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
May 03 U.S. prepares to house more immigrants in tents at the southern border By Cedar Attanasio, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The newest tent cities — in El Paso and in the Rio Grande Valley — will hold 1,000 parents and families. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 6:46 How residents from El Paso feel about border barriers By Angela Kocherga, Albuquerque Journal Amid the roiling national debate about immigration and a border wall, construction crews in El Paso, Texas, are busy replacing 20 miles of wire mesh fencing with a bollard-style structure. Border Patrol says this kind of barrier is crucial for… Continue watching
Feb 18 AP fact check: Trump spins fiction about diversity visas By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump is going after the "horror show" known as the diversity visa lottery program. His description of it is pure fiction. Here's a closer look at the president's claim, among others, this past week. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: Upon court order, ICE stops force-feeding 2 detained asylum seekers In our news wrap Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped force-feeding two asylum seekers at an El Paso detention center who had been on a hunger strike. Also, the top Pentagon official says the U.S. will not abandon the… Continue watching
Feb 12 After cameraman attacked at Trump rally, White House asks future attendees to be ‘peaceful’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press There was a brief scuffle on a press platform away from the El Paso stage on Monday night, when a man began shoving members of the news media and was restrained. Continue reading