Fatima stood in the check-in area of the El Paso airport, her infant daughter in her arms, ready to begin a long-delayed effort at life in the United States. “There are many, many different feelings ...
As the Biden administration announced that the United States would begin to allow asylum seekers enrolled in Migrant Protection Protocols to cross the border, a rare sight spread across a migrant shelter in Juárez: Smiles ...
Parents the world over desire a secure environment in which to raise their children. For mothers like Fatima, it seems that security is a dream that exists just over the line that separates Mexico and ...
When Veronica crossed the border from Juárez to El Paso last spring to turn herself in to Border Patrol agents, she was nine months pregnant and already having contractions. “(An agent) asked me if I ...
Story by Corrie Boudreaux and Angela Kocherga for El Paso Matters CIUDAD JUAREZ – As the first day of classes neared, violinist Rodrigo Cardona Cabrera was filled with anticipation. After years of hard work and ...
Standing in front of a mural he created in memory of the victims of the mass shooting at Walmart, Gilberto Ruvalcaba cleared his throat and wiped tears away as he described his motivation for painting ...
CIUDAD JUAREZ – Dust swirls as the particle-board coffin with numbers written on top slides into the grave, one of many in a long row. There are no mourners standing around this grave. No songs ...
CIUDAD JUAREZ — The sounds in the gym are like those you’d hear anywhere. The instructor of the class shouts directions and encouragement and counts reps out loud. The 15 people arranged in a circle ...