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A massive ICE detention center planned in Far East El Paso County – whose early federal contracts with tribal-owned businesses sparked backlash and withdrawals – appears to be part of the Trump administration’s efforts to create mega holding facilities.
The new Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility is expected to hold up to 8,500 people – more than the contr...
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Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are not being held at an ICE detention center in El Paso, the family’s lawyer said during a news conference Jan. 22, 2026.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Online Detainee locator confirms Conejo Arias is at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. It does...
By Kelly Ryan
Editor’s note: Some people quoted in this commentary are identified only by first names to protect their privacy.
No American city represents “the border” like El Paso. Its community spirit, civic engagement and pervasive can-do attitude are American to the core. Its history is complex and layered.
Kelly Rya...This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso.
City Amends Ordinance with Aggressive and Vicious Dogs DesignationsEl Paso residents who own dogs that threaten people or other animals will face stricter requirements under changes approved unanimousl...
By Joaquin E. Moreno
A recent El Paso Matters article highlighted a decades-long pattern in El Paso consisting of fewer births and more deaths, resulting in slower natural population growth....
