Mexican border Archives

Mexican border

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
July 28, 2020

Republicans’ virus aid bill includes millions for military projects that Trump raided for border wall

Trump’s move to “reprogram” Pentagon money to build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been a long-running dispute between the administration and Congress.
Published
November 9, 2019

Another View: Massacre in Mexico demands American response

Sending troops isn't the right answer – building a civil society is.
Published
October 12, 2019

No refugees allowed? Trump’s plan to give states, cities veto prompts outcry

Many details are still being worked out amid a 90-day period to formulate the new policy.
Published
September 22, 2019

Jim Fossel: Collins took right tack to oppose Trump on wall

She rightly supports a new vote to undo the president's emergency declaration, and rightly opposed a Democratic plan to block funds for it and other projects.
Published
September 21, 2019

Commentary: Texan offers Mainers a practical primer on U.S. Border ‘patrolling’

Given a new chief Border Patrol agent's plans to expand warrantless searches here, Mainers should prepare for challenges to their constitutional rights.
Published
July 28, 2019

UMaine professor compelled to make art at the border

Activist-artist Susan Smith of Dover-Foxcroft has been traveling extensively to Texas.
Published
July 9, 2019

Focus on Mexican border may cost northern resources, report says

Efforts to reduce staffing shortages on the U.S. border with Canada could be hindered by an executive order signed by President Trump that directs resources south.