EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Construction is currently underway for a seven-mile stretch of the border wall here in the Borderland. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks says that crews have already installed 100 feet of steel in a single day. Banks says the 30-foot panels will continue to be put up fast. Adding more
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CADEREYTA DE MONTES, Querétaro (KVIA) – In a special report airing TONIGHT, July 17, 2025 on ABC-7 at ten p.m. KVIA’s Paul Cicala treks to the indigenous pueblos in the mountains of Querétaro, Mexico to talk to families being impacted by recent immigration changes in the United States. Recent ICE raids and increased deportations have
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The new policy change was announced in a memo from the acting ICE director. By Katherine Faulders and Luke Barr July 15, 2025, 5:45 AM Immigrants who arrive in the United States illegally will no longer be eligible for a bond hearing, a move that comes as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to keep immigrants who
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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents arrested Louisiana resident Benjamin Thomas Mackey for allegedly fleeing from the immigration checkpoint near Sierra Blanca. Court documents state that agents referred Mackey to a secondary inspection at the checkpoint after a K-9 alert. Investigators say at first Mackey turned off his car, but then quickly turned
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar says that she was turned away from the ICE facility on Montana Avenue, despite giving a 24-hour notice of her visit. Escobar says she was attempting to conduct her constitutionally authorized oversight duties at the facility. She says the facility “has been plagued with accusations of mistreatment
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) – Michael Quinonez took the helm at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry this morning during a change of command ceremony. Quinonez takes over as port director from El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha. During the change of command ceremony Mancha presented and pinned the official badge on
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — La Casa del Migrante in Juárez, one of the largest migrant shelters in the city, has seen a significant decline in the number of migrants staying at the shelter since the start of the year. However, they say they feel their hands are tied over operations conducted by federal agencies
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Originally Published: 07 JUL 25 10:54 ET Updated: 07 JUL 25 11:45 ET By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A man with a rifle and tactical gear was killed after exchanging fire with law enforcement officers Monday morning at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, the Department of Homeland Security told CNN. One officer
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua Attorney General César Jáuregui along with his department (FGE) and the state medical examiner’s office (SEMEFO), continue efforts to identify the 383 bodies found inside the ‘Plenitud’ crematorium south of Ciudad Juárez. A.G. Jáuregui told local media outlets that the news of the uncremated bodies discovered raised concerns among families
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two people were injured after a house damaged by the recent storms collapsed. It happened in the Partido Escobedo Colonia when a two story house collapsed. The Juarez Fire chief says the building fell after the water logged walls caved in. The house was made of adobe and had not
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Both CBP and DHS officials are announcing what they call historically low migrant encounters. Officials say that in June, CBP had the lowest number of nationwide encounters at 25,243. Officials say that is a 12% decrease from February, when the Trump Administration set a previous record. CBP says that June’s
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking public comments on a proposed 1.32-mile construction of a new border barrier in Doña Ana County along Mt. Cristo Rey’s southside. According to CBP, the project involves the construction and maintenance of approximately 1.32 miles of new border barrier in the Sunland
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is being processed for “expedited removal,” DHS said. By Meredith Deliso July 3, 2025, 1:07 PM Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., son of the legendary fighter, has been arrested and is being processed for “expedited removal” from the United States due to alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, the Department
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DEMING, New Mexico (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents arrested a semi truck driver accused of trying to transport 13 undocumented migrants near Deming, New Mexico. Court documents state that on June 25, agents started following Jarol Wilberto Arroyo-Cerin, 40, as he drove a semi with an empty flatbed on a route commonly used to bypass
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By Angélica Franganillo Díaz and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge blocked a Trump administration policy barring migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum, issuing a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has sought to seal off access to protections on the border. In a sharply worded decision issued Wednesday,
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced that 70,000 cattle have met their health requirements and are ready for export. Two New Mexico ports are preparing to restart livestock imports over the next few weeks, including the
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) Unit was established in 1998 to respond to injury and death reports involving Border Patrol agents and migrants crossing illegally into the U.S. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the headquarters of the Border Patrol’s Special Operations Group (SOG) is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican officials extradited Hector Adrian Rojero Ramos aka Teto, 54, to El Paso. Ramos, a Mexican national, is facing a 14-count indictment connected with his alleged conspiracy to import heroin and fentanyl to Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and elsewhere in the U.S. from January 2016 to August 2019. Mexican authorities arrested
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is building a 1.32-mile stretch of new border barrier on the south side of Mt. Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico. CBP is currently seeking input from the community on the project’s potential to impact the area’s economy, environment, quality of life,
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — The USDA has announced a phased reopening of southern ports of entry to livestock imports as officials continue to tackle the screwworm issue. U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins suspended all live cattle and livestock imports from Mexico into the U.S., including through the Santa Teresa Port of
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía General del Estado) continues investigating a crematory business in Juárez that failed to comply with services already established with local funeral homes. According to Chihuahua Attorney General César Jáuregui Moreno, 383 bodies and six additional human remains were found. Mexican media outlets reported last
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Officials found 15 bodies inside of a shuttered crematory in Juarez. Officials say that investigators found the bodies at a property on Casas Grandes Highway in the city’s outskirts on Thursday night. Neighbors had reported strong odors coming from inside of the property. Investigators found a body inside of a car
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Cuban national Narali Arevalo-Casay, 23, was convicted of violating a defense property security regulation. She was found guilty of illegally entering the U.S. a mile west of the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry on May 7, 2025. A federal jury convicted Arevalo-Casay, then a U.S. Magistrate Judge sentenced her
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal jury convicted Mexican national Emmanuel Barraza-Ramirez, 44, of Reentry of a Removed Alien. Officials say Barraza-Ramirez had previously been removed from the US five other times, and had been convicted of reentry three previous times. Court documents state that Border Patrol agents discovered Barraza-Ramirez crouching in some bushes
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Two smugglers convicted in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas have been sentenced. They will spend the rest of their lives in prison. SAN ANTONIO — Two smugglers convicted of federal charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022 were
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A Juarez neighborhood experienced heavy flooding, which damaged dozens of buildings. Watch the video above to see the damage. Yesterday’s heavy rains affected nearly 300 homes and displaced around 1,000 residents in the Francisco Sarabia neighborhood of Northwest Ciudad Juárez. ABC-7 was in this neighborhood today, where several people reported having
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents seized more than 20 pounds of cocaine from a Texas woman as she attempted to drive through the inspection checkpoint south of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Agents arrested Aurelia Madrid-Marquez, 51, the afternoon of June 16, 2025. Officials first publicly announced her arrest today. Officials say Madrid-Marquez was
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“Let’s All Agree That Children Should Be Off Limits.” By Nicol Leon and Gibran Caroline Boyce Edited by Dianne Solis and Alfredo Corchado Immigrant children who crossed the border without a parent or guardian are increasingly in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. That has meant children facing immigration judges without lawyers, and stricter screening
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Officials found eight people being held hostage inside of a home in Juárez’s Granjas de Chapultepec neighborhood. State Public Security and National Guard personnel found the eight people, four Guatemalans and four Ecuadorians early this morning. Officials had received reports of people crying for help from inside a house near the
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order back in April, enforcing that all truck drivers in the U.S. and crossing into the U.S. be qualified and proficient in English. The White House previously said: The Order directs the Secretary of Transportation to rescind guidance that watered down the law requiring
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