Uriel J. García, Texas Tribune

Uriel J. García

Texas Tribune

Phoenix, AZ, United States

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Past articles by Uriel:

Ahead of El Paso visit, Biden says U.S. will allow 30,000 migrants from four countries to enter monthly

Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela will be allowed entry and given work permits. The administration will also expand the use of Title 42 to expel more migrants to Mexico. → Read More

In El Paso, migrants are sleeping on the streets after thousands crossed the border last weekend

A Nicaraguan fisherman planned to spend the night in a parking garage with other migrants, then a good Samaritan offered him a place to sleep. The city is struggling to handle a sudden influx of migrants that has overwhelmed local resources. → Read More

El Paso scrambles to move migrants off the streets and gives them free bus rides as shelters reach capacity

One Venezuelan couple slept on a sidewalk after a perilous trip through seven countries with their baby. After two days in El Paso, they boarded a city-funded charter bus to New York City. → Read More

Uvalde parents’ anger and quest for answers persist after committee faults school and police in mass shooting

Uvalde residents who lost loved ones at Robb Elementary say they want to know if officers will face repercussions. → Read More

“She didn’t deserve to die like this:” Mom who lost her daughter in trailer tragedy visits site in San Antonio

Adela Betulia Ramírez Quezada was trying to reunite with her mother and two sisters in California. The morning that she climbed in to a trailer with dozens of others, she called her mother to say they would see each other soon. → Read More

Death is a constant risk for undocumented migrants entering Texas

In 1987, 2003 and 2017, groups of migrants died of heat and dehydration in Texas after being trapped in stifling containers. Hundreds more die alone or in smaller groups as desperation drives them to take fatal risks. → Read More

Her daughters are U.S. citizens. A federal health rule won’t let this Guatemalan mother enter the country with them.

After drug cartel members began demanding monthly payments, she took her daughters to the border to seek asylum. They’ve been waiting in a Juárez shelter for more than a year. → Read More

With Roe v. Wade on the line, some Texans look south of the border for abortion drugs

Cheap regulated and unregulated medication is available over the counter at Mexican pharmacies, including abortion-inducing drugs that are strictly regulated in the U.S. → Read More

Here’s what you need to know about Title 42, the pandemic-era policy that quickly sends migrants to Mexico

The public health order that expels migrants to Mexico was launched early in the pandemic, and the Biden administration’s intention to end it has sparked a legal battle. → Read More

What did Greg Abbott’s border inspections turn up? Oil leaks, flat tires and zero drugs

The governor ordered troopers to thoroughly inspect every commercial truck coming from Mexico in what he described as an effort to stop illegal drugs and migrants from being smuggled into Texas. His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two countries. → Read More

A Guatemalan mother facing death threats fled to El Paso with her son. A pandemic-era rule denied them refuge.

For two years, immigration officials have turned away migrants at the border 1.7 million times under an emergency public health order called Title 42, which will end late next month. → Read More

Trump appointees are helping Texas derail Biden’s immigration agenda

In the first 14 months of Biden's presidency, no state has done more than Texas to challenge his immigration agenda in court. → Read More

Trump appointees are helping Texas derail Biden’s immigration agenda

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has sued the Biden administration 20 times in Texas federal courts over everything from mask mandates to immigration policies. Trump-appointed judges have ruled in seven of them, all in favor of Texas. → Read More

Biden’s latest border moves spur criticism that he’s continuing wall construction

The administration says it’s filling in wall gaps for agent safety and flood control, and documents suggest an environmental assessment for 86 miles of wall in South Texas is a stalling tactic. → Read More

To build border barrier, Texas will use surplus wall panels from the federal government

To build border barrier, Texas will use surplus wall panels from the federal government → Read More

Undocumented immigrants in detention centers up more than 50% since Biden took office

Undocumented immigrants in detention centers up more than 50% since Biden took office → Read More

The number of undocumented immigrants in detention centers has increased by more than 50% since Biden took office

A Texas construction worker who’s been locked up for 11 months is one of an increasing number of undocumented immigrants detained since Biden took office — despite the president’s instructions to prioritize more dangerous immigrants. → Read More

Texas uses shipping containers to create 'steel wall' at Eagle Pass

Gov. Greg Abbott says the wall of roughly 20 shipping containers will help prevent migrants from crossing the border. → Read More

Texas uses shipping containers to create “steel wall” next to international bridge at Eagle Pass

Gov. Greg Abbott says the wall of roughly 20 shipping containers will help prevent migrants from crossing the border. → Read More

“Happy to see you again”: U.S. reopens land borders with Mexico to vaccinated travelers after 19 months

The ports of entry were closed in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. Mexican nationals will need to present proof of vaccination to enter the U.S. → Read More