border wall

Appeals Court Allows Trump To Divert $3.6 Billion In Military Funds For Border Wall

7:35pm January 09, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court order that blocked the president from using the U.S. Defense Department money to build the long-promised wall.

The existing border wall (right) is seen near the construction site of new wall panels south of Donna, Texas, on Nov. 20. There is widespread skepticism on the border that President Trump will get anywhere near the 450 miles of wall he wants by next Novem

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Acquiring Private Land Is Slowing Trump's Border Wall

9:10am December 20, 2019

by John Burnett

In South Texas, there's skepticism that President Trump will get the 450 miles of wall he wants by Election Day. Construction is behind schedule because of how difficult it is to take private land.

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President Trump talks with reporters after touring a section of the southern border wall in September in Otay Mesa, Calif.

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Federal Judge In Texas Blocks Trump Plan To Use Military Funds On Border Wall

9:21pm December 11, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit arguing the president overstepped his authority in diverting funds to the border wall which were appropriated by Congress for other purposes.

The first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border last month in Donna, Texas. The new section, with 18-foot-tall steel bollards atop a concrete wall, will stretch approximately 8 miles.

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Federal Judge Blocks Diversion Of Military Construction Money For Border Wall

9:00am December 11, 2019

A case brought by El Paso County, Texas, is similar to another won by the Sierra Club in California. The U.S. Supreme Court said wall construction can continue while the Trump administration appeals.

A 30-foot border barrier — as tall as a two-story building — rises from the desert near Lukeville, Ariz.

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Border Wall Rising In Arizona, Raises Concerns Among Conservationists, Native Tribes

10:38am October 13, 2019

by John Burnett

The Customs and Border Protection agency says it is doing its best to reduce impact to the environment and tribal citizens. Conservationists and Native Tribes in the area are not appeased.

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A set of pink seesaws allowed people to share some fun along the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week. Here, a woman helps her little girls ride the seesaw that was installed near Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico.

See-Saw Diplomacy Lets People Play Together Along U.S. Border Wall

4:56pm July 30, 2019

by Bill Chappell

A playdate recently broke out at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in an event that was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness."

President Trump participates in a roundtable on border security at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Calexico, Calif., in April. On Friday, a federal judge ruled against the use of military funds for the president's border wall.

Federal Judge Rules Against Border Wall Construction With Military Funds

11:30pm June 28, 2019

by Barbara Campbell

The administration had intended to transfer Defense Department funds intended for anti-drug activities. The judge ruled Friday in a lawsuit against the switch filed by the Sierra Club and others.

Construction is nearly complete in New Mexico on a section of border wall built with private funds raised by a nonprofit called We Build The Wall.

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Privately Funded Border Wall Near Completion In New Mexico

12:44pm May 31, 2019

We Build the Wall, a nonprofit organization funding construction of a section of border wall near Sunland Park, N.M., said Thursday that it has 10 other sites picked out for more wall construction.

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The president declared a national emergency in February to access federal money to build a wall similar to this razor-wire-covered border wall separating Nogalas, Mexico (left), and Nogales, Ariz. Congress did not approve the full amount he asked for last

Politics & Government

Trump's National Emergency Stands As House Fails To Override Veto

5:35pm March 26, 2019

by Deirdre Walsh

The vote means the administration can continue to spend billions of dollars to construct a Southwest border wall. The fight shifts to federal court, where several states sued to block the president.

Eloisa Tamez of El Calaboz, Texas, walks along the border wall in her backyard. She took the government to court over surveying her land and over the compensation she received for the land needed for border wall construction.

Rio Grande Valley Landowners Plan To Fight Border Wall Expansion

9:12am March 19, 2019

by Reynaldo Leanos Jr.

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

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