By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Nearly six hours after having been closed to all vehicle and foot traffic, the San Ysidro border crossing between Tijuana, Baja California, and San Diego, California, was reopened in the late afternoon on Sunday, Nov. 25. The border was closed by U.S. Customs authorities after a mob of roughly 500 mostly Central American migrants
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After about 500 mostly Central American migrants rushed the border near Tijuana, Baja California, in the late afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 24, U.S. authorities responded with a dispersal of tear gas the closing of the main point of entry into California, blocking off the major port of entry into San Ysidro, California, on Sunday afternoon
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By THE PULSE NEW MEXICO STAFF Conflicting reports as to whether the incoming administration of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has made a closed-door deal with the government of U.S President Donald Trump that would require the growing throngs of Central American asylum seekers along the U.S.-Mexico border to remain in Mexico while their cases are reviewed continue to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an unexpected escalation of tensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said Thursday, Nov. 22, that he would authorize the use of lethal force, if necessary, by military troops currently stationed along the California, Arizona and Texas borders. He also said that, if the situation with a mounting caravan of
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF El Pozo de la Vida, a nonprofit organization that is working with migrants in Mexico, is asking for donations to help the Central American caravan that is currently making its way across Mexico to reach the United States and seek asylum there. The organization is asking for donations of cold medicine, antibiotics, powdered milk
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Guardsmen from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast partnered with Mexico’s Desarrollo Integral para la Familia (DIF) family services program on Monday, March 26, to help out at the temporary shelter for migrant minors in Tapachula, Chiapas. The Coast Guardsmen assisted with renovation projects at the shelter, which was made possible through
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