Border Patrol agents fire tear gas into Mexico
By Chara For the second time in recent weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers reportedly fired tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of Central American immigrants in Mexico. Media outlets reported the incident began when about 150 immigrants tried to cross into the United States from Tijuana, the temporary home to […]
Backlog of area immigration cases reflects pain of immigration crisis
Commentary by Eulogio JP It is a painful truth that there is an immigration crisis in the United States. And the pain of that truth is being felt in the Kansas City area. In the United States, there is a deepening backlog of immigration cases throughout the court system that is leaving people’s lives in […]
Trump makes case for wall; Democrats call for ending shutdown
By Angie Baldelomar On Tuesday (Jan. 8), President Trump addressed the nation in his first prime-time Oval Office speech, urging Democrats to fund his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall and seeking to enlist public support for it. In his televised speech, the president doubled down on his claim that the situation along the border is a […]