{"id":187321,"date":"2026-03-02T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:52:08","slug":"immigration-attorney-carlos-spector-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187321\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration attorney Carlos Spector dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Carlos Spector, a well-known immigration attorney and human rights advocate, has died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spector was 71 and would have turned 72 later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spector was diagnosed with cancer in February but doctors at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston determined it couldn\u2019t be treated, El Paso Matters reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His family had started a GoFundMe to fly him back to El Paso so he could spend his final days with family and the community he loved, El Paso Matters reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was a graduate of Bel Air High School and the University of Texas at El Paso. He also served in the Air Force. He received his law degree from Texas Southern University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spector specialized in immigration law and was known for advocating for the rights of indigenous migrants and standing up for asylum seekers fleeing drug violence in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family is exploring creating a foundation to honor Spector\u2019s legacy and continue his work, according to El Paso Matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spector was also known for his work advocating for journalists fleeing drug violence in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Funeral arrangements have not been announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Carlos Spector, a well-known immigration attorney and human rights advocate, has died. Spector&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[74783,138,140,139,74784,70583,27],"class_list":["post-187321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-carlos-spector","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-human-rights-advocate","tag-immigration-attorney","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}