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Biden, Abbott face off over immigration at the Mexico-Texas border

President Joe Biden was confronted at the airport in El Paso on Sunday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who demanded in a hand-delivered letter that Biden act immediately to stop unauthorized immigration including by building more walls on the border.

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From chaos to opportunity: Could Biden’s Mexico and border visit change the narrative?

MEXICO CITY — President Joe Biden’s visit to Mexico this week, with a short layover in El Paso on Sunday, could change the border narrative from chaos to opportunity — at least that’s the hope of local leaders.

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As Biden visits El Paso, migrants flock to church for solace and protection

EL PASO, Texas — Here in Segundo Barrio, the city’s historic neighborhood, migrants flock to Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the hope of finding protection, perhaps even salvation.

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Joe Biden tours El Paso for first border visit of his presidency

He was greeted by Gov. Greg Abbott upon arrival at the El Paso airport. Abbott has been a chief critic of Biden’s immigration policies and has frequently called on him to visit the border over the past year.

The Texas Tribune

Biden to get a firsthand look at US-Mexico border situation

President Joe Biden is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border later Sunday for a firsthand look at border security

The Independent UK

On eve of Biden's border visit, migrants fear new rules

President Joe Biden will arrived Sunday in El Paso for his first, politically-thorny visit to the southern border

The Independent UK

Biden’s border visit will showcase a city strained by migration

Joe Biden’s choice of El Paso, Texas, as the site of his first presidential visit to the U.S.-Mexico border puts a spotlight on a city that has struggled to deal with a four-fold surge in the number of migrants on its streets.

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U.S., Mexican immigration officials to meet ahead of Biden visit

U.S. and Mexican immigration officials are set to meet in El Paso Saturday, the day before U.S. President Joe Biden's first visit to the border since taking office, Mexico's immigration institute said Friday.

Reuters

Border bishop takes lead role in Catholic migrant ministry

Mark Seitz of El Paso is the first bishop from a state along the Mexico border to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee in at least 20 years

The Independent UK

Ahead of El Paso visit, Biden says U.S. will allow 30,000 migrants from four countries to enter monthly

Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela will be allowed entry and given work permits. The administration will also expand the use of Title 42 to expel more migrants to Mexico.

The Texas Tribune

Biden’s first border visit will be in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday

WASHINGTON — Two years after taking office, President Joe Biden will make his first U.S.-Mexico border visit on Sunday with a stop in El Paso, where a massive influx of migrants has overwhelmed local shelters.

Tribune News Service

Biden to visit the El Paso area over border issues

It's a public — and perilous — step toward addressing an immediate humanitarian emergency.

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Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

Mexican authorities have raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17

The Independent UK

14 killed in attack on Mexican border prison

Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas

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Migrant shelters try to help traumatized assault survivors

Growing numbers of migrants suffer violence that amounts to torture on their journeys

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The future of migrants in El Paso remains uncertain as border restrictions continue

Migrants have traveled hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to the Mexican border in a search of a better life. Many are turning themselves over to U.S. border authorities and seeking asylum.

Los Angeles Times

An old nemesis dooms Dorian Thompson-Robinson and UCLA in Sun Bowl loss

EL PASO, Texas — For a few forlorn minutes, it appeared the final image of Dorian Thompson-Robinson in a UCLA uniform would be him walking slowly off the field and into a tunnel, his left arm draped around the shoulder of a trainer.

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Pitt earns classic comeback Sun Bowl win over No. 18 UCLA thanks to late-game heroics

EL PASO, Texas — Down a pair of scores in the second half against a ranked opponent, Pat Narduzzi’s team had every reason to mail it in. Down by a single point with just 34 seconds remaining, the Panthers once again could’ve easily done the same.

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Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. UCLA, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch

The Pittsburgh Panthers will meet the #18 UCLA Bruins in the Sun Bowl on Friday afternoon in El Paso, Texas.

Los Angeles Times

How Chip Kelly and Dorian Thompson-Robinson's mutual trust elevated UCLA

EL PASO, Texas — It would have been easy to give up on the young quarterback.

Los Angeles Times

UCLA safety Stephan Blaylock will try to make his final game something special

EL PASO, Texas — Playing in every game of the Chip Kelly era means that Stephan Blaylock can tell you some things about perseverance.

Reuters

Slipping over Mexico border, migrants get the jump on U.S. court ruling

Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking matters into their own hands to slip into the United States.

Los Angeles Times

Asylum seekers are gathering at the US-Mexico border. This is why

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The first time Mari Marin Bastidas tried to claim asylum at the U.S. border, she was turned away by authorities who said a policy instituted to slow the spread of COVID-19 meant her case would not even get a hearing.

Al Jazeera

Migrants face freezing Christmas at US-Mexico border

Migrants almost certain to spend Christmas in crowded shelters or on streets of Mexican border towns amid winter storm.

The Independent UK

Stuck at the border, migrants find a little Christmas cheer

Tens of thousands of migrants who fled violence and poverty will spend Christmas in crowded shelters or on the dangerous streets of Mexican border towns

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