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Since January 20, 2025, federal agencies have resumed and expanded border-barrier activity: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report that more than...
By mid-2025 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported contracts and projects adding roughly 83 miles of “traditional” wall plus waterborne barriers and separate contracts for additional miles ...
Available reporting shows wide disagreement about how many miles of “new” border barriers were built under President Trump’s first term (figures cited range from about 47–571 miles depending on defini...
Jasmine Crockett is running for the United States Senate from Texas; she launched a statewide Senate campaign in December 2025 and has been campaigning across Texas ahead of the March 2026 Democratic ...
in run on parallel tracks: the federal "Smart Wall" program is awarding multi‑billion‑dollar construction and technology contracts across Texas, while the state’s built dozens of miles with state appr...
Since 2021 the federal record shows a mix of repair work, removals, targeted reinforcement and new construction tied to Trump-era border barriers: DHS/CBP began repairing flood-control and erosion dam...
Federal appropriations and administrative actions for the U.S.–Mexico border barrier have totaled billions, but dollars and projects vary by year and administration: GAO reporting shows DHS obligated ...
By mid‑2025 several large private contractors had won U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) construction awards: Granite Construction received a $70.3 million contract for ~7 miles in Hidalgo Count...
The core claim is that Texas’ share of Republican voters does not directly match the number of Republican-held or -favored U.S. House seats after 2025 redistricting; maps and partisan indices show a ....
Since 2020 cartel smuggling corridors have shifted toward the western border (Arizona and California) for fentanyl and toward remote desert routes in Arizona and New Mexico for migrant and mixed smugg...
The original public estimates for the US–Mexico border wall diverged sharply: President Donald Trump and campaign allies repeatedly cited figures in the range, while an internal Department of Homeland...
Roughly one-third of the U.S.–Mexico border remains without continuous pedestrian-style barrier, and federal agencies are prioritizing a mix of new bollard fencing, secondary barriers and detection “S...
The Trump administration prioritized finishing and filling “gaps” in already identified high-traffic sectors of the southern border—most notably the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas and parts of south...
Construction and mitigation of the U.S.–Mexico border wall through 2025 has disproportionately affected specific ecological hotspots and frontline communities: biodiversity-rich corridors in southern ...
CBP has publicly awarded at least two sizable Trump-era border‑wall contracts: Granite Construction Co. won a $70.3 million award to build roughly seven miles in Hidalgo County, Texas (Rio Grande Vall...
Available federal sources and reporting show roughly 702 miles of “primary” and 76 miles of “secondary” barrier existed before Jan. 20, 2025; since then, administrations have planned, funded, waived r...
Coverage shows the U.S.–Mexico border barrier is neither continuous nor static: roughly 702 miles of “primary” barrier existed prior to Jan. 20, 2025, with many gaps, new state- and federal-funded pro...
By January 2021 U.S. officials reported roughly 452–458 miles of “border wall system” constructed during the Trump administration, but most reputable accounts and government breakdowns show the vast m...
The analyses provided show two consistent themes: the Trump administration prioritized , focusing work across California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, while later administrations and DHS actions em...
Reporting confirms that “tender age” shelters were established in to hold infants and toddlers who had been separated from immigrant parents under U.S. border enforcement policies; multiple outlets do...