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Human Rights Watch is calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety to change its pursuit policy. In a new report the organization documents the rise of dangerous pursuits by troopers going after people suspected of transporting migrants.

The El Paso City Council approved creating an industrial tax abatement reinvestment zone that would include just over 1,000 acres of land on the state line in Northeast El Paso.

Human rights groups are preparing immigrant communities for the implementation of new strict immigration laws passed by Texas lawmakers.

U.S. Representative for El Paso Veronica Escobar denounced Republican efforts to tie strict immigration policy with funding for military efforts in Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The city of El Paso provided shelter for 333 asylum seekers on Monday night with the use of hotels.

Civil rights groups on behalf of El Paso County filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas over the newly signed Senate Bill 4 that would make entries into Texas outside of ports of entries a crime.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a controversial immigration enforcement bill this afternoon. It’s a response to what the Republican governor calls President Biden’s failure to secure the border.

A new law takes effect next year that will make crossing the border illegally into Texas – a state crime. A judge or county magistrate will be able to order undocumented migrants returned to a port of entry --and then sent across to Mexico.

The El Paso region is seeing a rise in infections related to respiratory illnesses, a trend consistent with other communities throughout the United States.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a new law this week, making it a state crime to illegally cross the border from Mexico, raising new concerns about racial profiling.