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One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric

Sep. 25, 2024 06:06 AM EDT

As midnight nears, the lights of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, fill the sky on the silent banks of the Rio Grande. A few months ago, hundreds of asylum-seeking families, including crying toddlers, waited for an opening to crawl through razor wire from Juarez into El Paso. ...

Immigrant families in limbo after judge puts U.S. program for spouses on hold

Aug. 27, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — After President Joe Biden this summer announced a new U.S. citizenship pathway for immigrant spouses, Oscar Silva rushed to apply and was elated Monday when an email arrived confirming his appointment for a required biometric exam. But hours later, Silva...

A South Texas school district received a request to remove 676 books from its libraries

Aug. 19, 2024 14:04 PM EDT

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — On May 17, with just one week to go until the end of the school year, the superintendent of the South Texas Mission school district received an email with a list of 676 books a group of local pastors believed were “filthy and evil.” The email came from the...