U.S.-Mexico border

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Poetry inspired by a viral photo of drowned migrants wins the National Book Award

4:41pm November 18, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Photos of a father and his young daughter, drowned in the Rio Grande, underlined the deadly risks of the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Martín Espada drew on them for his book Floaters.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is one of a few GOP governors who say migrants are the source of rising COVID-19 rates.

National

Some Republicans Blame Migrants For COVID-19 Surges. Doctors Say They're Scapegoating

3:00pm August 10, 2021

by Joel Rose

Some Republicans are blaming the latest surge in COVID-19 cases on migrants crossing the southern border. But many doctors disagree, saying the politicians are just looking to divert attention.

U.S. Border Patrol agents conduct a training exercise in the Anapra area, in front of the wall that divides Sunland Park, N.M., from the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

National

Amid Coronavirus Concerns Pentagon To Send Troops To U.S. Borders With Mexico, Canada

5:16pm March 26, 2020

Troops will be sent to the northern and southern U.S. borders as the spread of the coronavirus grows. Last week, the Trump administration ordered partial closures of those borders.

A security guard stands at the El Chaparral port of entry on the border in Tijuana, Mexico, last month. The U.S. and Mexico are said to be working out a deal to close their border to nonessential crossings.

U.S., Mexico Planning To Restrict Border Crossings To Stem Pandemic

11:33am March 20, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet that he is working with his Mexican counterpart "on travel restrictions that balance protecting our citizens from further transmission of #COVID19."

Principal T.J. Funderburg welcomes his mostly immigrant students during morning assembly at Cactus Elementary School.

National

Unskilled Jobs Draw Migrants, Changing Face Of Small Towns Across America

8:44pm November 04, 2019

by John Burnett

A meatpacking town in the Texas Panhandle is a magnet for immigrants who will do unpopular jobs. The once majority-white county has adjusted to its more diverse population.

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Pedestrians on the Puerta Mexico bridge, which crosses the Rio Grande, wait to enter Brownsville, Texas, at a legal port of entry in Matamoros, Mexico, in August.

National

ACLU Calls On Homeland Security To Stop Turning Away Pregnant Asylum-Seekers

7:01am October 05, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Attorneys for the organization say vulnerable populations are supposed to be excluded from the groups of asylum-seekers being sent back to Mexico to wait for their U.S. immigration court hearings.

Guatemalan migrant Lety Pérez embraces her son, Anthony, while pleading with a Mexican National Guard member to let them cross into the United States, near Juárez, Mexico, on Monday.

World News

Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol

8:32pm July 24, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a Mexican National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border.

Larry Mitchell Hopkins appears in a police booking photo taken in Las Cruces, N.M., on April 20. Hopkins made his initial court appearance Monday, on charges of possession of firearms by a felon.

National

Alleged Leader Of Border Militia Facing Federal Firearms Charges In New Mexico

8:12pm April 22, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Larry Hopkins has a felony record dating back 23 years. Federal officials are not saying why he's charged now with offenses committed in 2017.