Mexico fears discrimination, strained US relations under new Texas immigration law
Washington DC, US/Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Reuters Mexico filed a court brief supporting the US Department of Justice’s opposition to a Republican-backed Texas law that would empower state authorities to arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border. The law, known as Senate Bill 4, would make it a state crime to illegally […]
El Paso, Texas “at a breaking point” amid jump in migration, Mayor says
Reuters The dramatic increase in migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point”, with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said on Saturday. “The city of El Paso only has so many resources and […]
Migrant politics: DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls “reprehensible”
OLGA R RODRIGUEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT, of Associated Press, report…
“In the hands of God”: One Venezuelan family’s journey to the US; border crossings drop after Title 42 expiry
El Paso, Texas AP When Luis López was lost in Panama’s Darien Gap last year with his wife, then seven months pregnant, their two young children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them. “If I was bad, let me die here, but I came with my […]
Biden visits US-Mexico border as immigration issue heats up
El Paso, Texas, USReuters President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he prepares for a re-election bid. His visit was not expected to result in new policies, but rather to demonstrate that he is […]
Frustration among migrants at US-Mexico border as COVID restrictions remain
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Washington DC, USReuters When Vladimir Castellanos learned that COVID-19 restrictions blocking him and other migrants from claiming asylum at the US border with Mexico may not be terminated this week, he said he felt deceived. Castellanos and his brother are Venezuelans, and they were among dozens of migrants gathered on both sides of […]
Texas city stops migrant busing as Venezuelans pushed back to Mexico
Deming, New Mexico, USReuters The Democrat-led city of El Paso, Texas, is ending a months-long effort to bus migrants to northern cities after a new policy put in place by the Biden administration is forcing Venezuelan migrants back to Mexico and easing pressure on the border city. A spokesperson for El Paso said the busing […]
Democrat-led Texas city steps up migrant busing to New York, outpacing Republican effort
El Paso, Texas, US Reuters The Democrat-led border city of El Paso, Texas, has sent more migrants on buses to New York City and Chicago than a campaign by Texas’ Republican governor, a twist in an ongoing partisan battle over US border security. El Paso, which sits across the border from Juarez, Mexico, has bused […]
Planting seeds of hope: Prayer, worship lift unaccompanied migrant teens in US shelters
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the mission of Catholic clergy and volunteers who minister to teens held in US immigration detention on the outskirts of El Paso…
“All we can do is cry” – La Palma volcano leaves trail of devastation
La Palma, SpainReuters Lava flowed from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma for a fourth day on Wednesday, forcing more people to evacuate their homes and blanketing towns in ash, while residents struggled to come to terms with the destruction. “All we can do is cry. We are a small business, […]