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  • President Biden will stop in El Paso on way to Mexico City where he’s meeting with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The president will get a first-hand look at the how the city is coping with the hundreds of migrants who’ve arrived at the border.
  • El Paso police arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly pointing a gun at migrants in Downtown. Steven Driscoll allegedly harassed migrants on New Year’s Eve by pointing the weapon at them near Sacred Heart Church.
  • As title 42 remains in place thousands on the El Paso-Juarez stretch of border are in limbo. The controversial public health policy known as Title 42 remains in place despite a lower federal court’s order to remove it.
  • President Joe Biden told reporters he intends on visiting the Southern border with Mexico next week. It would be the Democrat’s first time visiting the international boundary as president.
  • The Village of Vinton has begun the search for a new municipal court judge. The man who held the job, Roger Rodriguez, described as a legal advisor by the former District Attorney, no longer holds the job.
  • Veronica Escobar, the U.S. Representative for El Paso, guided fellow House Democrats for a visit on the border this weekend. Fellow Texas representatives Sylvia Garcia and Greg Casar joined Democrats from Washington, Georgia and New Jersey on the tour.
  • The El Paso City Council voted 7-1 to direct city administrators to begin implementing a policy that would make abortion investigations a low priority for the police department.City staff and attorneys will begin reaching out to municipalities across the state that adopted similar policies to incorporate in El Paso.
  • The city of El Paso’s Ethics Review Commission determined city Rep. Brian Kennedy did not violate the ethics ordinance on his first day in office. Kennedy is a former CEO of the El Paso Sports Commission that operates the county coliseum.
  • El Paso County Attorney Joanne Bernal will be at the president’s State of the Union Address tonight. She was invited by Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. Bernal says among the things she’s listening for is a response to the police killings of young men.
  • Ten guards and seven inmates died during a breakout at a state prison in Juárez on Sunday. At least 25 inmates escaped from the Chihuahua state prison during an assault on the facility, according to the state attorney general.
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