Jan 10 Texas landowners prepare for border wall fight By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The federal government has started surveying land along the border in Texas and announced plans to start construction next month. Continue reading
Jan 10 WATCH: Trump holds immigration roundtable at Border Patrol station Trump plans to visit a border patrol station and a section of the border near McAllen, Texas, on Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 10 WATCH: Trump says he will declare national emergency if no deal is reached By Associated Press “We have to get a win…or I will declare a national emergency," Trump told reporters before leaving to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. Continue reading
Jan 10 Political pressure leaves little room for deal to end government shutdown By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican and Democratic supporters are pushing the president and lawmakers to not back down despite the government shutdown. Continue reading
Jan 10 Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border as shutdown talks fall apart By Catherine Lucey, Lisa Mascaro, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Trump plans to visit border patrol station for a roundtable on immigration and border security. Continue reading
Jan 09 Trump says walls work. It’s much more complicated By Gretchen Frazee, Joshua Barajas President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted a border wall is the best solution to the nation’s immigration problems. Here is what the data and security experts say. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 4:58 Shutdown stalls immigration courts already facing a ‘tremendous backlog’ of cases The government shutdown over funding a southern border wall has largely disabled the system that processes immigration cases. Most cases in immigration courts, which are already overburdened, have been delayed indefinitely. Judge Dana Leigh Marks, former president of the National… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 3:42 With the government shutdown, American scientific progress is disrupted Even scientists who don’t work for the government, but receive federal money for research and grants, are among the hundreds of thousands of Americans affected by the government shutdown, now in its 19th day. That means important work and research… Continue watching
Jan 09 Trump move to cut off temporary status for Haitians heads to trial By Adam Geller, Associated Press The case, in New York, centers on the Temporary Protected Status program, which has allowed about 50,000 people from Haiti to live and work in the U.S. temporarily since a devastating earthquake in 2010. Continue reading
Jan 09 Government restaffs wildlife refuges during shutdown to allow hunters access By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press An email from the Fish and Wildlife Service indicates 38 wildlife refuges around the country will bring back some furloughed staff using carryover funds. Continue reading