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July 10, 2020

Trump says he will sign order to provide road to citizenship for 'Dreamers'

President Trump said Friday that he will be signing an executive order over the next few weeks which will include a “road to citizenship” for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.

July 2, 2020

GOP lawmakers urge Trump to oppose calls to make gaps for animals in border wall

A group of GOP House members are urging President Trump not to give in to calls from environmental activists to make gaps in sections of newly built wall at the southern border in order to allow wildlife to pass through.

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court turns away border wall challenge from environmentalists

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a coalition of environmental groups that pushed back against the Trump administration's construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

June 26, 2020

Appeals court rules Trump administration lacked authority to shift military money to wall

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it transferred $2.5 billion in military construction projects to build parts of the wall at the southern border -- a blow to the administration’s efforts to fulfill President Trump’s signature 2016 campaign promise.

June 23, 2020

Trump tours wall as construction hits 200-mile mark, says southern border has 'never been more secure'

President Trump on Tuesday toured new construction of the wall at the southern border in Arizona, marking more than 200 miles of wall built -- as he seeks to show that he has delivered on what became a central and controversial 2016 election promise.

June 23, 2020

Border Wall progress: What’s been built so far?

One of President Trump’s central 2016 campaign promises was to build a wall at the southern border. That effort is now well underway, with his administration aiming to have completed 450 miles by the end of 2020.

June 22, 2020

Trump visiting Arizona to mark milestone of 200 miles of border wall construction

President Trump is heading to Arizona on Tuesday to spotlight his administration's completion of the 200th mile of border wall construction along the nation’s southern boundary with Mexico.

June 18, 2020

Rep. Biggs sends letter to House Armed Services Committee urging against anti-border security policies

In a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Service Committee, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., urged the committee not to include provisions that would prevent security measures at the southern border, like deploying members of the armed services, from this fiscal year’s defense act.

May 22, 2020

Dems make big push to aid illegal immigrants amid coronavirus crisis

Congressional Democrats and state governments are pushing a range of ways to assist illegal immigrants in their response to the coronavirus crisis, calling for the release of those in detention and lobbying to make them eligible for over a thousand dollars each in stimulus payments.

May 20, 2020

Largest contract yet for US-Mexico border wall announced, worth $1.3 billion

A North Dakota construction company has been awarded a massive $1.3 billion contract to build a portion of President Trump’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.