Ivan Pierre Aguirre : 🥑
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Writer born & raised en la frontera & light is my ink of choice. Work recognized by: Edward R. Murrow Awards, APME-Texas, CPOY, TIPA & the Eddie Adams Workshop
El Paso, TX
Joined April 2010
I am from la frontera, so it's my responsibility to cover and share these important and historical border stories. How could I not.
He left his day job, headed for the border, got out his long lens and took some of the first photographs of detained kids who had been separated from their parents through President Trump’s order against legal asylum-seekers and migrants.
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Adriana and her two children were inside near the cash register when the shooting started. She says she saw 3 or 4 men in black as shooters.
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Current scene at Ascarate Park at the memorial honoring the victims of the Aug 3, 2019 mass shooting at a local Walmart. #elpasostrong #elpaso #ept
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#ElPasoans were invited to a complete stranger’s funeral tonight, an innocent victim who lost her life @ the Walmart mass shooting,this is the current line to pay respects to #MargieReckard,her widower #AntonioBasco & other fam.This is #ElPaso,this is #elpasostrong. #onassignment
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Happening now: @BetoORourke @vgescobar, other city and state officials and thousands of other citizens lead a rally to counter @POTUS campaign rally in #ElPaso tonight. #onassignment #groundzero #beto2020 #borderwall #immigration
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And so it begins. @BetoORourke holds his first official 2020 presidential campaign rally in historic downtown #ElPaso. #Onassignment #ept #lafrontera @TexasTribune #2020elections #texas
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Happening now: @RepJoeKennedy just showed up to the #Tornillo immigration rally. Also pictured is @BetoORourke and @vgescobar. @TexasTribune #onassignment
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I just went into the #Juarez Valley for the @TexasTribune to make photos, behind the border fence, of the #immigrant children who have been placed inside the new #tentcity at the CPB facility in #Tornillo. #BorderStories #OnAssignment
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#OnAssignment for the @TexasTribune & came across these three women who made the drive from #ElPaso to protest outside the @CBPWestTexas facility where tents were setup to house children that were separated from their parents. #BorderStories #LaFrontera #Immigration #TentCity
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez of New York City is overcome with emotion at the entrance of the CBP facility where the #tentcity housing boys and girls is located in #Tornillo. #BorderStories #ImmigrantChildren #lafrontera #onassignment @TexasTribune
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Breaking: just heard a law enforcement agent telling another agent, 22 confirmed dead, 4 of which were children, from the shooting at the Walmart in #ElPaso.near #CieloVista Mall.
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Current scene in #Clint as @AOC and @vgescobar arrive to tour the #cbp facility. #elpaso #borderstories
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Few of my favorite photos (set a) that I made from the #MarchtoTornillo led by: @BetoORourke, local and state officials and surprising guest @RepJoeKennedy. #onassignment for @TexasTribune. #BorderStories #ImmigrantChildren #TentCity
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Current scene along the border between #ElPaso and #Juarez: hundreds of #migrants wait in line to turn themselves in to CBP and ask for asylum. #Immigration
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.@BetoORourke is in attendance at the @Metallica concert at #UTEP tonight. Could he announce is Presidential bid here?? It is the last day of the month after-all. 🤘🏻#beto2020 #2020elections #OnAssignment #elpaso #ept #beto
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About last night…. @UCLAFootball had a great time at Cattleman’s. 🙌🕺💃@TonyTheTigerSB @UCLA @UCLAAthletics
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It’s been about 8 days now that the dramatic scene of hundreds of migrants crossing into #ElPaso happened & despite what some on a certain side may want you to think & say by using words like “invasion”, THIS is how the border looked liked today. That scene of the line with
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.@BetoORourke and his family have arrived to the park (less than half a block from @POTUS rally) where he holding his own rally. #ElPaso #Groundzero #trumpelpaso #onassignment
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Sacred Heart Church is doing amazing things for the migrants in #ElPaso. In fact they have been helping & feeding the people of Segundo Barrio for decades w/ their “soup kitchen”. Tonight they are housing & having a Christmas concert & dinner for migrant families. #elpasostrong
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This couple drove all the way from #Albuquerque on Christmas Day to cook 100 pounds of meat for the #migrants out on the streets in #ElPaso. The couple, Martha and Juan, are originally from Chihuahua, Mexico. #Immigration
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Happing now in downtown #ElPaso: a volunteer helps a migrant woman warm up two kids inside her on this cold day. #Immigration #Migration #Migrants #EPT #Juarez #JRZ
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Heartbreaking moment happening right now, #antoniobasco weeps at his late wife’s, #MargieReckard, casket before she is taken to her final resting spot. This is the last funeral of the victims that were killed in the Walmart mass #elpaso #elpasostrong
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If you are missing #UTEP & the beautiful Bhutanese campus like I am, here is some "birds eye view" video from a great spring day yesterday to get you by these tough days. #UTEPMiners #MinerStrong #ElPaso #ElPasoStrong #EPT
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A few fotos I made of @AOC leaving the #CBP facility housing #migrantchildren in #Clint.Let's hope I don't get accused of staging these fotos as well by the Right Wing.🤦♂️.If anybdy is wondering why there are no children in my tweet, media is NOT allowed in. #elpaso #borderstories
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. @Praise_2k of the @UTEPFB team is having a blast in ABQ during the @NMBowl pep rally. ⛏ He loves playing “with” the @UTEPBands.
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Went to the intl. bridge ystrday to cover the immi. story. It was a cold & windy evning. As I made my way thru the crwd I noticed a precious, innocent little face peeking out of the blankets (sharing w/mom). This is the foto I made of her. #FacesofImmigration #ElPaso #Immigration
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I know SHE said she saw three or four shooters, but to be clear, only one suspect is in custody and law enforcement have no evidence to think there were multiple shooters at this time.
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A couple of #ElPaso legends made an appearance at the @UTEP_MBB vs @NMStateMBB game tonight. Both were stellar college athletes: @Showtyme_33 in Fball (also played 1 year of Bball & actually played against current #UTEP head coach @RodneyTerry) & @BetoORourke was on the row team
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Ever see a double rainbow and lightning in the same video?? Here is what is what happened a couple of minutes after the fans were allowed in the Sun Bowl Stadium and @UTEPFB and @MeanGreenFB hit the field in #ElPaso. #rainbow #doublerainbow #lightning #utep #collgefootball
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. @NDFootball enjoying themselves after their Christmas night dinner at the famous Cattleman's Steakhouse a few miles outside of El Paso. @TonyTheTigerSB
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I guess when you are born and raised in #ElPaso and 23 of your Paisanos were targeted, shot and killed by a White Nationalist bc of their cultura/color of their skin…you’re hyper observant on how your city is portrayed on the news. Sorry not sorry, but context and words matter.
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The legend grows! ⛏🙌🏻😎 @Showtyme_33. #UTEPGrad #StudentAthlete #ElPaso @UTEPFB #OnAssignment #UTEPMiners #UTEP
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2/ Drone photos of the #ElPaso #Walmart during the reopening of the store since the Hispanic targeted mass shooting on Aug. 3rd that left 22 dead. #onassignment #ElPaso #ElPasoStrong #ElPasoWalmart.
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Not sure who this @utepfb player that I came across on my way to lunch, but it’s really hot and humid out here and he’s out on the field grinding alone to get better for himself, the program and school. 🙌🏻⛏🏈. #ElPaso #UTEPFootball #UTEPMiner @CoachDimelUTEP @JimSenter2 #EPMAD
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Tonight was crazy! There I was shoulder to shoulder shooting @BetoORourke next to the legend #AnnieLeibovitz. I whispered in her ear, u r amazing in the studio & no one holds up to you BUT this is my border city, and my streets, so let’s do this! 😂😂 #ijest #elpaso #onassigment.
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On the 5th annivrsry of the Aug. 3, 2019 shooting in El Paso,Mariachi Alba de MX plays Amor Eterno @ the new Aug. 3rd Memorial a block frm the Walmart where 23 people were killed aftr a mass shooting by a white nationalist who drove 10+hrs frm the Dallas area to target Hispanics.
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VISUAL Confirmation: I had Q's about a report saying inmates frm the #ElPaso jail were moving bodies at the morgue bc there weren't any actual images of this happening. Instead of waiting for aswrs frm my sofa abt what was haps in my city, I went to go see for myself. #CovidSurge
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Q. Did I ONLY bring a cup frm Chicos Tacos to Paris for the summer Olympics.to represent/add a little El Paso flavor to the center of the galaxy or did I pack a few tacos w/extra cheese along w/dry ice in my carry-on??🤷♂️.#elpaso #chuco #chucotown #chicostacos #chicostacosinparis
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Beautiful moment tonight when @WSUCougarFB HC @CoachDickert introduced his daughter Rylee (10) before she sang a beautiful song during the talent show @ the @TonyTheTigerSB BBQ.THIS is what #bowlweek is all about, spending time with your players,staff & more importantly, family!
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Video I shot of the iconic "Star on the Mountain" in #ElPaso that flashed 23 times to honor the 23 lives that were taken during the racially motived mass shooting at a local #Walmart by a person-not from this community-on Aug. 3, 2019. #ElPasoStrong #EPT #LaFrontera #Juarez #JRZ
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With coffee in hand @BetoORourke walks from his home with his wife and kids to cast his vote at the local #ElPaso Community College. #Midterms2018 #ElectionDay.#OnAssignment @TexasTribune #ElPaso #BorderCity #LaFrontera #TXSenate #TX2018
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This was just legendary and a good laugh in a scary world right now and if @Showtyme_33 ‘s girl was ok with it, who are we to criticize?! All three are probably getting a @Whataburger and game deal out of this! 🙌🏆.
Packers RB Aaron Jones brought his PS4 to the hospital to pass time while his girlfriend was in labor 😂 @brgridiron @BRGaming . (via @CrystalMolina_)
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I REALLY dislike that this happened under these horrible circumstances, but a foto I made@ the scene made the frnt pg of The NYT today.Not honored by this one but this is the job & profession we were chosen for & I had to tell the stry of this tragedy the best way I could.#elpaso
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It's not everyday you have star studded crew at a @epchihuahuas gm: Camera operator (Star Wars VII & IX) Colin Anderson, acclaimed film director Paul Thomas Anderson & Oscar-winning actor Benicio Del Toro, take a break frm filming here in El Paso to take in the 4th of July⚾️ gm.
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This migrant woman frm Venezuela turned herself in (one of the first) w/her daughter & husband to CBP at abt 8:30 am & 1.5 hrs later they were released w/ their “Notice to Appear” docs & can now travel to their final destination. #elpaso #title42 #Immigration
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In his final stop before the polls in #ElPaso close, @BetoORourke stops to meet voters outside his childhood elementary school. @TexasTribune
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Bringing home the first conference championship in school history calls for TWO @Gatorade baths, right coach @CoachTraylor??.🏆🏈@UTSA @UTSAFTBL. #OnAssignment for @usatodaysports 🙏. #collegefootball #elpasophotog #elpasophotographer
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With news that #tentcity in #Tornillo is expanding, I decided to rent a helicopter to make new photos & cont. to document this important story; Buildings are going up & there so many more kids & tents than before (June). Here are some exclusive photos. #BorderStories #Immigration
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Beautiful tribute to the late and former #UTEP President #DrDianaNatalico by the @UTEPBands at the @UTEPFB game today. 🙏 #elpaso #DianaNatalicio #UTEPMiners
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Shoutout to @KTSMtv for deciding to send a reporter to cover the 2 high schools in the state soccer tourny. They both won state championships! They were the only station in #ElPaso to go! Nice to see that the station care about ⚽️ as much as 🏈 & 🏀. @ColinDeaverTV.
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What a wild scene earlier today… rain clouds mixing with the smoke from the Ruidoso wildfires. The rain caused dangerous flash flooding but the water was also a blessing to a lot of people around here. #southforkfire #saltfire #wildfire #ruidoso
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A group of local #ElPaso #barbers are out in the Segundo Barrio area giving out free haircuts to the migrants staying out on the streets near Sacred Heart Church. #elpasostrong #Immigration #lafrontera #juarez #migration
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Happening Now: a vigil for the victims lost to gun violence around the country. #elpaso #elpasostrong
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Happening Now: @LULAC along with @BetoORourke and co. during the “March for a United America” in #ElPaso.
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Members of First Baptist Church of #ElPaso are spending their New Years Day feeding the migrants in Segundo Barrio. coffee, hot chocolate, warm stew and tamales will be their l first meal of the year. #elpasostrong
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This was definitely one of the coolest things I have ever seen the President of #UTEP, @HeatherAnWilson, do 🙌! The students & @UTEPFB players went wild when they saw Dr. W climbing up into the stands to join in on the celebration!🤙#UTEPMiners #ElPaso #Battleofi10 #UTEPvsNMSU 🏈
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This woman from Santa Fe, New Mexico documents #tentcity by taking video from her wheelchair in #TornilloTx. #LaFrontera #ImmigrantChildren #Tornillo #boxcarfire @TexasTribune
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How it looks like when you haven’t seen and been embraced by your mother in 20 years! ❤️💔❤️. From the @border_human Hugs Not Walls event on the literal border between Mexico and the U.S. #lafrontera #elpaso #juarez
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The season didn't go as planned for the @UTEPB team, particularly the seniors, BUT one thing you can't say is that these student-athletes they didn't play with ♥️. They gave it all they had & left EVERYTHING out on the field- for them, for us, for #UTEP. #SeniorDay #UTEPMiners
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Being frm El Paso we often take for granted how spectacular Sun Bowl Stadium is-every yr when teams playing in the @TonyTheTigerSB gm 1st walk into stadium they are always amazed & left in awe.Ystrdy it was @NDFootball players who were in a trance by our beautiful stadium. 📷:
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Here are the last set of photos I made from @BetoORourke rally tonight @ #UTEP. There are a lot of out of town media in #ElPaso right now. I think I held my own as a "local photographer" tonight. #OnAssignment @TexasTribune #LaFrontera #EPT #BorderCity #BetoForTexas #TX2018
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The beautiful #UTEP campus and one-of-a-kind #SunBowlStadium where the @UTEPFB team plays & the home of the annual @TonyTheTigerSB . via a bird's-eye view. #ElPaso #UTEPCampus #SunBowl #UTEPMiners #PicksUp #DronePhotography #Miners
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Was headed home from Juarez last night around 1:30 a.m and came across this 🔥 scene as I drove through downtown El Paso: Acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson is shooting his upcoming film here in Chuco & features Leonardo DiCaprio & Benicio del Toro. #lafrontera #ept #elpaso
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#ElPasoStrong mural appears to be finished. I made this image this morning. #NYTAssignment #ElPaso #EPT #915Strong
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Happening Now: A woman is consoled by a police officer as she arrives back to what appears to be her cabin that burned down in Ruidoso, New Mexico. #SouthForkFire #SaltFire #wildfire #Ruidoso
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I was BORN here, my frontera ❤️ & my desert roots are only planted in this amazing place. The racist person who had nothing to live for but hate, rocked what we hold so dear about EP, safety, but he won’t destroy us & our ❤️ for our city, people & outsiders. We are #ElPasoStrong
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It bugs me as someone who was born & raised in EP, when local media, print & TV, ID's this as murderer- "El Paso shooter".Na! FK him,he isn't frm here,he doesn't deserve to be "El Paso ANYTHING". Media-Walmart mass shooter from Allen,XYZ, who killed 22 persons in EP. Words matter.
Report: El Paso shooter bought weapon from Romania, ammo from Russia
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Better look at the border between #ElPaso and Juarez. Families just enjoying themselves on the #RioGrande on a Sunday evening.
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The large crowd in Uvalde headed to the candlelight vigil for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting that left 21 dead exactly one year ago today. #UvaldeStrong
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Hundreds of migrants,mostly from Nicaragua bc title-42 doesn’t apply to them,was an anomaly & NOT the standard for this sector.Local & national news orgs using that old video shld date the video to not make it seem like there is still this huge line of migrants waiting to come in.
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Dear editors frm outside of EP: #ElPaso freelance journalist are def. qualified & we are here on the ground EVERYDAY. Frm video to still to writers.Look to us FIRST before assigning & sending peeps who are not from here.Thx! #ElPasoJournalism #FronteraJournalism #OnAssignmentEPT.
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I was born & raised in #ElPaso. I ❤️ this city y la frontera & the people from here more than anything. If you know me you know how much I ❤️ & push my city & the border.T his tragedy will not define EPT; We will not be defined by this persons hate on our community.#ElPasoStrong.
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A large group of UTEP students stuck arnd well aftr the @UTEPMBB gm tnight just to be able to get greet & take a photo w/@CoachJoeGolding. Students & fans are really starting to believe & support this program.Will the Miners strike gold w/a sellout at the Don soon?Let’s hope so!
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How the Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta ended tonight: with a 300 unit, 11 minute, $40k drone show-the first ever public show of its kind in El Paso! .🙌🖖😎
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Aerial view of the #Tornillo CBP facility/ #tentcity that is housing #immigrant children who have been separated from their parents. Not sure if they plan to use the entire area and expand. #OnAssignment #LaFrontera #BorderStories #JRZ #EPT @TexasTribune
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The @UTEPBands , @UTEPCheer and @UTEPDanceTeam are 🙌🙌🙌🏆🏆! ⛏ @NMBowl @UTEPAthletics @UTEPFB . #elpaso #utep #utepminers
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To say @AOC staged these photos implies that I,as a photoJOURNALIST,helped stage these images-THAT premise by u @RealCandaceO is false & libelous!It was a REAL moment that I incidentally came acrss while doing my JOB;confrmd by @snopes. I’m proud that I documented this REAL scene.
On a day in which #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett is trending, please never forget the time that @AOC staged a photo shoot dressed in all white at a parking lot to spread lies about immigrant children in cages. Faking her own attempted murder was the next logical step.
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I am hearing SOME news that @BetoORourke is running against @POTUS for President. As a fellow #ElPasoan I am proud of this announcement. Here are some unpublished fotos I have made over the last 2 years while on assignment. #Beto2020 #Trump2020 #2020Election #ElPaso #EPT
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Wild scene in Juarez right now. The makeshift migrant camp in front of city halls is being taken down by Juarez officials.
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Video from my "#SocialDistancing" (just a regular Sunday for me) hike last week of Mt. Cristo Rey. This is where Texas, Mexico & New Mexico unite. If you have never been, it has beautiful views up there. #EPT #JRZ #SunlandPark #TresPuntos #LaFrontera #ElPaso #Juarez ❤️
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Is #ElPaso experiencing a migrant surge at the moment and are shelters overcapacity, absolutely…but that amount of migrants crossing all at once and at the exact same time last weekend is NOT the norm for this border sector. The norm is how it looked is the video from today.
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Soon the sounds of fans celebrating, wooden bats kissing baseballs, and gooooool will complete the symphony of our beautiful sunsets over downtown #ElPaso for @eplocomotivefc and the @epchihuahuas.
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