A group of doctors from Harvard and Johns Hopkins has urged Congress to investigate the deaths of six migrant children who were held in government custody after crossing the southern border in the past year, warning that “poor conditions” at U.S. facilities are increasing the risk of spreading deadly infectious diseases, especially the flu. The doctors, who wrote […]Read More
Our elected class — federal division — is spending more time arguing about the mess on the border than fixing the mess on the border. They have been able to solve other problems. The response to Hurricane Harvey was bipartisan and, as these things go, fairly smooth. And even within the gridlocked debates over immigration […]Read More
A stone’s throw from the Border Wall, a refuge for reflection and community is taking shape in the form of Casa Carmelita. Named after Carmelita Torres – a hero of the 1917 Bath Riots – the building sits blocks from the Stanton Street Bridge. According to Zeb Green, a founding member of the space, the […]Read More
‘Justice for Migrants’ is the theme of the 2019 J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium April 11-12 at New Mexico State University. The symposium will feature panels of experts tackling the subjects dominating national news about the treatment of migrants on our southern border. The event is free and open to the public. “The goal […]Read More
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it will begin returning more migrants to Mexico after they apply for asylum in the U.S. and ordered Customs and Border Protection officials to speed up the redeployment of agents to help the Border Patrol process a growing surge of migrants arriving at the border. Last week, Customs and […]Read More
When U.S. Border Patrol agents here apprehended more than 300 peoplein two separate instances one day last month, it was unclear how long the record crossings would continue. That question was partially answered Tuesday after agents in the El Paso sector apprehended more than 400 people in less than 24 hours — part of a trend […]Read More
On Tuesday, the Catholic Diocese sent out a call for volunteers and donations for the Diocesan Migrant Center located at the Diocese of El Paso’s Catholic Pastoral Center. The migrant center is currently seeing between 80-100 migrant refugees daily. Once refugees arrive at the facility, they are given a change of clothes, the ability to […]Read More
Follow two Honduran migrants as their journey to the U.S. for a better life leads them into a giant border hustle where coyotes, cartels and corporations make big bucks off desperate people. Carlos and his 6-year-old daughter, Heyli, traveled nearly 1,700 miles together from Honduras to reach the U.S. border — and what they hoped […]Read More
On Wednesday, Border Patrol officials announced that 247 migrants were smuggled into the US in the ‘Bootheel’ area of Southern New Mexico, and surrendered to agents. Details of the incident were released, along with two photos of the large group, via a news release. According to agents, just after midnight on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, […]Read More
The Christmas week surge of migrants released by ICE into El Paso was somewhat to be expected. However, to understand what happened this week, you have to understand the process. For the last three months, Annunciation House, the non-profit organization that houses migrants after their release from ICE custody as they work their way to […]Read More
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