{"id":292110,"date":"2026-05-14T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292110\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:10:10","slug":"fact-check-did-ice-agents-work-security-at-el-paso-bts-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292110\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Did ICE agents work security at El Paso BTS concerts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gigafact<\/a> to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/2024\/01\/30\/el-paso-matters-gigafact-fact-check-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cfact briefs\u201d<\/a> that examine claims about issues shaping our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778721010_27_factBriefImage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was not present at Sun Bowl Stadium on the University of Texas at El Paso campus during the BTS concerts May 2-3, university officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple law enforcement agencies were present at the event to provide additional\u00a0 security, including Homeland Security Investigations. HSI is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security; while ICE focuses on immigration enforcement, detention and removal operations.<\/p>\n<p>ICE referred El Paso Matters to UTEP for questions about the event and did not confirm or deny any presence.<\/p>\n<p>Other law enforcement agencies included the Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and UTEP Police Department, according to photos and videos from the event.<\/p>\n<p>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CarrieCnh12\/status\/2051475480323256725?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Brandy-Ruiz-scaled-e1640132858282-120x120.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrandy Ruiz is an audience engagement reporter at El Paso Matters. She joined the staff in 2021 as a social media intern, completed a summer fellowship at the Texas Tribune and graduated with a degree&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Brandy Ruiz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters partners with Gigafact to produce \u201cfact briefs\u201d that examine claims about issues shaping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,3927,406],"class_list":["post-292110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-fact-check","tag-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292110","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=292110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}