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An image taken from a video shows ambulances and rescue team staffers outside an immigration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday.

39 migrants are dead, 29 injured after a fire at an immigration facility in Mexico

3:17pm March 28, 2023

by Emily Olson

At least 39 migrants are dead following a fire Monday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the migrants started the fire out of despair.

An asylum-seeking migrant woman from Peru in a wheelchair is escorted through the border wall to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 21.

The future of migrants in El Paso remains uncertain as border restrictions continue

8:00am December 31, 2022

by Jim Urquhart

Migrants have traveled hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to the Mexican border in a search of a better life. Many are turning themselves over to U.S. border authorities and seeking asylum.

Migrants walk across the Rio Grande to surrender to US Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP)

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A Texas mayor has declared a state of emergency over migrants crossing the border

5:33am December 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency Saturday over concerns about the community's ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Mexican border.

An inmate from the El Paso County detention facility prepares to load bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer.

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El Paso Issues New Curfew As 'Perfect Storm' Approaches With Arrival Of Holidays

12:23pm November 25, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The new curfew for El Paso County, Texas went into effect just after midnight Wednesday and runs through Monday. The judge who issued the order said it was "not as rigid" as he wanted.

A low-level inmate from El Paso County detention facility works loading bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer in a parking lot of the El Paso County Medical Examiner's office on Tuesday.

El Paso County Posts Job Opening For Morgue Workers As Virus Death Toll Mounts

11:53am November 20, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

"The Morgue Attendant will be provided maximum PPE, will be tasked with physically moving bodies, and will require the ability to lift between 100-400 lbs. with assistance," the job listing states.

Health care workers at the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on July 2.

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Texas Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases, According To Johns Hopkins University

6:33pm November 11, 2020

by Reese Oxner

The state is the first in U.S. to reach the grim benchmark as the nation faces a widespread surge in infections.

Cars wait in line at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso Saturday. As El Paso reports record numbers of active coronavirus cases, the Texas attorney general sued to block local shutdown orders.

El Paso, Texas, Gets 4th Mobile Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Rise

12:22pm November 02, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

A spike in cases recently led El Paso's county judge to impose a shelter-in-place order closing many nonessential businesses. The Texas attorney general has sued to block that order.

Cars line up for coronavirus tests at the University of Texas at El Paso on Oct. 23. The city has seen a surge in cases, prompting a judge to issue a shutdown of nonessential businesses.

El Paso County Judge Orders Shutdown Of Nonessential Businesses

3:45pm October 30, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The judge's order calls for the closure of hair salons, gyms and restaurant dine-in services. The Texas attorney general says the judge has "no authority" to impose the shutdown.

Cars line up Friday at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso. The area has seen a surge in cases in recent weeks, and a two-week curfew is now in effect in El Paso County.

El Paso, Texas, Judge Issues 2-Week Curfew To Stem Surge Of COVID-19 Cases

5:31pm October 26, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The judge said he was "left with no choice" but to impose a countywide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. He noted El Paso County has seen a 160% increase in its positivity rate in the last three weeks.

El Paso Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius, shown here during his capital murder arraignment in El Paso, Texas, is accused of killing 22 people.

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U.S. Charges Suspect In El Paso Walmart Shootings With Hate Crimes

7:42pm February 06, 2020

Shortly after the attack last August, Patrick Wood Crusius allegedly told police he had driven to the store intending to kill "Mexicans."