This is your weekly update, which takes a quick look at the week ahead and some developments that El Paso Matters is following.
El Paso Chihuahuas Opening Week: The El Paso Chihuahuas 2024 Home Opener is set for Tuesday, April 2 versus the Round Rock Express, the Texas Rangers affiliate. First pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m. at Southwest University Park, 1 Ballpark Plaza in Downtown. The series continues through Sunday, April 7.
Pete Zamora, who managed the Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm in 2023 and served six years as the team’s pitching coach, is the Chihuahua’s manager. Zamora pitched professionally with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks. Tickets and information: epchihuahuas.com.
Parks & Recreation Egg-Stravaganza Carnivals: The city’s Parks and Recreation Department is hosting spring egg hunts and carnivals at several recreation centers on Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30. The events include egg hunts, jumping balloons, family activities, games, arts and crafts and more.
Noon to 3 p.m. Friday, March 29: Armijo Recreation Center, 700 E. 7th Ave.; Chihuahuita Community Center, 417 Charles Road; Mountain View Park, 8400 Diana St.; Rae Gilmore Recreation Center, 8501 Diana St.; San Juan Recreation Center, 701 N. Glenwood St.
4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 29: Seville Recreation Center, 6700 Sambrano Ave.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30: Chamizal Recreation Center, 2119 Cypress Ave.; Don Haskins Recreation Center, 7400 High Ridge; Galatzan Recreation Center, 650 Wallenberg Dr.; Gary Del Palacio Recreation Center, 3001 Parkwood; Marty Robbins Recreation Center, 11620 Vista Del Sol Dr.; Nolan Richardson Recreation Center, 4435 Maxwell St.; Officer David Ortiz Sports Center, 563 N. Carolina Dr.; Pat O’ Rourke Recreation Center, 901 N. Virginia St.; Pavo Real Recreation Center, 9301 Alameda; Sylvia A. Carreon Community Center, 701 Lomita St.; The Beast Urban Park, 13501 Jason Crandall; Valle Bajo Recreation Center; 7380 Alameda Ave.; Wayne Thornton Community Center at Grandview, 3134 Jefferson St.
Information: El Paso Parks and Recreation on Facebook
Texas’ Immigration Law On Hold Again: Texas cannot enforce its controversial immigration law while courts review its constitutionality, an appeals court ruled late Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court injunction that barred the state from enforcing the law, known as Senate Bill 4, that allows local police to enforce immigration laws and potentially deport people believed to have entered the country illegally.
The injunction replaces an administrative stay the same judges issued last week after the U.S. Supreme Court urged the 5th Circuit to move more swiftly in hearing the case.
The three judges, who voted 2-1 to uphold the injunction, have scheduled an April 13 hearing on SB 4. The majority opinion Tuesday, written by Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, strongly indicated that the judges would eventually side with El Paso County and the other plaintiffs who say the Texas law is unconstitutional.
“For nearly 150 years, the Supreme Court has held that the power to control immigration — the entry, admission and removal of noncitizens — is exclusively a federal power. Texas has not shown that it is likely to succeed on the merits,” Richman wrote.
The legality of SB 4 is likely to eventually be determined by the Supreme Court.
UTEP Names New Business Dean: The University of Texas at El Paso has named John Hadjimarcou as dean of the Woody L. Hunt College of Business starting April 1. He has served as interim dean since August 2023 following the departure of James Payne earlier that summer. “I am honored and thankful for this opportunity to lead our college forward,” said Hadjimarcou, who joined UTEP in 1994 as an assistant professor of marketing. He has served as chair of the Department of Marketing, Managements and Supply Chain and is the Endowed Chair for the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade. He received the Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching from UTEP in 2010 and the University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award in 2013. Hadjimarcou earned his Ph.D. in marketing with a minor in international business from Kent State University in Ohio, and his bachelor’s and master’s in business administration from West Virginia University.
New Federal Judge: U.S. Magistrate Leon Schydlower has been confirmed as a new U. S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas, which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso. He will be a judge in the federal courthouse in El Paso. Schydlower was confirmed by the Senate on March 22. He will fill the judicial seat left vacant by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Martinez, who died in 2021. Schydlower has been a federal magistrate in El Paso since 2015. He graduated from Hanks High School in 1989 and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1995.
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