border security wall
Hispanic Caucus to Homeland Security conferees: No more money for immigrant detention or a wall
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro and 20 members of his caucus sent a letter to the Homeland Security conferees urging them not to appropriate any more money for immigrant detention or a […]
Feds Will Skip Border Wall Impact Study Before Building Through Wildlife Refuge
By Anya Byrd, Colorlines (2.5 minute read) Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. […]
Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3.5 minute read) For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build […]
Trump’s Wall: How Much Money Does the Government Have For It Now?
$20 million. That’s enough to cover the cost of seven miles of wall. By T. Christian Miller, ProPublica (3.5 minute read) During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall […]
Designs for Trump’s border wall are here. They fall into 4 categories.
*Why you should read this: Because despite the seriousness of the U.S.-Mexico wall, there were some laughable concepts submitted this week for the federal government’s consideration. Because some of the […]
The Sadness of The Border Wall
*Why you should read this: Because these words and pictures are so truthful that they’re a good reason to invest your time on them. Because we need more stories that […]
Texans Receive First Notices of Land Condemnation for Trump’s Border Wall
*Why you should read this: Because while our short attention span is distracted by Tweets and such, Trump’s border wall is moving forward. Because some of the family landowners along […]
Border apprehensions are down, but White House boasts may be empty chest thumping
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3.5 minute read) found two stories this morning that are at odds with each other, or better said, they’re two different sides of the same […]
El Paso Firm Interested in Bidding for the Border Wall Insists It’s Not a Political Choice
*Why you should read this: Because the seeming contradiction of U.S. Latino businesses being open to participating in the construction of the border wall is an illustration of the layered […]
Trump administration considering separating women, children at U.S.-Mexico border
*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s immigration policy changes daily and we need to keep up on the changes. Because separating children from their mothers to “serve as a […]