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 Wall
Is the border wall feasible?
Senate Democrats answer questions, raise concerns with Trump’s wall
Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee estimate that building a wall along most of the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border could cost $70 billion or more.
These border bids are subtle resistance to Trump’s wall
Cacti and solar panels: Quiet strategies for slowing down the bidding process for a border wall.
Bids to design Trump’s wall will have to wait, again
The Trump administration has pushed back the date for when U.S. Customs and Border Protection will start accepting design proposals for a border wall, with no firm date in sight.
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
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.
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 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.
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
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.