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
Feb 11 WATCH: Trump holds campaign rally in El Paso By Joshua Barajas El Paso County lawmakers passed a resolution ahead of Trump’s visit, saying the city’s residents are “disillusioned by [the president’s] lies regarding the border and our community.”… Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 5:46 Octavio Solis on growing up a 'skinny brown kid' on the U.S.-Mexico border By Jeffrey Brown As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a “skinny brown kid” in El Paso in his memoir “Retablos”. Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch 7:13 In the reddest part of Colorado, some Republicans rethink their loyalty By PBS News Hour In most elections, Colorado has been a key battleground state. But this season, Hillary Clinton is polling far ahead of Donald Trump. Gwen Ifill speaks with voters in one of the state’s most conservative counties, home to five military installations… Continue watching
Jan 26 Immigration is a top concern for New Hampshire voters By Sergio Bustos and Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press BROOKLINE, N.H. — People in New Hampshire live nearly 2,400 miles from El Paso, Texas, one of the busiest crossings on America's Southern border. And it's only home to about 10,000 people living illegally in the U.S. — a far… Continue reading