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March 12, 2020

Pregnant woman, 19, killed after falling from US border wall, officials say

A 19-year-old pregnant woman from Guatemala died this week from injuries suffered when she fell more than 19 feet trying to climb the U.S. border wall near El Paso, Texas, last Saturday, U.S. and Guatemalan authorities said Thursday.

March 3, 2020

19 states sue administration over diverting military funding to border wall

California and 18 other states are suing the Trump administration over its latest allocation of military funding to build the border wall.

February 22, 2020

Brandon Judd: Fighting sanctuary policies is just as important as building the border wall

Physical barriers and reinforced checkpoints are absolutely essential to genuine border security, but they’re not enough to fully solve America’s illegal immigration crisis on their own

February 20, 2020

Rep. Andy Biggs: Trump's 2020 campaign is positive in spite of Dems' attacks

President Trump's campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona Wednesday evening was about positive changes his administration has implemented whereas 2020 Democrats had no such message, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Az., said Thursday.

February 19, 2020

US judge in Arizona rules Border Patrol must provide mats, blankets for detained migrants

A federal judge in Arizona ruled Wednesday that certain U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facilities in the state must provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants who are held for more than 12 hours, and allow them to clean themselves. 

February 19, 2020

California firefighters rescue man stuck on top of US-Mexico border wall

Firefighters in San Diego have rescued a man who somehow became trapped atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

February 19, 2020

James Carafano: Trump's war on sanctuary cities is about more than politics

The Trump administration is trying to make America a successful “immigration nation” once again. Far from being a part of the solution, sanctuary cities are part of the problem.

February 18, 2020

Mexican cartels recruit Arizona children as young as 12 to smuggle drugs

An alarming trend is spreading along the U.S. and Mexico border — cartels are hiring American children as young as 12 years old to smuggle drugs and weapons.

February 18, 2020

DHS waives contracting laws in bid to speed up border wall construction

In a move to speed up the construction of 177 miles of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration is waiving a set of laws that applies to how the Department of Homeland Security can work with federal contractors. 

February 9, 2020

Trump budget would cut $4.4T in spending, boosting defense while slashing safety nets, foreign aid

The White House on Sunday unveiled a $4.8 trillion budget proposal that would slash spending dramatically on foreign aid and social safety nets, while including $2 billion for a southern border wall and substantially boosting funding to NASA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security.