Month: July 2019

County Judge Ricardo Samaniego was on ABC-7 at Four to discuss the County Commissioners’ vote in June to take the first steps towards the creation of a downtown historic district, and their resolution opposing the Trump administration’s migrant protection protocols.

Dozens of Central Americans who had been returned to the border city of Juarez to await the outcome of their U.S. asylum claims were being bused back to their countries Tuesday by Mexican authorities, a first for that size group in the program commonly known as “Remain in Mexico.” In a statement, the Foreign Relations

There is a crash on I-10 East and Paisano that is creating a major delay. Drivers need to take Gateway East or Montana to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

(Editor’s note: Previous reports from ABC-7 may have led to confusion about where the driver of the out-of-control car was employed. We regret the lack of clarity. He did not work at the dealership where the fatal accident occurred, he was employed at another car lot.) A Fort Bliss soldier shopping for a vehicle at

A firefighter was injured battling an overnight fire near downtown that left 15 people homeless, according to officials. Massive flames lit up the night skies around 1 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Paisano and Virginia Street in south-central El Paso. A vacant building was consumed by the blaze, but firefighters said a church next

An elderly woman was injured Tuesday afternoon when she managed to become trapped under her own car after apparently running herself over. The incident involving the 73-year old woman happened around 4:30 p.m. on Lone Wolf Circle in far east side of El Paso, according to authorities. Fire crews freed the woman and transported her

Actresses Kathleen Quinlan and Katherine Ross and actor Sam Elliott will make appearances during this year’s Plaza Classic Film Festival. Katharine Ross co-starred in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Sam Elliott played a bit part as “Card Player Number Two.” The couple began dating while making The Legacy,

Advocates for immigrant children are suing to block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy that they say would erode legal protections for thousands of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United State. A federal class action filed Monday in Maryland claims a May 31 memorandum issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Nearly three-quarters of Americans say the situation at the southern border with Mexico is a crisis (74%), up from less than half who felt that way in January (45%), according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The steep increase comes most sharply among Democrats, though there are increases across party lines. Back in

Losing a pet is no way to celebrate a holiday. Animal Services of El Paso is urging pet owners to bring their pets indoors this Fourth of July holiday. According to the City of El Paso, each year on July 5th Animal Services receives a large number of calls regarding pets who escaped from their

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is issuing notices of fines for potentially thousands of dollars to undocumented immigrants who have failed to comply with deportation orders, according to the agency. ICE began issuing notices of its intent to fine migrants last December following President Donald Trump’s executive order, issued a year earlier, instructing the agency to

A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings to thousands of asylum-seekers, which kept them locked up while they pursued their cases. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled that people who are detained after entering the U.S. to seek protection are entitled to bond hearings, saying the U.S. Constitution

The El Paso Parks and Recreation department opened its first ever wrestling room on Monday. The room is located inside the Chalio Acosta Sports Center in South-Central El Paso. Hawk Scott, the program manager for Parks & Recreation, said the room was once a racketball court, but that it hadn’t been used in quite some

Walmart stores in New Mexico will stop selling firearms July 22, according to an official with the retail giant. The news comes just one day after two new gun laws took effect in the state. Tiffany Wilson, director of communications for Walmart, said the new law would require Walmart associates to handle and potentially store

Motions to withdraw guilty pleas and agreements to defer prosecutions were granted Monday for three former El Paso Independent School District administrators who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. during a cheating scheme. Justice Dept. statement on charges dropped in cheating scandal involving EPISD Former Associate Superintendent of the Elementary Division Maria Flores,

More than 70 protesters took to the streets of downtown Las Cruces to call for improved conditions at U.S. Border Patrol holding facilities as part of a nationwide protest effort called “Close The Camp,” which saw demonstrations in many cities around the country. “How can you in good conscience celebrate Independence Day when there are

Doctors who have been providing health care to refugee families released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, and sent to hospitality sites operated by Annunciation House, are offering an urgent plea for access to children in border station facilities. “We have asked for access — constantly, and the answer comes back ‘no,’ it

In one photo, one of 88 men in a cell meant for 41 presses a piece of cardboard against the window, with the word “help.” In another, a man lowers his head and clasps his hands as if in prayer. And in a third, a woman wearing a surgical mask presses both of her hands

A military jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all charges except for posing for photos with the dead body of the captive in a verdict that is

U.S. Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe did not play in Tuesday afternoon’s World Cup soccer semifinals match against England, but the American team won a 2-1 victory to advance to the final without her. USA started forward Christen Press in Rapinoe’s place — and she scored the first goal of the game in the

The U.S. Justice Department says the 2020 Census is moving ahead without a question about citizenship. Kristen Clarke, an attorney for a civil rights group that helped fight the addition of the question, says Trump administration attorneys notified parties in lawsuits that the printing of the hundreds of millions of documents for the 2020 counts

A Texas congressman says he released video and photos of migrant women being held at a border facility in his state so the public could better understand “awful” conditions under President Donald Trump’s policies. Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said in an interview on Tuesday that he had no second thoughts about taking and sharing the

For almost two weeks, a 12-year-old migrant girl said she and her 6-year-old sister were held inside a Border Patrol station in Clint where they slept on the floor and some children were locked away when they cried for their parents. She was one of hundreds of migrant children who have been held this year

California Sen. Kamala Harris is surging in Iowa, according to a new poll in the early caucus state. Former Vice President Joe Biden still leads the Democratic field in a poll taken after last week’s debates from Suffolk University and USA Today, with 24% support. But Biden is followed by Harris (16%) and Massachusetts Sen.

Hot off their 2-1 victory over host nation France, U.S. Women’s National Team stars Kelly O’Hara and Megan Rapinoe called their confidence and “tactical experience” a key to the team’s success and shared a message for any fans who want to skip work to cheer them on during the semifinals against England. Kickoff for the

The Mesa Hills Detention Basin Project restores a basin on El Paso’s west side that already existed. The ​​goal of the project is to prevent flooding such as the floods seen during Storm 2006. Alan Shubert, the Vice President of Operations and Technical Services, said the basin being restored had become completely clogged, or silted.

There is a crash on I-10 West and McRae that is blocking the left lane. Drivers need to take Gateway West or Montana to avoid this area. There are no injuries reported in the crash.