Mexico Border Wall

Skip to content Building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been a signature issue for President Donald Trump since he first ran for office in 2016. Now, plans for a wall through the Big Bend region of West Texas are raising alarms with residents and officials alike. Last week…

Photographs by Jaime Rojo Text by Brian Kevin To appreciate how the Madrean Sky Islands earn their nickname, it helps to imagine the hawk’s-eye view. Looking down over the borderlands that stretch out across Arizona, New Mexico, and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua, you would see a wide swath…

It was a balmy day in Del Rio, a Texas border town about 170 miles west of San Antonio, when a citizen conservationist looking for wildlife stumbled upon a striking rust and orange caterpillar with fleshy horn-like protrusions that are meant to scare predators. Eventually this larva would become the…

The "entire" U.S.-Mexico border wall will be painted black at the request of President Trump to deter illegal immigrant crossings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday.What they're saying: "There will be more added to it as far as technology, cameras, sensors — we're also going to be painting it…

President Trump was accidentally caught in one of his favorite lies: that he finished the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, one of the marquee promises of his first term. “The Biden administration was auctioning off border wall materials, but we’re hearing now that … the auctioneer’s selling those…

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NASCAR Mexico is set to become the first NASCAR Cup Series event held outside the U.S., and Bubba Wallace will be in the mix. But don’t expect a family vacation — the 23XI Racing driver is leaving his crew at home to stay focused. Bubba Wallace Sets Priorities Ahead of…

Congress Kentucky Republican casts doubt on Homeland Security secretary’s cost estimates, calling them ‘way off’ Sen. Rand Paul talks with reporters in the Capitol on April 1. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:44pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Sen. Rand Paul renewed his skepticism Tuesday of a…

Osvaldo Ruiz and a friend were hiking through an isolated stretch of mountains, just a few miles from the sprawling US-Mexico border wall that fringes San Diego, when the federal agent stopped them in their tracks. It was late March, mid-morning, and Ruiz, who works for a local non-profit called…

Migrants stand near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the US Border Patrol agents, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 14, 2023. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said on Monday it will pay for the travel and…