Month: May 2019

A surge of asylum-seeking families has been straining cities along the southern U.S. border for months, but now the issue is flowing into cities far from Mexico, where immigrants are being housed in an airplane hangar and rodeo fairgrounds and local authorities are struggling to keep up with the influx. U.S. immigration officials have eyed

Democratic presidential contender Julian Castro joined a march to a McDonald’s restaurant in North Carolina on Thursday to draw attention to workers’ efforts to raise the minimum wage and secure other protections. Nearly all the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have expressed support for the idea that the federal minimum wage should be more than doubled,

A man was killed while working on his truck in Central El Paso, police said. Investigators identified the man as 65-year-old Ricardo Carlos. Officers and fire medical services responded to the residence in the 2100 block of Arizona on a welfare check at about 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The officers found Carlos’

A former nightclub owner accused of pulling an AR-15 on a woman outside of a Las Cruces restaurant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Robert Burnham was sentenced this week after pleaded guilty on May 10 to one count of aggravated assault. Burnham owned Boots and Bourbon, a

The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a contract that includes a $500,000 annual salary for new UTEP President Heather Wilson. The contract states Wilson will be eligible for a merit-based salary increase if she’s able to meet specific performance goals. The contract does not state what those goals are. Wilson’s contract states

The man charged with killing two people in El Paso on Thanksgiving 2018 is set to appear in court. Jason Gibson is facing charges of capital murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery. District Attorney Jaime Esparza has stated the he and his office will seek the death penalty in this case. Gibson has been held

UPDATE: The crash on I-10 West near Executive that was blocking three lanes has now cleared. El Paso police responded to calls of a crash around 4:40 a.m. on Thursday. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries as a result of the crash.

The record number of asylum seekers making their way to the Borderland has the local ICE Field Office Director concerned. “To say that ‘when are we going to be overwhelmed?’ I think we’re already there,” Corey Price said. “A lot of people say it’s going to break. I think we’re broken.” Price said many of

More than 30 migrants have tested positive for influenza at a major processing center where a flu-stricken teenage boy died, the latest evidence of growing public health threats posed by inadequate facilities to deal with a surge of families and children reaching the U.S. border. It was unclear if anyone ill came in contact with

Eight different local schools brought flag football teams to the SAC Wednesday for some friendly competition as part of the first-ever Unified Flag Football Tournament. Each team featured players with intellectual disabilities and students without disabilities in an event supported by Special Olympics of El Paso. Montwood’s team featured Kieran Johnson, who made headlines when

The Housing Authority of El Paso is keeping close watch on a proposal by the secretary of The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would impact undocumented immigrants living with U.S. citizens or legal residents in public housing. HUD Secretary Ben Carson is proposing a change that would keep any undocumented person out

Commissioners in Sierra County, New Mexico approved a resolution “opposing the relocation of asylum-seekers to Sierra County” and asking President Trump to close the border. Sierra County Manager Bruce Swingle told ABC-7 the opposition isn’t political or racist. The County just doesn’t have the resources to handle asylum seekers, Swigle said. County leaders warned that

U.S. authorities say a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died last year after being detained by border authorities in a previously unreported case. The death marks the sixth known case in the last year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that she died on Sept. 29 at an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital

Veterans Nonprofit runs a food pantry for local military veterans who need help. House of Kings Card Club is holding a fundraiser to help the group. Nearly all of Veterans Nonprofit’s volunteers, including the Board of Directors, are either veterans, soldiers, or families of veterans and/or soldiers. In their first year, the food pantry operation

Veterans Nonprofit runs a food pantry for local military veterans who need help. House of Kings Card Club is holding a fundraiser to help the group. Nearly all of Veterans Nonprofit’s volunteers, including the Board of Directors, are either veterans, soldiers, or families of veterans and/or soldiers. In their first year, the food pantry operation

The Pentagon on Thursday will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East, in a move to beef up defenses against potential Iranian threats, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The officials said no final decision has been made yet, and it’s not clear if the White House

A math teacher who paid students to dismantle fireworks and store the explosive powder was sentenced to nearly six years in prison Wednesday by a judge who cited these “dangerous times” when schools and places of worship must guard against violence. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman nearly doubled the three-to-four years called for by

The Pentagon says it will build temporary shelter at the U.S.-Mexican border for at least 7,500 adult migrants who have been turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Pentagon announced Wednesday the Department of Homeland Security made the request, and it was approved by Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. The military will not

District Attorney Jaime Esparza will seek the death penalty against the man accused in a deadly home invasion in Northeast El Paso on Thanksgiving Day 2018. “If convicted of of the offense of Capital Murder, the State of Texas wil seek the death penalty against the Defendant herein,” wrote District Attorney Jaime Esparza in the

More than 30 migrants have tested positive for influenza at a major processing center on the Mexican border that was temporarily closed to stop the outbreak, authorities said Wednesday. It was unclear if anyone ill came in contact with a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy who was held at the facility in McAllen, Texas, and died Monday,

Crews are “washing down” 21 students at Ascarate Elementary after they were affected with pepper spray. Officials at the scene originally said 16 students were affected. School officials said students were playing with a pepper spray can when someone discharged the spray. The students are being disrobed and showered off. An officials with the Ysleta

Houston police say a 19-year-old man was shot and killed outside a house that came under attack from people armed with a paintball gun. Police said in a news release Wednesday that the resident told investigators he believed the attackers were shooting at his home late Tuesday night, so he opened fire. Police have not

The Sun City is typically calm, with day after day of sunny skies and hot temperatures. However things can change fast when severe thunderstorms take over. A thunderstorm is basically a storm characterized by lightning and thunder. There are three major types of thunderstorms; Single cell, Multicell and Supercell. Thunderstorms are a great way for

Police officers in Las Cruces arrested two of the men allegedly responsible for the May 13, 2019 shooting on Independence Loop. A warrant has been issued for the third suspect while the identity of the fourth suspect is still unknown, police said. 23-year-old Adam Cardenas Jr. and 20-year-old Robert Montoya were arrested last week. An

A lawyer for the victim’s family says a private autopsy shows a police officer shot a Houston-area woman in the stomach, chest and face. Attorney Ben Crump presented the autopsy report Wednesday. Pamela Turner’s family has been pressing to hold Baytown police accountable for the killing that was captured on video. Crump says the autopsy

U.S. border agents have temporarily closed their primary facility for processing migrants in South Texas one day after authorities say a 16-year-old died after being diagnosed with the flu at the facility. In a statement released late Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it would stop detaining migrants at its processing center in McAllen,

“Party of Five,” a 1990s teen drama that focused on a family grappling with life after the death of their parents, is getting a reboot with a Mexican American family whose parents are deported. Disney announced this month that the Sony Pictures Television retooled Generation X-era show will air on the Freeform network and will

The teen driver charged with DWI in a crash that seriously injured two Franklin High School students has been sentenced to probation. Las Cruces District Court Judge Conrad Perea sentenced Pablo Payan to probation until he’s 21, and to 150 hours of community service hours. Payan will also have to participate in the “Shattered Lives”

Medical experts are warning parents that unsecured medications are becoming a bigger problems in households across the country. According to newly released medical studies, nearly 52,000 kids under the age of 6 were treated at emergency rooms across the country as recently as 2017. That averages out to 142 kids per day and one child

Authorities were called out to the scene of a stabbing in East El Paso late Tuesday night. It happened on Orkney Road, which is south of Edgemere Boulevard, not far from Eastwood Park. It was reported close to midnight. The El Paso Fire Department said one person was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.