Tag: Border

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan speaks during the daily press briefing, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

ICE chief: 80% jump in illegal targets, readies national ‘sanctuary’ crackdown

Paul Bedard · July 18, 2017 6:58 pm

"We've never seen a drop in current illegal immigration as what we're experiencing now," Brandon Judd said. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Border Patrol union chief praises ‘miraculous’ drop in illegal immigration under Trump

Anna Giaritelli · July 17, 2017 3:02 pm

"Under this program, once through the courts, they [first-time illegal entrants] have a lower recidivism rate," a Border Patrol agent said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dead bodies in the desert prompted tougher border measures in Arizona

Anna Giaritelli · July 16, 2017 4:01 am

"We see enforcement works, that it has certainly had an impact." said Carla Provost, the acting chief of the Border Patrol. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Border Patrol chief ‘looking forward’ to possibilities of expanding ‘tool kit’ with wall ideas

Daniel Chaitin · July 16, 2017 12:57 am

Customs and Border Protection plans to build an 18-foot levee wall through three miles on the wildlife refuge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump administration prepares to build first part of border wall on Texas wildlife refuge: Report

Josh Siegel · July 15, 2017 1:05 am

Attorney General Jeff Session, center, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, speaks during a news conference about opioid addiction, Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jeff Sessions to appeal latest Hawaii travel ban decision to Supreme Court

Kelly Cohen · July 14, 2017 6:29 pm

The NDAA was passed by the chamber moments later, in a vote that saw most Democrats support it. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

Democrats fail to block Trump border wall in defense bill

Travis J. Tritten · July 14, 2017 4:14 pm

President wants his proposed wall on the Mexican border to be transparent and have solar panels. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Energy and Environment

Trump wants see-through border wall so agents don’t get hit by 60-pound ‘sacks of drugs’

Ryan Lovelace · July 13, 2017 7:52 pm

Tucson Border Patrol agents rescued 80 people in the west desert who had attempted to illegally enter the country in June alone.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Tucson Border Sector prosecuted 565 first-time illegal trespassers in June

Anna Giaritelli · July 13, 2017 6:50 pm

Rep. Steve King of Iowa argued Wednesday that Congress should build President Trump's border wall by taking money from Planned Parenthood and federal food stamps. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Steve King: Use Planned Parenthood, food stamp money to fund border wall

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2017 12:22 pm

"If you tax that $50 billion [in Mexican imports] at 20 percent of imports...[you can] easily pay for the wall," Spicer said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

House spending bill funds all of Trump’s initial $1.6 billion border wall plan

Susan Ferrechio · July 11, 2017 9:24 pm

Luther Strange also came to Sessions' defense, but his statement avoided direct criticism of Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Mo Brooks tells Alabama he’ll ‘read the King James Bible’ on Senate floor until Trump’s wall is funded

Anna Giaritelli · July 10, 2017 7:44 pm