The restrictions on social gatherings begin Wednesday and last through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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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Coronavirus in Texas
El Paso County officials plead for more morgue workers as coronavirus fatalities climb
The request comes as the county has used low-level offenders from the county jail to help transport bodies and as officials await a response from the Texas National Guard.
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Economy
As Trump campaign challenges election results, El Paso has a different question: Where is our money?
El Paso is one of several Texas cities facing budget shortfalls because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the border area. The president’s team still owes the city a 2-year-old debt of more than half a million dollars.
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Immigration
Judge orders Trump administration to stop immediate deportations of unaccompanied immigrant minors
The practice started in March as a way to contain the spread of COVID-19. At least 13,000 unaccompanied children had been removed from the country under the order, the ACLU said in a statement.
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Coronavirus in Texas
El Paso is fighting the coronavirus and state resistance as officials desperately try to keep up with sick and dying Texans
The county has turned to jail inmates to staff mobile morgues, and local officials say hospitals are nearing a point where they could have to ration care.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Appeals court again halts El Paso County’s shutdown of nonessential businesses
The 8th Court of Appeals urged the county judge and a group of local restaurants to find some middle ground on coronavirus restrictions that don’t violate Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide mandate.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Appeals court temporarily stops El Paso business shutdown
A state district judge permitted the El Paso shutdown to stand last week pending a final resolution of the case, but the 8th Court of Appeals paused the shutdown until a final decision is made. That could come as soon as Friday.
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Health care
With hospitals full, El Paso extends business shutdown for three weeks
The extension comes despite the Texas attorney general’s office’s ongoing efforts to have the county order rejected by state courts. A decision is expected later in the week.
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Immigration
Joe Biden can quickly reverse many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, experts say. Others will be more complicated.
Biden can unwind many Trump policies the same way they were created, via executive order, but bigger immigration reforms will depend on how much Congress is willing to take on, experts say.
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Coronavirus in Texas
El Paso’s shutdown order can stay in place despite attempts by the state to intervene
Local restaurants, joined by the Texas attorney general’s office, had asked a judge to halt the El Paso county judge’s order closing nonessential businesses for two weeks during a new COVID-19 spike.
