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Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That's Been 40 Years In The Making

10:11am January 14, 2020

Construction of the Trump administration's border wall has been slowed by difficulties acquiring private land, so the government is prioritizing construction inside federal nature sanctuaries.

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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Migrant parents in the tent camps in Matamoros, Mexico, are sending their kids across the border and taking advantage of the rule that unaccompanied children can't be returned to Mexico. Here, Alexis Martinez holds a cellphone photo of his 7-year-old son

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'I Want To Be Sure My Son Is Safe': Asylum-Seekers Send Children Across Border Alone

9:28pm November 27, 2019

by John Burnett

Some migrant parents who were told to wait in Mexico under President Trump's asylum policies are sending their children, unaccompanied, across the bridge to surrender to U.S. agents.

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These spotlights are part of a binational art installation that aims to connect people on both sides of the Rio Grande.

Interactive Art Installation Lets Strangers Talk To Each Other Across The Border

6:00am November 22, 2019

by Mallory Falk

Searchlights illuminate the sky between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, but they have nothing to do with border enforcement. They're part of a large-scale binational art installation.

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Rosa Ramírez cries as she looks at photos of her son Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25, and granddaughter Valeria, nearly 2, while speaking to journalists at her home in San Martín, El Salvador, on Tuesday. The drowned bodies of her son and granddau

A Father And Daughter Who Drowned At The Border Put Attention On Immigration

3:55pm June 26, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Óscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S.

U.S. Border Patrol agents found four bodies near the Rio Grande river along Anzalduas Park, close to McAllen, Texas. In this file photo, a Border Patrol boat is seen on the river along Anzalduas Park.

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U.S. Border Patrol Finds 4 Bodies, Including 3 Children, Near Rio Grande In Texas

1:48pm June 24, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

An FBI agent calls it "an incredibly heartbreaking situation." Three of the deceased were children — one toddler and two infants — and the other was a 20-year-old woman.

U.S. citizens use ropes to cross the Rio Grande from San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico, into Candelaria, Texas. U.S. citizens depend on the free health clinic in San Antonio del Bravo.

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In Rural West Texas, Illegal Border Crossings Are Routine For U.S. Citizens

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Lorne Matalon

In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It's a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges.

U.S. Border Patrol cars are seen from the bridge connecting Eagle Pass, Texas, with Piedras Negras, Mexico, near the banks of the Rio Grande in February.

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1 Child Dead, 3 People Missing After Migrant Raft Overturns In Rio Grande

7:11pm May 02, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

U.S. border officials say human smugglers put migrants in harm's way by launching rafts into the river's cold, fast-moving waters.

Rancher Hugh Fitzsimmons stands next to a pile of debris migrants left behind once they crossed into the United States.

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The Borderlands — Not The U.S., Not Mexico, A Transitional Land

11:23am April 11, 2019

by Reynaldo Leanos Jr.

Rancher Hugh Fitzsimmons has dealt with migrants crossing his ranch in southwestern Texas for years. To understand the migrants, he says we need to try to put ourselves in each others' shoes.