The number of people who were apprehended by or surrendered to federal immigration officials on the U.S.-Mexico border dipped by more than 20 percent last month, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. After Read More
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The Trump administration wants to make migrants who pass through another nation before entering the U.S. at its southern border ineligible for asylum, the Associated Press reported Monday. The effort would disqualify most asylum Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state will deploy 1,000 troops from the Texas National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid the federal government with border security efforts. “There is an escalating Read More
WASHINGTON – Monday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the importance of preserving the United States’ trade relationship with Mexico while working to secure our southern border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s Read More
WASHINGTON — Backing a resolution spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico Read More
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Presidential Visit to El Paso & Community's Response
Op-Ed: Trump’s vision prevailed over Beto’s in El Paso
In the City of El Paso, two visions for the future of Texas and the future of America were on display, that of President Trump and that of former Congressman Robert Francis O’Rourke. The Read More
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Presidential Visit to El Paso & Community's Response
Op-Ed: The Trump Snake Oil Wagon Rolls into Town this
The damage is done. President Trump went and weaponized our city as a political propaganda tool to push his personal “Build my Big, Beautiful Wall” agenda. He looked America straight in the eye during his Read More
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Presidential Visit to El Paso & Community's Response
Congresswoman Escobar Sends Letter to President, Asking to Correct the
On Thursday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to correct the record and apologize to El Pasoans for his misleading remarks during the State of the Union address. Congresswoman Read More
The tent city popped up over the summer, about 40 miles from El Paso, as the U.S. government sought more space to hold hundreds of unaccompanied teenagers caught crossing the Rio Grande from places like Read More
After claiming that illegal immigration disproportionately affects black and Hispanic Americans and fuels smugglers’ abuse of women and children, President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged federal lawmakers to see his way on border security and Read More