A majority of Americans back building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a new survey. The new Monmouth University poll found that 53 percent of respondents support backing a border wall, which the polling center says is the first time a majority of respondents supported the proposal since it started asking […]
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Biden Sold Off Border Wall Materials Before Flip
The Biden administration has been selling off materials that were supposed to be used to construct barriers at the border with Mexico just days before it approved the construction of a new, 20-mile stretch of border wall. Listings on GovPlanet, an auction site for state, local and federal agencies to auction off surplus inventory, show […]
Biden facing backlash over border wall flip
The Biden administration is facing mounting blowback for its decision to allow new border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. In a signal the move could hurt U.S.-Mexico relations, Mexico’s President Manuel Lopez Obrador slammed the administration for paving the way for the construction of a new section of border wall in southern Texas. “This […]
Trump demands apology from Biden over border wall
Donald Trump has demanded an apology from President Joe Biden after the current administration waived dozens of federal laws in Texas to allow border wall construction. In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused Biden of breaking “every environmental law” in the book while sharing an Associated Press article detailing how the Department of Homeland […]
Poll : 67% of Americans support border wall
A sizeable majority of people who voted in the 2022 midterm elections back measures to quash illegal immigration, according to a recent Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA survey. The poll found that 67% of voters endorsed a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and 69% support the E-Verify national system that would punish employers who hire illegal […]
Biden Redirects Border Wall Funding
President Joe Biden’s administration will return more than $2 billion in funds allotted under his predecessor Donald Trump to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to the military and devote other remaining money to construction site cleanup, the White House budget office said on Friday. The move will return funds to 66 military projects […]
Biden To Tear Down Trump’s Border Wall?
In March, after construction crews blasted and bulldozed through the remote desert terrain of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, an ecological reserve on the Arizona-Mexico border, Christina Andrews observed the transformation in disbelief. Dozens of miles of towering border wall ordered by the Trump administration were rising across the rugged landscape in southern Arizona, displacing […]
Supreme Court Will Hear Case About Border Wall Funding
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a pair of disputes over Trump administration immigration policies, including the president’s diversion of military funds to build a wall along the United States’ southern border and a policy requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases proceed through American courts. The cases are expected to […]
Supreme Court Gives Border Wall Green Light
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from using $2.5 billion in reallocated Pentagon funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. In a 5-4 ruling that broke along ideological lines, the court’s conservative majority denied a bid by interest groups to halt construction after a federal appeals court last month said […]
Mexico Tells Trump It Won’t Pay For Wall
Mexico said on Wednesday it would work with Donald Trump for the benefit of both nations after his surprise U.S. election win, but reiterated it would not pay for his planned border wall, which stirred up deep resentment during a fraught presidential campaign. As Trump strode toward victory, the peso plunged 13% in its biggest […]