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In this week’s new roundup, KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss an autopsy report detailing how a man died while in police custody last month.

Immigrant rights groups called on the Trump administration to close a massive detention camp at Fort Bliss. Attorneys and immigrant rights advocates say at least half of the already 1,000 people detained at the camp do not have criminal charges and cannot access in-person legal representation.

The NAACP has joined LULAC in a federal lawsuit challenging the newly approved congressional maps in Texas. An immigration judge rescheduled DACA recipient Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago’s deportation hearing.

We’re learning more about the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to expand detention space across the country. El Paso's Congresswoman Veronica Escobar says a private company received nearly $30 million from the federal government to design the new centers and the project includes another facility in El Paso.

The El Paso County medical examiner has ruled the cause of death of a Cuban man at the immigration detention camp a homicide. 55 year-old Gerlado Lunas Campos is among three people who’ve died in custody in the last two months at the tent facility.

An El Paso family sued the city and over 10 police officers in federal court over a high profile arrest that ended in the death of a man last year. The county medical examiner’s office determined the cause of Hernandez’s death was homicide due to asphyxia from chest compression during law enforcement subdual.

The El Paso Police Department announced a 16-year-old allegedly fired a handgun at Cielo Vista Mall last week. The fatal incident claimed the life of a 17-year-old and also resulted in the injury of another teen.

The 16-year-old accused of using a handgun to kill and injure others at Cielo Vista Mall last week is charged with murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He's been referred to the county Juvenile Probation Department.

The accused gunman in the Walmart mass shooting will appear in federal court next month, according to a new filing. Patrick Crusius, the 24-year-old from North Texas is expected to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from the shooting three years ago.

A rare bipartisan group of U.S. Senators continues a tour of the southwest border. Texas Senator John Cornyn is leading the delegation with Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.