A fight over eminent domain at Mount Cristo Rey pits Trump's border wall plans against religious liberty claims.

A tiny Texan town along the border with Mexico is fighting the administration’s efforts to build a border wall running ...

President Donald Trump is accelerating his effort to finish his border wall and setting an ambitious goal of completing it by the end of his administration. He’ll need landowners whose property runs ...

Now, after a massive infusion of cash from Congress, President Donald Trump’s administration is swiftly building what it has dubbed a “smart wall,” a combination of 30-foot-tall steel fencing and an ...

A legal battle is underway over the seizure of land owned by the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces at Mount Cristo Rey, considered a ‘holy site’ ...

The U.S.-Mexico border spans 1,954 miles across deserts, rivers, mountains and other challenging terrain. According to DHS's Smart Wall website, 272 miles of new barriers have been awarded and are ...

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In its dash to build President Trump’s signature border wall, the federal government is drilling unpermitted wells into ...

Before Trump won his first election, in 2016, with promises to “build the wall,” Arizona’s border with Mexico already had the most barriers of any U.S. state. But an unfinished stretch lay along the ...

In June 2026, a video circulated online that purported to show two migrants using a ladder to scale the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The video, which appeared to be authentic and not ...

White sage burning, Norma Meza Calles gathers guests at a Mexican wellness resort into a semicircle facing Kuuchamaa Mountain and asks everyone to close their eyes and feel its presence. “This is ...