Full shelters, living at the bus stop and an uncertain future: This is the humanitarian crisis at the US border

Like the border’s way of life, the continuous arrival of migrants is complex and palpable in El Paso as much as in Ciudad Juárez, its larger sister city in Mexico. On the north concrete banks of the Rio Grande, hundreds of people — many of them Nicaraguans — are lining up for hours, waiting to seek asylum in the US. On the river’s south banks, where a camp of migrants living in tents was dismantled last month by Mexican officials, Venezuelans are longing for the day they can do the same without being expelled to Mexico. Numerous nonprofit and faith groups as well as governments on both sides of the border are scrambling because their shelters are quickly reaching capacity.

Children are Uvalde’s pride and joy. After school shooting, the town is reeling from mass tragedy

In downtown Uvalde, two of the longest federal highways in America – US Highway 83 and US 90 – intersect just like the feelings of many families this week. In one corner, portraits of high school seniors line the lawn outside City Hall. At another corner, flowers were placed next to white crosses bearing the names of each of Tuesday’s 21 victims along the town square’s fountain.

When a solo traveler went missing in Peru, it changed her family’s lives completely

While the State Department has declined to share exact numbers on how many Americans have gone missing abroad in the past five years, stories of US citizens who vanish in a foreign country have recently made headlines…. But the quiet struggles of the families of travelers who go missing have gotten less attention.

2019 coverage of mass shooting in El Paso, Texas

He was shot 5 times at the El Paso Walmart and spent 2 months at hospitals. This is his fight to get back his life

Dozens of survivors are fighting to get their lives back. While they slowly recover from severe physical injuries, many still see the bloodshed in the form of vivid nightmares. They struggle financially because they can’t return to work just yet.

This Walmart has united Americans and Mexicans in El Paso for decades. They say terror won’t divide them

Even before the mass shooting that struck El Pasoans to their core, this Walmart was more than just a building. Anyone who steps inside this Walmart can immediately tell it’s in El Paso. Families are speaking as much in Spanish as in English. The parking lot is full of vehicles with Texas and Mexico license plates. The city’s iconic landmark Star on the Mountain is within eyesight.