Mayors of cities along the Texas-Mexico border intent on protecting the images of their communities are drawing vastly different conclusions about a proposal that would bring in equipment from overseas war zones to bolster border security. The Send Equipment for National Defense Act, written by Representative Ted Poe, a Republican from Humble,...
El Paso ACCORDING to many of the leading Republican presidential candidates, including my governor, Rick Perry, the border between Texas and Mexico is among the most dangerous in the world. All of them insist that ''securing'' the border has to come before any sort of comprehensive immigration reform, but Mr. Perry has been particularly aggressive...
EL PASO -- Pastor Tom Brown wants homosexuals to repent and turn to Christ. He certainly does not want them to be given taxpayer-financed health benefits. Mr. Brown, the charismatic leader of Word of Life Church, an independent evangelical congregation of about 1,500 members, is on a mission to ensure that the domestic partners of El Paso city...
El Paso er en by i den vestlige del af den amerikanske delstat Texas med 620,447
indbyggere i 2009.
Byens navn betyder på spansk "passet".
El Paso ligger ved floden Rio Grande. På den anden side af floden, som udgør grænsen mellem Mexico og USA, ligger den mexicanske by Ciudad Juárez, hvis navn oprindeligt var El Paso del Norte (det nordlige pas).
Byen er grundlagt i 1859, men i århundreder forud for dette har der været fast bebyggelse på stedet.