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Texas Walmart massacre suspect pleads guilty to U.S. hate crimes

A Texas man accused of targeting Latinos during a 2019 massacre of 23 people at an El Paso Walmart store pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office prosecuting the case.

Reuters

'Invasion' language continues after El Paso Walmart shooting

The suspected gunman in the racist 2019 attack at a Walmart in El Paso that killed 23 people is expected to plead guilty to federal hate crime and firearms charges

The Independent UK

Migrant flows plummet across Texas-Mexico border. Is success for Biden’s policy in sight?

MEXICO CITY — A month after President Joe Biden’s administration said it was expanding its humanitarian parole program for migrants from certain countries, Mexican officials warn it’s too early to claim success, even as the number of migrants reaching the border has plummeted.

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Suspect in racist massacre at El Paso Walmart that left 23 people dead will plead guilty

Patrick Crusius will plead guilty to federal charges but still faces trial in a state court

The Independent UK

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn eyes the seemingly impossible: a bipartisan deal on immigration

Riding the success of his historic congressional session last year where he helped pass the first gun safety bill signed into law in a generation, Cornyn is hopeful that his ability to strike deals across the aisle will help Congress achieve another elusive legislative goal: an immigration deal.

The Texas Tribune

DOJ won't seek death penalty for El Paso Walmart shooter

Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019

The Independent UK

Feds won’t seek death penalty against alleged El Paso Walmart gunman

The federal government has largely avoided pursuing the death penalty under President Biden.

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Texas man accused of racist killing of 23 people at El Paso Walmart will not face federal death penalty

Patrick Crusius has been charged with 90 counts under federal hate crime laws

The Independent UK

Editorial: This land of immigrants: How we can help asylum-seekers, and ourselves

New York Mayor Eric Adams headed to El Paso, Texas, over the weekend to see the other end of the flow of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers pouring into Port Authority, as Americans find themselves wondering how things ended up like this and what can be done about it.

Tribune News Service

Eric Adams says New York City doesn’t have ‘room’ to host more migrants

Mayor says city’s strained care system can’t handle influx and blames government for lack of coordination during El Paso visit

The Guardian - US

New York Mayor Says ‘No Room’ in His City for Migrants

The mayor of New York traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that "there is no room in New York" for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city. Eric Adams, a Democrat, was also critical of the administration of Democratic US…

Asharq Al-Awsat

On El Paso trip, NYC Mayor Adams calls for federal help, coordination across cities on migrants

New York Mayor Eric Adams repeated calls for federal support for the city’s migrant crisis and said he wants to unify his counterparts across the country during a weekend trip to El Paso, Texas.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Biden’s border policy struggles reflect a deeper neglect of Latin America

EL PASO, Texas — Perhaps the most fitting sight of President Joe Biden’s recent trip to the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border was this one: He went to the less important bridge spanning the Rio Grande.

Los Angeles Times

Cruz calls Biden’s El Paso visit ‘infuriating;’ others blast sanitized view of border

WASHINGTON — For two years, Republicans have clamored for President Joe Biden to visit the border with Mexico. He finally did on Sunday — and it has brought no respite from allegations that his policies have triggered an unprecedented crisis of migration.

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The Independent UK

Biden news – live: Discovery of classified documents distracts from president’s Mexico visit on immigration

Biden in Mexico City for three-day summit with counterparts Trudeau and López Obrador

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Arrives in Mexico for Talks on Migrants, Drugs

US President Joe Biden arrived in Mexico Sunday for talks on migration and drug smuggling, as well as a North American leaders' summit, after a politically charged stop at the border. Biden will meet Monday and Tuesday with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

Los Angeles Times

Under attack from both Republicans and Democrats, Biden tours border

As President Biden stepped off Air Force One in El Paso to tour the U.S. border on Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was on the tarmac waiting.

Axios

Biden visits El Paso in first trip to southern border as president

"They need a lot of resources. We're going to get it for them," Biden said when asked what he's learned from his border visit.

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Al Jazeera

Biden makes first visit to US-Mexico border since taking office

The trip followed unveiling of new immigration policy that rights groups warn could put asylum seekers’ lives at risk.

Tribune News Service

What was in the letter Texas Gov. Greg Abbott handed to President Joe Biden?

When President Joe Biden paid a visit to El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott greeted him at the airport. The two men shook hands. Then Abbott handed the president a letter. Here’s what was in the letter.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden at the border; inspects busy port of entry from Mexico

Biden watched as border officers in El Paso demonstrated how they search vehicles. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott handed Biden a letter saying the “chaos” at the border was the “direct result” of Biden’s failure to enforce federal laws.

Tribune News Service

Biden, Abbott face off over immigration at the Mexico-Texas border

President Joe Biden was confronted at the airport in El Paso on Sunday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who demanded in a hand-delivered letter that Biden act immediately to stop unauthorized immigration including by building more walls on the border.

Tribune News Service

Biden heads to the US-Mexico border to face crisis he says lacks easy fix

President Joe Biden was confronted at the airport in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who demanded in a hand-delivered letter that Biden act immediately to stop unauthorized immigration, including by building more walls on the border.

Tribune News Service

From chaos to opportunity: Could Biden’s Mexico and border visit change the narrative?

MEXICO CITY — President Joe Biden’s visit to Mexico this week, with a short layover in El Paso on Sunday, could change the border narrative from chaos to opportunity — at least that’s the hope of local leaders.

Tribune News Service

As Biden visits El Paso, migrants flock to church for solace and protection

EL PASO, Texas — Here in Segundo Barrio, the city’s historic neighborhood, migrants flock to Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the hope of finding protection, perhaps even salvation.

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