Month: July 2014

UTEP track and field sprinter Aiyanna Stiverne will represent the United States in the women’s 4x400m relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships on Saturday. Taking to the track at 4:05 p.m. (MT) at the notorious Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., Stiverne will be a part of one of 13 relay teams going for gold

UTEP football head coach Sean Kugler Conference USA Media Day quotes from member of the press in Dallas, Texas on July 23 , 2014. What needs to change for the upcoming season? “We have a lot of things to improve upon. But the main thing is we have to remain consistent in our beliefs in

UTEP junior Martin Simonsen was one of 207 Division I players to be named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar on Wednesday. Simonsen concluded the 2013-14 season with a 72.7 scoring average over 41 rounds of competition. He made his second NCAA Regional appearance in three years. Simonsen was UTEP’s top finisher six times in 13

Being raised in Mozambique, Africa, and then moving to the Netherlands to finish high school, Jannah Sonnenschein has already done more traveling before turning 18 than most people would. The 17-year-old swimmer will have more traveling to do before she reaches Las Cruces, N.M., to start her first semester at New Mexico State where she

NMSU’s Board of Regents will vote today on whether or not to raise the minimum GPA required for incoming freshmen from 2.5 to 2.75. If the change is approved, the new standard will take effect in the fall of 2016.

Scattered thunderstorms and heavy rainfall moved through El Paso and portions of Hudspeth county. The scattered thunderstorms continued tracking into Sierra and eastern Luna counties. Doppler radar indicates the storms drifting into New Mexico will slowly spread west increasing storm chances in Deming and Silver City. The El Paso International Airport picked up 0.04″ of

A group of Southeast Texas mayors on Friday pledged their support for a bill introduced in Congress that would give local communities time to assess any federal requests to house unaccompanied children who have illegally crossed into the U.S. The bill would give local communities 90 days to evaluate such a request and hold a

Proposed legislation to address the surge of unaccompanied Central American children crossing into the U.S. is dividing Texas’ border lawmakers, with one congressman warning that the bill would send thousands of youths to back into the treacherous conditions they had fled. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and U.S. Sen.John Cornyn, a Republican, on Tuesday filed

ABC-7 reported the U.S. government is spending $ 5 million on PSA’s in Central America. But could they be also using music to spread their message? National news outlet, The Daily Beast reports Customs and Border Patrol commissioned a song to be played on the radio in Central America, warning about the danger. This new

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says all undocumented immigrants will be deported, possibly starting as soon as next week. Johnson spent part of Friday touring a federal law enforcement training center in Artesia, New Mexico where some undocumented immigrants have been sent. He also has a message to those undocumented immigrants already here and

The U.S. doesn’t currently have sour diplomatic relations with the tens of thousands of Central American migrants’ home countries, so those families are not yet technically considered refugees, meaning they would have already been given legal permission to be here. Those temporarily in the Borderland’s handful of shelters rather than detention centers have been able

Thousands of immigrants continue illegally crossing the South Texas border. Once caught, immigrant families brought to El Paso and released from official custody are being helped by volunteers and shelters. ABC 7 was given a tour of the biggest one in our region, ready for the next group coming through. “They’re not going to have

Editor’s Note: Watch ABC-7 special report at 10 p.m. today from Honduras We know they’re coming to America by the thousands — undocumented immigrant children making the dangerous trek from Central America, crossing the border into Texas alone. As the humanitarian crisis reaches a new peak, we are in San Pedro Sula, the second largest

Outlines of a possible compromise that would more quickly deport minors arriving from Central America emerged Thursday as part of President Barack Obama’s $3.7 billion emergency request to address the immigration crisis on the southern border. Republicans demanded speedier deportations, which the White House initially had supported but left out of its proposal after complaints

Two thousand undocumented immigrants – all of them families – have been sent to El Paso from South Texas for processing since June 7. All of those immigrants are no longer in El Paso and have gone to other cities to meet up with family members. The families were sent to El Paso for processing

ABC 7 is trying to learn more about the efforts to help the Central American immigrants being brought to the Borderland. The people providing shelter and services to them locally say they are mostly families, not unaccompanied children. Wednesday, ABC 7 also learned more and more places are opening their doors to accommodate the influx.

ABCNews The Department of Health and Human Services is in talks with the Pentagon to use additional bases to house thousands more unaccompanied minors from Central America that are swamping its facilities. The Pentagon is housing 2,700 minors at unused housing facilities at three military bases; it has authorization to house up to 3,600 children

Gov. Susana Martinez is blaming President Barack Obama and Congress for the surge in Central American immigrants attempting to enter the country illegally. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://goo.gl/EpAuCi ) the nation’s only Latina governor said Tuesday the latest wave is a byproduct of mixed signals on the federal level and “a failure of leadership.” The

Two Central American immigrants brought to El Paso for processing have active tuberculosis, the National Border Patrol Council Local 1929 told ABC-7 Monday. “We’re concerned for our agents and they’re absolutely concerned about taking something back to their families or contracting something from these people that we have to process,” Stu Harris from NBPC Local

The Dallas County judge expects strong opposition against a county plan to house and care for 2,000 children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone. Clay Jenkins on Friday told The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/VscTot ) that there has been fierce debate over the proposal, with activists on both sides expected to attend meetings of the

South Texas sheriff’s officials say a body found this month in some brush near the border apparently was an 11-year-old unaccompanied immigrant from Guatemala. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra scheduled a news conference for Monday morning. The sheriff’s office says the boy was found June 15 near La Joya (luh HOH’-yuh), about 20 miles west

The child whose dull eyes came alive when a shelter volunteer handed her a floppy-eared, pink bunny doll does not know she and her mother, who crossed the border with her,are in the middle of a political firestorm. And Ofelia De Los Santos, a public information officer withCatholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, wants

The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters. An assistant chief patrol agent, Eligio “Lee” Pena, warned more than 3,000 Border Patrol agents that journalists looking

More than 250 undocumented immigrants have been sent to El Paso after shelters across the Rio Grande Valley saw a overflow of immigrants from Central America. Tuesday afternoon, the director of the Annunciation House told ABC-7 more are on their way. ABC-7 is asking: Why are so many immigrants from Central America coming to the

by HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – After dropping during the recession, the number of immigrants crossing the border illegally into the U.S. appears to be on the rise again. The total number of immigrants living in this country unlawfully edged up from 11.3 million in 2009 to 11.7 million last year, with those

The Anthony Police Department is pushing for collective bargaining rights, and has led a fallout with city council. An attorney representing the police officers said they submitted all the proper paperwork in time to put it on the may ballot, but said the city never did it. The attorney representing the police department, Felix Valenzuela,

Las Cruces Police have arrested a man for allegedly using a sword to kill his mother early Friday morning. Joshua J. Hunt, 35, is charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of tampering with evidence. Shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday, July 18, Las Cruces Police were sent to the report of

Newly appointed city manager, Tommy Gonzalez will be on ABC-7 Xtra tonight at 10:35 p.m. Gonzalez will join Rick Cabrera to talk about the city’s current status and where it will head in the future. The city budget is something coming up for Gonzalez. Send us your questions and comments to abc7xtra@kvia.com.

Police say Joshua J. Hunt, 35, allegedly used a sword to kill his mother, Lisa J. Cano, 56, early Friday morning in the East Mesa in Las Cruces. ABC-7 spoke to Hunt’s neighbors, they didn’t think he was capable of committing a horrendous crime. “He seemed like such a good person, and I don’t know

07.20.14 Update – Yarbrough at Gateway West is only partially open Sunday morning. Drivers going north on Yarbrough will be able to go through the underpass but will be forced to turn on to the Gateway and head west. A sink hole remains following the water main break that happened late Friday night. 07.19.14 Update