El Paso and other border cities will begin receiving migrants from the Rio Grande Valley on Monday for processing, Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, said. “What we are seeing is families continue to arrive at ...
For the refugees who have spent months (or even years) stuck waiting in Mexico in the dangerous Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program, the art-covered walls of El Paso’s Casa del Refugiado are a colorful and ...
Six women will be freed from an El Paso immigration detention facility on Wednesday, five days after they alleged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was putting them in danger to COVID-19 The six detainees filed ...
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