Month: June 2018

Texas Republicans on Saturday mapped out which issues the state GOP should support ahead of the 2019 legislative session — a list that again included a version of the “bathroom bill” and “constitutional carry.” Nearly 10,000 delegates and alternates at the state GOP convention here capped off their three-day gathering by taking votes on more

On Thursday night, the El Paso School District approved a $498 million budget while sparing several campuses from closing for now. Board president Trent Hatch said school closures will come up at a later time, but students and parents may not have to worry about it for the upcoming school year. Just this month, the

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that local and state governments can now force online retailers to collect sales tax in states where they do not have an online presence such as a storefront or a warehouse. The ruling came on a 5-4 majority decision with Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon will make space available on military bases for as many as 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children detained after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a spokesman said Thursday. The request for temporary shelter – amid a growing political battle over detained migrants – was made by the Department of Health and Human

With temperatures climbing faster than the demand for electric fans, the city of Las Cruces has activated multiple cooling centers across town. That means you can stay cool in Las Cruces for free. “It’s really hot,” said Daniella Sanchez. “I get headaches sometimes with the heat.” With school out for summer, Sanchez said she would

The Philadelphia Eagles made good on their promise to deliver a Super Bowl ring to former long snapper Jon Dorenbos Thursday. Dorenbos, who played his college football at UTEP, spent 11 seasons with the Eagles before being traded. Today, the Eagles posted a video on Twitter of Dorenbos opening a box containing his ring. The

The El Paso Independent School District Board is postponing Thursday night’s discussion and vote on proposed campus closures. The school district stated in a news release Thursday morning that Superintendent Juan Cabrera requested the postponement of the vote because it was determined that a near-balanced budget could be presented for approval to trustees at their

El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles has prohibited deputies and staff from working at the tent facility in Tornillo that has been housing undocumented migrant children. Wiles, a democrat, has the authority to approve or deny off-duty work requests. “It violates the values of this organization and that is something we do not want to

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo was joined by more than a dozen mayors from across the United States for a news conference at the Tornillo Port of Entry Thursday to denounce the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance policy. “This is neither a Democratic or Republican process. This is something that needs to be handled out of Washington

U.S. Border Patrol Agents saved the lives of four undocumented immigrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally via the American Canal. The rescue happened at midnight Wednesday, officials said. U.S. Border Patrol camera operators were watching a group of seven people illegally cross into the United States near Downtown El Paso. The group then entered

Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells. The abuse claims against the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center near Staunton, Virginia, are detailed in federal court filings that

A civil rights group attorney says federal prosecutors unexpectedly dropped misdemeanor charges against 17 adult immigrants who crossed the border with children. Efren Olivares, a lawyer with the Texas Civil Rights Project, said outside of the federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas, that the 17 immigrants were supposed to have been sentenced Thursday morning for improperly

Many groups are applauding President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order to stop family separations, including an immigrant mother from Honduras detained when she came to the U.S. with her six-year-old son. The woman, who asked ABC-7 to call her Martha, did not want to use her real name. The 22-year-old says she and

Kathy McVay of Plymouth Meeting learned the hard way that a hot dog can hurt. “It just came out of nowhere. And hard,” she said. On Monday night, McVay was at the Phillies-Cardinals game at Citizens Bank Park. She was seated behind home plate when the Phanatic rolled out onto the field with his hot

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the U.S. border illegally. It was a dramatic turnaround for trump, who had been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at the border because of federal law

FIFA handed the Mexican Football Federation a 10,000 Swiss franc fine for “discriminatory and insulting chants” during this past Sunday’s World Cup game against Germany, ESPN reports. The fine amounts to about $10,035. The offensive chants were directed at Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during goal kicks. Mexico won the game 1-0. Mexican fans have long

The controversy continues over City Councils decision to approve the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone in Northwest El Paso. The TIRZ know as TIRZ 12 includes an area of more than 1,000 acres. Several members of the group opposing the TIRZ were present at City Hall today presenting over 2,000 signatures and holding a press conference

A Facebook fundraiser promising to “reunite” immigrant parents with their children has raised millions of dollars, but one attorney told ABC-7 that immigration cases are extremely complex and not always solved with more money. Attorney Shane Jennings of Las Cruces told ABC-7 that undocumented immigrants who are apprehended at the border, with or without children,

EL PASO, Texas- The El Paso Chihuahua’s will be hosting the first Free Play Days of the year at Southwest University Park, starting this week. Parents/guardians and kids, ages six and under, are invited to a morning of fun and excitement at the park. Activities will include bounce houses, inflatables, a coloring station, story time

Executives and city officials broke ground for the brand new WestStar Tower off of Mesa and Wyoming. The tower will provide the city with its first new sky scrapper in nearly 40 years. It will be 18 stories, making it the highest building in Downtown El Paso. As part of the attempt to revitalize El

The little girl wearing pink party shoes topped with bows smiled from her seat in a Los Angeles immigration courtroom. The 7-year-old is happy now that she is worlds away from the violence in her native El Salvador. Gang gunfire once forced her to hit the floor inside her home. She fled Central America last

The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose naked body was found on a South Texas beach last year admitted to authorities that she beat him and denied him medical care after he suffered a head injury from running into a wall, then drove to Galveston in the middle of the night and dumped the body

A missing hiker was found dead Wednesday near the site where a member of his search party was mauled by a bear outside of Alaska’s largest city. Anchorage police said the same brown bear appears to be responsible for attacks on the missing man, Michael Soltis, and the volunteer searcher, whose name was not released.

An analysis from the Pew Charitable Trusts shows the population of New Mexico has grown at the slowest rate of any state in the western U.S. during the past decade. The research released on Tuesday shows that New Mexico stands apart from the nation’s fastest growing region. New Mexico’s annual population growth rate was about

The Trump administration has set up at least three “tender age” shelters to detain babies and other young children who have been forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, The Associated Press has learned. Doctors and lawyers who have visited the shelters in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley said the facilities were fine,

The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s detectives need your help finding 16-year-old Kevin Villa. He was last seen on June 10 at his at his home on the 100 block of Estancia in Vado. His mother thinks he could be in the Las Cruces or Sunland Park areas. A police press release states that Kevin is

Heavy rains along the Texas coast have caused flooding in areas that were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey less than a year ago. National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Castillo said Wednesday that since Tuesday, rain of 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) was widespread along the Texas coast from the border to around

Burger King has apologized for offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women who get pregnant by World Cup players. Critics assailed the offer, announced on Russian social media, as sexist and demeaning. The announcement was removed Tuesday from Burger King’s social media accounts but was still circulating among Russian social network users. It

Authorities say three men who escaped from an eastern New Mexico county jail have been arrested after a standoff at an apartment. The Clovis Police Department says an anonymous tip Tuesday led officers to the apartment where they eventually arrested 28-year-old Victor Apodaca, 31-year-old Aaron Clark and 24-year-old Ricky Sena. Before their arrests, the inmates

Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the U.S. border illegally. It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at