border wall

Published
August 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.
Published
March 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
December 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.
Published
December 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
Published
December 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.
Published
October 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.