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Fronteras: 'These are human beings' — The effort to exhume, identify, and repatriate migrant remainsA forensic anthropology professor and her two graduate students spent a week in Eagle Pass, Texas, to help exhume and identify those who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. They reflect on their experience working with Operation Identification, an effort that uses community outreach and scientific analysis to ID migrant remains.
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Border security is a priority for the state’s GOP leadership as Abbott and company continue to blast the Biden administration’s policies.
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The announcement comes the same day Gov. Abbott wrote to the country’s governors, asking them to support his border security operation now that the pandemic-era health policy known as Title 42 has expired.
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A motorist drove into a crowd that was waiting at a bus stop near a migrant shelter in Brownsville, according to authorities. "It is looking more and more like an intentional act," police said.
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At least 40 migrants were killed and 25 were injured during the March 27 fire in the border city. Mexico's attorney general said Francisco Garduño and four other officials failed to ensure the safety of migrants at the facility.
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Professor Jenny Clark of South Texas College said smuggling operations have gotten much more sophisticated.
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Two separate proposals were considered in committee hearings this week, including one that would expand the powers of federal border agents who work in Texas.
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State Democrats immediately criticized the border and immigration proposals, signaling a bruising battle ahead. 'House Republicans have been warned,' one key Democrat cautioned.
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"Bridging Cultures: Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands" highlights the missing pieces of history often left out of the borderland narrative. It features a collection of essays ranging from the enduring cultural practice of quinceñeras, to wildlife along the border, to how border artists capture everyday life.
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More migrants are arriving at the border with the family dog, only to be separated from their beloved pet after making a long journey to the U.S. An El Paso woman is helping reunite some of the dogs and their families.