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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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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El Paso, Texas, is remembering the 23 people killed during a mass shooting at a Walmart on this day in 2019. The alleged gunman said online that he wanted to stop the "Hispanic invasion" of the state.
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Van Horn, Texas, looks ahead to its moment in the spotlight as the launch site for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space flight, which is expected Tuesday.
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Most asylum seekers who try to enter the U.S. have been expelled during the pandemic. The Biden administration is expanding efforts to grant exceptions to vulnerable migrants, including trans people.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced a new multi-agency effort targeting international organizations that smuggle migrants into the U.S. and have been operating briskly lately.
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The Biden administration faces a challenge on the Southwest border, where about 5,000 unauthorized migrants cross daily. Around half are turned back, but now some places in Mexico won't accept them.
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President Biden is telling migrants "don't come," as a humanitarian crisis grows at the U.S. border with Mexico. The administration is sending most people who cross the border back to Mexico.
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It's a tamale season. Nowhere is the holiday tradition more beloved than along the southern border. But this year the pandemic is affecting who makes tamales and how people get them in Texas.
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With the coronavirus surging, an El Paso, Texas, county judge ordered all nonessential businesses to close. But after several business owners and the state attorney sued, a court put the plan on hold.
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NPR checks in on voters in El Paso, Texas, who have much on their minds, including the pandemic, racial injustice and the lingering grief from last year's Walmart shooting.