Am I going to San Antonio Avenue or Montana Avenue?
El Paso has two EOIR locations, and mixing them up costs real time. This page covers the downtown court at 700 E. San Antonio Avenue, Suite 750, El Paso, TX 79901, phone 915-534-6020. The El Paso SPC court is at 8915 Montana Avenue, Suite 100, ZIP 79925, inside a detention facility, with its own phone, 915-771-1600, and its own mailbox. EOIR's Administrative Control List calls that one El Paso Immigration Court, El Paso Service Processing Center, so the names can look alike. Read the street address on your notice and not only the word El Paso. Our hearing-finding guide shows how to check the location.
How do I get through security at the Federal Building?
EOIR's page, updated October 8, 2026, says there are magnetometers and x-ray machines at the Federal Building's north entrance, so head for that side. The pay lot EOIR mentions is on the east side, so you may have to walk around the building. All visitors also go through the court's metal detector and handbag screening. Then go to Suite 750. The page states no ID rule, so as a precaution carry your notice and any government ID you have.
Where do I park, and can I take the bus?
EOIR says the court is accessible from the El Paso Metro bus line and within walking distance of a bus stop, though it names no route or stop. For drivers, there is a pay parking lot on the east side of the Federal Building, and metered spaces on nearby streets and around the building. The Montana Avenue court has a different arrangement, so do not use this page if your notice shows that address. For a morning master calendar hearing, allow time to find a space and walk around to the north entrance.
How do I file papers or contact the court?
The window runs 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday except federal holidays, and closes half an hour before public hours end at 4:30 p.m. The court's phone is 915-534-6020, and general questions go to ElPaso.Immigration.Court@usdoj.gov. Asylum work-permit clock requests go only to Asylum.Clock.ElPaso@usdoj.gov, with the applicant's name, A-number and the reason. For your next hearing date, EOIR's automated line is 1-800-898-7180. EOIR's internet hearing directory has an El Paso section with Webex links, and it tells people to ask the court if they are unsure of the format.
Which facilities and judges does EOIR list here?
The Administrative Control List, updated October 1, 2026, lists the DHS El Paso district office under this court's administrative control and names Reeves County Detention Center, the Paso del Norte Port of Entry and the El Paso Sector Centralized Processing Center. The court page lists Melissa Joy Garcia as Assistant Chief Immigration Judge and Luz Juarez as acting court administrator, along with 12 immigration judges, among them Judith F. Bonilla, Marissa Hackert and Tod M. Thedy. That is a roster as of October 8, 2026, and says nothing about one case. For a detained relative, see the bond hearing guide; for a missed date, the in absentia guide.