Jul 04 Appeals court rules Trump can’t use Pentagon money for border wall By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press A divided three-judge panel agreed with a lower court ruling that prevented the government from tapping Defense Department money to build sections of wall in Arizona, California and New Mexico. Continue reading
Jun 29 Judge bars Trump from using $2.5B to build border wall By Associated Press A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Continue reading
May 30 Historic cemeteries and family memories stand in the path of Trump’s border wall By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Under current plans for the border wall, one 19th century cemetery could be lost entirely. Some graves would have to be exhumed; others without a headstone might be paved over. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 3:57 Immigrants in detention choosing ‘voluntary departure’ By PBS NewsHour Faced with the prospect of long waits in detention centers before being able to contest deportation orders, an increasing number of undocumented immigrants are choosing to leave the U.S. “voluntarily”. From 2017 to 2018, the number of applications for "voluntary… Continue watching
May 10 Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction By Robert Burns, Associated Press The funds originally targeted for support of the Afghan security forces and other projects will be used to help pay for construction of 80 miles of wall at the U.S.-Mexican border. Continue reading
Apr 08 ‘Our country is full’: Trump says migrants straining immigration system By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump, as he so often does, mixed fact with fiction when warning of the threat at the border. Continue reading
Apr 06 Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border By Jill Colvin, Colleen Long, Associated Press Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, has thrown virtually every option his aides have been able to think of at the problem, to little avail. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 2:42 Visiting the border, Trump says immigration ‘system is full’ President Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border in California Friday. While downplaying his previous threats to cut off cross-border traffic entirely and praising Mexico for “terrific” apprehension levels in recent days, the president also said during an appearance with border officials… Continue watching
Apr 05 WATCH: Trump visits California to push border security President Donald Trump headed to the border with Mexico on Friday to make a renewed push for border security as a central campaign issue for his 2020 re-election. Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump drops border shutdown threat and proposes auto tariffs By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Abandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead that he'd slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the Mexicans do more to stop the flow of migrants and drugs to… Continue reading