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September 24, 2021
A coalition of El Paso advocacy groups and leaders held a “March for Our Dignity” protest through Downtown Thursday afternoon, condemning the treatment of
August 5, 2021
© WhatsApp/Gov. Greg Abbotts Office Texas Governor Gregg Abbott The office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott fired back Tuesday after a federal judge blocked his executive order calling for state troopers to stop drivers suspected of carrying illegal immigrants in hopes of containing the spread of the coronavirus. The statement said: "The Courts recent order is temporary and based on limited evidence. We look forward to providing the Court with the evidence to support the Governors Executive Order t...
August 4, 2021
Federal judge temporarily blocks Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to pull over vehicles with migrants, which drew racial profiling concerns Texas Tribune Updated: August 3, 2021 9:55 pm A group of migrants walks onto a Customs and Border Patrol vehicle after being apprehended near the U.S. and Mexico border in Del Rio on July 23, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a temporary...
August 4, 2021
View Comments El Paso leaders urged an end to racism and gun violence as they honored the 23 victims killed in the Walmart attack on the second anniversary of the mass shooting. They gathered Tuesday morning, speaking in front of crosses bearing the names of the victims. The memorial ceremony hosted by the Border Network for Human Rights, a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant rights, was held in Ponder Park, blocks from the Walmart where a white supremacist targeting Hispanics fatall...
August 4, 2021
Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images A federal judge in El Paso on Tuesday temporarily blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbotts (R) order that state troopers stop vehicles carrying migrants, siding with the Biden administration. The Justice Department sued Abbott and Texas on Friday, two days after Abbott issued his latest controversial immigration order and one day after Attorney General Merrick Garland called that order "dangerous and unlawful." Abbott spokeswoman Renae Eze underscored that U.S. District Judge K...
June 29, 2021
Health and Human Services secretary tours emergency shelter for migrant children in El Paso While not addressing criticisms of conditions at the unlicensed Fort Bliss shelter, he praises improved processing and says the number of children being held at the military post has fallen to 790 boys. Lourdes Vázquez holds a banner at a demonstration by the Border Network for Human Rights group calling for the release of migrant children being held at Fort Bliss in El Paso. To one side is Dulce Carlos...
June 27, 2021
Health officials rush to close vaccination gap for Hispanics POLITICO 7 hrs ago By Rachel Roubein and Dan Goldberg © Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP Retired RN Barbara Vicente administers a shot of the Pfizer vaccine to Bobbie Guillette, 68, from Austin, Texas, at a clinic in Springfield, Mo., on June 22. Troves of misinformation, language barriers and fears around immigration enforcement are hampering efforts to vaccinate Hispanic communities against Covid-...
June 27, 2021
Partnerji iz italijanskega in slovenskega obmejnega prostora nadaljujejo projekt vzpostavitve čezmejne mreže sistemov nujne medicinske pomoči. Načrtovane spremembe so se v času epidemije pokazale kot nujno potrebne in več kot dobrodošle.
June 26, 2021
Advocates pushed the vice president to end Title 42, a Trump-era rule that allows the government to expel migrants for public health reasons.