Contractors Dynamite Mountains, Bulldoze Desert In Race To Build Trump's Border Wall
4 years ago

Contractors Dynamite Mountains, Bulldoze Desert In Race To Build Trump's Border Wall

NPR  

Contractors Dynamite Mountains, Bulldoze Desert In Race To Build Trump's Border Wall Enlarge this image toggle caption John Kurc John Kurc In the Coronado National Memorial — where conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado entered what is now Arizona — contractors are pulverizing the wilderness in a rush to put up as many miles of border wall as possible before the Trump administration vacates Washington. Trump's wall forcing unplanned experiment on deserts "There's no doubt they're accelerating the rate of construction," says ecologist Ron Pulliam, who has been monitoring the wall's progress on the Arizona border. Sponsor Message "There's only a 4-inch gap between the bollards in the wall," says Traphagen, who joined Kurc for the drone excursion, "so it excludes anything larger than a ground squirrel." Enlarge this image toggle caption John Kurc John Kurc 'Border wall has made our city safer' U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintains that the barrier is necessary to gain operational control of the Southwest border.

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Trump's Border Wall Caused 'Significant' Harm: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump's Border Wall Caused 'Significant' Harm: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border desecrated Indigenous cultural sites, hurt wildlife, destroyed vegetation, dried up key water resources, exacerbated the risk of flooding and triggered erosion that has left mountain slopes “unstable and at risk of collapse,” according to a new report. “This racist political stunt has been an ineffective …

Trump's Arizona gubernatorial candidate says she’ll build 'the wall' on land the state doesn’t even own
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump's Arizona gubernatorial candidate says she’ll build 'the wall' on land the state doesn’t even own

Raw Story  

Former television news host Kari Lake, a Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona, announced that she fully intends to build "the wall" along with Mexico border with Arizona steel. As the policy counsel at the American Immigration Council explained, Arizona doesn't have much land left where they can build the so-called wall. "Nearly all of the land which isn't federally owned …

The destructive legacy of Trump’s border wall
3 years, 2 months ago

The destructive legacy of Trump’s border wall

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But like dozens of other places along the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, under the Trump administration this remote area on …

Texas governor: State, crowdsourcing will fund border wall
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas governor: State, crowdsourcing will fund border wall

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Over a dozen Republican members of the Texas House and Senate joined Abbott for a livestreamed press conference announcing his intentions to hire a project manager to continue constructing some version of a wall announced last week, echoing former President Donald Trump’s unfinished campaign promise to fortify the southern U.S. border, of which 1,200 miles …

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?
3 years, 11 months ago

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?

ABC  

A centrepiece of US President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy was the construction of a "big, beautiful wall" on the US-Mexico border — and the promise that Mexico would pay for it. During his 2020 State of the Union address, Mr Trump said "substantially more than 500 miles" of the wall would be complete by early 2021. "Mexico is going …

Trump heads to Texas border in final days to showcase wall
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump heads to Texas border in final days to showcase wall

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump's visit — no doubt a symbol of …

Trump’s rush to build US border wall fuels fear of lasting harms
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump’s rush to build US border wall fuels fear of lasting harms

Al Jazeera  

San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, United States – Biologist Myles Traphagen flips through images captured by his wildlife cameras and shakes his head in disbelief: a javelina, a bird watcher, a couple of US Border Patrol agents – that’s it. “It’s unprecedented, to not have a couple mountain lions, bobcats, deer, turkey, tons of stuff, I would come out …

Alamo, Texas: Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot
3 years, 11 months ago

Alamo, Texas: Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump bookended his administration’s focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border, a visit on the heels of a deadly riot on Capitol Hill incited by the President as House Democrats prepare a second impeachment vote. During a brief speech near the wall, Trump listed off a series of …

Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border to laud border wall
4 years ago

Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border to laud border wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s work on the border wall, the White House said Saturday. He will mark the completion of 400 miles of border wall and his administration’s efforts to reform what the White House described as the nation’s broken immigration system. Trump’s campaign for …

Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus
4 years ago

Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus

Associated Press  

GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. — Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald Trump’s border wall before his term ends next month. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Friday that it has worked with the National …

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years
4 years, 2 months ago

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “For about the first year following Trump's inauguration, …

Donald Trump's border wall is 'desecrating' sacred Indigenous sites, tribal leaders say. Could the US election change this?
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump's border wall is 'desecrating' sacred Indigenous sites, tribal leaders say. Could the US election change this?

ABC  

Depending on who you ask, the border that separates the US and Mexico is a symbol of defence or distress. She said Border Patrol agents had asked "inappropriate" questions of Indigenous people, including requests "to speak their language or sing or dance traditional songs" to verify their identity. US governments have been able to build border infrastructure easily along the …

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it

LA Times  

President Trump, whose plans to campaign on a booming economy were ruined by the coronavirus, traveled Tuesday to the southern edge of Arizona to highlight completion of “more than 200 miles of powerful border wall” with Mexico. Only about “three miles of new border wall system constructed in locations where no barriers previously existed,” according to Homeland Security’s June 19 …

Trump in Arizona: My border wall stopped the coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump in Arizona: My border wall stopped the coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

In visiting the US-Mexico border, Trump seeks to change the subject to an issue he thinks will help electrify his base. President Donald Trump visited the US-Mexico border Tuesday and tried to credit his new wall with stopping both undocumented immigration and the coronavirus. Low turnout for the rally, however, sharpened the focus on Trump’s visit to Arizona, which doubles …

U.S. awards $275 million border wall contract
4 years, 8 months ago

U.S. awards $275 million border wall contract

The Hindu  

The U.S. government has awarded a $275 million border-wall contract for construction that is set to begin in South Texas in January, at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term if he is re-elected. Caddell Construction Company, based in Montgomery, Alabama, won the contract to build 22.5 km of barriers in and around Laredo, Texas, a city of 2,60,000 …

US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
5 years ago

US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

India Today  

Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, the US government is ramping up its efforts to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall. But the government can deposit an amount it deems fair with the court, then seek to take the land immediately on the basis that a border wall is urgently needed. Even as border crossings have …

Smugglers are sawing through brand new sections of Trump's border wall using household power tools
5 years, 2 months ago

Smugglers are sawing through brand new sections of Trump's border wall using household power tools

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One senior administration official, who was …

Border agents admit smugglers are cutting through Trump's wall with a common household power tool: report
5 years, 2 months ago

Border agents admit smugglers are cutting through Trump's wall with a common household power tool: report

Raw Story  

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that smugglers have sliced holes in the new sections of Trump's border wall with a common and readily available power tool, large enough for people and drugs to pass through. "The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little …

Donald Trump wanted soldiers to shoot illegal migrants, fortify border wall with alligator-filled moats: NYT
5 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump wanted soldiers to shoot illegal migrants, fortify border wall with alligator-filled moats: NYT

Firstpost  

Trump has made a clampdown on both illegal and legal immigration one of the keystones of his nationalist “America first” presidency. United States president Donald Trump, in a bid to stop illegal immigration, mulled fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, according to a media report. The New York Times reported that Trump wanted …

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump signed his name on a newly constructed section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be virtually impenetrable. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, defended the project, dismissing critics who call it the “president’s vanity wall.” “I’m here to tell you that’s false,” he …

Donald Trump calls newly-constructed section of US-Mexico border wall 'world-class security system', dubs structure 'virtually impenetrable'
5 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump calls newly-constructed section of US-Mexico border wall 'world-class security system', dubs structure 'virtually impenetrable'

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump signed his name Wednesday on a newly constructed section of the US-Mexico border wall, calling it a ‘world-class security system’ that will be virtually impenetrable San Diego: President Donald Trump signed his name Wednesday on a newly constructed section of the US-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be virtually impenetrable. “It was …

Trump visits US-Mexico border wall amid protests
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump visits US-Mexico border wall amid protests

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nearly three years into his first term, Mr …

Donald Trump's 'most salient' campaign promise takes shape as US begins building 700-km-long border wall in Arizona
5 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump's 'most salient' campaign promise takes shape as US begins building 700-km-long border wall in Arizona

Firstpost  

On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just feet from a dry section of Colorado River, a small construction crew is putting up a towering border wall that the government hopes will reduce — for good — the flow of immigrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. Yuma: On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just …

Trump threatens Mexico with economic sanctions as he heads to border: 'Wall being built!'
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump threatens Mexico with economic sanctions as he heads to border: 'Wall being built!'

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump continued on to claim that $500b-worth …

Trump visits Calexico a day after retreating from threats to close U.S.-Mexico border
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump visits Calexico a day after retreating from threats to close U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times  

President Trump is presented with a souvenir piece of border barrier by Border Patrol agent Gloria Chavez during a discussion of immigration and border security April 5 in Calexico. “We’re really making progress in letting people know that this is an absolute emergency,” Trump said during a roundtable discussion with local and national officials in Calexico. Gavin Newsom, who has …

Critics Say Border Wall Could Harm Wildlife Corridors And Sensitive Desert Terrain
5 years, 10 months ago

Critics Say Border Wall Could Harm Wildlife Corridors And Sensitive Desert Terrain

NPR  

Critics Say Border Wall Could Harm Wildlife Corridors And Sensitive Desert Terrain Enlarge this image toggle caption Mallory Falk/KRWG Mallory Falk/KRWG The 2,000 mile border between the U.S. and Mexico traverses hundreds of miles of public lands, including six national parks. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mallory Falk/KRWG Mallory Falk/KRWG "To think we could do something like this free of …

US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall
5 years, 11 months ago

US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The U.S. government is preparing to begin construction of more border walls and fencing in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, likely on federally owned land set aside as wildlife refuge property. CBP refers to what it plans to build as a “border wall system.” According to designs it released in September, CBP intends to build 25 miles of …

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