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November 23, 2019

New acting DHS Chief Chad Wolf tours new border wall as construction ramps up, calls it 'common sense’

As the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to build 450-500 miles of border wall by the end of next year, new Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf toured new construction this week, and declared that such efforts to combat illegal immigration are “common sense.”

November 22, 2019

Border Patrol nabs human-trafficking suspects, migrants after hole cut in US-Mexico barrier, truck driven through; 16 arrested

Human trafficking suspects operating along the U.S.-Mexico border this week thought they had an ingenious way to bring illegal immigrants into California – but federal Border Patrol agents were one step ahead of them, tracking down and arresting all 16 people, authorities said Thursday.

November 20, 2019

California teen used remote-controlled car to smuggle meth across Mexico border, investigators say

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 16-year-old boy accused of using a remote-controlled car to smuggle over $100,000 worth of methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border. 

November 13, 2019

White House to set up cameras to livestream border wall construction: report

President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and other White House officials are planning to set up web cameras to livestream construction along the border wall, according to a report.   

November 6, 2019

Brandon Judd: Mexican ambush murders should convince Congress to secure our border NOW

Securing our border is vitally important to protect the safety of the American people, strengthen our national security, reduce drug cartel violence and illegal drug shipments, and ensure that our immigration laws work for the betterment of the American people and our country.

November 3, 2019

Trump dismisses report of smugglers cutting through US-Mexico border wall: 'You can cut through anything'

President Trump on Saturday appeared to shrug off concerns that smugglers are able to cut through portions of the U.S.-Mexico border wall with ease.

October 30, 2019

CBP chief Mark Morgan says border apprehensions remain at 'unacceptable' level

Apprehensions at the Southern border remain at an "unacceptable" level despite vast improvements following the spring surge, acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan told “Fox & Friends” Wednesday.

October 29, 2019

Arizona Border Patrol finds 30 migrants hidden in semitrailer

U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered 30 migrants, including an unaccompanied minor, in the back of a semitrailer Saturday night at an Arizona checkpoint around 25 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. 

October 25, 2019

First construction of brand-new border wall in Texas begins

Construction on the Trump administration’s first totally new border wall – where none existed previously – has started in Texas, just southeast of the town of McAllen along the Rio Grande river, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has confirmed.

October 16, 2019

In San Diego, officials say new wall is helping bring border numbers down

As part of President Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border, in San Diego, 14 miles of 18 foot primary steel bollard have been built, with a secondary 30 foot steel bollard barrier behind that which is approximately 80 percent complete.