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☆ Opinion | Desperate Migrants Seeking a New Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An investigation by The El Paso Times found that migrant deaths surged at the El Paso border in fiscal year 2023 to the highest level on record. Despite this — because of the urgency of their needs — migrants still come. It deported 20 percent more parents and children than President Trump removed in fiscal year 2020. Ultimately, we need long-term and sustainable solutions, including more legal pathways to enter the U.S. in the face of a changing world. We know from our daily work that when people have orderly, legal options for entering the country, they take them.

Persons: Miriam Jordan, Jordan, Trump Organizations: El Paso Times, Biden Locations: El Paso, Mexico, Ciudad

[1/2] Activists take part in a tribute to the victims of the August 3, 2019 Walmart shooting in El Paso, at Ponder Park in El Paso, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File PhotoCompanies Walmart Inc FollowJuly 7 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart while targeting Hispanics, the El Paso Times newspaper reported. The shooter still faces Texas state charges that could result in the death penalty. Just before the assault, the shooter posted on the internet a manifesto that declared, "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. He's going to be serving 90 consecutive life sentences."

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, David Guaderrama, Patrick Crusius, Genesis Davila, Thomas Hoffman, Alexander Hoffman, Prosecutors, Joe Spencer, Spencer, Daniel Trotta, Brad Brooks, Paul Thomasch Organizations: Walmart, REUTERS, Texas Walmart, El Paso Times, U.S, District, Dallas Morning News, AK, Thomson Locations: El Paso, El Paso , Texas, U.S, Texas, Hell, Dallas, Romanian

☆ Chicago’s Sanctuary City Awakening
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Images: AP/Shutterstock/Reuters Composite: Mark KellyPosturing as a “sanctuary city” used to be fun when it meant resisting Donald Trump, but now the migrant crisis is everywhere. “We simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says in a letter Sunday to Texas Gov. “Though I am sympathetic to the significant challenges that border cities face, this situation is completely untenable.”And the scales fall. That’s nothing next to El Paso, which this week declared a state of emergency, as it braces for the end of Title 42 pandemic expulsions. The El Paso Times cites estimates of about “10,000 to 12,000 migrants in Juárez,” waiting to cross into the U.S.

☆ Photos: El Paso sees surge in border crossings
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Migrants, mostly from Nicaragua, are seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, along the shore of the Rio Grande and below the US border wall on Tuesday, December 13. By Catherine E. Shoichet and Will Lanzoni, CNNAs a growing number of migrants arrive in the border city of El Paso, Texas, officials there say the situation is "unsustainable" and could intensify into a full-blown crisis. Many of the arriving migrants have told reporters they're from Nicaragua. El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran told CNN on Wednesday that she spoke with Nicaraguan migrants waiting outside in frigid temperatures. Deputy City Manager Mario D'Agostino told reporters in recent days about 2,500 migrants have crossed the border daily, noting that the situation is different than past surges of migrants across the border.

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