Month: April 2010

EL PASO, Texas – Local groups are joining those organizing protests and boycotts of several Arizona-based businesses…but some local leaders say that’s not the smartest approach. More than a dozen local business are on a ‘Ban Arizona’ list. Problem is, it would only hurt El Paso’s economy. Outrage over the law is gaining supporters nationwide.

By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill approved by Arizona legislators on the last day of their 2010 session to make changes to the state’s sweeping law against illegal immigration. The law requires local and state law enforcement to question people about their immigration status if

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Boycotting and calling for national immigration reform. It’s the position taken by New Mexico’s League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), who held the first forum on this issue in their state convention Friday in Las Cruces. At the start of the convention, LULAC president Pablo Martinez unloaded on the new

A plane made an emergency landing late Friday afternoon, according to emergency dispatchers. The plane landed about a quarter of a mile from El Paso International Airport on an unfinished road near Liberty Highway. According to dispatchers, two individuals, the pilot and the passenger, were on board the plane at the time of the landing,

UTEP Men’s Basketball Coach Tim Floyd has landed another high-profile recruit. Desmond Lee, a 6′ 4″, 180-pound guard from Norfolk, Virginia, signed a national letter of intent, and will join the Miners for the 2010-2011 season, according to UTEP’s athletics department. Lee is a teammate of forward Michael Haynes, another UTEP signee. Both Lee and

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) – Dallas Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant says he’s done talking about being asked by Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland in a pre-draft interview if his mother was ever a prostitute. After his first workout with the Cowboys during a rookie minicamp Friday, Bryant repeatedly

El Paso Police have closed Transmountain until further notice while they continue to investigate a three-vehicle accident that happened around 4 p.m. on Transmountain on El Paso’s West Side Friday afternoon. Drivers are advised to avoid using Transmountain as a result of this accident. According to EMS dispatchers, paramedics were performing CPR on one person

A portion of U.S. 54 southbound will be closed Friday night and early Saturday morning due to construction. The portion of U.S. 54 between the Ellerthorpe exit ramp and the Cassidy overpass will be completely closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday. Drivers in the area are advised to follow the detour signs.

Monday, personal trainer Benjamin Ritter will join Bob Harp on ABC-7 at Noon. You can submit your emails and questions to Benjamin at benjaminrittertraining@yahoo.com. He will then answer your questions Monday on ABC-7 at Noon.

Anxiety, anger, and depression are among symptoms haunting millions of Veterans. April 28th 2009 became Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day in Dona Ana County. This year, it is PTSD Awareness Day in the state of New Mexico. A Vietnam Vet living in Las Cruces spoke publicly for the first time with ABC-7 about what

Arizona’s controversial immigration law is supposed to go into effect in 90 days. However, there are petitions going around that could push it back a couple years. Still, many migrant workers in Arizona are now considering looking for other places to live – possibly even El Paso. “I clearly see that laws like the one

FBI agents, working in conjunction with El Paso Police, have arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly tried to arrange over the Internet to meet a 15-year-old girl in El Paso for sex, according to FBI spokeswoman Andrea Simmons. Steven Payne, who works as an advertising contractor in Alamogordo selling ads for different publications, was arrested

null

City Rep. Eddie Holguin announced today that he will be introducing a resolution at Tuesday’s City Council meeting addressing the recent signing of Arizona’s immigration law. Read the full resolution by clicking here.

Federal Housing Tax Credit Website

A woman accused of smuggling 25 pounds of marijuana into the U.S. has been turned over to Mexican authorities under the new Illegal Drug Program agreement between Mexico and the U.S ICE agency. This was the first person and second case transferred to Mexican authorities as part of the Illegal Drug Program (IDP), which took

Immunize El Paso has added an Outreach Bus to its resources as a way of providing low-cost immunizations to El Paso area families. The vehicle was unveiled this week during the El Paso Immunization Stakeholder Summit, an event in commemoration of National Infant Immunization Week, April 24th through May 1st. “The newest addition to our

Several men burning trash are believed to have caused a fire in a mobile home park in Canutillo today, according to El Paso County Sheriff’s officials. The West Valley Fire Dept. extinguished the fire in the 500 block of Joe Angel at around noon. Area residents were evacuated but have since been allowed back to

Jaime O. Perez, the El Paso County Chief of Staff for County Judge Anthony Cobos’ office, has proposed a Texas immigration bill similar to the one recently passed in Arizona. Perez is running for the office of County Judge as the Republican candidate in the November election. His opponent is County Commissioner Veronica Escobar. Perez’s

Arizona’s new immigration law has sparked an outpouring of response in New Mexico. Dr. Jose Garcia, New Mexico State University government professor, says the law should not only punish illegal immigrants, but employers who hire them as well. ?It?s become socially acceptable to demonize the migrant,? Garcia said. Racial profiling, community distrust, and overall fear

“He was always making us laugh,” remembered Renee Meraz – adding her friend, Sergio Villa, 20, was a lot more than that. Meraz told ABC-7 Villa was the type of guy who was always there for his friends. “Anytime you needed a ride, anytime, he was always there,” she said. Villa died Tuesday from injuries

EL PASO — The city is half way through its budget year and it’s not looking good, city officials said. Based on revenue and expenses, they said the city is over budget by about $1.5 million. Tuesday, City Council got an update on the city’s finances through the second quarter. While no lay offs are

A group of Central El Paso residents are upset over a new plan that would shut down older fire stations in the area and create one bigger, modern station to serve both districts. The plan comes after El Paso Fire Chief Otto Drozd’s implentation of a new vision to increase the efficiency of the department.

The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth has overturned a 50-year sentence in a Denton murder trial and sent it back for another sentencing hearing, according to a report in the Denton Record Chronicle. Sean Kresse, 26, pleaded guilty in May 2009 to the 2007 murder of El PasoanLorena ?Lori? Sandoval. Kreese went before

As the debate over Arizona’s controversial immigration law rages on, the ABC-7 I-team has discovered that nearly 50 El Paso businesses are being audited by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The 46 El Paso businesses are part of 652 businesses currently the targets of an ICE audit nationwide. One El Paso immigration attorney says

The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will be assisting the staff from the Tour of Gila, and the offices of Public Safety with the Gila Bike Race scheduled for April 28 ? May 2, 2010. The NMDOT would like to inform motorists that there will be closures set for this event. The closures will

A 20-year-old man injured in an early morning crash on Sunday has died. El Police say Sergio Villa, of the 1100 block of Talon, was driving a 1993 white Honda Civic on I-10 East near mile marker 15.3 when he lost control, causing the Civic to crash into a metal guard rail. Villa was ejected

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate hearing Tuesday that an unmanned aerial drone will soon fly through Texas skies as drug-cartel violence continues to escalate on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report in the San Antonio Express-News. Texas is the last border state to receive a Predator drone, and Sen. John Cornyn,

It’s a pretty good location, right off the freeway, in the center of the city… But these days, it’s really only the birds and the ants who call the once-thriving neighborhood of Saipan home these days. Sitting off Gateway East near the Raynolds exit, most of the homes were wiped out by the floods of

The city is half way through its budget year and it’s not looking good. Based on revenue and expenses, the city is over budget by about one-and-a-half million dollars. Tuesday, city council got an update on the city’s finances through its second quarter. And while no lay offs are planned for city workers. Don’t expect