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Government Law National 

Attorneys Kept in the Dark as Asylum Process Accelerates

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asylum, El Paso, human rights, ICE, immigration, refugees, Texas, Trump administration

U.S. immigration authorities are testing a program to speed up reviews of asylum claims at a Texas Border Patrol station, offering a glimpse of how the Trump administration may enforce its de facto ban on political asylum.

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Government Politics 

Texas Lawmakers Hear From El Paso Community After Mass Shooting

October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 TRAVIS BUBENIK
El Paso, Guns, Mass Shooting, race, Texas

Texas lawmakers heard testimony Monday about an international border community still reeling from a deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in August that authorities believe was motivated by racist beliefs.

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Business Regional 

Mass Shooting

October 18, 2019 BRIEF
Brief1, El Paso, Mass Shooting, security, Texas, veterans, Wal-Mart

The widow of an Army veteran killed in the August mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, filed a lawsuit Friday in state court claiming the retail giant did not have adequate security measures in place at that store.

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Financial Government National Politics 

Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Border Emergency Declaration

October 11, 2019October 14, 2019 TRAVIS BUBENIK
Border Wall, construction, El Paso, funding, injunction, State of Emergency, Texas, Trump administration

A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s use of a national emergency declaration to speed up construction of his long-promised border wall is unlawful.

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Criminal National 

El Paso Mass Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 22 Deaths

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Paso, Mass Shooting, pleas, Texas, Wal-Mart

The 21-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief initial hearing.

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Criminal National 

Suspect in El Paso Massacre Charged With Capital Murder

September 12, 2019 TRAVIS BUBENIK
Death Penalty, El Paso, indictment, Mass Shooting, murder, Texas

A grand jury in Texas delivered a capital murder indictment Thursday against the suspect in last month’s deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart.

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Criminal 

Mourner Invites World to El Paso Victim’s Funeral

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Paso, Guns, Mass Shooting, Texas

When 63-year-old Margie Reckard was killed by a gunman at a Walmart in El Paso this month, Antonio Basco lost his entire world. So as the man who felt so alone planned her funeral, he invited the world to join him in remembering his companion of 22 years.

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Government Regional 

Texas Governor Forms Domestic Terrorism Task Force After Massacre

August 14, 2019August 15, 2019 TRAVIS BUBENIK
El Paso, governors, Mass Shooting, race, Terrorism, Texas

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Wednesday he will launch a domestic terrorism task force in the wake of this month’s deadly shooting in El Paso that left 22 people dead and two dozen others injured.

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Latest Headlines 

El Paso, With Deep Mexican-American Past, Rallies Amid Pain

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP1, El Paso, Mass Shooting, memorials, Mexico, race, Texas

The massacre of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican-American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes of racial violence in the past.

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International Politics 

Mexico Calls El Paso Shooting Terrorism Against Mexicans

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Paso, Guns, Hate Crimes, Mexico, race, Terrorism, Texas

Mexico’s government on Monday said it considers the mass murder of 22 people in El Paso, including eight Mexican citizens, an “act of terrorism” against Mexicans and hopes it will lead to changes in U.S. gun laws.

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Criminal Law Personal Injury 

20 Dead in El Paso Shopping Complex Shooting

August 3, 2019August 5, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Paso, Mass Shooting, retail, Texas

Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said.

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Business Economy Government International 

Closure of Southern Border Would Wreak Economic Havoc

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
borders, El Paso, immigration, Mexico, Texas

President Trump’s threat to shut down the southern border raised fears Monday of dire economic consequences in the U.S. and an upheaval of daily life in a stretch of the country that relies on the international flow not just of goods and services but also students, families and workers.

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Civil Rights Government 

El Paso County Sues Texas Over Anti-Sanctuary City Law

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 KELSEY JUKAM
El Paso, immigration, Mexico, race, Sanctuary cities, Texas

El Paso County sued Texas on Monday, bringing a constitutional challenge to the state’s new law that bans sanctuary cities and threatens law-enforcement officers with a year in jail if they refuse to honor “immigration holds.”

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Civil Rights 

Human Rights Groups Ask USA to Release Mexican Reporter

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 CAMERON LANGFORD
Asylum, El Paso, ICE, immigration, immigration detention, Mexico, Texas

The attorney for a Mexican reporter who fled to the United States after he was beaten by Mexican federal police who threatened his life has demanded his release from an El Paso immigration prison.

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Uncategorized 

Attorney Accuses Border Patrol Agent of Perjury

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 KELSEY JUKAM
Border Patrol, El Paso, ICE, immigration, Texas

A victim of domestic violence was arrested at an El Paso courthouse based on perjured testimony from a Border Patrol agent, her attorneys say in a habeas petition demanding her release.

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Civil Rights 

Congressman Wants Answers on ICE Arrest in El Paso

February 21, 2017 KELSEY JUKAM
El Paso, ICE, immigration

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are investigating the arrest of a domestic violence victim at El Paso County Courthouse last week, according to El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke.

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Civil Rights Courts Government 

ICE Arrests Domestic Violence Victim at Courthouse

February 17, 2017 KELSEY JUKAM
domestic violence, El Paso, immigration

Federal immigration agents managed to outrage even a Texas district attorney by arresting a domestic violence victim at the El Paso courthouse, after she was granted a protective order to shield her from an abusive boyfriend.

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