Immigration reporter at the Texas Tribune in El Paso www.urieljgarcia.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3moe72lywm225In far West Texas, the threat of land seizures for a border wall has families on edge “It’s just something that’s been happening for generations, people coming in and trying to take land and families fighting to keep it." https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/texas-big-bend-border-wall-property-rights-eminent-domain/15 Jun 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3moe72lywm225https://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3micn3awuws2qAfter some time off, I'm back to immigration reporting. Send tips, info to uriel.garcia@texastribune.org or Signal: ujohnnyg.8330 Mar 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3micn3awuws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3lrue4rpaa22mHistorically, Border Patrol’s El Paso sector — which includes New Mexico’s border with Mexico and El Paso and Hudspeth counties in west Texas — has had among the fewest migrant deaths across the southern border.18 Jun 2025 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrue4rpaa22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3lrq7wl3afk2gAfter El Paso joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown, Operation Lone Star, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/16/texas-operation-lone-star-border-el-paso-deaths-migrants-new-mexico/16 Jun 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrq7wl3afk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3loblcdvock2jThe Pentagon has created a second military zone in the El Paso area that U.S. soldiers will patrol as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on people crossing the southern border illegally, even as crossings are at a historic low. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/02/texas-military-zone-el-paso-immigrants-soldiers-arrest/03 May 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3loblcdvock2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3lhyougm6lk2sIn 1955, the head of immigration enforcement wrote, “wetback problem no longer exists.” "The border has been secured,” he declared. Seven decades later, Trump is doing what the Eisenhower administration said it already did: stop illegal immigration. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/12/texas-immigrants-deportation-operation-trump-eisenhower/12 Feb 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyougm6lk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ujohnnyg.bsky.social/post/3lhjqlwm65c2zUPDATE: Border Patrol chief calls report that agents will board buses to check students’ citizenship “absurd” https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/alice-texas-buses-students-citizenship-border-patrol/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:bt2afzv7ezkbl7vve4evlezf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjqlwm65c2z