El Paso leaders provide update on migrant crisis
Update: Mayor Leeser says the city has opened its first shelter. 150 migrants are being sheltered there. Only families are staying at that city…
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LULAC National President addresses the migrant crisis in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)— The League of United Latin American citizens (LULAC) is calling for immediate significant federal funding to support…
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Shooting in West El Paso leaves two people injured
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two people are in the hospital after a shooting in West El Paso Friday morning. According to fire officials, the call came…
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Federal judge in Florida blocks key Biden immigration policy as Title 42 expires
(KVIA) — A Florida federal judge is blocking the federal government from releasing migrants that have been processed. Politico reports the decision…
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AP reports overcrowded facilities will begin releasing migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Border Patrol stations are meant to house migrants temporarily and don’t have capacity to hold the volume of people coming. Some…
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Migrants still waiting in front of gate 42 on the border wall ahead of the expiration of Title 42
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Hundreds of migrants are still camping in front of gate 42 waiting to be processed by U.S. authorities. Compared to…
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Migrants arrive at Northeast El Paso processing center
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Just hours before the lifting of Title 42, officials started to but migrants to a processing center in Northeast El Paso.…
Continue Reading Migrants continue to get processed near U.S./Mexico Border as the end of Title 42 nears
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the expiration of Title 42 looms, migrants continue to turn themselves into Border Patrol agents near Gate 42 in El…
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“The border is not open”: DHS Secretary addresses lifting of Title 42
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — Alejandro Mayorkas is addressing the federal government’s immigration enforcement efforts. He released the following…
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Power outages reported in Far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Electric confirms that there is a power outage in far east El Paso impacting hundreds of customers. A spokesperson…
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Former Loretto Academy swim coach charged with sexually assaulting a child
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Anthony Police have charged a man with sexual assault of a child. Court documents state a 23-year-old woman came forward to…
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Border Security Expo happening in El Paso hours before lifting of Title 42
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso is hosting the Border Security Expo, just hours before the expected lifting of Title 42. The expo is happening at…
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What is Title 8 immigration law?
(ABC) — With the end of the last major Trump-era Title 42 border restrictions Thursday, the Biden administration will revert to processing all…
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Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border
(ABC) — Thousands of migrants in Mexico have been clambering onto dangerous freight trains in hopes of reaching the United States before a tough…
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Secretary Mayorkas, White House provide briefing hours before lifting of Title 42
(CNN) — With hours left before Title 42 expires Thursday night, the US has sent thousands of reinforcements to the southern border,…
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El Paso City Council discusses “excessive” use of city representatives’ taxpayer-funded gas cardsÂ
In a special meeting scheduled for Thursday morning, members of the El Paso City Council will be discussing a newly released…
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Voting technology company Smartmatic subpoenas Trump campaign
(CNN) — The voting technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign for a wide array of documents as part of…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Thursday, May 11
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here a list of road closures scheduled for Thursday, May 11 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in El…
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Las Cruces investigators looking for witnesses to shooting that injured 69-year-old man
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police are hoping to find two people who may have witnessed a shooting that injured a 69-year-old man…
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City holds tour of migrant shelter at Bassett Middle School
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The closed Bassett Middle School will temporarily shelter migrants as Title 42 is lifted. The city has not yet announced an…
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18-year-old Florida woman arrested in connection with threat against Las Cruces school
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Police in Florida arrested an 18-year-old woman in connecting with social media threats against a Las Cruces school.…
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George Santos pleads not guilty to 13 federal charges, including fraud and money laundering
(CNN) — Rep. George Santos has pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges, including allegations of fraud related to Covid-19 unemployment…
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Viewer-submitted video shows El Paso Police forcefully detain man
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has reached out to the El Paso Police Department following a viewer-submitted video that surfaced earlier this week,…
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Migrants camping by the border wall wait for lifting of Title 42; more migrants arrive to lineup
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Just one day before Title 42 is set to be lifted, migrants in Juarez are still making their way to gates 40 and 42 of the…
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New Mexico official say students across the state received threats against their schools
SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is warning of a statewide threat against…
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House Republicans to vote Thursday on border security package as Title 42 ends
(CNN) — The House will vote on Republicans’ wide-ranging border security package on Thursday — the same day the Covid-era Title 42…
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Las Cruces non-profit taking in hundreds of migrants a day
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The non-profit Border Servant Corps in Las Cruces has been receiving migrants from the El Paso area for months, as…
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El Paso State Supported Living Center Hosts Hiring Event
EL PASO, Texas— The El Paso State Supported Living Center is hosting a hiring event. It will start from 9am to 12pm at the El Paso State…
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George Santos in federal custody as feds unseal 13-count indictment
The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed federal charges against Rep. George Santos and the New York Republican is in custody after turning…
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US Rep. George Santos arrested on federal criminal charges
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story, was…
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