border wall
Mexico’s Cemex willing to provide quotes for border wall cement
*Why you should read this: Because the story is dripping with irony. That’s all. VL By David Alire Garcia, Jeffrey Benkoe and Alistair Bell, Reuters (1.5 minute read) Mexico’s Cemex, one […]
20 Latino-owned companies express interest in border wall construction
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read) It was reported in The Hill: “As of Tuesday evening, 225 companies — mostly construction and engineering firms — have expressed interest […]
Texas GOP congressman slams Trump plan for border wall
*Why you should read this: Because it says a lot that a GOP Congressman from the Texas-Mexico border area thinks the Trumpian wall “is the most expensive and least effective […]
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 […]
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, […]
Texas Congressman to Trump: Shove Border Wall “Up Your Ass”
*What he said. VL By Abby Livingston, Texas Tribune (1.5 minute read) WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela took a poison pen to the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in an […]
Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
*Stop remittances to force Mexico to pay for the border wall? That’s Trump’s idea and it’s never, ever going to happen. There are consequences. Mexico receives more money from remittances […]
The Cross-Border Walleyball Game That Has Endured For Nearly 40 Years
*I know many of you have seen the photo on social media. Here’s the story behind the picture. The residents of Naco, Arizona and Naco, Sonora play a volleyball game […]
Tracing the U.S. / Mexico Border Wall
This article was suggested by Taquista Ito Romo. By Hillary Mushkin, kcet.org Last November, a group of artists, art historians, students, a U.S. veteran, and others gathered to sketch, walk along […]
Deported U.S. Veterans Create Art on Border Wall
By Laura Waxmann, El Tecolote/New America Media NAM Editor’s Note: One of the amendments to the Senate’s immigration reform bill (Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.) would allow DREAMers who enroll in the military to […]