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After Uvalde shooting, some say fixation on border security obscures more urgent threats

UVALDE, Texas — More than a week after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, one thing is clear: The heightened security surrounding this town near the border ultimately didn’t stop a homegrown shooter from inflicting terror on the community.

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3 groups of Cubans arrived in the Florida Keys this week, and one boat was sinking

MIAMI — Three groups of Cuban people arrived in the Lower Keys this week, as the surge in attempts to flee Cuba for Florida by making a treacherous journey by sea — most often in unsafe homemade boats — continues.

Miami Herald

Border agent who stormed Robb Elementary with borrowed shotgun defends police actions

The Uvalde Police Department has been criticised for not immediately rushing into the school to stop the shooter

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More Uvalde police claims fall apart

Officials admit teacher didn't leave school door propped open and video shows 911 operator alerted cops of victims

Salon

Texas school shooting victims' funerals begin as Joe Biden and Jacinda Ardern talk gun control

As the family of Amerie Jo Garza lays the 10-year-old Robb Elementary School student to rest, the focus turns to gun control, with US President Joe Biden meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to discuss her 2019 ban on military-style weapons.

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‘I got shot’: Video captures moment Uvalde student tells Border Patrol agent they had been hit

The condition of the child on the radio is unclear

The Independent UK

Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funerals for victims of school shooting

Over the next two-and-a-half traumatic weeks, people in the southwestern Texas town will say goodbye to the children and their teachers, one heart-wrenching visitation, funeral and burial after another.

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"Back the Blue" and the Uvalde response

The conservative town has long supported law enforcement. The cops' response last week could change that

Salon

Salvador Ramos: Everything we know about Texas school mass shooter

Eighteen-year-old Uvalde high school student shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School where he killed 21 people

The Independent UK

Biden called again to mourn with a city stricken by grief

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are hoping to console a city stricken by grief and anger when they meet with families affected by a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school

The Independent UK

Police failure in Uvalde mass shooting: What we know

Law enforcement officials in Texas are facing intense criticism for their response to the shooting.

Axios

So where were the "good guys with guns"?

Whatever excuse NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre comes up with now, it can't erase the shocking charade we saw in Uvalde

Salon

'Please send the police now': Urgent pleas don’t always mean the cops rush in. Just look at Parkland and Uvalde

Move toward the gunfire and take out the shooter.

Tribune News Service

Six major police mistakes in the Uvalde shooting have Texans ‘livid’

Police failed at key moments during shooting

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What we do — and don't — know about how Robb Elementary School mass shooting unfolded in Uvalde, Texas

It took police more than 45 minutes to intervene in the school shooting that claimed 21 lives. Now the community is demanding answers.

Reason

While Dying Children Called 911 for Help, 19 Uvalde Police Waited in the Hallway. For 45 Minutes.

"There were 19 officers in there," said a police spokesperson. "In fact, there were plenty of officers to do whatever needed to be done."

The Independent UK

Uvalde police stopped Border Patrol SWAT team from entering school sooner: report

Elite Border Patrol team arrived nearly 40 minutes before gunman killed

Chicago Sun-Times

Children called 911 inside Texas school amid shooting as police response lagged, officials say

Throughout the attack, teachers and children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including a girl who pleaded: “Please send the police now,” authorities said.

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The Independent UK

Questions arise over police delays with gunman inside school

Authorities say the 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers

The Independent UK

Six biggest unanswered questions about the Uvalde shooting and investigation in Texas

Major questions remain about motive and effectiveness of police response

Tribune News Service

Border officials begin screening asylum-seeking families for fear of persecution prior to expulsion

SAN DIEGO — Border officials this week began referring some asylum-seeking families caught crossing the border for special screenings to see if they are likely to be harmed in the countries where they would otherwise be expelled.

The Independent UK

ICE ordered to suspend immigration enforcement on families affected by Uvalde shooting

School shooter was ultimately killed by Border Patrol agents after police officers initially hesitated to enter the building

Reason

Witnesses, Video Suggest Stunning Inaction From Uvalde Cops During School Shooting

Plus: Oklahoma's new strict abortion ban, Biden's new order on federal policing, and more…

France 24

‘Go in there!’: Parents of Texas school shooting victims question police delays

Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

Salon

People begged cops to stop Uvalde gunman

Some parents sought to charge the school to save their children amid police inaction

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