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Texas City On Verge Of "Breaking Point" As Migrants Flood Border
The surge of migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to "a breaking point," with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday.
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7 Killed After SUV Runs Over People In Texas, Driver Arrested: Police
At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said
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US Relocates Hundreds Of Migrant Children From Overcrowded Border Station
Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children's shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for weeks in dirty conditions without adequate food and water.
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As Teen Fled Shelter In US, Staff Ran Beside Him, Pleading Him To Stay
When a 15-year-old boy from Honduras ran away from a huge migrant child care facility along the Mexican border in south Texas on Saturday, the staff ran beside him, pleading with him to stay. They said he would be safe, fed and have better luck being reunited with his family through the team at the former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas - now known a...
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"It's Wrong": Texas Sheriff Refuses To Guard Migrant Children Tent City
The El Paso County sheriff prohibited his deputies from working off-duty at a temporary shelter housing migrant children, saying he refused to support the Trump administration's "unjust" policy of separating families at the border.
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Melania Trump's "Don't Care..." Jacket To Children Shelter Sparks Outrage
Melania Trump took a surprise trip to Texas to speak to children and officials at a shelter for migrant children. But her message and the carefully crafted visuals showing a first lady rushing to the scene of a crisis touching the lives of children were soon obliterated by other words and images.
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Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit To US-Mexico Border Amid Border Crisis
Melania Trump made a surprise trip to the US-Mexican border on Thursday, visiting a migrant children's shelter as her husband's administration seeks to quell a firestorm over family separations.
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"America Better Than This": Texas Doctor On Shelter For Migrant Children
The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground where children could play. Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons. To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked, in many ways, like a friendly environment for children, a place where they could be happy.
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Texas City On Verge Of "Breaking Point" As Migrants Flood Border
The surge of migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to "a breaking point," with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday.
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7 Killed After SUV Runs Over People In Texas, Driver Arrested: Police
At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said
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US Relocates Hundreds Of Migrant Children From Overcrowded Border Station
Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children's shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for weeks in dirty conditions without adequate food and water.
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As Teen Fled Shelter In US, Staff Ran Beside Him, Pleading Him To Stay
When a 15-year-old boy from Honduras ran away from a huge migrant child care facility along the Mexican border in south Texas on Saturday, the staff ran beside him, pleading with him to stay. They said he would be safe, fed and have better luck being reunited with his family through the team at the former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas - now known a...
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"It's Wrong": Texas Sheriff Refuses To Guard Migrant Children Tent City
The El Paso County sheriff prohibited his deputies from working off-duty at a temporary shelter housing migrant children, saying he refused to support the Trump administration's "unjust" policy of separating families at the border.
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Melania Trump's "Don't Care..." Jacket To Children Shelter Sparks Outrage
Melania Trump took a surprise trip to Texas to speak to children and officials at a shelter for migrant children. But her message and the carefully crafted visuals showing a first lady rushing to the scene of a crisis touching the lives of children were soon obliterated by other words and images.
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Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit To US-Mexico Border Amid Border Crisis
Melania Trump made a surprise trip to the US-Mexican border on Thursday, visiting a migrant children's shelter as her husband's administration seeks to quell a firestorm over family separations.
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"America Better Than This": Texas Doctor On Shelter For Migrant Children
The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground where children could play. Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons. To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked, in many ways, like a friendly environment for children, a place where they could be happy.
