SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Washington Post is reporting the Trump Administration has plans for the Pentagon to have a buffer zone along the border including a section in southern New Mexico. This will allow U.S. Military personnel to temporarily hold migrants who cross the border illegally between ports of entry. “I can’t
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — The Washington Post is reporting that the Trump administration is considering plans for the Pentagon to take control of a buffer zone along a stretch of the southern border. The Post reports that this plan would help active-duty U.S. soldiers to temporarily hold migrants who cross into the U.S. illegally. ABC-7
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Several borderland residents continue to try to cross eggs from Mexico into the U.S. due to rising prices north of the border. “Nationally we can report that there has been a 48% increase in eggs being detained at all ports of entry this fiscal year (October 2024 to March 2025)
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A City of Juarez spokesperson says three National Guard officers died in a car crash after the driver was hit by a bullet accidentally discharged by an officer’s weapon. The initial investigation revealed that the driver hit the accelerator when he was hit by the bullet, crashing the truck he
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A spokesperson for the Juarez Municipal Government says that Civil Protection Department personnel recovered a pony found wandering near the intersection of Plutarco Elías Calles and Henry Dunant avenues. Civil Protection took the pony to a fire station, where it was then handed over to the Animal Care and Welfare
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A judge has temporarily blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. By Armando Garcia, Peter Charalambous, and Katherine Faulders March 18, 2025, 9:31 AM Many of the noncitizens who were deported pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act on Saturday did not have criminal records in the United States, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said in a sworn filing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Tribune is reporting a Texas Senate panel on Monday discussed a bill that would require sheriffs to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several Texas counties with more than 10,000 residents would be mandated to partner with ICE under Senate Bill 8, filed by state Sen.
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — 28-year-old Santa Teresa resident Andrew Josiah Segura is charged with assault after two alleged incidents involving CBP employees. Court documents state that Segura “allegedly verbally threatened” a Border Patrol agent at the Love’s Travel Shop on February 11, 2025. He is accused of calling the agent a “traitor,” and
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U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar and El Paso County Attorney Christina Sanchez are participating in a roundtable discussion on border security and regional migration, hosted by the organization FWD.us. On Monday, they will talk about new policy approaches aimed at immigration reform and border management. Among the panelists is Andrea Flores, Vice President of Immigration Policy
Continue Reading VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA) — Military personnel will help Border Patrol “enhance border security operations” at its Van Horn, Alpine, and Presidio stations. The military personnel will deploy to help agents surveil, gather intelligence, and support logistics, bolstering the region’s illegal crossing detection and mitigation capabilities. That is according to a CBP spokesperson. “The deployment
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By Belén Zapata , Gerardo Lemos and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Advocates in Mexico are calling for an immediate and independent investigation after the discovery of what they’re describing as an “extermination camp” in Jalisco that cartels allegedly used to kill missing persons. Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, a group dedicated to finding disappeared people,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Trump administration sent a letter to local non-governmental organizations and local governments that received federal funding to assist migrants during the previous administration. According to El Paso Matters, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has “significant concerns” that federal funding is going to entities engaged in or facilitating “illegal
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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector welcomed the birth of a new horse named Dolly. She is the first foal ever born to a horse patrol detachment. Dolly’s mother, Juanita, gave birth to her on March 9, 2025 at the Sierra Blanca Station. “Dolly’s arrival represents a significant milestone in the
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, Jennifer Hansler and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussions. The little-known 18th-century law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, gives the president
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McALLEN, Texas — The Trump administration is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over allegations of repeated sexual abuse and harassment of minors in its facilities. The dismissal was filed on Wednesday after the federal government announced they would no longer use services by Southwest Key Programs. The
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By Alejandro Serrano and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune March 12, 2025 “How state lawmakers are trying to crack down on illegal immigration” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up
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By Mireya Villarreal and Luke Barr March 12, 2025, 10:48 AM Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 32,000 migrants who are living in the United States without legal status since Jan. 21, a day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, according to Department of Homeland Security officials. Those numbers include at-large arrests made by ICE, arrests
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ICE officers in New Mexico arrested 48 migrants in the country illegally during the first week of March. ICE took into custody migrants previously ordered removed from the country and those charged or convicted of serious crimes. The migrants were picked up in Roswell, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, according to
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — President Donald Trump imposed today sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., which he announced early this year. The European Union also announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods exports. Canada announced over $20 billion in retaliatory measures as well. “All I know is this: we’re going
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas announced the arrest of several people charged with illegally entering the country through the El Paso area. Officials charged Clemente Galvez-Alapisco after they reportedly caught him in El Paso allegedly illegally entering the U.S. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s
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MERIDA, YUCATAN MEXICO- (KVIA) – Tonight’s ABC-7’s Listens deals with e-mail and social media reactions to KVIA story from Yucatan Peninsula & how Americans living in Mexico are reacting to tariffs that’ll affect -them- and their neighbors in Mexico. Tune in to ABC-7 at 10 pm tonight to see the ABC-7 Listen’s segment. ———– Scores
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican business leaders on the border are concerned over industries moving south of the country instead of looking for investment opportunities in border states and cities. Ciudad Juárez is one of the most affected cities, according to the Chihuahua state delegate of the Mexican Association of Importers and Exporters (ANIERM), Marcelo
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican authorities found and captured a man wanted by the FBI for aggravated kidnapping. The National Guard and members of the Mexican Army captured David Tyler R.D., 40, in Matamoros and rescued two American children, ages nine and five. They were found in a house in Villa Matamoros, Chihuahua. That
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the public-facing mobile application CBP Home. “The application has a new feature – Intent to Depart – which offers unlawfully present aliens or those aliens whose parole has been revoked an orderly and defined voluntary process to notify the U.S. Government of their intent
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – On March 7, Mexican authorities and FBI agents from El Paso met at an El Paso Port of entry to exchange a prisoner and two minor children. According to the FBI El Paso the man took his children to Mexico and asked allegedly asked for ransom for their return. Courtesy
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The U.S. Border Patrol arrested a Mexican man who has been deported twice before, and is currently facing up to 10 years in prison relating to his alleged illegal re-entry into the U.S. Clemente Galvez-Alapisco, 47, of Sinaloa was convicted for indecency with a child on June 2022. He was
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol has charged an undocumented migrant for speeding from a checkpoint to evade capture while transporting undocumented migrants. In the morning of March 2th, Roberto Rodrigo Velazquez-Lopez allegedly drove a sedan with Texas license plates through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on I-25 in Doña Ana County,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Walter N. Slosar, Interim Chief Patrol Agent in the El Paso Sector spoke with local media outlets today, saying the current average of migrant encounters is approximately 60. Two years ago, the El Paso Sector averaged over 2,700 daily migrant encounters. “So far, since I started in February, we have
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Omar Ozuna-Berneda, 49, received a 41-month prison sentence for conspiracy to transport migrants. Border Patrol agents arrested him after a “dramatic high-speed pursuit,” federal prosecutors explain. The pursuit happened on July 15, 2024 near Deming. Prosecutors say Ozuna-Berneda, a Cuban national and lawful permanent resident, was driving a tractor-trailer.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Municipal Public Security agents recovered a peacock found wandering the streets of the René Mascareñas neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez. Courtesy: Ciudad Juarez Municipal Government Officials say the agents were carrying out prevention and surveillance work in the neighborhood when they got reports of the peacock loitering outside a store near
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