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Some migrant families are being freed without court notice, and sometimes no paperwork Published 2 hours ago Migrants wait for transportation at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in McAllen, Texas, on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families at the border without notices to appear in immigration court, and sometimes without any paperwork at all. A spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, a union that represents Border Patrol agents, said it was done to cut processing time at overwhelmed holding facilities. He said it takes an hour to 90 min...

A 17-year-old boy forced to either join a gang or lose his brother found himself detained at the border while trying to escape the gangs in Honduras. Hear what he says happened in those months he was detained before being reunited with his mom. Charlene D'Cruz, the director of Project Corazon, moved to Brownsville from Wisconsin near the end of 2019 to help migrants seeking asylum. She said prior to the pandemic, she was in Mexico every day helping hundreds or thousands of clients. On Tuesday, she spotted one of her clients who she said has been waiting for years to be able to enter the U.S.

Around Amherst: Park work, housing rehab, service programs getting block grant help By SCOTT MERZBACH AMHERST — Projects to improve access to Groff Park, modernize several affordable apartments and assist local businesses are being funded through an $825,000 Community Development Block Grant.   Amherst officials recently learned that the town will get the money to pay for a new multi-use path on Mill Lane, get the Watson Farms apartments up to current specifications, and have 25 microenterprise businesses receive technical assistance provided by Valley Community Development. Five serv...

"(The doctor) told me, 'Your cancer is in stage 3. You cannot play with this,'" said one woman who was allowed to enter. "'You have to get help now."

Asylum seekers at US-Mexico border see hope in Biden administration immigration changes Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times Migrants react to Biden halting border wall Replay Video UP NEXT EL PASO, Texas — Hope among asylum seekers bloomed in Mexican border cities Thursday after President Joe Biden's administration halted the controversial "Remain in Mexico" program and said it would review asylum policies. "The truth is that they are now filled with hope," said Miguel Gonzalez, who runs the Pasos de Fe shelter in Juárez, Mexico, where migrant families enrolled in the prog...