Tag: Mexico

Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke said she does not expect any of the eight border wall prototypes that were constructed last fall in San Diego to be picked as the only model for construction. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

DHS: Biggest obstacles to building a border wall are environmental and property laws

Anna Giaritelli · January 31, 2018 6:41 pm

"We want to be able to say we gave an A-plus infrastructure product, not a D-plus," Fisher Sand and Gravel Company President Tommy Fisher said on Tuesday. Fisher's company built a 30-inch thick and 32-foot tall concrete border wall prototype in San Diego, Calif., in the fall. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Watch: Border wall builder makes case for concrete barrier, not steel

Anna Giaritelli · January 30, 2018 9:02 pm

Border Bike Trip Day 9: Flat Tires and a Crushed Bike

Grant Wishard · January 30, 2018 6:12 pm

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2011, attacks on the U.S., Mexico said it would put Mexican security agents on various flights. However, U.S. officials were barred from boarding Mexico's commercial flights. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg)

National Security

US and Mexico weighing whether federal air marshals could be placed on commercial cross-border flights: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 30, 2018 3:08 am

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers her statement to the media as United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer looks on during the sixth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer slams Canada at end of latest NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · January 29, 2018 7:58 pm

Border Bike Trip Day 8: Biking Into a Wind Tunnel Near Puerto Penasco

Grant Wishard · January 29, 2018 5:00 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, said President Trump's immigration offer showed the Democrats' "insincerity." Gohmert added, "He dangles out there a big offer, which would probably result in millions getting legalization, and what do the Democrats do? They say 'Oh, that's not good enough.'" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Louie Gohmert: Trump’s immigration offer showed Democrats’ ‘insincerity’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 29, 2018 12:22 pm

Currently, the waiting period for an immigrant from Mexico is eight years. That's just too long. The waiting period drives even good people to the smugglers to get here illegally, because they know jobs are waiting for them here. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

How to fix immigration: Make the green card an expensive but available commodity

Andrew Conner · January 29, 2018 5:01 am

As talks over NAFTA continue, it is imperative that they demonstrate consensus can be reached and meaningful progress made. Walking away from NAFTA would jeopardize America's economic growth, weaken our relationship with two of our most important allies, and cede important economic opportunities and leadership in our own region to China and other competitors.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Modernize NAFTA, don’t ditch it

Linda Moore · January 29, 2018 5:01 am

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, told the White House that pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement would introduce a "devastating increase in tariffs" for his state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urges White House to not change NAFTA

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2018 11:13 pm

Border Bike Trip, Day 7: San Luis Colorado to El Golfo de Santa Clara

Grant Wishard · January 26, 2018 5:01 pm

President Trump's immigration plan creates a path to citizenship for 1.8 million immigrants who came to the United States illegally when they were children, calls for $25 billion for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, limits chain migration to spouses and minor children, and ends the visa lottery system. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer: Trump wants to ‘tear apart our legal immigration system’

Melissa Quinn · January 26, 2018 4:48 pm