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Health Risks Of Living In US Border Colonias Prompt Funding Increase Proposal
PRESIDIO, Texas — Thousands of mostly poor Hispanic people live in border communities called colonias with no access to running water or electricity. Now, the Obama administration wants the four border states that receive federal funds for colonia improvement to increase … Continue reading
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Tagged bill hargrove, Border, brad newton, center for environmental resourse management, colonia, Congress, federal budget, Housing and Urban Development, obama, Obama budget, Obama budget 2016, Presidio, texas colonias program, university of texas at el paso, UTEP, Water
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The Catch-22 of the F1 Visa
It’s not as though Gabby Carballo is trying desperately to escape her hometown of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She is wary of what the “escape the violence” media narrative has done to the city’s image in recent years. Gabby does, however, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border, El Paso, F1 Visa, Immigration, Juarez, Sally Beauvais, UTEP
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