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Without access to water lines, Texas colonias residents are pulling water from the desert air

Thousands of low-income, Latino residents in Texas still do not have safe drinking water. In one El Paso colonia, some residents are using solar distillation to generate water from the air.

The Texas Tribune

‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family's journey to the US

When Luis López was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them

The Independent UK

Calm prevails at US-Mexico border after Title 42 migration restrictions lifted

Situation at the border stands in contrast to Republican fear-mongering as Biden officials establish strict new policies

The Guardian - US

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Title 42 migration restrictions have ended, but Biden’s new policy is tougher

President pledged as a candidate to dismantle Trump’s hardline immigration agenda but new rules are more restrictive

The Guardian - US

Chaos on Mexico border averted, for now, as US turns page in migration rules

The U.S. has turned the page on pandemic-era immigration restrictions with relative calm at its border with Mexico as migrants adapt to strict new rules aimed at discouraging illegal crossings and await the promise of new legal pathways into the country

The Independent UK

Fear and confusion, but not chaos, along the southern border after Title 42 ends

The pandemic-era policy nearly halted the processing of asylum applications. As Title 42 was lifted on Thursday, officials braced for an influx of migrants. But the reality was relatively calm.

WEKU

Border didn’t see a “major influx” of migrants when Title 42 ended, federal official says

Although migrants lined up by the hundreds in El Paso and other border crossings as the public health order was winding down, a Biden administration official said there wasn’t a rush to the border when Title 42 was lifted.

The Texas Tribune

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Amid confusion along US-Mexico border, El Paso pastors provide migrants with shelter and counsel

As confusion pervades El Paso, one of the busiest illegal crossings points for migrants fleeing poverty and strife, faith leaders strive to provide shelter, legal advice and prayer

The Independent UK

Title 42 ends with migrants lined up and border cities braced for the unknown

Long lines formed again next to the border wall in El Paso — a scene repeated in other parts of the southern border — as migrants anticipated the end of a policy that has allowed immigration agents to quickly expel them.

The Texas Tribune

Title 42 is about to expire in US. Here’s what you need to know

Expiry of contentious US policy will bring little relief to asylum seekers facing many other border curbs, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Title 42, a COVID-era halt on asylum applications, has ended. Here's what to expect

The pandemic restrictions allowed for the quick expulsion of migrants at the border. Now that it's been lifted, some officials are expecting a record influx and an impending humanitarian crisis.

WEKU

Migrants waiting to cross the border say government’s app for asylum-seekers is a mess

Hundreds of migrants have waited on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande for days to be apprehended. Others say they want to follow the rules to enter legally — if they could just get the government phone app to work.

The Texas Tribune

Migrants amass along US-Mexico border as COVID-era restrictions near end

U.S. border agents in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday urged hundreds of migrants amassing on city streets to surrender to authorities as illegal crossings rose in the run-up to the end of COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 later this week.

Reuters

Gov. Greg Abbott focuses on border security in first address since Allen and Brownsville tragedies

Abbott announced the deployment of new “Texas Tactical Border Force” units to El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley on Monday and Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

'Risk it all': Migrant surge as US prepares for Title 42 end

A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a policy linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants

The Texas Tribune

Progressive causes lose big in San Antonio and El Paso charter elections

San Antonio voters rejected by wide margins an effort to decriminalize abortion and require police to issue citations rather than make arrests for some nonviolent offenses. In El Paso, an effort to wean the city from fossil fuels fared similarly poorly.

The Texas Tribune

As U.S. prepares to end rapid expulsions of migrants, a Venezuelan family decides to risk crossing the border

A Venezuelan couple with two children waited in Mexico for weeks for a chance to claim asylum. They decided to cross the border after a relative died in a detention center fire and other family members successfully made it across.

The Texas Tribune

Texas likely will spend billions fixing its water systems. Will it reach these forgotten colonias?

An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come.

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As Title 42 comes to an end, El Paso declares state of emergency

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said asylum-seekers are camping out on the sidewalks and staying at shelters in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, under the false notion that they will be allowed to enter the U.S. once Title 42 expires.

Ballotpedia

Abortion, marijuana decriminalization, the climate, and law enforcement featured on local ballots in Texas on May 6

Ballotpedia is covering 47 ballot measures in seven counties in Texas on May 6. Five of the 47 are citizen initiatives, and the remaining 42 were referred to the ballot by a vote of a local governing board, such as a county board or city council.

RideApart

Watch An Enduro Champ Gymkhana His Africa Twin Down A Volcano

Enduro ace Kirian Mirabet takes on the La Palma volcano, as well as the streets of the nearby city of El Paso in the Canary Islands, all on his Africa Twin.

Metal Hammer

Foo Fighters add six more headline shows to ever-growing list of 2023 dates

Late Tahoe! Salt Lake City! El Paso! And more! The Foo Fighters are coming to you later this year

PC Gamer

This game about 'confronting relationship trauma' perfectly illustrates why it's a bad idea to date Draculae, lord of the vampires

Hands-on with El Paso, Elsewhere, a Max Payne-inspired game from the maker of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator.

The Guardian - US

Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border

AI-enhanced cameras can detect ‘objects of interest’ miles away, which critics say will drive migrants deeper into dangerous desert

Reuters

Survivor of Mexico detention fire and his family cross into U.S.

After her husband survived a fire which killed dozens of migrants at a detention center in northern Mexico, Venezuelan Viangly Infante crossed into the United States on Saturday, in search of new opportunities for her three children.

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