Angela Kocherga
Emmy winning multimedia journalist Angela Kocherga is news director with KTEP and Borderzine. She is also multimedia editor with ElPasoMatters.org, an independent news organization.
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U.S. egg prices are soaring. Even though it's illegal to bring raw eggs into the U.S., many people are going to Mexico to buy them. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 27, 2023.)
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With egg prices soaring in the U.S., many people are crossing the border to buy them in Mexico. It's illegal to bring raw eggs back to the U.S., but that hasn't stopped some people from trying.
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As twinkling Christmas lights cast a warm glow in downtown El Paso, thousands of migrants' search for shelter resonates deeply in the predominantly Catholic border city.
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As the Supreme Court weighs extending pandemic border restrictions, Texas has sent National Guard troops to El Paso to turn migrants back to Mexico. But city officials say the guard isn't helping.
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The Supreme Court extended pandemic border restrictions. But border cities are struggling to handle the influx of migrants who have crossed the border and are bracing for more.
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Thousands of migrants have arrived in El Paso since Friday. The pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 are due to end soon. These arrivals could be a sign of what is around the corner.
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Mexican authorities cleared the encampment where as many as a thousand Venezuelans have lived for weeks. The migrants wanted to stay there until they could apply for asylum in the U.S.
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Washington and El Paso, Texas react as the Biden administration prepares for the end of Title 42 after a federal judge declared the pandemic border restrictions unlawful.
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The death of dozens of people in the back of a semi-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, is a reminder of the dangers people face crossing the border illegally. Yet, large numbers of people are trying.
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sought to reassure Border Patrol agents he’s aware of staffing issues in the agency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The secretary told local officials he’s working to secure more resources for the agency.
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Across the state, people are waiting hours in line to get tested and seeing delayed results as cities and counties deal with a testing shortage.
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From a helicopter high above the desert landscape dotted with scrub brush, row after row of large white tents stand out against the golden brown terrain. Each tent can house up to 100 “guests” as the Army refers to the Afghan evacuees. About 10,000 people from Afghanistan are living at Fort Bliss, one of eight army installations temporarily housing the evacuees.