With immigration omnipresent in international news headlines and El Paso-Juarez’s position as the literal stage on which policy debates take place, we thought it’d be a good time to provide a refresher on the vocabulary ...
By Claudia Hernández/Borderless Magazine On a warm February afternoon, Susana Coreas stands outside the door of Casa de Colores in Ciudad Juárez holding a phone in one hand and a 50 peso bill in the ...
CIUDAD JUAREZ – As El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz crossed the border to visit migrants stuck in this city, his mind was on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier that day upholding a law ...
An asylum seeker from Nepal who has been force-fed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso for more than three months could be released from custody this week, his attorneys said. The asylum seeker, ...
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By Jordyn Rozensky Margo is a survivor. For years, as her mental health was adversely impacted, she survived persecution and torture. For making her best efforts toward survival, the U.S. government charged Margo with a ...