Mexicans fleeing violence in their home states are joining Central Americans in the wait to seek asylum in the United States.
Julián Aguilar
Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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Broken Border
Supreme Court lets Trump’s rule for asylum seekers on southern border stand
The ruling made Wednesday allows the policy — which requires many migrants to seek asylum in countries other than the United States — to continue in the states on the nation’s southern border.
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Broken Border
Federal officials credit Trump’s crackdown after border apprehensions dropped in August
The monthly total is the lowest since January — and less than half of this year’s peak in May.
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Broken Border
Judge blocks Trump’s rule for asylum seekers on southern border
The rule would allow U.S. officials to deny asylum to immigrants who passed through another country before reaching the border. Monday’s ruling blocks the policy across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Immigration
Two years after Trump announced an end to DACA, “Dreamers” look ahead with hope and anxiety
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the case in November. Its decision will affect hundreds of thousands who received protections under the Obama administration.
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Broken Border
After asylum ruling, migrants in Juárez face a new choice: stay in line or try crossing elsewhere
A federal court ruled last week that the U.S. government could reject asylum seekers who failed to seek protection in other countries first — but only applied the ruling to Texas and New Mexico. Will that push migrants to try their luck in Arizona and California?
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El Paso shooting
After losing his wife in a mass shooting, he invited El Pasoans to her funeral. Hundreds showed up.
The line outside the funeral stretched several blocks. “I think our community lost something and this is our community grieving together,” said local state Rep. Joe Moody.
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Broken Border
Trump administration’s latest asylum rule allowed to stand in Texas, New Mexico
The ruling could change the fate of thousands of people waiting to apply for asylum in Mexican border cities like Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.
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Higher Education
Farewell, Madam President: Diana Natalicio retires after 31 years as UT-El Paso’s leader
Natalicio, 79, steps down this week as UTEP’s president after becoming the first woman to hold the position in 1988.
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Border Patrol agents were fired upon early Friday morning, the agency reported
Agents from the Rio Grande City Station Marine Unit were patrolling near the town of Fronton when the shots came from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, according to the agency.