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Lawmakers urge watchdog to probe Abbott's border scheme following string of National Guard suicides

El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar leads a dozen members of Texas’ Congressional delegation in calling on the state’s military department inspector general to open a probe into right-wing Gov. Greg …

Tue Jan 18, 2022

Just two border agents were fired for their participation in racist Facebook group, House probe says

The Los Angeles Times reported in 2020 that it had learned that just four Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were fired for their participation in a secret Facebook group where posters shared …

Tue Oct 26, 2021

After news of travel restrictions to be eased, border shops ready to welcome back Mexican customers

While Canadian and Mexican visitors have been allowed to enter the U.S. for purposes deemed essential by the government, only in the coming weeks will fully vaccinated travelers be allowed to enter …

Sat Oct 16, 2021

Biden admin says it may resurrect previous admin's cruel Remain in Mexico policy by next month

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last month that pursuant to a Supreme Court shadow docket order, the Biden administration was planning to revive the previous …

Fri Oct 15, 2021

Following outrageous SCOTUS ruling, Biden admin says it'll again try to end Remain in Mexico policy

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will again move to end once and for all the previous administration’s inhumane and unlawful Remain in Mexico policy, saying in a statement Wednesday that it …

Thu Sep 30, 2021

Biden admin says it's planning to resurrect the inhumane and unlawful Remain in Mexico policy

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CBS Evening News during an interview this week that the previous administration’s Remain in Mexico policy “is not in the best …

Fri Sep 10, 2021

Rep. Veronica Escobar visits Afghan refugees at base: 'I saw infants. I saw a mom nursing her baby'

On Wednesday, El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar visited Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss in Texas, one of several U.S. military bases where allies and their families are being temporarily sheltered before …

Thu Aug 26, 2021

On El Paso anniversary, Biden sounds alarm on continued threat of white supremacist violence

Community and national leaders commemorated the anniversary of the white supremacist mass shooting that took the lives of 23 people and injured many others at an El Paso Walmart on this day two years …

Tue Aug 3, 2021

Families divided by border embrace for three minutes at the Rio Grande during annual event

Hundreds of families who live on opposite sides of the southern border got to embrace last month—but for just a few precious moments. Roughly 200 families reunited at the Rio Grande as part of the …

Mon Jul 5, 2021