Texas Gov. Greg Abbott floats building a wall on the Oklahoma border
It’s not the first time Abbott has engaged in Civil War adjacent rhetoric.
By Jesse Valentine - February 22, 2024It’s not the first time Abbott has engaged in Civil War adjacent rhetoric.
By Jesse Valentine - February 22, 2024Republican Sen. Ted Budd’s Build the Wall Now Act would force the Biden administration to continue building former President Donald Trump’s wall along the southern border.
By Josh Israel - February 14, 2023Jane Timken is running for Senate on Trump’s immigration policies.
By Josh Israel - March 18, 2022Kari Lake tweeted in December, ‘When I’m Governor, we’ll finish the wall ourselves in defiance of them. Is Joe Biden going to send officials in to arrest a sitting Governor? Try me.’
By Nick Vachon - February 08, 2022But the network apparently didn’t mind a $580,600 contract to upgrade security at Mar-a-Lago.
By Oliver Willis - October 25, 2021Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) says she’ll offer amendments to the bill to fund the wall and a canceled oil pipeline project.
By Josh Israel - August 02, 2021Gov. Greg Abbott has constructed a chain-link fence in Del Rio, Texas, to stop migrants.
By Oliver Willis - July 20, 2021A new letter to President Joe Biden takes aim at his Department of Justice’s defense of “anti-democratic” decisions from the Trump era.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - July 09, 2021The Government Accountability Office already rejected Republicans’ argument that delaying the border wall was illegal.
By Josh Israel - June 24, 2021The same senators also defended former President Donald Trump over his illegal blocking of funding for aid to Ukraine.
By Josh Israel - June 15, 2021Experts say the rise in apprehensions is largely due to seasonal shifts in migration.
By Amy Lieu - May 11, 2021‘Trump’s abuse of power is pervasive and it’s hurting military families,’ a veteran said of the redirecting of military funds for the border wall.
By Amy Lieu - May 03, 2021Immigration experts say there’s still much more work to be done.
By Amy Lieu - April 29, 2021But voters prefer ‘smart border management’ to ‘strong border security’ like the wall, a recent poll found.
By Amy Lieu - April 27, 2021Republican lawmakers are adamant about completing Donald Trump’s expensive pet project.
By Amy Lieu - April 26, 2021The Biden administration pledged to halt wall construction. So why is the government still trying to seize land for it?
By Amy Lieu - April 23, 2021‘More meaningless and costly political theatre,’ Arizona Senate Democrats said of the governor’s actions.
By Amy Lieu - April 21, 2021‘This is just pure political grandstanding,’ said an advocate from one environmental group.
By Amy Lieu - April 15, 2021Rep. Lauren Boebert says, ‘We have to take our country back.’
By Oliver Willis - April 13, 2021Congressional Republicans say only roads and bridges count as infrastructure — but also that President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan should include Donald Trump’s failed wall.
By Josh Israel - April 07, 2021Republicans are sharing videos of themselves in front of the wall to push exacerbated rhetoric about a so-called ‘crisis’ at the southern border.
By Amy Lieu - March 31, 2021The extreme bill calls for all immigration to be halted for four years and for the southern border wall to be fully funded.
By Amy Lieu - March 16, 2021President Joe Biden just made good on another campaign promise.
By Emily Singer - February 11, 2021President Joe Biden halted construction of the wall on his first day in office.
By Donna Provencher - January 28, 2021Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said President Biden’s decision allowing transgender people to serve freely in the military is not ‘unifying.’
By Emily Singer - January 25, 2021‘I’m so happy and relieved, but we are still afraid of getting our hearts broken again.’
By Associated Press - January 23, 2021‘All I can say is count me out,’ Sen. Graham said just last week.
By Amy Lieu - January 12, 2021Contrary to his promises, none of the $15 billion spent on border wall construction was paid by Mexico.
By Josh Israel - January 11, 2021Mexico never paid for that wall, for one.
By Josh Israel - December 27, 2020Work on the wall has caused environmental damage that conservationists fear could be irreversible.
By Associated Press - December 17, 2020