Aug 04 El Paso suspect appears to have posted anti-immigrant screed By Michael Biesecker, Reese Dunklin, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press About 20 minutes before the shooting started at an El Paso Walmart, a rambling screed was posted to an online message board saying the massacre was in response to an “invasion” of Hispanics coming across the southern border. Continue reading
Aug 04 Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in… Continue reading
Aug 04 Sister: El Paso shooting victim, 25, 'gave her life' for son By Morgan Lee, Associated Press A 25-year-old woman who was shot while apparently shielding her 2-month-old son was among the 20 people killed when a gunman opened fire in a crowded El Paso shopping area, her sister said. Continue reading
Aug 04 2 mass shootings in less than 24 hours shock US By Associated Press Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence. Continue reading
Aug 04 Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism By Cedar Attanasio, Michael Balsamo, Diana Heidgerd, Associated Press The shooting that killed 20 people at a crowded El Paso shopping area will be handled as a domestic terrorism case, federal authorities said Sunday as they weighed hate-crime charges against the gunman that could carry the death penalty. Continue reading
Aug 03 Texas governor: 20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting By Cedar Attanasio, Michael Balsamo, Diana Heidgerd, Associated Press Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, other Democrats testify on border facility conditions By Alan Fram, Associated Press The four Democrats testifying Friday, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, were among a larger group of House members who visited three Texas border stations last week. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 4:37 A firsthand report of 'inhumane conditions' at a migrant children's detention facility The Associated Press details grave conditions inside a Texas migrant detention facility where 250 infants, children and teenagers were being held without adequate food, water or sanitation during a recent visit. Warren Binford, a law professor at Willamette University, joins… Continue watching
Jun 21 Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility By Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there's inadequate food, water and sanitation for the 250 infants, children and teens at the Border Patrol station. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 6:49 On the U.S.-Mexico border, crowds of migrants and a 'broken' system By Amna Nawaz May saw the highest number of crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border since 2007. Due to the surge and a new Trump administration policy that keeps asylum seekers in Mexico until their claims are processed, communities on both sides of the… Continue watching