May 29 Watch 4:07 Inside the El Paso medical clinics struggling to care for influx of migrants By Amna Nawaz, Phil Maravilla An influx of migrants has overwhelmed local governments on the U.S.-Mexico border. In El Paso, Texas, nearly 38,000 migrants have been allowed entry so far in 2023, though weekly entries are down slightly since the expiration of Title 42 earlier… Continue watching
May 08 Watch 7:13 El Paso mayor on surge of migrants in the city as COVID-era immigration order expires By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz Cities on the southern border are preparing for the lifting of Title 42, a pandemic-era border policy that allowed officials to turn away millions of migrants over the last three years. El Paso has declared a state of emergency ahead… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 4:48 Biden meets with Mexican president as U.S. shifts southern border policy By Laura Barrón-López President Biden and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts kicked off a leaders summit where migration will be a key issue. The talks come after Biden made his first visit to the southern border since taking office. Sunday, he joined border… Continue watching
Jan 08 Biden meets border officials in El Paso on first stop of visit to U.S.-Mexico border By Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 5:52 Biden plan expels more migrants entering U.S. illegally, expands asylum applications By Amna Nawaz The White House unveiled a new immigration plan that will increase expulsions at the southern border. The plan cracks down on those who enter the country illegally but also allows 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti to enter… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 6:12 Border communities try to balance needs of residents and migrants amid humanitarian crisis By William Brangham In normal times, asylum seekers who make it to the U.S. border are entitled to a hearing. But during the pandemic, emergency rule Title 42 allowed officials to deport certain migrants. Monday, the Supreme Court put a hold on a… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 2:22 News Wrap: Russian shelling continues in Ukrainian city of Kherson In our news wrap Sunday, a rocket strike killed at least one person in Russia’s Belgorod region while Russian shelling in Kherson killed at least three civilians, North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles capable of striking Japan, the mayor of… Continue watching
Dec 18 Mayor of El Paso declares state of emergency over influx of asylum seekers By Associated Press The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency Saturday over concerns about the community's ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Southern border. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 7:50 U.S. immigration officials face surge of asylum seekers near El Paso By Amna Nawaz An extraordinary number of migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into El Paso over the weekend. It's stretching an already-taxed system to new limits. Over a yearlong period, federal agents have reported a record 2.4 million encounters. Rep. Veronica Escobar, a… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: Suspect in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 appears in U.S. court In our news wrap Monday, a prime suspect in the 1988 Pan Am bombing appeared before a federal magistrate in Washington, a winter storm pushed east today after pummeling northern California and Nevada, Iran executed a second prisoner for alleged… Continue watching