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Sacramento Bee
3 weeks ago
California

Falls from US-Mexico border wall in San Diego hospitalize 10 in a day

Increased injuries following heightening of border wall
Significant rise in trauma cases at UC San Diego Health
Sacramento Bee
3 weeks ago
California

Falls off US-Mexico border wall in San Diego injure 11 in one day, 10 are hospitalized

Ten individuals hospitalized after falling from the border wall, including parents with children under 11 years old.
Significant increase in trauma cases seen by healthcare providers due to the heightened border wall.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Effort To Recall LA District Attorney Fails To Qualify For Ballot | KQED

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon will not face a recall election, county officials announced on Monday.
KQED
1 year ago
California

The Oak Fire West of Yosemite Triggers Evacuations, State of Emergency | KQED

Mexican Officials Blame Border Wall for Record Number of Migrant Deaths
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Sacramento Bee
3 weeks ago
California

10 hospitalized after falling off US-Mexico border wall, California officials say

Multiple individuals fell off a 30-foot border wall between the U.S. and Mexico near San Diego, requiring hospitalization.
Children were among those injured in the falls, with some sustaining broken bones.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

House GOP's help-wanted sign: One border funding chief

And Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), who previously led the committee, said: "I don't know who wants it.""It's a good committee - you get frustrated, but you at least get a chance to try," Carter added.He led the border spending panel as the Trump administration made immigration into even more of a political flashpoint, forcing a shutdown over the then-president's insistence on funding for a border wall.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Trump's border wall breached by smugglers over 3,000 times, records reveal

Smugglers have breached the Trump administration's border wall along the US-Mexico frontier more than 3,000 times, government maintenance records obtained by the Washington Post reveal.
New York Post
1 month ago
Marketing

Chinese migrant says TikTok helped her to know where to cross the US southern border

Migrants are reportedly using TikTok to learn about gaps in the border wall and hire smugglers.
TikTok claims to remove and report human smuggling content, but also provides a space for migrants to document their journeys.
New York Post
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

President Biden quietly reverts back to many Trump policies

The Biden Administration has greenlit construction of the border wall
Biden reverted to Trump-era policies and initiatives
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

House GOP quietly preps take two of its border push

Republicans have pitched ideas like reviving the border wall and cracking down on asylum seekers, policies that stand no chance in the Senate but would let them claim a messaging victory - if they can manage to push them through the House.Underscoring how quickly one of Republicans' biggest election talking points turned into a sore spot for old tensions, even those at the center of the intra-party debate aren't willing to publicly bet against another derailment ... at least, not yet.
KQED
1 year ago
California

L-A County Could Reinstate Mask Mandate Due To Increase In COVID Hospital Cases | KQED

Last week, in San Francisco the vaccine supply was scarce.
www.cnn.com
3 months ago
US politics

CNN town hall with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked Donald Trump during a CNN town hall in Iowa, focusing on closing his polling gap in the state.
DeSantis criticized Trump on various issues including inflation, the border wall, abortion, and healthcare.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

Bannon Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison for Contempt of Congress

WASHINGTON A federal judge on Friday sentenced Stephen K. Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald J. Trump who aided in the effort to overturn the 2020 election, to four months in prison for disobeying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

8 Year Old Migrant in CBP's Custody Was Denied Medical Transport to Hospital Multiple Times Before Dying

Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez was denied ambulance transport to a hospital until she suffered a seizure on May 17.In this aerial picture taken on May 11, 2023, migrants walk through gate 42 to board vans after waiting along the border wall to surrender to U.S. Border Patrol agents for immigration and asylum claim processing upon crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States on the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Preliminary findings from an internal investigation released this week by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) showcase how officials and contractors monitoring migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border were grossly negligent in refusing to treat a visibly sick child, who later succumbed to her illness, earlier this month.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Minutes After Title 42 Expired, Scenes of Anxiety and Weariness Along the Border

Image Migrants wait to surrender themselves to the Border Patrol in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Thursday.Credit...Alejandro Cegarra for The New York Times Migrants run to cross the border in Yuma, Ariz., late Thursday.Credit...Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times Within the hour after Title 42 expired, Border Patrol agents apprehended and loaded a group of people for processing in Sunland Park, New Mexico, late on Thursday.Credit...Justin Hamel for The New York Times Julia Hermosa Gamara and her husband and 13-year-old daughter raced through the reeds and bushes along the Mexican side of the border with Arizona, running as fast as they could to make it across the Colorado River and into the United States before Title 42 lifted.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

The Border in Photos

Tens of thousands of migrants are expected to attempt to enter the United States in the next few days, after a Covid-era immigration policy known as Title 42 expires late on Thursday.The policy allowed the rapid expulsion of migrants on public health grounds.Most migrants crossing the border are adults traveling alone.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick take oath of office at inauguration ceremony at Texas State Capitol

Texas Legislature During their inaugural addresses, both Abbott and Patrick stated their priorities for the legislative session that is currently underway.Published: 9:17 PM CST January 16, 2023 Updated: 8:55 PM CST January 17, 2023 AUSTIN, Texas Last week, Texas senators and state representatives took their oath of office as the 88th legislative session began.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Mexican President Thanks Biden for Building 'Not Even One Meter of Wall' In Presser But Here's the Thing...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thanked President Joe Biden for not building one meter of border wall at a joint press conference in Mexico City on Tuesday.Lopez Obrador was apparently unaware much work has been done on the border wall under Biden's administration.You, president Biden, you are the first president of the United States in a very long time that has not built, not even one meter of wall, Lopez Obrador said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Juror's 'Political Bias' Prompts Mistrial in 'Build the Wall' Case

Eleven other members of the panel complained that the juror had injected party politics into the case, which the U.S. attorney said he planned to retry.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Artist Karla Garcia's latest exhibit reaches across U.S.-Mexico boundaries

Artist Karla Garcia's latest exhibition is taking place in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico simultaneously.
The two halves of the collection are separated by thirty miles and one border wall.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Greece planning major wall extension on border with Turkey

ATHENS, Greece - Greek authorities say they are planning a major extension of a wall along the country's border with Turkey and are seeking European Union financial support for the additional construction.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Steve Bannon Won't Testify in Trial of 'We Build the Wall' Backer

Timothy Shea, a key player in the campaign, is on trial in what prosecutors describe as a coordinated plan to funnel money from the $25 million crowdfunding initiative.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

After Pardon for Bannon, 2 to Admit Bilking Donors to Border Wall

Prosecutors say they took money from donors to Donald J. Trump's signature project and spent it on jewelry, plastic surgery and a golf cart.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

'They left her hanging': details emerge of woman's death at US-Mexico border

As she'd done before, Griselda Verduzco Armenta tried to cross Mexico's border with the US earlier this week with dreams of being able to better provide for her two young daughters.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Girls

Woman Dies After Trying to Scale Border Fence Into Arizona

The woman, who was using a climbing harness, became "ensnared" on the border fence just west of Douglas, Ariz.Officials said she was trapped upside down for a "significant amount of time."
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

The Smugglers' Paradise of Afghanistan

The Great Read
For decades, the smuggling trade - of people, drugs and money - has dominated Nimruz Province.
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

The Smugglers' Paradise of Afghanistan

The Great Read
For decades, the smuggling trade - of people, drugs and money - has dominated Nimruz Province.
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