Tag: Mexico

"This used to be the busiest place in the nation with people just freely walking across the border," Theron Francisco, public affairs officer for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. (AP)

Longtime border patrol agents recall when ‘the wall’ was welcome

Gabby Morrongiello · November 8, 2017 5:01 am

In a survey, 55 percent said his threats to pull out of the free-trade deal are posturing as part of the renegotiations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Slight majority of investors think Trump bluffing on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · November 6, 2017 10:54 pm

On Monday, Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, and Manafort's business associate Rick Gates pleaded not guilty to felony charges of conspiracy against the United States, among other counts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Paul Manafort, Rick Gates under house arrest, deemed flight risks by Robert Mueller

Diana Stancy Correll · November 1, 2017 3:55 am

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mexico mulls other options should NAFTA talks fail

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2017 10:14 pm

Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said Tuesday at a Chamber of Commerce forum that NAFTA has been a resounding success for the economy, but this was nevertheless poorly understood. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz, Pat Roberts warn against NAFTA pull out

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2017 9:05 pm

Contractors have completed eight prototypes of President Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, triggering a period of rigorous testing to determine if they can repel sledgehammers, torches, pickaxes, and battery-operated tools. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Trump’s border wall prototypes: All for nothing?

Anna Giaritelli, Gabby Morrongiello · October 27, 2017 4:01 am

Crews look through a border wall prototype near the border with Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in San Diego. Companies are nearing an Oct. 26 deadline to finish building eight prototypes of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The 8 prototypes for Trump’s border wall (Photos)

Gabby Morrongiello · October 21, 2017 4:01 am

The Otay Mesa area is a primary target for border crossings. (Gabby Morrongiello Twitter)

Trump’s border wall prototypes already being tested by illegal immigrants

Gabby Morrongiello · October 19, 2017 6:43 pm

After U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the federal government to transport an illegal immigrant to an an abortion facility, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay. (iStock)

Judge halts abortion order for teen illegally in US

Kimberly Leonard · October 19, 2017 5:32 pm

Rep. Daniel Donovan, R-N.Y., speaks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP moderates urge dumping of NAFTA dispute provision

Sean Higgins · October 19, 2017 4:28 pm

Construction crews work on prototypes for a proposed border wall in front of the primary border structure separating Tijuana, Mexico, behind, and San Diego, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in San Diego. The federal government is giving a first peek at construction of prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, an area that is walled off from public viewing in a remote area of San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Energy and Environment

Top immigration official says solar-paneled border wall ‘not off the table’

Gabby Morrongiello · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, right, with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, left, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s approach to NAFTA could be catastrophic

Brandon Arnold · October 17, 2017 9:35 pm