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Lawmakers are seeking common ground on DACA, but comprehensive immigration reform will be a challenge for Democrats Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  “For the past four years, the DACA program has been under attack, so it’s been a lot of stress and trauma for me. ... But I’m still hopeful,” says Juan Paul Flores Vazquez, who lives in El Paso. Credit: Christ Chavez for The Texas Tribune EL PASO — When Juan Paul Flores Vazquez was about 4 years old, he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with his aunt for what he thought was just a trip to a circus in California — “El...

Q uick Take: The Biden administration has made no changes to COVID-19 testing policies for either U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Patrol. But a claim circulating online falsely suggests that the administration has stopped testing detained immigrants before they are released. Full Story: A Texas sheriff told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Feb. 9, “it’s absolutely true” that immigrants detained after crossing the border have been released into the U.S. without being tested for COVID-19. The sheriff, A.J. Louderback, then cited and misrepresented a ...

Quick Take The Biden administration has made no changes to COVID-19 testing policies for either U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Patrol. But a claim circulating online falsely suggests that the administration has stopped testing detained immigrants before they are released. Full Story A Texas sheriff toldFoxNews host Tucker Carlson on Feb. 9, “it’s absolutely true” that immigrants detained after crossing the border have been released into the U.S. without being tested for COVID-19. The sheriff, A.J. Louderback, then cited and misrepresented a memo issued by...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will virtually meet with officials in Mexico and Canada in his first trip "abroad" Friday, raising questions about when the three countries will reopen borders restricted under coronavirus restrictions nearly a year ago.

Families and small businesses impacted The border restrictions have been devastating for binational communities, dividing families whose lives bridge an international border and hurting businesses dependent on the cross-border traffic. The Trump administration billed the restrictions, which took effect at midnight March 21, 2020, as a ban on “non-essential” travel to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In practice,  it effectively prevented Mexican nationals holding tourist visas from crossing. In cities such as El Paso and Laredo, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; Nogales, Arizona; and Calexi...