An El Paso immigrant detention facility has the largest current detainee COVID-19 outbreak of any Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility in the United States. As of Nov. 30, 44 detainees at El Paso Service Processing ...
Supporting small businesses is more critical this year than ever before, as so many local vendors have struggled to survive through the pandemic. Some El Pasoans are opting to shop local this holiday season, seeking ...
The Lopez family always gets together to celebrate holidays and important events. They are a big family, and on a typical Thanksgiving day, cousins cross over from Juárez, kids fly in from out of state, ...
The letters pouring out from El Paso’s ICE immigration detention facility all begin the same way: “To Whom It May Concern.” Open letters, they are sent to the world at large, scrawled in careful cursive ...
Jose “Jojo” Sanchez, beloved emergency room technician at Del Sol Medical Center, died from COVID-19 on Nov. 12 at age 74. Bearing a signature walrus mustache, a knowing sparkle in his eye, and a playful ...
For the hundreds of El Pasoans grieving the death of a loved one to COVID-19, even the practice of mourning has been dramatically reconfigured because of the pandemic. El Paso religious leaders expressed sadness over ...
As El Pasoans find virtual ways to celebrate Veterans Day this year, the loved ones of recently deceased veterans face an added hardship: no military funeral honors at Fort Bliss National Cemetery until further notice. ...
An ICU nurse left a grueling shift treating COVID-19 patients and was dismayed at what she saw as she drove through El Paso — full parking lots at shopping centers. “Does everyone need to see ...
As El Paso has suffered one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country, local jails and immigrant detention facilities have also struggled to control the spread of the virus among prisoners, detainees and staff. ...
Women were first able to vote in a presidential election 100 years ago, although initially this right was only extended to white women. A century later, El Paso women are showing up in massive numbers ...
Historically, El Paso young adults have not turned up at the polls as much as older age groups. But this year, some of El Paso’s young voters say that’s going to change. In El Paso ...
UPDATE: América was freed from ICE detention on Monday evening, Oct. 26. Her attorney, Heidi Cerneka, said she can live in the United States and cannot be deported to Guatemala unless a determination is made ...
Kevin, a 23-year-old trans man, decided to come to the United States because of gender-based discrimation and trauma that he experienced in his home country, Cuba. He thought that sort of thing didn’t happen in ...
The candidates in the District 4 City Council race may have differing opinions on the issues, but they agree on one thing. The biggest challenge their district faces is it’s undeserved bad reputation among the ...
El Paso ICE facilities have experienced fluctuating cases of COVID-19 among detainees since the start of the pandemic. At first, public outcry resulted in the appearance of heightened accountability in dealing responsibly with the deadly ...
Have you registered to vote yet? If not, time is of the essence! Monday, Oct. 5, is the last day to register to vote in the state of Texas to be eligible to vote in ...
When it comes to campaigning during COVID-19, necessity breeds invention. For some of El Paso’s mayoral candidates, this has certainly been the case, as they have embraced new and unconventional methods of voter outreach. For ...
A detainee who has tested positive for COVID-19 at the ICE El Paso Processing Center described neglectful conditions among sick detainees as an outbreak spread in the facility. Sandra, whose last name will not be ...
El Pasoans love their furry friends. That’s why we reached out to you, El Paso Matters readers, for your input on the latest installment of How we pandemic, where we discuss why this unique moment ...
U.S.-Mexico border travel restrictions have not only affected lawful cross-border activity, but also illicit border crossings, including smuggling operations. Borderwide drug smuggling arrests of U.S. citizens have increased 47 percent this fiscal year. Since March ...
El Paso Matters is working on a story about the role pets have played during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can help us by sharing your experiences. Loading… Cover photo: Ivan Hernandez, 10, accompanied by his ...
El Pasoans were reminded of the grave risks of cross-border smuggling when seven people died in a car crash on Paisano Drive on June 25 after the driver allegedly fled the Border Patrol during what ...
Although the global COVID-19 pandemic is undeniably awful, a silver lining can be glimpsed through rapid innovation in medical technologies, underscoring the extent of human ingenuity when confronted with crisis. El Paso health officials say ...
Francisco “Paco” Isais, 71, an employee of The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus, died on Aug. 5 of COVID-19. His wife Martha, 66, said that if the testing process at University Medical Center had been ...
Businesses on both sides of the Paso del Norte Bridge, reliant on foot traffic of border-crossers who stop and shop, have been hit hard by the border shutdown. The longer the border remains closed, the ...
Fashion can be a potent and visible form of political resistance. Coded with meaning, our clothing communicates social status, cultural belonging, and is deeply tied to personal identity. For Juárez fashion cooperative Ni En More, ...
In the past several weeks, El Paso’s music and arts scene has experienced a rapid and radical transformation, as large numbers of survivors have spoken out publicly about widespread sexual assault and a culture of ...
UPDATE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Wilmur Gomez’s lawyer, Linda Corchado, late Thursday that it has no plans to move him from its El Paso detention facility. An ICE spokeswoman said Friday that Gomez “remains ...
Between five and eight intensive care unit nurses at The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus have tested positive for COVID-19, with additional suspected cases among ICU nurses, according to several Providence staff members. “We’re running ...
El Paso, like the rest of the United States and much of the world, is deeply imprinted with a legacy of racist ideology. Long before a white supremacist marched into a Walmart to massacre innocent ...
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