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25/10/2023

Look up your voting history or that of your neighbors with El Paso Votes. https://elpasonews.org/2023/10/25/the-el-paso-open-data-project-goes-live/

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13/10/2023

Authored by Sen. Blanco and sponsored in the House by Rep. Moody, Proposition 11 look harmless, but is it? https://elpasonews.org/2023/10/13/guest-editorial-proposition-11-on-the-el-paso-november-ballot-looks-harmless-but-is-it/

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11/10/2023

The Border Agenda: A Podcast Focused On The Border

In the first episode of The Border Agenda, Aldo and Martín discuss the recent announcement by the Biden Administration that they will be adding to the border wall, a symbol of intolerance that the Trump Administration created. https://elpasonews.org/2023/10/11/the-border-agenda-a-podcast-focused-on-the-border/

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11/10/2023

We are reviving this page in anticipation of the upcoming 2024 presidential elections in México and the United States. Don't forget to tell your family and friends.

21/09/2022

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08/09/2021

What Afghanistan Teaches About Border Politics - how Afghanistan ties into the migrant crisis because Americans lack educational context.

http://epn.xyz/2021/09/08/what-afghanistan-teaches-about-border-politics/

The problem with the politics of the border is the disconnect between what Americans believe and what the reality is. Although social media and the news media feeds the disconnect, it is American’s…

25/08/2021

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16/08/2021

What Is Latino? How the Census redefined us better.

http://epn.xyz/2021/08/16/what-is-latino/

In America, the term Latino is difficult to define as ethnically many Americans define themselves with various labels. Likewise, the term Hispanic is also difficult, not only because of how individ…

03/08/2021

The Conch Republic Is Born Because of Border Patrol Oppression - How the Border Patrol marginalizes Americans

http://epn.xyz/2021/08/03/the-conch-republic-is-born-because-of-border-patrol-oppression/

U.S. Highway 1 starts at Key West Florida and runs north for 2,370 miles where it ends up at the Canadian border. Like all immigration politics, the Border Patrol is often tasked with making the po…

03/08/2021

The Politics of Immigration: The Texas Proviso - Texas government asked to be excluded from liability for its companies hiring undocumented workers.

http://epn.xyz/2021/07/08/the-politics-of-immigration-the-texas-proviso/

There is a border emergency say the news headlines and the Republicans are demanding that the Biden administration do something about border security. The Biden administration, for its part has off…

03/08/2021

The Mexican Exclusionary Act of 1996 - how Bill Clinton created today's immigration crisis.

http://epn.xyz/2021/07/15/the-mexican-exclusionary-act-of-1996/

During the State of the Union Address, the president said that America cannot “permit the kind of abuse of our immigration system laws as we have seen in recent years.” He went on to say that his a…

08/07/2021

The Politics of Immigration: The Texas Proviso - Texas government asked to be excluded from liability for its companies hiring undocumented workers.

https://epn.xyz/2021/07/08/the-politics-of-immigration-the-texas-proviso/

There is a border emergency say the news headlines and the Republicans are demanding that the Biden administration do something about border security. The Biden administration, for its part has off…

06/07/2021

America’s “food basket,” the agricultural sector, depends on immigrant labor to keep America’s family dinner table fully stocked. The problem with the political debate on immigration reform is that no one is talking about the need for foreign labor in America, focusing instead on the legality over those crossing the border. The H2-B visa, which allows laborers to come to work, puts numeric restrictions on the number of workers without recognizing that the numbers are insufficient to meet the demand. This is not an immigrant saying this, it is a study by The Ohio State University (2021). Food is a national security requirement for Americans. Foreign labor helps to secure America.

02/07/2021

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02/07/2021

Here is why immigration reform remains doable under Joe Biden. https://medium.com/immigration-reform-2021/immigration-reform-stalled-but-doable-ac9f075e2b6a

29/06/2021

Mexican Rescue Teams Helping To Find Survivors in Miami - there are TWO Mexican teams in

https://epn.xyz/2021/06/29/mexican-rescue-teams-helping-to-find-survivors-in-miami/

On June 24, 2021, a high-rise in Surfside, near Miami collapsed killing at least eleven individuals as of today and leaving about 150 missing. The reason for the collapse of the 12-story, 156-unit …

28/06/2021

On Friday, June 25, 2021, California congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Escuadrón 201. The Mexican Expeditionary Air Force Squadron 201 fought in the Pacific during World War II. “The Congressional Gold Medal is reserved only for those who have made significant contributions to our nation, and the airman of Escuadrón 201 certainly fit the bill,” Sánchez wrote in her press release....

https://epn.xyz/2021/06/28/congresswoman-sanchez-introduces-bill-honoring-mexican-air-force-squadron/

On Friday, June 25, 2021, California congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Escuadrón 201. The Mexican Expeditionary Air Force Squadron 201 fought…

27/06/2021

Observing the issues of the border as an immigrant.

28/05/2021

Remember The Immigrant Soldiers This - many immigrants, especially Mexicans, have died protecting America from its enemies.

https://epn.xyz/2021/05/28/remember-the-immigrant-soldiers-this-memorial-day/

Memorial Day is an America day honoring the men and women who died while serving in the United States military. Memorial Day this year is on Monday, May 31. Memorial Day, which began after the Civi…

25/05/2021

The El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief, Gloria Chavez, not only was married to an accused sexual predator but has been part of an agency that is known for its culture of racism. El Paso was the epicenter of zero tolerance and the BORTAC team used by the Trump administration to quell civil disobedience across the country. Is she the appropriate Sector Chief for El Paso? https://elpasopolitics.com/2021/05/25/el-paso-border-patrol-chief-turns-blind-eye-to-abuse/

Author note’s: some content in this story is graphic in nature and may be offensive to some readers. In July 2019, Border Patrol Agent Gustavo Zamora was indicted in Tucson on three counts of felon…

13/05/2021

The Alamo Was About Slavery - to argue otherwise is just part of The Big Lie.

https://epn.xyz/2021/05/13/the-alamo-was-about-slavery/

The Washington Post had an article on May 8, 2021 discussing the renovations the Alamo requires. Although most everyone agrees that the Alamo needs a makeover, what it teaches about history is cont…