Tag: Border

The Border Patrol says it will not close roadside immigration checkpoints north of the Rio Grande Valley unless there is danger posed to its agents or travelers. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Energy and Environment

ACLU upset Border Patrol checkpoints in Texas remain open as Hurricane Harvey nears

Daniel Chaitin · August 25, 2017 9:52 pm

Many countries have decided to build walls in the wake of the Arab Spring and the Syrian refugee crisis, while others are trying to counter terrorists or fear Russian invasions. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Map: Border walls rise around the world

Cathy Gainor · August 25, 2017 8:04 pm

Democratic lawmakers are demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions explain his decision to withhold "critical violence prevention funds" from sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal officials on immigration. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Democrats demand answers from Jeff Sessions on sanctuary cities policy

Kelly Cohen · August 25, 2017 5:38 pm

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which currently protects nearly 800,000 unauthorized immigrants from deportation, has been a headache for Trump since the beginning of his presidency. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump faces mounting pressure to ax DACA program for illegal immigrant youth

Gabby Morrongiello · August 25, 2017 3:33 pm

It's not everyday Customs and Border Protection officers find a wild animal in a car crossing a border checkpoint. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

National Security

Border officers rescue tiger cub being smuggled from Mexico into California

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2017 8:51 pm

"I certainly don't think any efforts have been abandoned," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

White House: Mexico will pay for border wall, despite Trump’s shutdown threat

Gabby Morrongiello · August 24, 2017 7:37 pm

After President Trump's campaign-style speech in Arizona this week, Democrats are still balking at his call to build a border wall. Like it or not, the numbers are firmly on Trump's side. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right on the border wall, and the numbers back him up

Jennifer Kerns · August 24, 2017 7:16 pm

"The president ran on building the wall, won on building the wall, and has remained steadfastly committed to doing it." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kellyanne Conway: Trump is ‘going to stick to building that wall, and he wants the money to pay for it’

Melissa Quinn · August 24, 2017 2:02 pm

The Iowa Republican called Democrats hypocrites for being willing to shut down the government over a different issue. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Steve King lays out a way Republicans can pass border wall funding

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2017 1:40 am

"I'll continue to support the president, work with him when I think he's right, and challenge him when I think he is going in the wrong direction," Flake said. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Jeff Flake after attacks from Trump: ‘I’m just focused on working for the state and doing my day job’

Mandy Mayfield · August 23, 2017 7:10 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during his visit to Intel in Hillsboro, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Paul Ryan: ‘Don’t have to choose’ between wall and shutdown, but time needed

Joseph Lawler · August 23, 2017 6:40 pm

"Make no mistake: the president said he will purposefully hurt American communities to force American taxpayers to fund an immoral, ineffective, and expensive border wall," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats rip Trump’s government shutdown threat for ‘immoral’ border wall

Gabby Morrongiello · August 23, 2017 4:27 pm