Rudy Cruz Jr.
Mayor of Socorro, Texas, representing a border community near El Paso and speaking about local impacts of federal detention facility plans.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 19min
When ICE buys a warehouse in your town
Eyder Peralta, NPR international correspondent covering cartel violence in Mexico. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR White House correspondent explaining legal and policy moves on tariffs. Rudy Cruz Jr., mayor of Socorro, Texas, on local effects of a federal detention facility. They discuss DHS warehouse buys near border towns, legal routes for communities, surprise 15% tariffs and fallout from the killing of cartel leader El Mencho.
