Mexico Border Wall

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Robins Exile downed a traditional meal of plantains and chicken at a restaurant run by Haitian immigrants, just a short walk from the walled border with the United States. He arrived the night before and went there seeking advice: Should he try to get to the…

Texas state troopers used cars to erect a wall of metal this weekend, sealing off the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, and the Homeland Security Department said it was rushing agents and officers to the site to process the thousands of migrants who had made it across, as officials moved…

Features Janelle De Souza Sunday 15 August 2021 Artist and professor, Karyn Olivier. PHOTOS COURTESY KARYN OLIVIER - When people hear the word “artist” they usually think of the people who create paintings, sculpture, or something decorative that could fit neatly in a room to enhance a space. However, that…

USA: Unemployment with labor shortage LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta How ironic; the current unemployment rate in the USA is 10 percent, very high for American standards, but at the same time, there is a labor shortage.  In agriculture, specifically in the fresh produce sector American farmers have to depend on…

People on the Mexican side of the border pelted U.S. construction workers making repairs on the border wall in Arizona this week, Homeland Security Department officials said Thursday. Officials described the incident as an “assault,” but said none of the workers nor their equipment took a hit from the rocks.…

During an off-the-walls argument on The Five that attempted to paint anti-vaxxers as freedom fighters and the CDC as reactionary fascists, Geraldo Rivera single-handedly burst the Fox News bubble by decrying Americans who refuse to get vaccinated as “arrogant, selfish SOB’s.” Calling the vaccine “bulletproof against this damn disease,” Rivera…

Canada is set to open its borders to fully vaccinated U.S. travelers next month, but travelers will notice a few differences compared to their pre-pandemic trips. From COVID testing and vaccination requirements to lodging prices, a number of things have changed up north since nonessential border travel between the two…

The mayoral election had been thrown into chaos after the board of elections mistakenly included 135,000 “test ballots” in its vote tally. The board of elections had published updated vote totals for the Democratic primary earlier on Tuesday, which showed Kathryn Garcia, New York’s former sanitation commissioner, narrowing the gap…

Former President Donald Trump continued to push his baseless election fraud theory during his first rally in support of a Republican running for office in 2022. In his opening remarks at Saturday's Save America Rally in Ohio, Trump called alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election "the biggest threat of…

Top Texas officials penned a letter on Wednesday authorizing the transfer of $250 million as a "down payment" for the state’s border wall with Mexico. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week announced plans to build a wall on the southern border to help stem the influx of migrants entering the…