EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President-elect Donald Trump recently spoke about some of his plans to start with mass deportations once he starts his new administration. Starting with undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes and then with “people outside of criminals.” Trump did not detail which crimes would be considered for these first deportations. ABC-7
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President-elect Donald Trump said in an exclusive interview with NBC News he will deport everyone who is in the U.S. illegally, including possibly removing from the county American citizen family members of those deported. Reports also say Trump would work with Democrats to “do something about” undocumented immigrants who were
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By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexico hopes to strike a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to limit the number of third-country deportees it could receive from the US, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday. A similar deal to send deportees directly to their country of origin is already in place with the current
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents in the El Paso and Laredo Sectors arrested three sexual predators. Over the holiday weekend, USBP agents in El Paso & Laredo sectors took action to protect our communities, arresting 3 sexual predators.One of these offenders was recently deported on 11/11/24 for aggravated sexual assault of a
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — UPDATE: The El Paso District Attorney’s Office is accused of asking County Clerk staff to alter a court record. County Clerk employees testified in a hearing today about the migrant riot that happened in April saying a court record was missing an eight-page list when the D.A.’s Office filed it
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez City Council announced on Tuesday through its Municipal Gazette that fines for people cutting the line at the Ports of Entry have been modified. The exhortation made by Mexican Representative for Morena from District 10, María Antonieta Pérez Reyes to the Ciudad Juárez City Council against abusive motorists was published
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham says her team has identified land in El Paso as a future deportation staging spot for the Trump Administration. Buckingham’s announcement comes as part of her Jocelyn Initiative, created in the memory of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who police say was killed by migrants. “This initiative
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Monday, a hearing was held to discuss allegations of improperly filing orders of certification and transfer in 59 migrant riot cases. Hundreds of migrants were arrested and accused of cutting razor wire and rushing Texas National Guard members in March and April of this year. A judge dismissed the cases,
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Local economic experts have predicted that this holiday season El Paso could see fewer residents coming from Mexico to shop than in previous years. This may be due to recent changes in currency values on both sides of the border, fewer maquiladora and industry workers south of the border, and uncertain
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The holiday season is well-known for seeing an increase in residents and regular border crossers shopping in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, but according to experts, the number of people could go down this year. ABC-7 spoke with UTEP Professor of Economics, Dr. Tom Fullerton who said El Paso could
Continue Reading CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — While there’s a lot we don’t know about President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff plans, at least one thing is pretty certain: Tariffs will go up. If history is any indication, that means price increases will likely follow. Already, Trump announced he will slap a new 25% across-the-board
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump posted on social media threatened again to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican, Canadian, and Chinese goods. In Mexico, these tariffs will be imposed if the country doesn’t stop the flow of migrants and drugs across the U.S. southern border. Mexican business, industry, and transportation leaders have
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By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Nov. 26, 2024 “Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations” 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. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials from the Borderplex Alliance are concerned that President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Mexican products would seriously harm economic development in the borderland “and diminish our nation’s competitiveness.” “The Borderplex region, which thrives on cross-border commerce, stands to lose significantly from these tariffs,” Borderplex Alliance CEO Jon Barela
Continue Reading Originally Published: 26 NOV 24 12:35 ET Updated: 26 NOV 24 12:56 ET By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, America launched an all-out trade war with China to boost US manufacturing, secure US national security interests and resolve what Trump believed was an extremely out-of-balance trade relationship.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border. Sheinbaum said she was willing to engage in talks
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Update (November 25, 2024): County commissioners voted today to approve the closure. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 spoke with El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, who confirmed that the County’s migrant services/processing center, located on Montana Ave. near the airport, will be closing soon. This is happening as President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportations
Continue Reading Originally Published: 25 NOV 24 19:15 ET By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China starting on the first day of his administration. The move, Trump said, will be in retaliation for illegal immigration and “crime and drugs” coming
Continue Reading JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Borderland drivers continue to cut the line at the different international bridges in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez area, officials say. According to the Juárez Road Safety Coordination (CGSV), around 500 people caught cutting have been asked to leave the line by road safety agents and start over. Chihuahua Representative María Antonieta
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The County of El Paso has recently been dealing with a large number of inmates at the Downtown Detention Facility and the Jail Annex. ABC-7 reported that county jails continue to see a spike in state inmates leaving the facilities with fewer spaces for federal inmates. El Paso County Judge
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the El Paso Sector arrested three previously convicted sex offenders as they tried to cross the border. Within the last 72 hours, USBP agents arrested 3 previously convicted sex offenders attempting to cross the southwest border. All had one thing in common, prior convictions
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott just announcement the placement of additional buoys in the Rio Grande River this morning. In a post to his official Facebook page, Abbott stated that the buoys were being placed in an attempt to increase “border security efforts.” “Despite the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to shut down our
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By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune Nov. 19, 2024 “Texas offers Starr County ranch to Trump for mass deportation plans” 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 for The Brief, The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. CBP officers seized about a half pound of fentanyl smuggled inside of people trying to cross El Paso’s Bridge of the Americas this weekend. Courtesy: CBP Officials say the two smuggling attempts happened November 17, 2024. Just after midnight Sunday, officers stopped a 33-year-old American man who was found
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The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday, directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to target and arrest people trying to execute influence operations on behalf of the Chinese government to return dissidents to China. Abbott’s action is in response to “Operation Fox Hunt,” a Chinese government initiative that is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President-elect Donald Trump has plans to begin the process of deporting migrants who are with an illegal status in the U.S. during his first months back in office. Including ending the parole for hundreds if not thousands of people from Cuba Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela along with people who weren’t
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Trump’s “border czar” said he’s going to Mar-a-Lago to discuss the plan. By Alexandra Hutzler November 18, 2024, 12:48 PM President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission. Overnight, Trump responded to a social media
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A lioness was spotted roaming a neighborhood in Ciudad Juárez this weekend. Video released by the Municipal Government of Ciudad Juárez shows the lioness on the roof of a house in the neighborhood Felipe Angeles Ampliación. Officials say the house is located near the intersection of Rosinante and Vacas. Another
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in El Paso removed a Mexican national who is wanted for rape in Mexico. Jose Luis Lopez-Hernandez was turned over to Mexican law enforcement at the Stanton Street Bridge on Nov. 14. U.S Border Patrol agents arrested Lopez-Hernandez
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