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Trump victory spurs worry among migrants abroad, but it’s not expected to halt migration
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump victory spurs worry among migrants abroad, but it’s not expected to halt migration

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election instantly changed calculations for millions of migrants or potential migrants across the globe. Migrants take cover from the rain after arriving at a makeshift shelter in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, hoping to reach the country’s northern border and ultimately the United States. Migrants gather …

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‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

The US is seeing an influx of migrants at its southern border with Mexico as a pandemic-era policy came to an end this week. “The question keeps coming up: ‘What now?’ I’ve been asking that question for two years, with no answers,” Nicholls said. “We are at a situation we’ve never been at before.” ‘It may not be enough’ Leaders …

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Fire breaks out at migrant detention facility in Mexico; several people dead
1 year, 8 months ago

Fire breaks out at migrant detention facility in Mexico; several people dead

The Hindu  

Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, the president said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican immigration lockup. The high level of frustration in Ciudad Juarez was evident earlier this month when hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants tried to …

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Opinion: The US southern border is not a threat – it’s an opportunity
1 year, 10 months ago

Opinion: The US southern border is not a threat – it’s an opportunity

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peter Svarzbein, the son of immigrants and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, is a visual artist, curator and former two-term El Paso city councilman. CNN — Growing up in El Paso, my family often crossed the southern US border to our sister city of Juarez, Mexico. Republican Chairman James Comer said that he wanted to hold hearings …

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As Biden visits southern border, a humanitarian crisis looms in Mexico
1 year, 11 months ago

As Biden visits southern border, a humanitarian crisis looms in Mexico

LA Times  

Sitting on train tracks a few hundred feet south of the U.S. border, Nathalie Gonzalez, 23, pulled her 4-year-old daughter a little closer. “But so far.” Texas National Guard troops in El Paso stop migrants from entering a popular crossing area along the bank of the Rio Grande on Dec. 20, 2022, as viewed from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. As President …

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Prison sought for Arizona official in ballot harvesting case
2 years, 5 months ago

Prison sought for Arizona official in ballot harvesting case

Associated Press  

YUMA, Ariz. — Prosecutors are seeking a one-year prison sentence for a school board member in southern Arizona for illegally collecting four early ballots during the 2020 primary election. Authorities say Fuentes and Juarez participated in “ballot harvesting.” That’s a practice once used by both political parties to boost turnout but was made illegal by a 2016 state law that …

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Rights group urges Biden to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ programme
3 years, 11 months ago

Rights group urges Biden to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ programme

Al Jazeera  

New Human Rights Watch report says US migration programme subjected asylum seekers to harm while in Mexico. The administration of President Donald Trump championed two years ago the United States Migrant Protection Protocols or the “Remain in Mexico” policy, to deter migrants from claiming asylum along the US’s southern border. Human Rights Watch in a report issued on Wednesday said …

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