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Protests Over Border Czar's UTEP Visit, Landfill Expansion, and Water Rate Hikes in the Region

Protests Over Border Czar's UTEP Visit, Landfill Expansion, and Water Rate Hikes in the Region

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 Good morning, this is El Paso Local Pulse for Thursday, December 4th, 2025.

We're starting this morning with some significant activity happening right here on campus at UTEP. Border Czar Tom Homan is scheduled to speak at the Undergraduate Learning Center this evening at 7 p.m., and it's already stirring quite a bit of conversation in our community. Yesterday, activist groups including the Border Network for Human Rights, Juventud con Dignidad, and several other organizations gathered at Leech Grove to voice their concerns about border militarization and immigration policies. Those same groups plan another demonstration this morning before Homan takes the stage. The event is being hosted by UTEP's student chapter of Turning Point USA, and while some students we've heard from support hearing different perspectives, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar released a statement expressing disappointment with the university's decision to host the event, saying it contradicts the values many El Pasoans hold dear.

In infrastructure news, our city is making a major investment in our future. El Paso announced a 20 million dollar commitment to expand the Greater El Paso Landfill with six new cells spanning 65 acres. The project, funded through solid waste fees, should provide us with disposal capacity for the next 12 years and is expected to wrap up in 2026. This is the first landfill expansion since 2018, and city officials emphasize it's a necessary move as we receive between 1,500 and 2,000 tons of waste daily from households and businesses across our region and surrounding communities.

Over in New Mexico, our neighbors in Sunland Park approved a new water rate structure for the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority. Starting January 1st, residential customers can expect to pay about five dollars more per month. The utility authority serves one of New Mexico's fastest-growing regions, and officials say the new rates are necessary to keep up with aging infrastructure and regulatory compliance costs.

Speaking of water, far east El Paso residents are frustrated after experiencing their third water main break in recent months, leaving some without water service this week.

In sports, UTEP football wrapped up their signing period, adding 25 newcomers for the 2026 season, with 23 of those signees coming from the local area.

And looking ahead, El Paso Community College will hold its Fall 2025 Commencement on Friday, December 12th at UTEP's Don Haskins Center.

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