Trump Border Wall

• Biden orders ‘pause’ on all border wall construction

  The order leaves billions of dollars of work unfinished — but still under contract — after Trump worked feverishly last year to build more than 720 kilometers.

  World

  Jan 21, 2021
  
• Steve Bannon to face trial in May 2021 for ‘We Build The Wall’ fraud case

  Bannon pleaded not guilty after his Aug. 20 arrest aboard a luxury yacht off the coast of Connecticut. He was freed on $5 million bail by a Manhattan magistrate judge.

  World

  Aug 31, 2020
  
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• U.S. takes Texas landowners to court in effort to build Trump border wall

  Texas has the largest section of the U.S.-Mexico border, most of it without fencing.

  World

  Dec 21, 2019
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• Trump signs name on new border wall, calls it a ‘world class security system’

  Trump toured a section of the border wall in San Diego's Otay Mesa area. He was there before in March 2018 to see border wall prototypes that authorities later destroyed to make way for 22.4 kilometres of steel, concrete-filled bollards currently under construction.

  World

  Sep 18, 2019
• A significant Trump promise takes shape — border wall work starts in Arizona

  The U.S. president wants more than 700 kilometres of fencing along the nearly 3,218-kilometre border completed by the end of 2020.

  World

  Sep 12, 2019
• Trump to use $3.6 billion in defence money to build wall, in ‘slap’ to military: senator

  One Democratic senator called the border wall money a "slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces who serve our country."

  Politics

  Sep 3, 2019
• Trump shifts $271M in disaster, cybersecurity funds to pay for immigration

  The money, which was also set aside for the U.S. Coast Guard, will be used to pay for detention facilities and courts for migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS officials say they have been overwhelmed by a surge of asylum-seeking migrants who are fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.

  Aug 27, 2019
• Trump’s border wall in Arizona challenged over potential wildlife damage

  The barriers currently at the three sites block vehicles from passing but still allow wildlife to move through. Environmental groups said the 9.1-metre replacement bollards that the Trump administration plans to erect would prevent the cross-border migration of wildlife.

  World

  Aug 6, 2019
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• Congress’ challenge of U.S.-Mexico border wall funding rejected by federal judge

  A federal judge on Monday denied a House request to prevent President Donald Trump from tapping Defense Department money for his proposed border wall with Mexico, saying Congress lacked authority to sue.

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  Jun 3, 2019
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• Trump vows ‘dramatic’ action on migrants at U.S.-Mexico border

  The U.S. presdient told reporters the statement would be his biggest on the issue to date and would be about people crossing the border illegally.

  May 30, 2019