TheWall
TheWall
Relating to the proposed border wall between the US and Mexico.
Tuesday 26 March 2019
...setting up a possible fight over which branch of government has final authority on how that money can be spent.
Monday 25 March 2019
Without seeking congressional approval.
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Fifteen people reportedly arrested for robbing concertina wire installed by US authorities and selling it to locals in Tijuana
Monday 18 March 2019
The list, which includes a pool of projects valued at $12.9 billion that are "unobligated," meaning that construction contracts have yet to be awarded.
Sunday 17 March 2019
Friday 15 March 2019
Trump used his veto pen for the first time Friday
Thursday 14 March 2019
Hoping to stave off an embarrassing rebuke of President Donald Trump, Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas and Ben Sasse of Nebraska decided to show up virtually unannounced to make a last-ditch effort Wednesday night to strike a bargain
...delivering a bipartisan rebuke to what lawmakers in both parties deemed executive overreach
Wednesday 13 March 2019
Monday 11 March 2019
Saturday 9 March 2019
Friday 8 March 2019
Wednesday 6 March 2019
Tuesday 26 February 2019
"I'll look like an idiot--but if the fate of humanity is at stake, I have no choice!"
Monday 25 February 2019
Sunday 24 February 2019
Thursday 21 February 2019
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Monday 18 February 2019
...arguing that the president’s decision to declare a national emergency is unconstitutional.
Wednesday 13 February 2019
...he was "not happy" with the tentative deal reached by congressional negotiators late Monday night that falls far short of his original demands.
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Sunday 10 February 2019
Trump said barriers turned El Paso from one of the nation’s most dangerous cities to one of its safest, but that’s not true.
Saturday 9 February 2019
O'Rourke's camp described Monday's protest march as an effort to "show the country the reality of the border — a vibrant, safe, bi-national community that proudly celebrates its culture, history, diversity and status as a city of immigrants."
Friday 8 February 2019
House and Senate conferees were nearing an agreement that could offer the president $1.3 billion to about $2 billion in funding for border security.
Tuesday 5 February 2019
Monday 4 February 2019
“...but we will rue the day when we let a president start taking money for one purpose, declaring an emergency and using it for another,”
Sunday 3 February 2019
Thursday 31 January 2019
Wednesday 30 January 2019
Monday 28 January 2019
By waiting for Congress to act, the president is undermining the legal basis for any declaration.
Sunday 27 January 2019
Saturday 26 January 2019
The firings show Trump’s business was relying on undocumented workers even as the president demanded a border wall to keep out such immigrants.
Friday 25 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 35
Even as he agreed to reopen the government, the president used recycled inaccurate claims to press his case for a wall.
Thursday 24 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 34
The documents also reflect a sense of urgency with administration plans, noting that environmental reviews can be skipped and DHS can use waivers to bypass contracting laws.
It is a political hostage situation in which the president has taken part of the government hostage to get money for his wall.
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 33
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 32
Monday 21 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 31
"One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King was 'now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.' ... He inspired us to change through the legislative process to become a more perfect union. That's exactly what President Trump is calling on the Congress to do"
Sunday 20 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 30
Saturday 19 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 29
In casting the proposal as a compromise, Mr. Trump sought to shift pressure to Democrats to end the government shutdown.
Friday 18 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 28
Thursday 17 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 27
...people overstaying their visas made up about 62 percent of new undocumented immigrants in the country, compared with 38 percent who crossed the border outside designated ports of entry.
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 26
The GOP’s 2014 lawsuit against then-President Barack Obama was the first time a district-court judge affirmed the right of the House of Representatives, as an institution, to sue a sitting president.
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 25
The NBPC once opposed “wasting taxpayer money on building fences and walls along the border.”
Monday 14 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 24
Trump notes that “elections have consequences,” referring to his 2016 election. But there was another election, in November, and the consequence of that is that Democrats now control the House and they refuse to give Trump money for a wall.
Sunday 13 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 23
Saturday 12 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 22
...conceded Friday he didn't really know why the network turned him down.
Friday 11 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 21
...that said building walls and fences along the border to stop illegal immigration would be “wasting taxpayer money.”
...both GoFundMe and Mr. Kolfage had determined the money raised could not be given to the federal government
Trump is rewriting the premise of his central campaign promise, a pledge that he has repeated hundreds of times and has said would be “so easy” to fulfill.
That proposal, titled “COMPELLING MEXICO TO PAY FOR THE WALL,” was the stuff of MAGA fan fiction.
Thursday 10 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 20
Acosta [...] said in his video that he did not "see anything resembling a national emergency situation."
White House officials considered diverting emergency aid from storm- and fire-ravaged Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas and California to build a border barrier, perhaps under an emergency declaration.
"It's an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year"
“If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it, go over it, go around it,” Trump told graduates. “But get to the other side of that wall.”
"They say a wall is medieval. Well, a wheel is older than a wall"
"And I looked, and every single car out there, even the really expensive ones that the Secret Service uses — and believe me they are expensive — I said, 'Do they all have wheels?' 'Yes.' 'Oh. I thought it was medieval.'"
Yet he has said Mexico would “make a one-time payment,” that Mexico would reimburse the United States and that the costs could be covered by imposing fees on Mexican diplomats and workers.
"When I said Mexico would pay for the wall in front of thousands and thousands of people ... obviously I never meant Mexico would write a check."
Asked if he would make such a declaration, an action that would likely face legal challenges, Mr. Trump said: “If this doesn’t work out, probably I will do it. I would almost say definitely.”
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 19
The young speechwriter has a signature style: blood, gore, and a penchant for provoking rather than persuading the president’s adversaries.
...his upcoming trip to the border won’t “change a damn thing” and that it’s really just a photo opportunity.
The President has made this false claim before.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 18
In a nine-minute speech that made no new arguments but included multiple misleading assertions, the president sought to recast the situation at the Mexican border as a “humanitarian crisis”
The president wants you to be very afraid. The facts say you shouldn’t be.
While the “crisis” at the border is largely manufactured by Trump, the powers he could use to declare a state of emergency to get a border wall built really do exist.
“The federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security.”
False.
“The threat is real,” she says, citing numbers that actually indicate the opposite.
...polls show a majority of Americans blame him and Republicans for the shutdowns, and the majority have also consistently been opposed to his idea of a border wall with Mexico.
Monday 7 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 17
Jimmy Carter became the latest ex-POTUS to come forward and call BS on Trump.
Sunday 6 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 16
Saturday 5 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 15
“How do we get him to continue to talk about immigration?”
Friday 4 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 14
Trump claimed without evidence on Friday that past presidents have privately confided to him that they regret not building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
...options could include reprogramming funds from the Department of Defense and elsewhere – a move which would circumvent Congress.
Thursday 3 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 13
What ensued was not a press briefing, but a cheap stunt to promote a potential border wall.
Wednesday 2 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 12
Who's going to tell him about Game of Thrones?
...here’s a quick overview for readers who might have missed — or tried to ignore — the tweets between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Tuesday 1 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 11
Monday 31 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 10
Sunday 30 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 9
Saturday 29 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 8
Friday 28 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 7
Thursday 27 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 6
Tuesday 25 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 4
"It's not a question of me," he said. "I would rather not be doing shutdowns. I've been at the White House. I love the White House, but I wasn't able to be with my family."
Monday 24 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 3
Sunday 23 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 2
Saturday 22 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 1
This is the third shutdown of 2018.
Friday 21 December 2018
The campaign [...] had raised more than $13 million from more than 213,000 people by Friday afternoon. The goal? $1 billion.
Thursday 20 December 2018
The vote comes after the president said Thursday he would not sign a spending measure that does not include money for a border wall.
If Trump cannot secure the money he is demanding for the wall now, it's unlikely he will see a spending bill that meets his requirement for at least two years as Democrats assume control.
Wednesday 19 December 2018
Move puts off any bid for border wall until next year, when Democrats will hold House
By a voice vote the Senate approved the stop-gap measure, sending it to the House of Representatives for passage before a midnight Friday deadline
Tuesday 18 December 2018
"We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion" and will "work with Congress" to do so
Sunday 16 December 2018
"At stake is the question of whether or not the United States remains a sovereign country."
MILLER: We're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration--
Thursday 13 December 2018
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Trump was essentially goaded [...] into embracing ownership of a shutdown yet to come if Democrats do not accede to his request for $5 billion to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico.
...the president said the USMCA will bring so much money into the US that it would be almost as if Mexico paid for the wall.
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Trump wants you to believe that the southern border is now secured because of his tough measures. But he also wants you to believe the same border is in crisis and requires the construction of an expensive border wall to secure it.
The president taking ownership of any potential government shutdown hinders Republicans' ability to pin the blame on Democrats
...as the president insisted he's willing to let the government shut down if Congress doesn't approve funding for his U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Thursday 6 December 2018
The fight comes as the shutdown deadline approaches.
Monday 3 December 2018
Monday 26 November 2018
Friday 23 November 2018
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Both parties are refusing to bend, with a government funding deadline two weeks away.
Friday 28 September 2018
The measure requires lawmakers to revisit other contentious measures in just two months
Thursday 20 September 2018
Saturday 15 September 2018
Saturday 8 September 2018
But even if they lost only a few acres of land to the 30-foot wall, the barrier would sever the property in half and make it difficult for anyone to access the riverfront.
Monday 30 July 2018
Sunday 29 July 2018
Monday 25 June 2018
Thursday 21 June 2018
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Friday 4 May 2018
Monday 23 April 2018
Friday 13 April 2018
Sunday 1 April 2018
In a fiery series of Sunday morning tweets, sent an hour after he wished Americans a “HAPPY EASTER" and minutes before he attended a church service here, Trump vowed, “NO MORE DACA DEAL.”
Friday 30 March 2018
Trump promised to build a “big, beautiful” wall, but a border official’s description of the first major steps of the project framed it as more of a fixer-upper.
“I would say that it’s all new because there’s a different design going in, it’s replacing stuff that’s unsuitable,” he said. “I would call it all new. It replaces what is existing.”
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Friday 23 March 2018
Tuesday 13 March 2018
"There's a lot of problems in Mexico — they have a lot of problems over there," he said. "The fact is, if you don't have a wall system it would be bedlam, I imagine."
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Tuesday 27 February 2018
A federal judge whom President Donald Trump railed against as biased during the 2016 campaign issued a broad ruling Tuesday upholding the administration's legal authority to build a wall along the southern border.
Saturday 24 February 2018
One Mexican official said Trump “lost his temper.” But U.S. officials described him instead as being frustrated and exasperated, saying Trump believed it was unreasonable for Peña Nieto to expect him to back off his crowd-pleasing campaign promise of forcing Mexico to pay for the wall.
Friday 23 February 2018
Wednesday 7 February 2018
A Border Patrol agent whose death last November fueled President Trump’s calls for a border wall appears to have died in an accident, according to FBI findings released Wednesday.
Tuesday 6 February 2018
The case, which was initially three separate lawsuits before being consolidated by Curiel, represents a substantial legal challenge to the construction of Trump’s potential border wall.
Monday 5 February 2018
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Senate negotiators found themselves back at Square 1 on immigration on Tuesday, as the Senate Democratic leader withdrew the biggest gesture he had made to strike a deal: an offer to fully fund President Trump’s proposed wall at the Mexican border.
Democrats withdraw offer to fund Trump's border wall
Thursday 18 January 2018
Kelly ... said that candidate Trump had not been "fully informed" about the border situation when he pledged repeatedly on the campaign trail to build the 2,200-mile wall and get Mexico to pay for it.
Tuesday 16 January 2018
Thursday 4 January 2018
Friday 29 December 2017
Tuesday 12 December 2017
“We understand that not everyone in the country may be as interested in butterflies or in the environment as we are,” said Glassberg. “But everyone should care when the government thinks it can do whatever it wants on your private property.”
Friday 1 December 2017
Thursday 14 September 2017
Thursday 7 September 2017
The new wall prototypes will be 18 to 30 feet high and made of materials other than concrete
Tuesday 5 September 2017
“Let's build the wall and let the dreamers stay. Isn't that called compromise?”
Thursday 31 August 2017
Four companies will build the prototypes in the San Diego area... The companies selected will each have 30 days to complete the projects after the agency gives them the order to proceed.
Sunday 27 August 2017
Thursday 24 August 2017
The White House isn't even pretending that Mexico is going to pay for that wall anymore.
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Trump’s vow Tuesday to close down the government if he doesn’t get money for the border wall mirrors private comments he has made to advisers in recent days
Sunday 13 August 2017
A United States-Mexico treaty prohibits building a wall or levee in the Rio Grande floodplain, so the map shows the wall being built well north of the river. But that means it will slice through countless pieces of private property and bisect several major wildlife refuges.
Wednesday 9 August 2017
Democrats have vowed to oppose funding for a border wall, making it probably the biggest threat to an early October closure.
Thursday 3 August 2017
The funding “will work out in the formula somehow,” Trump said, adding later that “it will come out in the wash, and that is okay.” But “if you are going to say that Mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then I do not want to meet with you guys anymore because I cannot live with that.”
Thursday 13 July 2017
“I said to him, ‘Were you involved in the meddling with the election?’” Mr. Trump recalled. “He said, ‘Absolutely not. I was not involved.’ He was very strong on it. I then said to him, in a totally different way, ‘Were you involved with the meddling?’ He said, ‘I was not — absolutely not.’”
Mr. Trump conceded that he did not ask Mr. Putin a question about the election that he wanted to ask: “Who were you really for? Because I can’t believe that he would have been for me. Me. Strong military, strong borders — he doesn’t care about borders — but strong military. Tremendous.”
He also said the wall would have to be transparent, using an offbeat example to explain why. “When they throw large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them — they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It’s over,” he said. “As crazy as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall.”
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Tuesday 27 June 2017
...the prototypes would be added to the existing border walls in San Diego and would allow the agency to evaluate which barriers are most effective
Thursday 22 June 2017
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Are those photos of fences or walls?
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Spicer refused to acknowledge the delay is really a delay.
Trump is almost certainly not going to get his money for a wall on the border with Mexico this week.
Trump said he’s okay waiting until September to have this fight.
Monday 24 April 2017
The 100-day mark falls on Saturday, the same day government could shut down without a budget deal.
Sunday 23 April 2017
Trump wants funding to be included in a spending measure that would keep the government open past April 28
Presumably the report that Sessions was citing was a July 2011 report ... that said individuals who are not authorized to work in the U.S. have been paid $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits. But it did not mention Mexicans or any other nationalities.
Friday 21 April 2017
...threatening to sabotage the Affordable Care Act unless Democrats vote to fund a border wall with Mexico.
Thursday 20 April 2017
Mulvaney also told The Associated Press that “elections have consequences” and Trump must receive funding for the planned border wall in the spending bill.
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Another proposal ... has one crazy idea bound to keep people away from the wall: fill it with nuclear waste.
Among the submissions are walls with solar panels, wire mesh and sloped, slippery surfaces.
Tuesday 4 April 2017
Though the Loops' home is on US territory, it is located on the other side of the country's border fence.
Saturday 18 March 2017
The proposal said the wall should be about 30-foot high, but added that it could be lower in some instances.
Thursday 16 March 2017
Key GOP senators expressed concerns this week about who would foot the bill for the wall, with some bluntly voicing doubts that Mexico will cover it, as Trump has vowed.
Thursday 9 March 2017
Wednesday 8 March 2017
...a move that lawmakers and security experts say defies logic if the White House is serious about defending against terrorism and keeping out undocumented foreigners.
Friday 24 February 2017
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a preliminary request for proposals Friday
Wednesday 22 February 2017
The furtive visit came as the Trump administration set off this week to reshape the nation’s immigration policy
Saturday 11 February 2017
Friday 10 February 2017
Smithsonian.com asked two scientists, a geophysicist and a hydrogeologist, which geologic factors the wall’s builders should take into account first if they are to execute this ambitious project.
Saturday 28 January 2017
Thursday 26 January 2017
Spicer dodged reporters' questions about the impact of the border tax on American consumers
This morning we informed the White House that I will not attend the working meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with @POTUS
We are going to finance the Secure Fence Act
Tuesday 24 January 2017
Mexico has repeatedly said it will not pay for any border wall.