuggled through fence hole
HOLTVILLE, California — The U.S. Border Patrol says 13 people killed in a Southern California crash were among 44 people who entered the U.S.…
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New details emerge about migrant child holding facility planned for west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — After ABC-7 first reported last week on a new migrant holding facility being created in west El Paso that is intended to house…
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Biden meets with Mexico’s leader amid migration issues
WASHINGTON, DC — As President Joe Biden looks to dismantle the last administration’s hard-line immigration agenda, he worked Monday to build a…
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NMSU remains against declaring campus a sanctuary
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University is rejecting requests that the Las Cruces campus take on sanctuary status for students who are…
Continue Reading Migrants face danger as numbers headed to U.S. grow
TENOSIQUE, Mexico — Carlos was working in the field a few weeks ago, planting corn and beans under the scorching Honduran sun, when he suddenly…
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Border-separated families could be reunited in U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration could reunite migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald…
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CBP officers warn counterfeit Covid-19 products still being sold in the U.S.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A year into the pandemic, counterfeit COVID-19 products are still coming into the United States. Customs and Border…
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Democratic lawmakers wrestle with how to proceed on immigration
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic lawmakers are wrestling with how to move forward with a series of immigration bills that would legalize…
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Woman among 25 asylum seekers gives birth after El Paso arrival
EL PASO, Texas — Most of the 25 asylum-seeking migrants who settled into an El Paso shelter on Friday are preparing to reunite with family members…
Continue Reading Biden administration plans to open another tent facility for migrants on the Texas border
The Biden administration is planning to open another facility in south Texas to expand processing capacity for children and families arriving at the…
Continue Reading Alzheimer’s facility converted to house migrant kids in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A new facility designed to house migrant children is reportedly preparing to open just blocks away from the Coronado Country Club,…
Continue Reading 25 asylum-seekers cross into El Paso in ‘Remain in Mexico’ rollback
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso on Friday became the third U.S. border crossing to accept asylum-seekers who had been forced to wait in Mexico. There were…
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Annunciation House says 25 asylum seekers to enter El Paso daily starting Friday
EL PASO, Texas — Ruben Garcia, the director of Annunciation House, said his organization expects to receive 25 asylum-seekers daily enrolled in the…
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Border Patrol agent injured in rollover crash in west El Paso
EL PASO, TEXAS – A U.S. Border Patrol Agent was injured Thursday when he rolled over his government vehicle near a west El Paso intersection. The…
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Border Patrol agent flown to UMC after being injured near Ysleta port of entry
EL PASO, Texas – A U.S. Border Patrol agent working near the Ysleta port of entry was flown to University Medical Center Wednesday evening after…
Continue Reading Annunciation House readies care for migrant families set to cross into El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Shelters and organizations in El Paso are preparing to shelter migrant families once they begin crossing the border from Juarez…
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Texas judge blocks Biden’s moratorium on most deportations
HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge has indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on…
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El Paso says it can handle transit needs of migrants who will be allowed to cross border starting Friday
EL PASO, Texas — City of El Paso leaders say they have readied their transportation system for migrants to avoid the problems that happened during…
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U.S. judge orders wife of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to remain jailed after drug arrest
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain temporarily jailed after she…
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