The Biden administration is expected to officially release its immigration reform package to Congress this week. On Friday, asylum seekers stuck in México under Trump’s Remain in Mexico program are expected to begin trickling into the United States after Biden canceled the policy keeping asylum seekers in México. Joe Biden has committed to making substantial […]
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UMC Open Records About Traveling Nurse Video
On November 7, 2020, Lawanna Rivers, a traveling nurse who worked at the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) released a video on Facebook where she alleged that El Paso Covid-19 patients at UMC who were “put into the ‘pit’ only leave in body bags.” The video was first reported in El Paso by […]
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DHS Announces Process to Address Individuals in Mexico with Active MPP Cases
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public AffairsDHS Announces Process to Address Individuals in Mexico with Active MPP CasesWASHINGTON – Building on a series of Executive Orders last week, the Biden Administration is announcing another step in our phased strategy to reform the nation’s immigration system. Beginning on February 19, the Department of Homeland […]
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El Paso One of Three Borders To Open For Asylum Seekers
On February 19, 2021, over 65,000 asylum seekers who are stuck in México under the Trump administration’s Remain in Mexico program, will be allowed into the country to make their asylum cases. About 300 migrants will be allowed though three border points daily. Although the Biden administration did not identify the three borders that will […]
Posted inEl Paso Public Library
Curbside service is NOT “re-opening the libraries!”
By Marshall Carter-Tripp We are currently being urged to ask for curbside delivery of a book, to show our interest and support for the libraries.Let’s consider what this might mean. People with inadequate access to the internet, in many poor neighborhoods of El Paso, are unable to locate books and order them. And if they […]
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Is ICE Expediting Deportations to Stymie Biden?
Recent events suggest that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is attempting to stymie the Biden administration’s attempt to make changes to America’s immigration policies. As the Biden administration was preparing to take office, the Trump administration was signing last minute agreements with some cities and states that forces the Biden administration to consult with the […]
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To Whomever It May Concern, and I hope it concerns you all!
By Vona Van Cleef I am writing, once again, about what seems to be the City’s policy of cutting corners on El Paso’s cultural amenities and educational opportunities. For what? Spray parks? This seems a bit frivolous, doesn’t it, when libraries and museums are closed for want of funds? The latest assault on culture and […]
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How Do Americans Feel About Immigrants
Donald Trump’s war on immigrants has exposed that many Americans oppose immigrants coming to America. Although seems that Americans oppose immigrants living in the country because of the anti-immigrant rhetoric that Trump espoused, the reality is the opposite. Americans want immigrants in their midst. In July of last year, Gallup published the results of its […]
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Tom Fenton – Aesthetics v. Poverty
By: Luis Enrique MirandaAn editorial If you read the article Tom Fenton wrote on the history of his publication for the 20th anniversary of El Paso Inc., it becomes clear how present image and status are at the forefront of the inception and purpose of the paper. Fenton makes sure to lay out and repeat […]
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Last Minute Trump Immigration Agreements Spell Out Ani-Immigration Mindset
The Sanctuary for Americans First Enacted (SAFE) Agreements were signed with Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas and the sheriff’s department in Rockingham County in North Carolina in the late January before the Biden administration took control of the government. In total, nine agreements were signed by DHS. [1] The agreements includes Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, […]