Cedar Attanasio, Author at Valley News

Grace Gardens Event Center employees check temperatures of young people attending prom at the Grace Gardens Event Center in El Paso, Texas on Friday, May 7, 2021. Around 2,000 attended the outdoor event at the private venue after local school districts announced they would not host proms this year. Tickets cost $45. (AP Photo/Paul Ratje)

Proms are back, with masks and no touching

by Michael Casey Associated Press, and Cedar Attanasio Associated PressMay 16, 2021

BOSTON — A minor league baseball stadium. A negative coronavirus test and absolutely no slow dancing.Those are just a few of the unusual requirements for a high school prom happening in Manchester, N.H., later this month, one of many school districts…

FILE - In this June 2018 file photo, protesters walk along Montana Avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. A few Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. have been forced to receive IV drips at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their third week of a hunger strike, according to their attorney. (Rudy Gutierrez/The El Paso Times via AP, File)

Attorney: Immigrants forced to hydrate

by Cedar Attanasio Associated Press, Garance Burke Associated Press, and Martha Mendoza Associated PressJuly 28, 2019

In this June 1, 2019, photo, provided by New Mexico State University professor Neal Rosendorf, migrants are seen through fencing inside a temporary outdoor encampment where they’re waiting to be processed in El Paso, Texas. Rosendorf said it resembled a “human dog pound.” (Neal Rosendorf via AP)

Migrants complain of poor conditions

by Cedar Attanasio Associated PressJune 14, 2019

A volunteer helps a young immigrant from Central America traveling with family seeking asylum move to a makeshift resource center, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in downtown San Antonio. The surge of migrants arriving at the southern border has led the Trump administration to dramatically expand a practice it has long mocked as "catch and release." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US expands ‘catch and release’ amid surge in migrants

by Cedar Attanasio Associated Press, and Astrid Galvan Associated PressApril 2, 2019