Border Patrol
Contractors named to build border wall prototypes
President Donald Trump’s border wall is coming a little bit closer to reality, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces its chosen contractors.
The Wall
Is the border wall feasible?
The Trump Era
The Wall: Explore the US-Mexico border fence
Bids are out for President Donald Trump’s border wall and a draft plan envisions fencing and walls along at least 1,200 additional miles of the Mexican border by 2020. Here’s the status of the current border fence based on data we’ve been collecting and analyzing for years.
Border Patrol
Feds hunt down mystery landowners in bid to build border wall
The federal government has spent a decade chasing a meandering paper trail, with researchers combing through yellowed government files, testing the faded memories of neighbors and perusing the local library as they try to sort out who owns the land.
Immigration
Here’s a map of shelters where immigrant children have been housed
The locations of more than 80 child care facilities that have housed and supervised children as part of the unaccompanied immigrant minors program.
Border Patrol
Here’s how ICE sent children seeking asylum to adult detention centers
Two teens fleeing violence in war-torn countries sought asylum in the U.S. A Texas dentist’s report helped ICE send them to adult detention centers.
The Wall
This land is our land: Many property owners won’t sell for Trump’s wall
The question of who owns the border and how they will be compensated looms large.
Border Patrol
Border wall moving forward, but feds won’t release bidders’ names
Although Congress has blocked funding this year to build President Donald Trump’s promised border wall, his administration announced Friday it is moving forward with plans to develop designs.
The Trump Era
Up against the wall
This episode of Reveal explores the political, logistical and geographic barriers that could get in the way of President Donald Trump’s plan for a bor
Immigration
Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat
Environmentalists say that turning the border fence into a continuous 40-foot concrete wall would make the bad situation for wildlife only worse.
Immigration
The deadliest route to the American dream
As the Trump administration moves forward with the president’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, questions persist about the effectiveness of immigration enforcement that has forced migrants into increasingly deadly terrain.
The Trump Era
Al Letson Reveals: Vicente Fox on Trump’s wall
Many people have strong feelings about President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Former Mexican President Vicente Fo
Border Patrol
Trump’s border wall bidding to begin
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to start accepting design proposals for a prototype wall along the U.S.-Mexico border early next month.
The Trump Era
The cost of Trump’s border ‘wall’ is going up
A new report shows that the cost of the border wall will be higher than previous estimates.
