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Deal will let parents of graduating students from Mexico attend UTEP commencement Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times © Mark Lambie / El Paso Times UTEP students are sillhouetted as they enter the Don Haskins Center for Spring Commencement Saturday. The University of Texas at El Paso has reached an agreement with border authorities that will allow Mexican parents of graduating students to cross the border to attend commencement. The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to most Mexican nationals, including those who hold valid tourist visas, for more than a year due to pandemi...

'Unacceptable': Border Patrol holding hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children in El Paso Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times White House immigration bill attempts to address cause of migration by Central Americans Replay Video UP NEXT Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children were being held this week in El Paso Border Patrol facilities, as border agents worked to quickly process them and government shelters struggled to reactivate dormant capacity. Although the number of children in temporary Border Patrol custody can fluctuate by the hour, between 800 and 1,000 children w...

The arrival of hundreds of unaccompanied youth at the El Paso border is straining capacity at Border Patrol center and government shelters

Mexican soldiers rescue toddler abandoned in Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas Associated Press, El Paso Times Watch a Border Patrol agent describe the process apprehending those who illegally cross UP NEXT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers and immigration agents rescued a 2-year-old girl from Chile after she apparently fell into the Rio Grande and the adults who were with her left her and crossed the river into the United States, officials said Sunday.  © Mark Lambie / El Paso Times Mexican Army, National Guard, Federal Police and Chihuahua State Police patrolled the bo...

Boutique Air to offer daily flights from El Paso to Carlsbad and Albuquerque Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times A small San Francisco airline will begin daily flight service Tuesday for El Paso, Carlsbad and Albuquerque. Boutique Air, which operates 33, eight-seat turboprop airplanes, decided to start service to El Paso because of requests from people in Carlsbad, where it’s provided service since 2015 under the federally subsidized Essential Air Service Program, said Brian Kondrad, Boutique’s vice president of business operations. © BRIANA SANCHEZ/EL PASO TIMES Tommy Walton, f...