The Latest Breaking News from El Paso

Venezuelan Josnexcy Martinez, who is staying at a shelter in a Texas border city, said she's afraid of getting swept up in a raid targeting migrants even though she entered the country legally.

U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening

The suspects were identified as Arturo Ramirez Manzano, 27, also known as Tadeo, Mario Ivan Ramirez, 21, and Corina Hernandez, 30, all from El Paso. Officers seized two rifles and nearly one kilogram of cocaine during the operation.

A clandestine tunnel discovered on the US-Mexico border allowing entry from Ciudad Juarez into the Texan city of El Paso will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official said Saturday, adding that its construction was under investigation.

Over the past half-decade, the state of Texas has been pushing an evolution in the administration and enforcement of immigration law. Stepping into a traditional federal role, state lawmakers in 2023 passed Senate Bill 4, allowing Texas police to arrest those illegally crossing the border from Mexico.

According to the Chihuahua Attorney General's Office, the decision to proceed with the trial was partly based on an autopsy revealing that Julian Alfredo Rodriguez, a 19-year-old, died from a gunshot wound to the head.

El Paso County Commissioners passes resolution aiming to improve data collection of deaths across the border and collaboration with organizations.

The underground smuggling route was equipped with electricity and ventilation.

Justices on Monday heard arguments from Annunciation House, which is fighting to stay open, and the Texas Attorney General’s office, which claims the shelter’s work with migrants violates state law.

Hector Granados, one of two pediatric endocrinologists in El Paso, said he stopped providing gender-affirming care after it was outlawed in Texas in 2023.

Annunciation House feeds, shelters, and clothes immigrants. State officials say it's "systemic criminal conduct."