Update: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted photos of the migrants being loaded into the plane before the flights. President @realdonaldtrump has been very clear: Guantanamo Bay will hold the worst of the worst. That starts today. pic.twitter.com/Iqxt5rCfWa— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 4, 2025 Courtesy: @Sec_Noem via X EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Migrant
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas General Land Office has been in contact with the Trump administration for its border security efforts with the purchase of land in different counties across the state. Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham spoke with ABC-7 today, saying the federal government has reached out to them and said
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — As tents went up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold migrants, attorneys at the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon were still trying to determine whether it was legal to take the unprecedented step of flying migrants from the US southern border to
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Update: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Tom Homan arrived at Border Monument 3 in Sunland Park, New Mexico after 1 p.m. this afternoon. Secretary Hegseth reiterated that the new Trump administration is bringing a new era at the southern border; a new era of determination and cooperation. “The charge that the president
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Editor’s note: Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border. Words by Alfredo Corchado, Eduardo García, Angela Kocherga and Pablo de la Rosa, @pblodlr Photos by Omar Ornelas Edited by Dudley Althaus CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Barely two weeks into President
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Courtesy: DEA El Paso Update (January 31, 2025): The DEA in El Paso says it is also helping the DHS with its immigration enforcement efforts. Courtesy: DEA El Paso Read the following statement sent to ABC-7 by DEA El Paso officials: “The DEA, along with our Department of Justice partners, is assisting DHS and other
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — A group of about 80 Guatemalan migrants were deported from the U.S. today as part of the repatriation flights conducted by the Trump Administration. Members of U.S. Border Patrol and the Department of Defense are conducting these operations. A C-17 plane took off this morning with most of the migrants
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection says that on Monday, Border Patrol agents working at the Clint Border Patrol Station were involved in a “use of force incident” south of San Elizario. Officials say that “agents came under fire and responded in self defense.” No one was reported injured,
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Update (January 29, 2025): Gov. Abbott issued five executive orders directing state agencies to help the Trump Administration’s border and homeland security operations. “For the past four years, Texas has worked around-the-clock to defend our southern border while former President Joe Biden refused to protect our country from an invasion he allowed,” said Governor Abbott. “Now, we have a
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — A nationwide immigration enforcement blitz launched by the Trump administration over the weekend has sparked fear and uncertainty in Santa Barbara, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were spotted conducting operations. The nationwide crackdown, which involved multiple federal agencies, resulted in 1,179 arrests and 853 detainers being lodged, ICE
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Video obtained by ABC-7 from content creator Luis Chaparro shows a border wall gate opening and a group of people crossing from Juárez to El Paso. The video was first released on Chaparro’s Spanish-language newscast, Pie de Nota. The video shows a group of people running from the Rio Grande
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico issued a travel advisory for American citizens traveling to the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas warning them over recent criminal activity at different areas on the border. “The U.S. Consulate is aware of increasingly frequent gun battles occurring in and around Reynosa in
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by La Verdad Juarez January 28, 2025 By Blanca Carmona / La Verdad Juárez CIUDAD JUÁREZ – A federal judge has suspended criminal charges against Francisco Garduño Yáñez, Mexico’s top immigration official, in relation to the 2023 fire at the migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez that killed 40 migrants and injured 27 others. After a seven-hour
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 talked to residents in the Sunland Park, New Mexico neighborhood who say they feel migrant crossings have slowed down within this last week, since President Trump took office. They say that they have seen a larger presence of law enforcement, and therefore more arrests. “We’ve been seeing a lot
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FRONTON, Texas (KVIA) — Texas DPS troopers helped Border Patrol agents after the agents received gunfire from gunmen in Mexico near Fronton, Texas. VIDEO: Earlier today, @TxDPS responded to assist the US Border Patrol after agents received gunfire from cartel members in Mexico while patrolling in Fronton, Starr County. DPS Drone Operators captured the gunmen
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Mayor of Juárez Cruz Pérez Cuéllar spoke this morning about recent deportation flights by the Trump administration saying the city has not seen a rise in the flow of people yet or deportees since last week. “In some ways, it is positive that the deportations are in some cases by
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A Juarez woman is accused of trying to run over an officer at the Córdova bridge, on the other side of the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso. The woman, identified as Abril G., was caught trying to cut in line and was asked to leave, according to Juarez officials.
Continue Reading CNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide Sunday that included multiple federal agencies and resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,000 people, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The apprehensions are part of an effort to amass a larger enforcement apparatus by pulling
Continue Reading Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country has received 4,094 migrants, most of whom are Mexican nationals, deported from the U.S. since Jan. 20. “Mexico has a very important history of repatriation with the United States. First with the Trump administration and then with the Biden administration. There are coordination mechanisms,” Sheinbaum said. “We ask
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Texas Gov. Abbott is sending an additional 400 soldiers from military bases in Forth Worth and Houston to assist Border Patrol and the Trump administration’s mission to “secure the border.” The 400 soldiers join the thousands of troops Abbott has already deployed under his border mission, Operation Lone Star. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) – Military personnel has arrived in El Paso to assist with border operations, marking a 60% increase in troops along the southern border since Monday. The Department of Defense confirmed the deployment of 1,500 troops, including 1,000 Army soldiers and 500 Marines, to El Paso and San Diego. The U.S.
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – Soldiers continue to deploy to Fort Bliss in support of the ongoing border mission. More than a dozen military members arrived at Biggs Army Airfield Saturday afternoon. The deployments are part of President Trump’s executive orders aimed at securing the southern border. The group that arrived Saturday will be assigned
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UPDATE: President Donald Trump visited North Carolina on Friday and gave some remarks on the start of deportation flights in El Paso and other cities along the border. “It’s going very well, we’re getting the bad hard criminals out. These are murderers. These are people that have been as bad as you get, as bad
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El Paso,Texas (KVIA)– Recent Executive Orders signed by President Trump, propose bringing a lot of changes to the Border. While not everyone agrees the changes will be positive, former El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and Adolpho Telles, member of the State Republican Executive Committee, say Trump is fulfilling the promises he made during his campaign.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Associated Press is reporting that active duty military troops arrived in El Paso this evening. AP reports that defense officials are calling this the “first batch” of forces deploying to the U.S./Mexico border. Defense officials first announced that they would send troops to the southern border yesterday. Additional troops
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Among a slew of executive orders passed by President Donald Trump following his inauguration was an order on birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is granted to anyone born in the United States. But now, President Trump hopes to reinterpret the practice under the 14th amendment. Under the president’s plan, those born in the United States could
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Governor Greg Abbott is pushing for the U.S. Congress to reimburse Texas for $11.1 billion spent “to secure the border.” In a letter sent to congressional leadership and the Texas Congressional Delegation, Abbott pointed to what he calls “the Biden Administration’s refusal to do its job for the last four years.”
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The Border Network for Human Rights, or BNHR, will discuss the launch of a Community Education on Constitutional Rights Project at a news conference today. Watch the news conference below: The project’s goal is to education everyone in the community about their constitutional rights and human rights in general. BNHR
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Catholic Diocese of El Paso and various Borderland community leaders and officials will hold a news conference today at 1 p.m. to address the impact several recent immigration policies and executive orders signed by President Trump could have on the border. In a press release, the Diocese mentioned they
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — El Buen Samaritano, or The Good Samaritan, is a migrant shelter in Juárez. It is part of the migrant shelter network, which has around 25 shelters in the city. ABC-7 spoke with its Pastor Juan Fierro today, who said there is a concern over a rise in migrant population if the
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