Officials baffled by large migrant groups at remote crossing

Large numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely remote and dangerous stretch of New Mexico desert, a new smuggling route that has baffled authorities. It is where 7-year-old Jakelin Caal and her father were found Dec. 6 with 161 others near a border crossing in Antelope Wells.

Beto O’Rourke twice as wealthy as Ted Cruz, with net worth of $9 million

With an unassuming air and a black Toyota Tundra he says was "the first new vehicle I've ever purchased," Beto O'Rourke has campaigned thousands of miles across Texas and risen to national prominence on a workaday image that aligns with his politics, but not his personal finances. The son of a onetime Republican county judge and a longtime furniture store owner, the Democratic congressman from El Paso married into the family of one of his hometown's most prominent developers and has assembled real estate investments worth millions.

Scathing report on family separations finds agencies ill-prepared to handle zero-tolerance policy

Government agencies were ill-prepared to handle family separations that occurred due to the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy and their decisions probably led to more illegal border crossings, a federal report has found. The Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General's report released Tuesday said that the administration's choice to limit entrances at legal ports of entry due to a lack of resources "likely resulted in additional border crossings."

Tornillo tent shelter to grow to 3,800 beds

The expanded temporary tent shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children at the Texas port of entry in Tornillo will operate through Dec. 31. Shelter at Texas port to add thousands of beds for unaccompanied immigrant children The expanded temporary tent shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children at the Texas port of entry in Tornillo will operate through Dec. 31. Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a video of a June 21, 2018, tour of the tent city for detained immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas.

Che Guevara celebrated by Mexican-American, federally-subsidized clinic in El Paso, Tx

Above left: "Media relations administrator, Estela Reyes, stands in front of a mural of revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara at El Paso's Centro de Salud Familia La Fe." Got it amigos? The clinic is subsidized by the taxpayers of a nation Che Guevara denounced as "THE GREAT ENEMY OF MANKIND!- Against those hyenas there is no option but EXTERMINATION!" And the clinics staff and patrons are overwhelmingly Mexican-American, who Che Guevara denounced as: " Mostly a rabble of illiterate indians."

Pompeo appeals for NKorea to replicate Vietnam’s ‘miracle’

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their talk at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Pompeo is on a trip traveling to North Korea, ... .

After talks, NKorea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from right, greets Kim Yong Chol, second from left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, as they arrive for a meeting at the Park Hwa Gues... . U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, is greeted by North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol as he arrives at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July... .

Mayors arrive in Tornillo for protest

A delegation of U.S. mayors met at the Tornillo port of entry to protest the separation of immigrant children and to demand the families be reunited. US mayors meet in Tornillo to protest separation of immigrant children from families A delegation of U.S. mayors met at the Tornillo port of entry to protest the separation of immigrant children and to demand the families be reunited.

Lawyers to CBP agents: Where are the kids?

Detained immigrants plead with courts for help finding their missing children., despite President Trump's executive order ending family separations. Public defenders to border agents: Where are the immigrant children? Detained immigrants plead with courts for help finding their missing children., despite President Trump's executive order ending family separations.

Hundreds Protest on Father’s Day Against a Tent City for Immigrant Children Near Texas Border

On Father's Day, hundreds of protesters descended on a Texas border outpost where a new tent city has been erected to detain immigrant children, according to NPR. The Trump administration announced the new facility would be opening in Tornillo, Texas - just outside of El Paso - last Thursday.

American Airlines flight makes diverted landing after windshield shattered by hail

A hail storm shattered an American Airlines plane's windshield and caused damage to its nose on Sunday, forcing the plane to divert to El Paso, Texas. The plane landed safely despite the damage, according to the Federal Aviation Administration .

Trail of clues fails to explain mysterious death of Border Patrol agent

In the more than two months since Martinez's patrolled the West Texas desert for the last time, the FBI interviewed hundreds of people, combed through cellular data and analyzed DNA from the scene. Yet, authorities are still trying to determine how Martinez got injured and eventually died.

No evidence of attack in Border Patrol agent’s death, FBI says

This image distributed by the FBI on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in El Paso, Texas, shows a request for information in the death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Rogelio Martinez, who succumbed to traumatic head injuries and broken bones suffered while on duty. This image distributed by the FBI on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in El Paso, Texas, shows a request for information in the death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Rogelio Martinez, who succumbed to traumatic head injuries and broken bones suffered while on duty.

The FBI Says There Is No Evidence of an Attack in a Border Patrol Agent’s Death

FBI officials said Wednesday that the investigation into the November death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has yielded no evidence that there was a "scuffle, altercation or attack" more than two months after President Donald Trump and others used the suggestion of an attack to promote the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Investigators have conducted more than 650 interviews and involved 37 field offices in their probe, but have not found definitive evidence of an attack, the FBI said in a statement.

Funeral held for US border agent whose death not explained

This image distributed by the FBI on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 in El Paso, Texas, shows a request for information in the death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Rogelio Martinez who succumbed to traumatic head injuries and broken bones suffered while on duty. Martinez died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 and his partner, whose name has not been released, was seriously injured.