Mar 30 To preserve Trump priorities, GOP would like to avoid a government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are trying to salvage priorities like his wall along the Mexico border and immediate increases in defense spending without stumbling into a politically toxic government shutdown in another month. Continue reading
Mar 29 Photos: What migrants leave behind on their journeys through the desert By Joshua Barajas Personal effects are scattered throughout the Sonoran Desert, where thousands of undocumented immigrants have died making the journey up north from Mexico. Continue reading
Mar 29 Here are some of the physical challenges the border wall faces By Alicia A. Caldwell and Matthew Daly, Associated Press Geographic and physical challenges — including the Rio Grande and threatened wildlife — may make it difficult to build the border wall that President Donald Trump has promised on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 8:23 How increased security affects life for border residents By PBS News Hour In a sleepy, no-stoplight town 25 miles from the Arizona-Mexico border, you'll pass surveillance towers, border agents on patrol and checkpoints. This is life along the border, where security has been ramped up significantly since 9/11, sweeping up American citizens… Continue watching
Mar 28 This man has tried crossing the U.S.-Mexico border 5 times. He says he won't try again By Joshua Barajas PBS NewsHour visited a soup kitchen for recently deported migrants in Mexico that’s a stone’s throw from the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. There, he met a husband and father who, days earlier, tried to cross the border… Continue reading
Mar 26 Trump's border-wall proposal faces many obstacles By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the "big, beautiful wall" that he's promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Mar 18 Trump wants to build 30-foot-high wall at Mexican border By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through. Continue reading
Feb 28 Trump says he's open to 'compromise' immigration bill By Julie Pace, Associated Press The president, in a lunch with news anchors ahead of his address to Congress on Tuesday night, said, "The time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides."… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 6:09 This New Mexico school welcomes families who live across the border By PBS News Hour As anxiety increases within the immigrant community over stepped-up enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border, one small bi-national community in New Mexico is working hard to keep families connected through education and schooling. Special correspondent Simon Thompson reports from public media’s… Continue watching
Feb 24 Photo: Deported from the U.S., walking the border By News Desk A Mexican who was recently deported from the U.S. carries a black bag Feb. 22 next to the Tijuana river, in Tijuana, Mexico. Continue reading