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Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Preparing for a future without DACA

Preparing for a future without DACA

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief September 11, 2017

Last week, news broke about President Donald Trump deciding to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, with six-months notice The program had protected 800,000 immigrants from being deported to their native country. The news hit...

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Make America white again

Make America white again

Rene Delgadillo, Multimedia Editor September 11, 2017

When President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood  Arrivals program, which protected 800,000 immigrants from  being deported, I finally understood the words Michelle Obama once said. She said that being president doesn’t...

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Cheyanne Lozano speaks during the protest.

UTEP students protest against the removal of DACA

September 5, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhkbdUXklSI

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El Pasoans march to celebrate SB4 victory

El Pasoans march to celebrate SB4 victory

September 2, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txVhMEVFQ2o&t=2s

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El Pasoans march to celebrate block of SB4

Christian Vasquez, Staff reporter September 1, 2017

Hundreds of protesters marched from the Armijo El Paso Public Library to San Jacinto Plaza to celebrate the halt of Senate Bill 4 on Friday afternoon, Sept. 1. The celebration comes as U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia placed a preliminary injunction...

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El Paso leaders react to temporary hold on SB4

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor August 31, 2017

    Civil rights organization Border Network for Human Rights held a press conference on Thursday at Leech Grove to address Judge Orlando Garcia’s blocking of the implementation of Senate Bill 4. “This is a victory for our communities,”...

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Demonstrators show their support for the Anti-SB4 civil suit.

SB4 blocked by federal judge days before its set to go into action

Leslie Sarinana, Copy Editor August 31, 2017

Senate Bill 4 has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge the day before it was to be implemented. The bill has seen opposition since it was first passed by Gov. Greg Abbott in May. SB4 punishes law officials who don’t comply with immigration laws...

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Discretion to Deny: a report explaining the negative experiences along the U.S./ Mexico border

Discretion to Deny: a report explaining the negative experiences along the U.S./ Mexico border

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter February 15, 2017

This Wednesday the El Paso-based Borderland Immigration Council presented a report named "Discretion to Deny: Family Separation, Prolonged Detention, and Deterrence of Asylum Seekers at the hands of Immigration Authorities along the U.S. -Mexico Border". This...

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The Great Wall of Trump

The Great Wall of Trump

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor January 31, 2017

Donald Trump campaigned on putting up a “big beautiful wall” between the border of Mexico and the United States. On Jan. 25, President Trump started the process to begin construction with an executive order called “Border Security and Immigration...

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Irony at its finest

Irony at its finest

Rene Delgadillo, Layout Editor September 27, 2016

We as Mexicans and Hispanics complain about Trump’s idea of building a wall. We defend our flag and our people, and we expose all the injustices that our people suffer as a minority in the U.S. We speak with pride about our people and culture, without...

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SCOTUS vs. Immigration Plan

SCOTUS vs. Immigration Plan

Rene Delgadillo, Staff Reporter July 5, 2016

The 4-4 Supreme Court tie that blocked President Barack Obama’s plan on immigration illustrates a horrible reality in this country: people are afraid of losing their place in this nation filled with white supremacist ideas, at the expense of people...

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A young girl peers across the border fence into Sunland Park, New Mexico, from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Supreme Court still on the fence

Christian Vasquez, Staff Reporter July 5, 2016

The Supreme Court failed to come to a decision on United States v. Texas, which concerned President Barack Obama’s immigration expansion of the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and implementation of Deferred Actions for Parents...

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