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Dec 05

Homeland Security chair requests review of $400 million border wall contract

By Associated Press

In a letter dated Wednesday, Congressman Bennie Thompson raised concern about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to award the contract for the wall to Fisher Sand and Gravel. Thompson wrote that prior to Monday, the company had not…

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Dec 04

Texas judge orders border wall fundraiser not to build

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

State District Judge Keno Vasquez on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against We Build the Wall, which raised $25 million after promising to build its own private barrier.

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Oct 31

Battles over border wall and impeachment imperil budget progress

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

A sense of optimism in the aftermath of a July budget and debt deal has yielded to pessimism now, and the poisonous political fallout from the ongoing impeachment battle isn't helping matters.

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Oct 29

Trump administration is promising a ‘new’ border wall. The reality is less clear

By Gretchen Frazee

Most of the projects involve replacing old barriers or adding secondary fencing rather than creating entirely new barriers.

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Sep 25

Senate approves measure to block Trump’s wall funding

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Trump is expected to veto the bill that would block him from using the budget for construction projects on military bases to pay for his border wall.

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Sep 24

Senate Republicans OK $5 billion for Trump’s border wall

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

The wall money is contained in a $71 billion draft funding bill that cleared its first, easiest hurdle in a Senate panel on Tuesday.

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Sep 18

WATCH: Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’

By Kevin Freking, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The president reveled in details of construction, saying Border Patrol and military officials persuaded him to adopt more expensive designs. "It's the Rolls-Royce version," President Donald Trump said.

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Sep 17

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Detained migrant children suffer ‘trauma after trauma,’ say pediatric experts

The numbers of immigrant children being detained by U.S. authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped in recent months. Still, medical professionals continue to articulate concerns about the harmful effects that any detention can have on both the short- and…

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Sep 05

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Behind Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ reallocation of DOD money for border security

President Trump is diverting some money for Defense Department infrastructure to instead construct or repair additional barrier sections on the U.S.-Mexico border. The 127 projects losing funding include Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and education and health services…

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Sep 03

Pentagon approves military construction cash to build border wall

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.

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