border security wall
Trump will sign the border wall order today. Why are we shocked?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (4 minute read) It’s what he talked about almost every day for 18 months, it’s what got the most applause at his campaign events (along with […]
Trump team seeks agency records on border barriers, surveillance
*In case there was still any doubt about how Trump plans to go about implementing his immigration policy, there was a clear hint early last month. His transition team has […]
Survey of Texans in Congress finds little support for full border wall
*See, the closer you get to the border the less that stupid wall makes sense. VL By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune (4 minute read) WASHINGTON — Few, if any, […]
Greater US Security Threat: Mexican Border Or Canadian Border?
*There are known ISIS sympathizers in Canada, so where’s the clamor for a wall on the northern border? VL By Lorne Matalon, Fronteras MONTREAL, Canada — The United States has […]
Migrants Deported from the U.S. in Limbo on the Mexican Border
*When border security hawks and the current administration policies sweep the immigration issue across the border, the problem doesn’t go away. VL By Daniela Pastrana, New America Media TIJUANA, Mexico […]
Secure Border? A Wall Doesn’t Make It So
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco It appears that one of the principle reasons that politicians in Washington, D.C. cannot develop comprehensive immigration reform is that there is simply unwillingness on […]
Border Security is a Global Industry Worth $544 Billion
*This puts the political insistence on border security in perspective. The border security industry is growing at a 5 percent rate, the U.S. Border Patrol is helping other countries set […]
US-Mexico border: The ‘Cicatriz’ of Tecate
By Johanna Mendelson Forman, Voxxi Tecate is a small border town of 65,000 people that serves as a gateway to the Mexican state of Baja California. It is famous for […]
Tyrant’s Foe: An Angel on the Border
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer It was 1994, and the United States, Canada and Mexico had just signed the North American Free Trade Agreement. The pact opened North America’s borders […]
Arizona Mayors Share County On Mexican Border, But Not View On Immigration Reform
By Danielle Schlanger, Huffington Post Latino Voices Cochise County, Ariz., a rural swath of desert larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, shares an 82-mile border with Sonora, Mexico. Daniel Ortega, Jr., the Democratic […]