DACA recipient Catalina Xochitl Santiago is free after nearly 60 days in ICE custody. A panel of federal judges in El Paso heard the second day of arguments on a lawsuit seeking to block Texas' new congressional map from being used in the 2026 midterm election.

A lawsuit alleging Texas has violated the rights of Black and Latino voters with a new Congressional map began today in an El Paso federal courtroom.

El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said she is not confident the federal government will avoid a shutdown tonight. A major test of Texas’ new controversial congressional map begins this week in El Paso.

About one-hundred mourners gathered at Eastwood Park over the weekend for a candlelight vigil for Xavier Hernandez, a man who died after an arrest by El Paso police on Interstate 10 in July.

The El Paso Police Department says two victims of a shooting near the police headquarters have died. And, so has a suspected shooter, according to a news release from police.

The fatal shooting at the Dallas ICE field office is at least the third act of immigration enforcement-related violence in Texas this year. Another death is under investigation at the county jail downtown.

A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order keeping DACA recipient Catalina “Xohcitl” Santiago in El Paso, amid her petitions to be released from federal custody.

A federal judge will consider DACA recipient Catalina Xochitl Santiago’s request to be released from Immigration Customs and Enforcement custody on Tuesday. Drivers using Pellicano Drive can expect to see construction along the major roadway again.

Evaluations for the city manager and city attorney are in and the City Council gave both of the top employees at City Hall favorable assessments. The Legal Defense Fund and other nonprofit civil rights organizations filed a legal brief this week in opposition to the state's new congressional maps.

Back to back sold out shows for Coldplay generated an estimated $34.7 million dollars in economic activity, according to a report released by Destination El Paso. A New York-based real estate and economic development firm says the proposed Downtown deck plaza could generate $1 billion dollars in economic activity.