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El Paso receives thousands of migrants before Title 42 ends

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Thousands of migrants have arrived in El Paso since Friday. The pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 are due to end soon. These arrivals could be a sign of what is around the corner.

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Mexico razes migrant camp that sprung up across the border from El Paso, Texas

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Mexican authorities cleared the encampment where as many as a thousand Venezuelans have lived for weeks. The migrants wanted to stay there until they could apply for asylum in the U.S.

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The Biden administration prepares for the end of Title 42

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Washington and El Paso, Texas react as the Biden administration prepares for the end of Title 42 after a federal judge declared the pandemic border restrictions unlawful.

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Thousands of Venezuelans are stranded in Mexico after the U.S. shut doors to them

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Since the U.S. shut the door to most Venezuelans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum, thousands are stranded in Mexico, camped out on the banks of the Rio Grande.

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San Antonio deaths highlight the dangers people face crossing the border illegally

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The death of dozens of people in the back of a semi-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, is a reminder of the dangers people face crossing the border illegally. Yet, large numbers of people are trying.

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'They Should Never Die In Vain': El Paso Honors Victims On Shooting Anniversary

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

El Paso, Texas, is remembering the 23 people killed during a mass shooting at a Walmart on this day in 2019. The alleged gunman said online that he wanted to stop the "Hispanic invasion" of the state.

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Tiny Texas Town Prepares For Jeff Bezos Space Launch

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Van Horn, Texas, looks ahead to its moment in the spotlight as the launch site for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space flight, which is expected Tuesday.

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In Juarez, Transgender Women In Limbo Await U.S. Asylum Exception

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Most asylum seekers who try to enter the U.S. have been expelled during the pandemic. The Biden administration is expanding efforts to grant exceptions to vulnerable migrants, including trans people.

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As More Migrants Arrive, U.S. Expands Efforts To Identify And Admit Most Vulnerable

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

More migrants are granted humanitarian exceptions to a pandemic public health order that effectively closed the Southern border. U.S. officials are working with NGOs to identify the most vulnerable.

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New Multi-Agency Effort Will Target Smugglers Bringing Migrants Into The U.S.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced a new multi-agency effort targeting international organizations that smuggle migrants into the U.S. and have been operating briskly lately.

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2 Girls Dropped Over U.S. Border Wall To Be Reunited With Mother

Friday, April 02, 2021

Their mother has been located in the United States and the goal is to reunite the girls, aged 3 and 5, with her.

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Mixed Messaging And Misinformation Is Creating Confusion At The U.S.-Mexico Border

Friday, March 26, 2021

The Biden administration faces a challenge on the Southwest border, where about 5,000 unauthorized migrants cross daily. Around half are turned back, but now some places in Mexico won't accept them.

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Trump's Border Walls Have Been Causing Injuries As People Climb Over Them

Thursday, March 18, 2021

The Trump administration put up hundreds of miles of 18- to 30-foot bollard walls on the U.S.-Mexico border. Many migrants are simply climbing over them, suffering serious injuries as a result.

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Migrant Surge At Border Is On Pace To Be The Biggest In Nearly 2 Decades

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

President Biden is telling migrants "don't come," as a humanitarian crisis grows at the U.S. border with Mexico. The administration is sending most people who cross the border back to Mexico.

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Republicans Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Amid Increase In Border-Crossing Attempts

Monday, March 15, 2021

On Monday, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of Republican lawmakers to the U.S. southern border in Texas amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Affects Traditional Tamale Season On U.S.-Mexico Border

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

It's a tamale season. Nowhere is the holiday tradition more beloved than along the southern border. But this year the pandemic is affecting who makes tamales and how people get them in Texas.

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Shutdown Order Causes Kerfuffle In El Paso

Friday, November 13, 2020

With the coronavirus surging, an El Paso, Texas, county judge ordered all nonessential businesses to close. But after several business owners and the state attorney sued, a court put the plan on hold.

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What's On The Minds Of Voters In El Paso, Texas

Tuesday, September 08, 2020

NPR checks in on voters in El Paso, Texas, who have much on their minds, including the pandemic, racial injustice and the lingering grief from last year's Walmart shooting.

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2 Survivors Reunite A Year After Deadly El Paso Mass Shooting

Monday, August 03, 2020

Monday marks one year since a gunman went to a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and killed 23 people. A year later, some of the victims are meeting to discuss what happened, and how they've coped.

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