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One Border, Two Narratives

The issues of border security and violence will continue to be a live topic in El Paso this week.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - One Border, Two Narratives As the US House of Representatives approved a $600 million border security bill August 10, polemics over the safety of the US-Mexico border intensified.

In language reminiscent of Iraq and Afghanistan, New Mexico Democratic Congressman Harry Teague praised the passage of the 2010 Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriation Bill (6080) as a concrete gesture of support for the first-term representative’s “border security surge.”

Oregon Immigrant Rights Coalition Applauds Injunction Against SB1070

Key parts prevented from going into affect on Thursday.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction preventing several sections of Arizona's racial profiling law from going into affect on Thursday.

SB1070, signed into law in April, is the most extreme legislation anywhere in the country to deal with the nation's broken immigration system. Opposition to the law includes law enforcement, a diverse coalition of faith leaders, immigrants' advocates, civil rights leaders, and legal scholars.

Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua News: Violence, Tensions Boil

Approximately 6,000 people have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez alone since January 2008.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Around-the-clock executions, routine kidnappings, burnings of rural homes, hangings of murder victims from overpasses, scatterings of body parts on public streets, a car bomb, and threats of more violence have all put Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua on extreme edge.

The violence boils as Chihuahua's Governor, state legislature and municipal governments enter their last months in office and prepare to hand over political leadership to others from the same Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Legislators Calling To Lift Ban On Drilling Were Top Recipients of Oil Industry Funds

Once again, following the money trail with MAPLIGHT.org.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - Since the spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, seven bills have been introduced that call for a permanent ban on offshore drilling in specific areas and two call for a temporary ban in the Gulf.

Mexican Migration and World Trends

The decrease in Mexican remittances was steeper than 2009’s average regional decrease of 9.6 percent for Latin America and the Caribbean.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Studies by Mexico’s BBVA Bancomer Foundation lay out the general trends of Mexican migration in an international context.

A periodic, bilingual publication sponsored by the Foundation’s economic services unit, Migration Watch Mexico, details demographic, geographic, economic, environmental and even technological characteristics of contemporary migration in Mexico and other countries.

Many Gulf Spill Cleanup Efforts Ineffective and Harming, not Helping Birds

New Report and Recommendations Issued Today by American Bird Conservancy.

(WASHINGTON D..C.) - A new report shows how some of BP’s oil spill cleanup efforts are actually causing harm to birds and their habitats rather than helping them, that cleanup vessels are inadequate and operating in the wrong locations, and that deployed boom has failed to protect some important bird colonies from oil.

Ghosts, Migrants and Visa Gold

Similar to the San Diego and El Paso areas, the influx of Mexican migrants fleeing crime and violence has spurred economic activity in south Texas and San Antonio.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A new report by Mexico’s National Institute of Geography, Statistics and Informatics (Inegi) provides aesthetic details on the emptying of the countryside in the Mexican state of Michoacan.

Of 537,000 homes in rural Michoacan, nearly one in four, or 23 percent, stand abandoned throughout the entire year or portions of it, the Inegi study finds.

Tijuana News: Welcome to New Tijuana, California

People are immigrating to the U.S. for different reasons these days; some to escape poverty, others to avoid kidnapping.

(CHULA VISTA, Calif.) - They call it New Tijuana. Located near Chula Vista, California, East Lake Terrace embraces Mexican immigrants who’ve fled across the border from nearby Tijuana to escape crime and violence.

Environment News: A Plague of Water

“In Mexico, water that is sorely lacking is now a threat because of official negligence”- Columnist Ivan Restrepo.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Alex slammed northeastern Mexico, clean-up is far from complete.

Gunmen in Deadly Mexican Police Shootout Possibly Tied to Texas Crash

Vehicle from hit and run crash in El Paso could be tied to police shooting.

(CIUDAD / SALEM) - A tragic deadly shooting at a Mexican police station may be tied to a crash that happened in El Paso's Lower Valley, shortly before the vehicle, a Chevy Suburban, fled the scene in Texas and crossed in Mexico at the Ysleta Port of Entry.

Border officials are believed to have fired at the wrecked vehicle that was able to make the international crossing in spite of body damage, while being pursued by American police for fleeing the scene of an accident.