The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has opened an investigation into the El Paso Children’s Hospital, according to a notification dated October 20, 2020. The notification came from the Health Care Facilities. It investigates allegations of “substandard care” provided by any health care facility regulated by HHSC. The complaint against the children’s hospital […]
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Democratic Party Chair Dora Oaxaca Accused Of Intimidating Poll Sitter
(This article was updated on October 20, 2020 at 08:00 a.m., eastern time to clarify that Vangie Balderrama is not a member of the League of Women Voters. The article was further updated at 10:55 a.m. to further clarify that the discussion about Oaxaca was at an event at the League of Women Voters and […]
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Originalism And The Census And Undocumented Immigrants
Every ten years the United States counts the number of people living in America. The count is used to designate who represents the country in the House of Representatives. The count is also used for distributing federal funds, among other things. This is the Census. It is enshrined in the Constitution. The Supreme Court will […]
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Two Old White Guys And The Latino Candidate For Mayor
At least two mayoral candidates have made being a Latino part of the debate over who should be the next mayor of El Paso. The argument is that in a city predominantly Hispanic should be represented by a Latino mayor. In her campaign website, accessed on October 17, Veronica Carbajal makes the case that she […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Nurses Letter To Board
Over several weeks now, El Paso Politics has been communicating with several individuals about the El Paso Children’s Hospital. Most of the individuals have requested that we keep them anonymous for fear of reprisals. Few have been willing to go on the record fearing that they would be retaliated against. Some current children’s hospital staff […]
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Día De Muertos – Whether Familia or Vecinos, All are Ancestors
By Maria R. Perez, MSSW In our culturally diverse community, we cannot discuss familia and ancestors without bringing up November 2nd – Dia de Los Muertos. In and of itself, the celebration of this date is a hodge-podge of ancient and modern traditional bits and pieces from around the world. Yet, to Mexicans, it is […]
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Department of Homeland Security Accused of Illegal Activities in Guatemala
On October 13, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate released a Democratic Staff Report titled, DHS Run Amok? The report states that “in January 2020, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Democratic Staff uncovered a disturbing incident in which DHS misused State Department funding to carry out an unauthorized operation.” The […]
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Little Birds
Little Birds is a series of vignettes and reflections on border crossings and emancipation. Written by María Elena Gaitán. Musician, storyteller, performance artist, translator and mother, East L.A. born María Elena Gaitán is a citizen of the world and a lifetime social justice activist with ancestral roots in Del Río Texas and Monterrey Nuevo León. El Pajarito (the […]
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Los Angeles Pays $14 Million To Settle Lawsuit For Detaining Immigrants
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that Los Angeles County “agreed to pay out $14 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the Sheriff’s Department routinely held people in jail beyond their release dates solely because of pending immigration investigations.” [1] As of 2014, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has stopped honoring ICE […]