U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) unit is adjusting its aerial surveillance strategy across West Texas, as smuggling activity shifts to more remote areas along the southern border. Officials say illegal crossings have declined overall in recent months, but smugglers are adapting by moving operations away from heavily monitored zones on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Last week, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz released a pastoral letter on immigration and border security in our region. In it, he specifically addressed mass detention and mass deportations in El Paso, calling them a “grave moral evil.” Now, ABC-7 Xtra host Andrew J. Polk sat down with the local religious leader one-on-one.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)—In a few short weeks, BTS will make two stops in El Paso. It’s part of the biggest global K-Pop tour of all time, which spans 34 regions and 79 shows. On May 2 and May 3, the BTS World Tour will make its arrival at the Sun Bowl Stadium. However, the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Meta announced an expansion to the scope of the El Paso Data Center this morning during the Borderplex Alliance’s Global Border Summit. Meta broke ground back in October 2025 and with today’s announcement, the center’s capacity will grow to 1 gigawatt. The expansion also means an investment increase of $10
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is digging deeper into topics affecting most areas of the Borderland, including the bankruptcy filing by the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. What may have seemed sudden to some was years in the making as laws and responses changed regarding the priest sexual abuse scandal. The filings made by the Diocese
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A major motion picture racking up recognitions and nominations this awards season prominently features El Paso and the Borderland. With “One Battle After Another” nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won six including Best Picture, ABC-7 is looking further into how it depicts the Sun City and what that means going
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “One Battle After Another” is nominated 13 times at the Oscar’s tonight, making it one of the most critically acclaimed films of the season. The movie also has strong ties to the Borderland. Parts of it were filmed in downtown El Paso, but they also cast multiple El Pasoans as
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MESILLA VALLEY, New Mexico— The ongoing war in Iran continues to have wide-ranging impacts for most American consumers. Over the last week, fuel prices have increased substantially. According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of diesel last month was $3.66. The current national average for a gallon of diesel is $4.89. One industry
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A flurry of texts, calls, and emails in the early morning hours followed the first notice that the airspace over El Paso was closed in February. ABC-7 is learning more about what city leaders and staff knew – and when – as the Federal Aviation Administration closure confusion unfolded. ABC-7 obtained
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With a bit more than a year in office now, El Paso County Sheriff Oscar Ugarte (D) is still making adjustments to the Sheriff’s Office and how it responds to the community’s needs. Other issues at hand include dealing with issues like state and federal immigration requirements, drunk driving enforcement, staffing levels,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The parents of two children who died in the flooding in Ruidoso last summer are now preparing to sue the village, mayor and more, for what they call a failure to do their jobs and failing their responsibility to people in that community. Sebastian and Stephanie Trotter have been through
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been a little over a year since James Montoya was sworn in as the new district attorney for El Paso. ABC-7 Xtra host Andrew J. Polk sat down with him for an in-depth one-on-one interview on the state of the office now, including dealing with issues of case backlogs, the
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the vast majority of tariffs imposed by President Trump since the beginning of his administration last year. According to business leaders on the border, eliminating reciprocal tariffs puts companies at risk of leaving Ciudad Juárez. “Initially, it’s positive that the court has
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Looking back on a lifetime and legacy for a local immigration attorney with a national impact. Carlos Spector, regarded as one of El Paso’s leading lawyers on the topic and a human rights advocate for decades, writes his last chapter as the community rallies to make sure he can return home.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Medical staff at Camp East Montana initially said that two detainees had attempted to hang or strangle themselves in separate calls to El Paso 911 operators, according to new audio of the calls obtained by ABC-7. In the first call from Jan. 3 of this year, the caller who does
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A sudden overnight complete closure of the airspace over El Paso and near Santa Teresa leads to major concerns and confusion about what exactly was happening. As the El Paso closure was lifted just as suddenly hours later, there were more issues raised about how decisions were being made and a lack of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Directed energy weapons may sound like science fiction, but systems like lasers and microwave beams are very much becoming a reality to counter threats like drones on the battlefield and beyond. Officially, there has been no word from federal officials at any agency about what exactly happened here in El
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Northern Economic Development Civil Association in Juárez (DENAC, Desarrollo Económico del Norte A.C.) is a Mexican firm that has been proposing the “Juárez-El Paso Express Tram,” a cross-border tramway that would directly connect El Paso International Airport with Abraham González International Airport in Juárez for those wishing to travel from
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- U.S. Congressman Gabe Vasquez has released an updated statement regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s closure of the El Paso International Airport and surrounding airspace. In the statement, Congressman Vasquez confirmed that there is no national security threat and operations are expected to resume as normal at the El Paso Airport but the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A family rooted in El Paso learned early in their pregnancy that their unborn baby might be brain dead. They were relieved to later find out that their son Aiden Wilson, was instead born with down syndrome. Aiden has become the heartbeat of this family of four giving his older
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GUAYMAS, SONORA (MEXICO) – During Mexico President Claudia Scheinbaum’s recent visits to our borderland, she talked about a multi-million dollar highway expansion that’ll better connect El Paso/Ciudad Juarez to Mexico’s Pacific Coast & the Port of Guaymas, Sonora. In another edition of “People, Places & Paul”, ABC-7 anchor Paul Cicala reports from Guaymas, Sonora and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal immigration policy, enforcement and facilities have been in the national spotlight in recent months, with immigration officer actions and how detentions ahead of deportations are handled in sharp focus. And more recently, there’s been local government pushback on ICE and future facilities here in the Borderland. Both the City and County
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The phrase “El Paso” shows up hundreds of times in the Epstein files, along with other Borderland locations mentioned in the millions of pages of documents most recently released by the Department of Justice. Most local mentions are fairly innocuous, such search results or news stories from the region. But
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Education savings accounts – also known as school vouchers – are about to become a reality in Texas. A top priority for Texas Governor Greg Abbott for years, the funding for school choice and alternative education funding were passed in a special session of the Texas legislature last year following
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7’s Andrew J. Polk interviewed Vikki Goodwin, one of the Democratic candidates for Texas Lieutenant Governor. Watch the full interview with Goodwin above.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained data that shows the amount of deaths in El Paso County Jails over the past 10 years. The data shows that since 2020, deaths have risen, specifically suicides. Typically from 2015 to 2020, suicides had been at two, one, or zero per year. There were no suicides
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Watch ABC-7’s Andrew J. Polk’s one-on-one interview with Senate candidate Wesley Hunt above.
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CLOUDCROFT/RUIDOSO, N.M. (KVIA) — A winter storm has left thousands in the mountain communities without electricity, as crews work to restore power in dangerous, changing conditions. Officials say trees weighed down by snow and ice have been falling onto power lines, creating widespread outages and making repairs difficult. About 2,000 customers are affected in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Across the country, immigrations and customs enforcement is stepping up enforcement actions. Some communities are pushing back on what they’re calling federal overreach and aggressive tactics. The Trump administration is responding as well – defending the methods and training as necessary for national security. In the Borderland, groups of local
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As thousands of BTS fans travel to El Paso for the highly anticipated concert, hotel and short-term rental prices across the city are climbing sharply, leaving some locals and visitors questioning affordability and fairness during major events. With demand surging, several downtown and West Side hotels are showing rates two
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