By Miguel Juarez At the El Paso City Council meeting on June 22, 2021 Mayor Oscar Leeser asked city staff to come up with a plan on the reopening of the senior centers. Instead of coming up with a plan, two city representatives submitted an Opinion Editorial which was published in the El Paso Times […]
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The Politics of Immigration: The Texas Proviso
There is a border emergency say the news headlines and the Republicans are demanding that the Biden administration do something about border security. The Biden administration, for its part has offered a substantial immigration package to Congress and made some minor changes to Trump’s draconian immigration policies while leaving the health emergency order (Title 42) […]
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Immigration Hypocrisy By Florida Governor DeSantis
Arizona and Texas governors Greg Abbott and Doug Ducey have put out a call for help from other states asking them to send “all available law enforcement resources” to the southern border “in defense of our sovereignty”. Several state governments have responded by sending national guards or law enforcement to Texas. Among the state governments […]
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El Paso Senior Citizens ask for Reopening of Their Senior Centers at City Council Meeting, Mayor Oscar Leeser asks Staff for a Game Plan
Advertisements By Miguel Juárez At the El Paso City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, twelve people signed up to speak for the Call to the Public and nine of those speakers were senior citizens who asked the Council to reopen their Senior Centers for more than once a week and more than three […]
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El Paso Senior Citizens ask for Reopening of Their Senior Centers at City Council Meeting, Mayor Oscar Leeser asks Staff for a Game Plan
By Miguel Juárez At the El Paso City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, twelve people signed up to speak for the Call to the Public and nine of those speakers were senior citizens who asked the Council to reopen their Senior Centers for more than once a week and more than three hours […]
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Children’s Hospital Visited By Investigators And Executives Resign
Correction: This article was corrected on July 5, 2021 at 8:50E to correct the title for Melissa Campos. According to an El Paso Inc. report by David Crowder this weekend, the El Paso Children’s Hospital was visited by the Joint Commission in a surprise visit. As El Paso Politics has been reporting, the children’s hospital […]
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Mexican Rescue Teams Helping To Find Survivors in Miami
On June 24, 2021, a high-rise in Surfside, near Miami collapsed killing at least eleven individuals as of today and leaving about 150 missing. The reason for the collapse of the 12-story, 156-unit apartment building remains unknown. Rescue crews continued working around the clock trying to locate survivors that may be trapped in the debris. […]
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The Ongoing Saga Of The Limon Police Report
As El Paso Politics reported on Saturday, an alleged police report was filed by Dora Oaxaca and Isela Castañon-Williams against Lily Limón (corrected at on June 29, 2021 at 10:47E) for an alleged assault against Oaxaca. We have been diligently trying to obtain a copy of the police report. However, according to Lily Limón, there […]
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Congresswoman Sanchez Introduces Bill Honoring Mexican Air Force Squadron
On Friday, June 25, 2021, California congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Escuadrón 201. The Mexican Expeditionary Air Force Squadron 201 fought in the Pacific during World War II. “The Congressional Gold Medal is reserved only for those who have made significant contributions to our nation, and […]
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Texas Attorney General Accepts Children’s Assertion On Open Records
This publication has been attempting to have the Texas Attorney General rule that the El Paso Children’s Hospital is subject to the Texas Public Information Act since April. It is our position that the El Paso Children’s Hospital is a government funded operation that makes it subject to the Texas Public Information Act. The children’s […]