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In his inaugural address President Trump declared a national emergency on the U.S.- Mexico border to stop what he calls an invasion. He’s deploying the military and has designated Mexican cartels terrorist organizations.

A vehicle exploded at the Sun Metro Transit Operations Center in East El Paso, according to a spokeswoman for the El Paso Fire Department.

In his first trip to the border Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited El Paso where he visited Fort Bliss troops. He was accompanied by the Border Czar Tom Homan.

Failure to get federal dollars to fund design concepts for the proposed Downtown deck plaza has local officials scrambling for funding. Texas has signed an agreement with the federal government authorizing national guard soldiers on state orders to make immigration arrests.

City officials say they’ll enforce an existing ordinance preventing El Pasoans from operating their homes like entertainment venues. University of Texas at El Paso is offering guidance to staff and faculty about what to do if ICE agents show up on campus.

The Trump administration removed the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Jaime Esparza.

The Socorro Independent School District proposes up to 300 staff cuts for the next school year, according to a district letter sent to employees on Friday.

An investigation into the explosion that injured eight Sun Metro employees at an operations center in East El Paso will take weeks. El Paso Fire Department chief Jonathan Killings said details on what caused the blast will not be released until the investigation is complete.

KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes host this week’s news roundup.

The El Paso City Council will vote on Tuesday to increase the city administration’s cap on contracting outside procurement processes in response to the damage from an explosion at a Sun Metro Center on the East Side.