Local law enforcement agencies in El Paso have been granted the authority to act as immigration officers, following a directive from the Department of Homeland
The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.
Fort Bliss says it’s providing additional support to the US Northern Command and the Joint Task Force North headquarters with military training in response to the
El Paso county attorney says the fight continues over controversial Texas SB 4 "show me your papers" state immigration law.
The U.S. Department of Defense, along with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), deported 80 Guatemalan migrants on Friday morning, Jan. 24, from Biggs Army
Faith, community and elected leaders in El Paso try to calm fears and vow to protect vulnerable families as the Trump administration rescinds a longstanding policy that prevented arrests in sensitive areas like churches and schools.
The Trump administration this week threatened local officials with prosecution if they interfere with its planned immigration crackdown.
The mayor El Paso and his chief of police on Wednesday said they will honor calls from federal law enforcement partners in need of assistance but will not volunteer municipal officers for immigration enforcement.
The first such military flight out of El Paso, Texas, took place, bound for Guatemala with approximately 80 immigrants on board.
Limits on immigration enforcement actions in or near sensitive areas that have been in place more than a decade, including in the first Trump administration, have been removed.
US Border Patrol agents and suspected Mexican cartel members traded gunfire near the southern border Monday as a group of migrants tried to enter the US illegally, according to a report.