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A mall shooting in El Paso has left one person dead and three others injured
A civilian shot and wounded a 15-year-old suspect during a shooting at a mall in US’ El Paso, leaving one dead and three injured earlier this week. The suspect was arrested by an off-duty police officer working at a nearby store, the police said. The suspect was taken into custody by the officer after he…
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El Paso has seen a surge in border crossings
US Border City El Paso’s city administrator Mario D’Agostino has said the situation of migrants arriving in the city is “unsustainable”. D’Agostino added that the city is planning to handle a surge in migrants if the laws banning them from entering the US are lifted. Texas authorities have deployed National Guard members to the US-Mexican…
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The Mayor of NYC declared an emergency over asylum seekers.
Amid a winter storm, migrants who haven’t turned themselves in to authorities after crossing the US- Mexico border are having a difficult time finding shelter in El Paso, US. The city’s Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino said about 2,500 migrants have crossed the border daily, noting that the situation is different than past surges of…
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The origin of the G.O.P. Tactic of Sending Migrants to Blue States
The city of El Paso in Texas, US bussed 7,754 migrants to New York and 2,091 to Chicago from August 23 to October 6 in 207 charter buses, according to Mario D’Agostino, El Paso City Deputy Manager. The migrants being offered the city-funded buses had been processed by Border Patrol and released in the community.
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A father is waiting in El Paso to send a photo with Santa to his son in Venezuela.
Amid winter weather, US city of El Paso said it will open its convention centre for undocumented migrants amid rising arrivals at the US-Mexico border. The shelter is open to all migrantsregardless of their immigration status, and it prioritised women and children during the cold front, according to CNN. The number of migrants crossing the…
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El Paso tries to house many migrants, but some don’t make the cut.
Thousands of Venezuelan migrants have been arriving in the US’ El Paso city each day after crossing the border illegally from Mexico, city officials said. This comes as the US and Mexico announced a deal to quickly expel Venezuelan migrants who enter the US illegally. Over 2,500 people arrived in El Paso each day in…
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A large number of migrants end up in El Paso after a long journey.
The US city of El Paso said over 2,500 migrants have come to the city each day in the past week. “We wanted to make sure that we were able to get everyone who was on the street off the streets before this cold weather hits,” Mario D’Agostino, deputy city manager in El Paso, said.…
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Mass migrants crossing the border into Texas.
Over 500 migrants, including women and children, arrived in the US’ El Paso on Sunday, a Mexican official said. The migrants included people who had been travelling from several Central and South American countries, as well as Haiti, Santiago Gonzlez Reyes, head of the human rights offices in Ciudad Jurez, across the border from El…
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There was a surge in border crossing El Paso.
The number of migrants arriving on the US-Mexico border has surged in the past week, with over 2,500 people arriving in El Paso each day, city officials said. More than 2,500 people are expected to arrive in El Paso daily after Title 42, the Trump administration’s policy that allows federal agents to swiftly expel migrants…
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Many people end up in El Paso after a long journey.
Thousands of migrants have arrived in the US city of El Paso in the past week after fleeing Venezuela. Over 2,500 people have arrived each day in the past week, city officials said, warning that the number is expected to double after the federal policy was lifted. The shelters serve as a point of convergence…