Tag: Mexico

Oxycodone is the active ingredient in Oxycontin, a pain reliever that is classified as an opiate analgesic. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

National Security

US border officers find 47,063 Oxycodone pills in $2.2 million bust at Texas-Mexico checkpoint

Anna Giaritelli · January 26, 2018 3:49 pm

Border Bike Trip, Day 6: In Mexicali, Some Commute Daily and Others Languish in Migrant Hotels

Grant Wishard · January 25, 2018 9:18 pm

The talks have not gone well for the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican officials negotiating the NAFTA free trade deal. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Democrats slam Mexico on labor rights, urge tough NAFTA stance

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2018 12:24 am

Vicente Fox, who has been an outspoke critic of President Trump and his proposed border wall, said that it's offensive that Trump asked the Mexican people to pay for the wall. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Vicente Fox ‘doesn’t mind’ if US builds a border wall

Katie Leach · January 24, 2018 11:51 pm

White House press secretary said the legislative framework for an immigration policy "will fulfill the four agreed-upon pillars: securing the border and closing legal loopholes, ending extended family chain migration, and providing a permanent solution on [the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program]." (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat, File)

White House to offer immigration plan Monday

Gabby Morrongiello · January 24, 2018 7:53 pm

Tommy Fisher's company was one of six chosen to build the four concrete and four nonconrete wall prototypes in San Diego last fall. The barriers are being tested and evaluated by Department of Homeland Security agencies. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Border wall builder will attend Trump’s State of the Union address as GOP guest

Anna Giaritelli · January 24, 2018 5:45 pm

Border Bike Trip Day 5: Talking with Mexicans Who Once Lived in America

Grant Wishard · January 24, 2018 5:41 pm

Adding Mexican universities to the NCAA will potentially funnel tax subsidies to Mexican sports programs. (Facebook)

Red Alert Politics

NCAA may allow colleges from Mexico to compete in US competitions

John Patrick · January 24, 2018 2:49 pm

President Trump On Tuesday imposed new tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s trade protectionism cuts into your new tax break

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

Border Bike Trip, Day 4: Real Economic Growth Amid the Chaos in Tijuana

Grant Wishard · January 23, 2018 4:56 pm

From left, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal are in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

A stricter NAFTA is a more harmful NAFTA

Clark Packard · January 22, 2018 9:10 pm

An immigrant from Uganda, who goes by Shubby, joins other immigrants taking the citizenship oath during naturalization ceremonies at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ceremony in Los Angeles on Sept. 20. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

What makes for a shithole?

Dan Hannan · January 22, 2018 5:01 am