Watch a 2019 Texas Tribune Festival conversation about 2020 and the border
In this discussion, panelists focused on how border and immigration policy and politics are shaping the 2020 landscape. Full Story
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![Ordered under the George W. Bush administration, a controversial incomplete border wall along the Rio Grande River in South Texas has had environmental and cultural impacts.]()
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This migrant mother and her child couldn't wait for their asylum court date anymore. They drowned trying to enter the U.S.
The Honduran mother and son were found dead in the Rio Grande in Texas last week. They were sent to wait in Mexico while their asylum case played out in U.S. immigration court. Full Story
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As violence increases, more Mexicans are waiting in Ciudad Juárez to apply for asylum
Mexicans fleeing violence in their home states are joining Central Americans in the wait to seek asylum in the United States. Full Story
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![Immigrant families seeking asylum in the United States wait on the Mexican side of the international bridge connecting Brownsville to Matamoros, Mexico.]()
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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. Full Story
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Watch: Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are left to fend for themselves in Mexico
Migrants have been bused to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, under the Trump administration's “Remain in Mexico” program, a partnership with the Mexican government. Full Story
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![A group of migrants rests on the floor of the Casa INDI in Monterrey. The site was originally intended to function as a shelter for the homeless and people with addictions, but it now hosts a large population of migrants. Aug. 6, 2019.]()
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Asylum-seeking migrants pushed farther south into Mexico, left to fend for themselves
Migrants have been bused to Monterrey and, they say, Chiapas under an ever-changing and often brutal “remain in Mexico” program. The policy is being carried out up and down the border by the Trump Administration in a controversial partnership with the Mexican government. Full Story
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![A young girl stands on a chair in the dining hall at Casa INDI on Aug. 5, 2019. The Mexican government has been busing migrants to Monterrey from Nuevo Laredo.]()
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During Trump's visit, El Paso residents criticized his divisiveness — and lawmakers' inaction on gun laws
Anger and frustration about gun laws — and president's racist language — is becoming more apparent in a city still dealing with grief from what police have said is a racially motivated massacre. Full Story
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![Mary Lou Parker protests President Donald Trump's visit four days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso.]()
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Mexican officials say El Paso massacre was terrorism aimed at their citizens — and vow to be part of investigation
The shooting, which killed 22 people, has reignited Mexican officials' criticism of what they consider lax U.S. gun laws. Full Story
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Border Patrol in El Paso reopens checkpoints
Some of the checkpoints were temporarily closed in March after Border Patrol said it needed to pull agents from those posts to help process, detain and care for the surge of undocumented immigrants crossing into the country. Full Story
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![The Border Patrol is seen along the border fence between El Paso and Juarez on Sunday, February 10, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune]()
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Doctors urge probe of child migrant deaths, warn "poor conditions" at border increase risk of spreading flu
The doctors have sounded an alarm to Congress after the deaths of six children who were in government custody over the past year. Full Story
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![Migrants are seen outside the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in a makeshift encampment in on May 15, 2019.]()
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Trump says he has agreement with Guatemala to help stem flow of migrants at the border
The announcement comes just days after Trump threatened retaliation against Guatemala as discussions stalled over designating the Central American nation as a country where migrants on their journey to the United States would be directed to first seek asylum. Full Story
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![President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the humanitarian crisis on the Southern border and the shutdown at the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2019.]()
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Number of detained migrant children without U.S. sponsors spikes, federal official says
The Office of Refugee Resettlement's director told CBS News that thousands of unaccompanied migrant children could be held longer — some past their 18th birthdays — because they don't have U.S. sponsors. Full Story
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![Two young children are seen inside a temporary migrant holding area setup by CBP under the Paso del Norte International port of entry between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso on March 27, 2019.]()
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Trump administration will soon expand "remain in Mexico" policy for migrants to busiest part of the border
It started in California, on the western edge of the southern border. Now officials say the controversial “remain in Mexico” program, which sends asylum-seeking migrants back across the border to await their fate, could soon hit the other end: Brownsville. Full Story
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![A group of migrants wait at a small plaza near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamualipas. The group is waiting to ask for asylum in the United States.]()
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"All we want is for them to listen to us": In Mexico, Trump's latest asylum policy stirs anger, fear and confusion
The Trump administration's new policy aimed at disqualifying most asylum seekers is stirring anger and resentment among migrants who have waited months to present themselves at a port of entry. Full Story
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![A group of Cuban migrants look at the list of asylum seekers near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.]()
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TribCast: Donald Trump's racist tweets, Beto O'Rourke's slaveholding ancestors
On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Alexa, Dave and Patrick about the president's racist tweets, the latest on the migrant crisis and O'Rourke's revelation about his slaveholding ancestors. Full Story
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![From left: Graciela Almanza, Rosie Almanza, Sarita Almanza and baby Josue Almanza await the arrival of President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train in Navasota on Dec. 6, 2018.]()
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Analysis: A modest proposal for the Texas-Mexico border crisis
The crisis on the Texas-Mexico border persists, even as President Donald Trump's racist Twitter attacks on four members of Congress threaten to distract voters and lawmakers. Full Story
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Analysis: U.S.-Mexico border detention efforts aren’t good enough, according to the government itself
A steady stream of critical and detailed reports about the federal government's handling of migrants and children at the U.S.-Mexico border paint a vivid picture of what's going on. The source? The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security. Full Story
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![An image from the Office of Inspector General report illustrating overcrowding at the Border Patrol's Weslaco Station on June 11, 2019.]()
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Border apprehensions dropped in June, but federal officials say crisis continues
While announcing the number of migrants apprehended along America's southern border, the Trump administration also warned that the one-month change does not signal that the influx of people crossing is over. Full Story
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![A group of asylum seekers crossed the border between El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on the Fourth of July. the group, two more trailing, turned themselves in to waiting Border Patrol Agents. Migrants Enter United States On Fourth Of July]()
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Analysis: Why fix immigration when you can campaign off the mess?
Look at the immigration problem, at the issues on the border, at what lawmakers are doing in response and at the polling of what voters think. It looks like the fight might be more beneficial to the politicians than a solution would be. Full Story
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Joaquin Castro said he ignored requests to relinquish his phone to record video of detained migrants at border facility
"People have to speak up and they have to take action," Castro said of his decision to release footage of women detained in an El Paso border facility. "This was about shining a light on what's going on." Full Story
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![From left: U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, speak to reporters in Clint on July 1, 2019, after touring two Border patrol stations following reports of migrants kept in inadequate conditions.]()
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