EL PASO, Texas — The five homeless shelters in El Paso are either at capacity or over capacity as migrants continue to cross the border into the city. “It’s not a day-by-day situation it’s an hour-by situation,” said John Martin, Deputy Director of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, “We just had ten of them
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Gov. Greg Abbott said he will seek a mandatory minimum sentence of at least five years in prison for human smuggling. “I’m getting damn tired of Texas residents smuggling people into our country illegally,” Abbott wrote in a tweet Sunday night. “I will be seeking a mandatory minimum of at least five years in prison
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EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Oscar Leeser said he will not declare an emergency right now as more than 1,000 migrants crossed the border into El Paso Sunday evening, but he did say that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be in “late today” and there are meetings planned for Tuesday. Deputy City
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EL PASO, Texas — A group of migrants who witnessed four migrants being robbed helped locate the suspects and surrounded them until police could arrive to place the suspects under arrest. It happened Sunday at the Greyhound Bus station. El Paso police say four migrants were waiting for their bus when they were approached by
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EL PASO, Texas – Images from ABC-7’s news partner Channel 44 show hundreds of migrants traveling into El Paso from Ciudad Juárez. A source within Customs and Border Protection has confirmed to ABC-7 that approximately 1,800 migrants have crossed into the El Paso sector within the last 36 hours. The images from Channel 44 also
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by Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso Matters December 9, 2022 By Rocio Gallegos and Veronica Martinez / La Verdad CIUDAD JUAREZ – En route to the United States, a caravan of migrants from Central and South America arrived in the state of Chihuahua this week, where state authorities have blocked their passage at
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EL PASO, Texas — For the second time in a month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers in El Paso seized a large number of drugs in a rail car arriving from Mexico at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad crossing, according to officials. The latest seizure happened Wednesday just west of the Paso Del
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EL PASO, Texas — A 46-year-old Mexican citizen was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations Monday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered bundles of fentanyl and heroin in his car. Officials say the man arrived via the vehicle lanes. After a primary inspection, his vehicle was sent for screening by a CBP canine
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CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — Health officials in the state of Chihuahua decided against bringing back the mandatory face mask mandate on Wednesday. State health authorities were considering whether to bring back the requirement after they saw a rise in Covid-19 cases and other respiratory illnesses across the state. The Chihuahua health department reported a 68 percent
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(CNN) — The Biden administration has decided to appeal a federal court decision that blocked the use of a controversial Trump-era policy allowing for the swift removal of migrants at the US-Mexico border. Last month, US District Judge Emmet Sullivan blocked the authority, known as Title 42, but agreed to a Biden administration request that he
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EL PASO, Texas — On Tuesday, Texas Senator Cesar Blanco discussed with regional leaders about local transportation. He was joined also by the chair senate of transportation Robert Nichols, he mentioned the importance of imports and exports with Mexico. Both Senators took a tour to the ports of entry, to the TxDOT offices and even
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EL PASO, Texas — Title 42 is set to end by December 21 after a U.S. Federal Judge on November 15 blocked it. Shelters, processing centers, and even the Opportunity Center for the Homeless are overwhelmed by the demand for migrants that are released to the streets. Recently, more migrants were seen in Downtown El
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EL PASO, Texas — As the lifting of Title 42 looms, El Paso County officials are preparing for the large influx of migrants we could see in the region. During Monday’s Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners voted to terminate the lease agreement for the Lockheed Migrant Support Services Center. The center, which is centrally located to
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EL PASO, Texas — With migrants being released into the streets last week with the overcrowding of shelters, city council addressed the issue today. On Friday, when ABC-7 was covering the living conditions and next steps of the migrants, ABC-7 was told that many of the migrants were from Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador and Columbia.
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EL PASO, Texas — Migrants continue to be released into the streets as Borderland shelters can’t handle the influx. According to border officials, there have been 1,500 provisional releases in the El Paso sector since Nov. 4. The migrants are being released in downtown El Paso, leaving many without money or sponsors and battling the
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican man Thursday wanted for homicide in Colorado. According to officials, the 32-year-old Mexican citizen arrived at the crossing using the vehicle lanes. CBP officers questioned the man, revealing an outstanding warrant. His identity was confirmed using biometric verification during a secondary inspection.
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EL PASO, Texas — A 71-year-old Mexican citizen was arrested for attempting to smuggle about 20 pounds of cocaine through a specially designated lane for low-risk travelers. The seizure happened at the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) lane at the Stanton Street dedicated commuter lane on Monday around 11:30 a.m. “The use
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EL PASO, Texas — With cold temperatures coming to the Borderland, the situation with migrants and homeless people can be concerning. Shelters in El Paso are running out of capacity due to the rising cases of migrants crossing lately, mixed with the number of homeless people already occupying shelters. According to County Judge Ricardo Samaniego,
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Mexican law enforcement arrived at a makeshift migrant camp Sunday to try to persuade migrants to leave. They aimed to move migrants due to city health and public security concerns. Colder temperatures are coming, and they wanted migrants to move to city shelters. More than 500 migrants were moved, some of them
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police officials confirm a 12-year-old girl from Hidalgo, Mexico was killed while crossing Loop 375 near Fonseca with her mother Saturday night. Police said when they arrived at the scene they discovered the driver of a Ford F-250 had hit two pedestrians. The other victim was a 27-year-old woman
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EL PASO, Texas — A riot broke out Sunday morning at the camp where migrants had been staying along the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez. According to city authorities, they were attempting to move 500 migrants from the makeshift camp. Local, state and federal level police were involved in the process to remove them from
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EL PASO, Texas — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Texas District 23 Representative Tony Gonzales toured the U.S. – Mexico border in El Paso today and met with local border patrol leaders. The number of migrants crossing the border daily, which was called unprecedented by Gonzales, was one of the topics discussed in the briefing. They
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city staff presented an update on the migrant situation to council on Monday, including the amount of reimbursements the city has received from the federal government, and the plan for the eventual lifting of Title 42. The city says it’s still waiting on $7.28 million of reimbursement checks from
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico – A body has been found at the Border Wall, according to a tweet from the Sunland Park Fire Department. The body was found at 1000 Camino Real. According to the tweet, an unconscious person was found early Sunday morning by Border Patrol agents. Agents then tried to initiated CPR to
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EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian struck while crossing Loop 375 from south to north died from his injuries Thursday, according to El Paso police. Investigators say the victim, a 52-year-old male from Guatemala, was running across the road with a group of about six other men. On Thursday night, police described the crash as
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Fifty migrants arrived at El Calvario Methodist Church in Las Cruces Wednesday morning. The church has been operating as a “welcoming center” for migrants, and they’ve been helping to process migrants and find them sponsors. Fifteen students from Albuquerque traveled to Las Cruces to help process them Wednesday. The group
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EL PASO, Texas — After a U.S. federal judge blocked Title 42 Tuesday, the county may experience a rise in migrants being processed. Currently, the county’s processing center is receiving 300 migrants; the plan is to increase that number to 650-700 by January. ABC-7 spoke with El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, who said that
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego spoke with ABC-7 about a federal judge’s decision to block Title 42 Tuesday. Title 42 was drafted during the COVID-19 pandemic by then-President Donald Trump to expel migrants who cross the US-Mexico border. More than a million migrants have been expelled due to the order,
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(CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Title 42 — a controversial rule that’s allowed US authorities to expel more than 1 million migrants who crossed the US-Mexico border. While the rule was drafted by the Trump administration during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has relied heavily on it to manage the increase of migrants
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Juarez city shelter “Onix” that was hosting Venezuelan migrants will close on November 25. Monday, during a news conference, Juarez mayor Cruz Pérez-Cuéllar stated that the city shelter had had issues because it doesn’t have the same rules as the other shelters. This shelter was opened to prevent migrants from being out
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