Border wall
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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Massachusetts anti-immigration group’s environment suit can proceed
The group argues that the Biden administration violated environmental law when it halted construction of the U.S. southern border wall and sought to undo other immigration policies imposed by former President Donald Trump.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2022
Trump’s border wall breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, records show
The government spent $2.6 million to repair the breaches in the $11 billion taxpayer-funded wall during the 2019 to 2021 fiscal years, according to maintenance records.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2022
Where Trump’s border wall left deep scars and open gaps, Biden plans repair job
Money including unused construction funds will go to clean up worksites, stabilize areas facing erosion and remedy some of the worst environmental damage, while also allowing the federal border protection agency to close gaps in the wall.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2021
Biden ends emergency declaration at U.S.-Mexico border, where thousands of troops remain
The emergency declaration by President Donald Trump included siphoning billions from the Defense Department to construct a border wall.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus
Government contractors are igniting dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2020
Biden faces high hopes, tough choices on border wall
President-elect Joe Biden will face immediate pressure to fulfill his pledge to stop border wall construction
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PublishedDecember 2, 2020
Trump’s unfinished border wall faces uncertain future after Biden pledge to freeze construction
Trump's project has added just a few miles of new fencing where none previously existed. The effort largely has consisted of replacing small, older vehicle barriers with towering steel bars.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2020
Supreme Court to review two cases involving Trump’s border policy
The justices’ decision continues their practice of reviewing lower court rulings that have found the president's immigration policies illegal over the past four years.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Trial date set for Steve Bannon in fundraising fraud scam
President Trump's former chief strategist faces charges he cheated donors to a group seeking to fund a southern border wall.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged with pocketing donor money in border wall scheme
He and three associates allegedly ripped off donors trying to fund a southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime.
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