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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.

Lawyers across the country hired to represent unaccompanied migrant children were ordered to stop working through an email from the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Families of victims of the Sun Metro Center explosion and subsequent fire two weeks ago are calling on the city to allow access to the facility for an independent investigation.

Under an agreement between the state of Texas and the Trump administration, National Guard troops on the border can carry out immigration enforcement. The El Paso County Commissioners Court directed its staff to prepare a plan to issue debt that will pay for water and road infrastructure.

KTEP’s Aaron Montes and Angela Kocherga discuss the week’s news.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has laid off hundreds of employees as part of President Trump’s plan to reduce the federal workforce. National Weather Service advisories for wind and dust will end tonight.

The Trump administration cut off funding to legal services for minors who enter the U-S unaccompanied, including El Paso nonprofit Estrella del Paso.