How a surge in ICE arrests is pla...

How a surge in ICE arrests is playing out within El Paso

The El Paso Matters Podcast by Diego Mendoza-Moyers
S1 · E51
Oct 5, 2026
39:08

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So far this year, more than 3,500 people have been arrested in El Paso by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, part of a national surge of hundreds of thousands of arrests this year. Who are the people facing deportation? And how is the legal system working amid the surge in immigration arrests? El Paso Matters Editor Cindy Ramirez joins the podcast to discuss her recent reporting on how the increase in ICE arrests is playing out on the ground in El Paso. You can read Cindy's reporting at elpasomatters.org.

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Immigration

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