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Biden withdraws from presidential race: 5 things to know
President Biden said he will not be running for reelection, a historic decision that comes after mounting pressure from many within his own party. Biden said he will serve out the remainder of his term, which ends in 2025. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he said. […]
1 person dead, 1 taken into Border Patrol custody after desert search
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person has died and another was apprehended by Border Patrol Saturday afternoon, July 20 during a multi-agency search of the desert area near Sunland Park, according to Sunland Park’s Fire Department. Sunland Park Fire assisted Border Patrol and Doña Ana Fire Rescue in searching the desert area off Bi-National […]
Microsoft glitch shuts down border crossings, causes hours-long delays
"The traffic, just getting to the border was super backed up and I was checking on my phone and it just kept saying the system was down that they were going to let people cross by 11 or they were going to send everybody back.”
IBWC head tells South Texas leaders Mexico will send ‘some water’
U.S. International Boundary and Water Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner met privately this week in the Rio Grande Valley with local leaders and told them that Mexico does intend to send some water it owes to South Texas, but leaders tell Border Report they worry it won't be enough as the region and farmers suffer.
Panama president says repatriation of migrants crossing the Darien Gap will be voluntary
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so, potentially diminishing the impact of stricter immigration enforcement Mulino had pushed. Mulino, who took office July 1, promised to halt the rising flow of […]
US Treasury sanctions Sierra Leone man for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday on a man from Sierra Leone for allegedly smuggling thousands of migrants from Asia and Africa into the United States. The ring allegedly run by Abdul Karim Conteh provided false documents and drove migrants to the border and offered advice on how to cross, […]
Gov. Abbott addresses Beryl, Trump’s call for mass deportation, Elon Musk in interview at RNC
In an interview with Nexstar, the governor addressed CenterPoint's failures during Hurricane Beryl and the current state of Texas' electric grid, political unity preceding and following the assassination attempt on Trump last Saturday, and Elon Musk's plan to move the headquarters of two of his companies to Texas.
Feds to target cartels, fentanyl imports in El Paso trade corridor
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – As federal officials surge resources and seize more drugs in California and Arizona, they fear Mexican drug cartels will shift their smuggling pipeline east. That’s why they’re bringing not one but three major interdiction operations to the El Paso region. The goal is to stem the flow of fentanyl, […]
Another Texas migrant aid group asks a judge to push back on investigation by Republican AG
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a Texas judge on Wednesday to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants, weeks after a separate court rejected efforts by the state to shutter an El Paso shelter. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley provides temporary shelter and food […]
‘It’s sad people have forgotten about 21 McDonald’s massacre victims,’ resident says
“This is probably our 9-11, San Ysidro is a very small border community, that was very traumatic for a lot of us back in 1984,” said Robles. “Forty years ago, and I still remember it like it was a few weeks ago.”
South Texas congressman says Mexico will start repaying water debt ‘soon’
A South Texas congressman who is part of a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers meeting with officials in Mexico City this week says Mexico intends to repay water owed to the United States very soon, Border Report has learned.
‘Gray death’ creeping into border city
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Cocaine was everywhere when Mindy Portillo hit the club scene in El Paso 20 years ago. “It was straightforward (to get). I would meet people, and it would just happen – just like that,” the former drug user said. Two decades later, Mindy Portillo, once a drug user in […]
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