EL PASO, Texas — Ruben Garcia, the director of Annunciation House, said his organization expects to receive 25 asylum-seekers daily enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) program once they are allowed to enter the U.S. through El Paso beginning Friday. The MPP, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program was implemented under the Trump administration and
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EL PASO, TEXAS – A U.S. Border Patrol Agent was injured Thursday when he rolled over his government vehicle near a west El Paso intersection. The incident happened just before 8 a.m. around the intersection of Paisano and Doniphan roads. Officials said the border agent had be extricated from the flipped SUV, but was in
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EL PASO, Texas – A U.S. Border Patrol agent working near the Ysleta port of entry was flown to University Medical Center Wednesday evening after suffering from an undisclosed injury. A Border Patrol spokesman described it as a “medical issue,” although it was serious enough that the agent was taken the hospital by a Texas Dept.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Shelters and organizations in El Paso are preparing to shelter migrant families once they begin crossing the border from Juarez this Friday. That’s when asylum-seekers, who were being made to wait in Mexico, will start being admitted to the U.S. Annunciation House in El Paso is asking the public for help,
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HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge has indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton has issued a preliminary injunction sought by Texas, which argued the moratorium violated federal law and risked imposing additional costs on the state. Biden proposed the 100-day pause on deportations
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EL PASO, Texas — City of El Paso leaders say they have readied their transportation system for migrants to avoid the problems that happened during the 2019 influx of asylum seekers. Migrants that are currently a part of the Migrant Protection Protocol and have active asylum cases will be eligible to start crossing the border
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WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain temporarily jailed after she was arrested and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plotting his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. She was arrested in the United States on
Continue Reading US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized a shipment of cereal from South America that was covered in cocaine instead of sugar. CBP officers in Cincinnati, Ohio, intercepted the package on February 13 containing cocaine-coated corn flakes, according to a news release. The cocaine on the corn flakes weighed 44 pounds. While working on incoming
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of notorious Mexican drug gang lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested Monday in the U.S. on conspiracy charges. The U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest, saying the wife of “El Chapo” was taken into custody at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The 31-year-old Aispuro, who holds
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Jimmy Buffett once famously said: “If life gives you limes, make margaritas.” It’s National Margarita Day! The lime flavored cocktail is one of the most versatile out there. Whether you prefer the festive frozen variety, or the more debonair ‘on the rocks’ version, there’s a margarita for almost every taste. In
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government has announced that land borders with Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21, which marks the one-year anniversary of the restrictions put in place to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic. It’s the first extension of the border crossing restrictions
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An El Paso man died and two others were injured when he lost control of his pickup truck and plunged off a bridge in Juarez on Sunday, Mexico media outlets reported. El Diario identified the deceased as Joel Molina Soto, 46, of El Paso. It didn’t provide identities of the two
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SAN DIEGO, California — The U.S. government on Friday released 25 asylum-seekers into the country with notices to appear in court, ending their long waits in Mexico and marking a milestone in unraveling a key immigration policy of former President Donald Trump. The asylum-seekers tested negative for Covid-19 in Mexico and were taken to San
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster track for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children. The legislation faces an uphill climb in a narrowly divided Congress, where House
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The processing of migrant asylum seekers who are currently under the Migrant Protection Protocol in Mexico is set to begin on Feb. 26 in El Paso, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Although the start of the phased approach of processing starts this Friday, DHS said processing is not
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CIUDAD, Juarez — As millions were left without power after last weekend’s winter storm in Ciudad Juarez, one Borderland group is stepping up. Armed with donations and a Facebook page called ‘Adopta una Familia- Cd. Juarez’ their founder Iliana Dominguez is taking is upon herself to serve this community. “I worked in Ciuada Juarez, I
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The Biden Administration is set to allow asylum seekers currently stuck in Mexico to cross the border. As a result, El Paso city officials are preparing shelters and transportation for a possible influx during the pandemic. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the immigration changes will start being phased-in on
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – A U.S. Border Patrol agent who rescued two migrants who were stranded in the snow near the Santa Teresa airport earlier this week said Wednesday that he was “amazed” they survived. The couple called 911 saying they were dying and needed help. “It’s really cold. Our feet and — my
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration, in concert with Hill Democrats, is preparing to unveil legislation this week that seeks to provide a pathway to citizenship to the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. For decades, lawmakers have tried to reform the US immigration system and fallen short. The latest effort will
Continue Reading CIUDAD JURAEZ, Mexico — Juarez has seen rolling electrical blackouts since the winter storm hit and those continued into Tuesday. As of late Monday night, 87 percent of residents, or 1.2 million people, had been affected by the power outages. Juraez resident Sandy Hernandez told ABC-7 that her electricity has been on again, off again.
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO, California — A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the United States The regulation, which prohibited migrants who have resided in or traveled through
Continue Reading Johnny Pacheco played music that made it impossible to sit still. The Dominican-born multi-instrumentalist experimented with different Latin American musical styles, though he was particularly enamored with Afro-Cuban genres like charanga and pachanga. He was a bandleader, producer and record label head with an eye for talent, and his famed Fania Records would make stars
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (KVIA) — A massive power outage Monday affected millions of people in Juárez and some other areas in the state of Chihuahua. ABC-7’s news partners in Juárez, Canal 44, reported that major cities like Chihuahua and Monterrey were also without power. The National Center of Energy Control (CENAC) tweeted that there was
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Ministry of Health began vaccinating senior citizens in ten municipalities across the state Monday after receiving some 25,900 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. It was part of a national effort by the Mexican government in more than 300 municipalities across the country after receiving roughly 870,000 doses. Mexico has had
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Authorities looking into a suspected human smuggling event after panicked callers to 911 reported being inside a tanker trailer in Texas have taken one person into custody. According to a statement from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson, “One individual has been taken into custody in relation to the alleged
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Prosecutors in the western Mexico state of Jalisco say that police have found 18 plastic bags full of hacked-up body parts on the outskirts of the city of Guadalajara. Police found one human limb near a highway overpass, which led them to the heap of taped-up bags in a gully nearby, prosecutors said
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EL PASO, Texas — As the number of undocumented immigrants arriving at the border continues to climb, El Paso city officials are crafting a plan to deal with the expected influx of migrants who could be released into the community for a few days before they move into other parts of the country. The Biden
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed. The first of an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers in Mexico with active cases will be allowed in the United States
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that President Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The White House released a letter Thursday from Biden to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi notifying Congress that he had rescinded his predecessor’s February 2019 proclamation. It
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is preparing plans for the gradual entry of migrants forced to remain in Mexico under a controversial Trump-era policy, according to three Homeland Security officials. President Joe Biden has committed to ending the policy, informally known as “remain in Mexico.” Over the last week, the administration has been in
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