EL PASO, Texas – Just days before Title 42 is lifted, county and city leaders are preparing for the large influx of migrants. During a county commissioner’s meeting, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego said he has communicated with Border Patrol officials and other leaders of organizations. Judge Samaniego said they anticipated this issue but didn’t expect
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico – Firefighters in Sunland Park rescued two people after falling from the border wall on Monday. First responders used a basket to lift one of the migrants over a stopped train near the wall. That person suffered from a serious lower leg injury. Officials coordinated with Union Pacific to keep the
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Border enforcement agents dropped off more than 100 migrants at a Downtown El Paso bus station on Sunday, the first time in more than three years that people were released from custody in El Paso without going to a nongovernmental organization for food and shelter. The release, which left migrants to fend for themselves in
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso woman has dedicated her life to helping migrants who are seeking refuge in the United States. Maria Sajquim de Torres, is part of the Caminar Contigo, a project of Jesuit Refugees Services. It’s a program that helps provide legal, mental, and psychological support to asylum seekers. For the
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(CNN) — A federal judge in Louisiana grappled on Friday with whether the Biden administration can end a controversial Trump-era pandemic restriction, known as Title 42, later this month. The public health authority at the center of the case allows officials on the US-Mexico border to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries because
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A new movie is being filmed right here in the Borderland from May 3-June 3. The movie is a border story called ‘Wanted Man’ that will feature the likes of Dolph Lundgren and Kelsey Grammer and Christina Villa who comes from El Paso. The movie is directed by Lundgren. The
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EL PASO, Texas – Parents and caretakers of infants and toddlers are struggling to find the necessary infant formula for their children. The baby formula shortage continues to worsen throughout the nation. Manufacturers of the product say they are producing at full capacity, but the current demand is too big. Texas is one of six
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CD. JUAREZ, Chihuahua – Juarez is set to increase its security and surveillance this summer. The Chihuahua State Governor, Maru Campos, will bring new security protocols to the border by bringing the state’s secretary of public safety to Juarez. Operations will kick off this August. Plans include a 20-story building in downtown Juarez; it will
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EL PASO, Texas – Professor of Philosophy at El Paso Community college, Manuela Alejandra Gomez, was announced as a 2022 Piper Professor for the state of Texas. The Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation awards ten professors for their superior teaching and extraordinary academic, scholarly achievements and their dedication to teaching. Gomez has been teaching philosophy on
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pilots and airlines have expressed concerns over an increase in dangerous incidents in Mexico City’s airspace since it was redesigned to accommodate a second airport. Those include alerts that planes could crash unless action is taken. The International Air Transport Association that represents some 290 airlines
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EL PASO, Texas – There are men and women who have served in the United States Military, but are now living in dire conditions across the Border. While there are deported veterans all over the world, the Northeast Disabled American Veteran (DAV) 187 Chapter focuses on donating supplies to veterans in our sister city- Ciudad
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El Paso, Texas — With the recent drowning death of Spc. Bishop Evans, trained water rescue specialists, discuss the dangers of an untrained rescue attempt. “It’s human nature, it’s human nature, we want to help someone in need or in trouble, but if you don’t have the proper training and you don’t go through the
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EL PASO, Texas – Scooters have gained popularity across many cities, including El Paso. They’re functional and fun. But one company is putting a new ‘spin’ on the concept. With El Paso being a border city, the company “Spin” is placing scooters at ports of entry for people who cross the bridge and take them
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EL PASO, Texas– Motorcyclist and Fort Bliss soldier Stephen James Sims lost his leg after he was struck by a car on April 22, but his family said if Saul Sosa, a CBP Officer for the El Paso Sector, was not there to provide aid, Sims could have lost his life. ABC-7 spoke with the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso government and social services are bracing for a surge of migrants once Title 42 is permitted to expire. Title 42 is a CDC health order giving Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents the power to expel migrants without processing them if they believe they are infected with
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By Christian Sierra and Chandelis Duster, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday defended his agency’s new working group dubbed the “Disinformation Governance Board” against criticism that it would censor or investigate free speech. It was the latest effort by the Department of Homeland Security to quell concerns about the new initiative, which was
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico- A new runway, more speculative warehouses and upgrades to modernize the port of entry in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, are on the way. Border Industrial Association President Jerry Pacheco explained to ABC-7 that “The Santa Teresa Airport will receive new hangers, and a cargo-only runway will be added.” Pacheco added that
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EL PASO, Texas — Local activists on both sides of the abortion discussion have been weighing in the future of abortion rights for women across the nation. Betty Hoover worked at Planned Parenthood Center El Paso for over 20 years. She was also the executive director of the center for 17 years. She is a
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EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoans looking to have an abortion will have to cross state or national boundaries. Our news partners at El Paso Matters and La Verdad in Juarez recently published a three-part series titled Abortion on the Border. The article included personal stories from women who sought to end their pregnancies. Texas
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday has reverberated around the world, setting the country apart from its key allies on reproductive healthcare. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it “clearly has a massive impact on people’s thinking around the world,” and called the court’s decision
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EL PASO, Texas – A brief protest momentarily disrupted southbound pedestrian traffic at the Stanton Bridge this morning according to US Border Patrol officials in the El Paso sector. Officials say the migrants, who tried to illegally cross the border between ports of entry, were expelled under Title 42, a Center for Disease Control authority
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered the Covid-19 travel risk for one of the most popular destinations in the Western Hemisphere on Monday. Mexico was moved down a level on the CDC’s scale from “high” risk to “moderate” risk on May 2, along with four
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Brian Kolfage arrived in Texas three years ago pledging to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise of a “big, beautiful” wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. After pleading guilty to federal fraud charges last month, Kolfage leaves behind two small stretches of fencing that are mired in legal, environmental and permitting fights. Kolfage, a 40-year-old Air
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Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he is moving another $500 million to fund Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative at the Texas-Mexico border. The move comes three weeks after state military officials said the multibillion-dollar operation was in need of an infusion of cash to keep it afloat through the end of the fiscal
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EL PASO, Texas – Most El Pasoans may recall the migrant surge in 2019, when hundreds of migrants would walk right up to the border barrier and surrender to border patrol agents. Many of those migrants were requesting asylum. Agents were overwhelmed driving from one end of the barrier to another, picking up those migrants and taking
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EL PASO, Texas – US Customs and Border Protection officers say they seized cocaine and methamphetamine at El Paso Ports of entry over the last week with an estimated street value of $210,000. In addition, 17 fugitives from justice were arrested. “The work performed by our CBP officers continues to enhance the safety of our
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For the past two years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at the start of the pandemic and continued under the Biden administration. The U.S. Centers for
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EL PASO, Texas– The El Paso sector is seeing a 57 percent increase in apprehensions compared to one year ago. That’s about 113,000 encounters, according to Border Patrol Public Affairs Spokesperson for the El Paso sector, Carlos Rivera. “What we’re seeing here in the El Paso sector, along the border, is about 70 percent of
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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar joins other House Democrats in a new conference in supporting lifting Title 42.
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On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott appeared on Fox News touting a program he’s been pushing for weeks — sending migrants who enter into Texas to Washington, D.C., by charter bus. But this time, Abbott asked Texans to personally contribute their own money to pay for the trips. The decision to crowdfund the free bus trips
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