EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso native says he received a letter from the Department of Homeland Security telling him to leave the United States immediately. Adam Peña, an immigration lawyer working in San Diego, says he got the letter from DHS in April, notifying him that his parole in the U.S is
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KTEP | By Alfredo Corchado Published April 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM CDT EAGLE PASS – President Trump’s threatened tariffs, attacks on social programs and draconian immigration policies have unsettled many along the Texas-Mexico border, a region that jolted national voters in decidedly supporting his election. Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Latino, border communities favored Trump in last
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Northern Command announced the establishment of another National Defense Area in El Paso. U.S. Northern Command posted on X that the National Defense Area is now a part of Fort Bliss. News: Another National Defense Area established in TX. El Paso NDA is now part of Ft. Bliss.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico says his office charged 82 people under Title 50. The 82 people are accused of crossing into the newly-designated National Defense Area. This corridor, is now considered an extension of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Huachuca, and subject to military patrols and surveillance.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. General Services Administration announced today the final Environmental Impact Statement for the modernization of the Bridge of the Americas Land Port of Entry in South-Central El Paso. GSA has selected “Alternative 4 – Multilevel modernization within the existing port boundaries, with minor land acquisition and the elimination of
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FORT HANCOCK, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers at the Fort Hancock port of entry seized 37.8 pounds of meth and 5.6 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside a car driven by a 22-year-old American woman Wednesday. Courtesy: CBP CBP officials have not publicly released the woman’s name. Officers seized the drugs at around 7:30 PM when
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Department of State issued a statement warning foreign citizens planning on giving birth in the U.S. about abusing the country’s immigration system through birth tourism. “It is unacceptable for foreign parents to use a U.S. tourist visa for the primary purpose of giving birth in the United States
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Army is now in charge of tens of thousands of acres of land along the border. It’s part of the changes ordered by the Trump administration to how border security and patrolling are handled. ABC-7 dug deeper on where the land is – and what the control means. The U.S. Military
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Department of State, along with the Mexican federal government, announced they reached an agreement that involves Mexico sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas. This is part of the 1944 U.S.-Mexico treaty, which Mexico has not complied with its water sharing obligations since the
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Watch ABC-7’s special report Lost But Not Forgotten on the video player above. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s a hot day and James Holeman could be relaxing and enjoying retirement — instead, he’s in the middle of the desert searching inside a backpack that could belong to a person who is dead. “This is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited the El Paso region today. A CBP spokesperson confirmed news of the visit to ABC-7. Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, we have the most secure border in American history. In less than 100 days, daily border encounters are
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Update: A spokesperson with the U.S. Border Patrol told ABC-7, “We do not have any information regarding your inquiry. However, if any new details emerge, we will provide updates as they become available.” HACHITA, New Mexico (KVIA) — James Holeman and his colleague Abbey Carpenter searched the southern New Mexico desert for migrants, as they
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Former Magistrate Court Judge Joel Cano made his initial court appearance today on evidence tampering charges. His wife Nancy also made a court appearance on conspiracy to tamper evidence. ABC-7 obtained the affidavits for both Nancy and Joel. According to the documents, Homeland Security executed a search warrant on
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA)– Today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made a visit to the New Mexico National Defense Area. The area is now part of the the U.S. Army Fort Huachuca Installation, American troops now have the authority to detain and search migrants lacking certain documentation in New Mexico. A role service members
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Update (April 24, 2025): ABC-7 watched as one person was taken into custody at the former judge’s house this afternoon. Watch the raid in the video player below. The ABC-7 crew at the raid saw FBI and HSI agents at the scene. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to the New Mexico Judicial Standards
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Late Pope Francis will always be remembered as the first Pope to visit the El Paso—Ciudad Juárez border region in 2016. Longtime priest in Juárez Father Javier Calvillo, told ABC-7, when Pope Francis came to Juárez, all he wanted to do was to be at the border wall and oversee
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government plans to ban advertisements from the US Department of Homeland Security, which have broadcast across the country in recent weeks and show Secretary Kristi Noem warning migrants not to enter the United States illegally. In one 30-second ad, Noem is seen in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A 42-year-old El Paso man at the center of a human smuggling and money laundering operation has pleaded guilty to federal charges, officials announced this week. Jose Luis Avalos, identified by prosecutors as the ringleader of the smuggling scheme, admitted in court to conspiring to transport and harbor undocumented immigrants
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez maquiladora industry lost 7,473 jobs in February, totaling 62,632 jobs lost in the last 20 months. The President of the Border Business Block Jesús Manuel “Thor” Salayandía, said this loss in jobs continues due to President Trump’s tariffs and the uncertainty they are creating. Because tariffs on all auto
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers at the Paso Del Norte international crossing in El Paso seized 12.14 pounds of fentanyl and 0.3 pounds of cocaine yesterday, officials say. The alleged smuggler had tried to hide the drugs in a scooter. The 18-year-old American woman driving the scooter is now in HSI custody and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers seized a shipment of counterfeit designer jewelry worth more than $9 million. Courtesy: CBP They intercepted the shipment on April 9, 2025. It was coming in from China to a house in El Paso. Courtesy: CBP “The package contained 1,708 jewelry items such as rings, bracelets, earrings and
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The state of Chihuahua’s health department released its latest confirmed measles cases, which are 417 and 17 new cases in the last 24 hours. Chihuahua shares border with Texas and New Mexico and is the state south of the border with the most confirmed cases across Mexico. In a news release,
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ABC-7 has reported on how lawmakers in Texas have filed several bills that would require local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreements with ICE to enforce immigration laws. A 1996 federal immigration law allows ICE to delegate to local forces. This law deputizes local officers, giving them the ability to question inmates in local
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Estrella del Paso, a local Diocesan migrant and refugee services organization, was informed by the U.S. Department of Justice that its Legal Orientation Program (LOP) and Immigration Court Helpdesk (ICH) will be terminated effective Tuesday night. According to Estrella del Paso, these programs help migrants facing deportation to understand their
Continue Reading CNN By Yash Roy, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian student at Columbia University went into a Vermont immigration office Monday hoping to begin the final step to becoming a US citizen. But instead of having an interview, Mohsen Mahdawi – who’s been in the United States for a decade – was taken away in handcuffs.
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President Donald Trump met Monday with the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, at the White House. The discussion inevitably turned to the detention of U.S. immigrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native married to a U.S. citizen who was sent to a mega prison called CECOT. The government has said Abrego Garcia
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials say that officers at the Ysleta international crossing seized 119.3 pounds of meth hidden inside of a car driven by a 32-year-old Mexican man. The officers found the drugs just before 1 PM on April 11, 2015 when the man drove over the bridge and a scanner picked
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials say that over the weekend, officers at the Paso Del Norte international crossing seized fentanyl and meth hidden in the rectum and vagina of a 33-year-old American woman. The woman was trying to walk across the border bridge when officers suspected her of internal drug smuggling. They got
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