A Sunland Park, New Mexico spokesperson said We Build the Wall’s permit application was incomplete when it was submitted and that site inspectors tried to visit the property, but were turned away.
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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Immigration
Private group backed by Trump supporters builds border barrier in El Paso
The construction over the weekend started after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to build his long-promised wall with funds not appropriated by Congress.
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Immigration
Guatemalan migrant dies after being apprehended at the Texas-Mexico border
The Guatemalan teenager, who hasn’t been identified, was found unresponsive Monday morning at the Border Patrol station in Weslaco.
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Immigration
Border Patrol erects more tents in the Rio Grande Valley to house asylum seekers as surge continues
The agency said Friday that the Rio Grande Valley sector is holding an average of 8,000 migrants each day.
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Families Divided
“The dam is going to overflow”: In Mexico, pressure builds as U.S. immigration policies take hold
While U.S. officials sound the alarm over a surge of migrants crossing the border, Mexican shelter operators and immigration officials are trying to find space for people from nearly every continent who must wait in Mexico as they try to claim asylum in the U.S.
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Immigration
Appeals court lets Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum seekers stand
Tuesday’s decision means the program will continue and that hundreds — if not thousands more asylum seekers — will be sent back across the U.S.-Mexico border pending further hearings.
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Economy
Report: Slowdowns at border ports of entry could cost Texas billions
The state stands to lose more than $32 billion in gross domestic product in just over three months as the federal government shifts personnel away from international bridges to deal with a surge of migrants, according to a newly-released study.
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Families Divided
The government is putting up more tents to hold migrants, but will it be enough?
The facilities, in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley city of Donna, are designed to house up to 500 asylum seekers each. But the Border Patrol is still apprehending thousands of migrants a week.
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Immigration
Immigrant teen dies while in federal custody in South Texas
The 16-year-old’s death after being held in a Southwest Key facility in Brownsville is being investigated by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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Immigration
Migrants on border face confusion and fear under “remain in Mexico” policy
Some asylum seekers sent to Mexico under the Trump administration’s Migration Protection Protocols told a U.S. judge Thursday that they fear remaining in Mexico as their asylum claims are pending.