Page 44 - Meco News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Migrant children from Central America take refuge from the rain in the back of a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in Penitas, Texas, March 14, 2021, as they await to be transported after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters) Some things have changed on the southern border, but a lot of things remain the same, according to Catholic humanitarian groups on the ground. The Biden administration last month began processing the asylum applications of migrants under the current Migrant Protection Protocols, a Trump administration policy that empowered immigration...

Kevin McCarthy Says Democrats Are 'In Denial' As CBP Detains Terror Suspects at Border Newsweek 4 days ago David Brennan © John Moore/Getty Images Customs and Border Protection officers turn back an immigrant trying to cross into the U.S. on March 16, 2021 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is driving home national security concerns about the surge in arrivals at the southern border, after Customs and Border Protection confirmed that it had detained several individuals suspected of terrorism. Republicans have long claimed that the southern bord...

An oral history of what Covid-19 has done to the Houston hospitality industry. By Timothy Malcolm 3/17/2021 at 9:48am Published in the Spring 2021 issue of Houstonia Covid-19 dominated everything in 2020, from the way we lived (mostly at home) to how we ate (again, mostly at home). In Houston it significantly altered the restaurant industry, with more than 100,000 workers temporarily finding themselves out of work during the year, according to the Greater Houston Restaurant Association. Restaurants closed for weeks, and in some cases permanently, chefs and workers found themselves out of jobs...

Javier Leyva and his family cross the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso on Tuesday. Migrants apprehended crossing the Rio Grande in Brownsville were flown to El Paso for processing and then deported to Ciudad Juárez. Credit: Paul Ratje for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. CIUDAD JUÁREZ — As he stood on the international bridge that connects this border city with El Paso Tuesday afternoon, Javier Leyva had to be told where he was. The 30-year-old Honduran paid $6,...

Luchadoras, and it's described as follows: Directed by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim,  Luchadoras follows three women from Juárez as they wrestle and fight to overcome their own personal struggles while living in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. News reports of the latest murder victims—including a young activist, Isabel Cabanillas, who rode her bike everywhere to stay as close as possible to the community—play throughout the film. These reports never seem to stop. They’re unsettling. Check out the trailer  Luchadoras: The issues that women run into south of the border...