Tag: El Paso
US to expedite immigration cases of families on border
SAN DIEGO — Families arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico will have their cases fast-tracked in immigration court, the Biden administration said Friday,...
AP-NORC poll: More Americans believe anti-Asian hate rising
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became...
Texas zoo: Woman who entered monkey enclosure to be charged
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Zoo plans to press charges against a woman who was caught on video trying to feed spider...
Families separated at Mexico border build new American life
PHILADELPHIA — In a cramped house with mice in the kitchen and music booming from cars outside, Keldy Mabel Gonzales Brebe lays bare her...
Justices reject case of retired cop put in police chokehold
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a retired federal law enforcement officer who was put in a chokehold and...
Veteran, retired cop takes case against police to high court
WASHINGTON — Something went wrong at the security checkpoint at the VA hospital in El Paso, Texas, on a winter's day in 2016.
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Attorney: US makes concessions to ease asylum restrictions
SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration has agreed to let about 250 people a day through border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge in...
Some proms are back, with masks, testing and distancing
BOSTON — A minor league baseball stadium. A negative coronavirus test and absolutely no slow dancing.
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Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has...
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement
AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted...