Uriel J. García

Uriel J. García is an El Paso-based immigration reporter for The Texas Tribune. Previously, he worked at the Arizona Republic, where he covered police violence and immigration enforcement. He started his journalism career at the Santa Fe New Mexican, where he covered the city's immigrant community and criminal justice issues. Originally from Mexico and a native Spanish speaker, Uriel grew up in Phoenix and graduated from Arizona State University.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Uriel J. García

Politics

Texas state troopers ordered to push immigrants into river lined with razor wire
July 19, 2023 By Uriel J. García
“I believe we a have stepped over a line into the inhumane,” the trooper told his superiors.
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U.S.

Daughters allowed in but their mother is blocked at the border
May 20, 2022 By Uriel J. García
Mother and daughters forced to live in an overcrowded migrant shelter in Mexico because of absurd and cruel U.S. immigration policy.
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Uriel J. García

LATEST ARTICLES BY Uriel J. García

Texas state troopers ordered to push immigrants into river lined with razor wire

Daughters allowed in but their mother is blocked at the border