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Pentagon approves $3.6 billion military construction cash for border wall
Defense Secretary Mark Esper's decision fuels what has been a persistent controversy between the Trump administration and Congress over immigration policies and the funding of the border wall.
US, Mexico widen asylum crackdown to push back all migrants
The results serve the goals of both governments the US and Mexico, which have targeted unauthorized migration at the behest of President Donald Trump, who threatened Mexico with potentially crippling tariffs earlier this year to force action.
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US moves $271 mn from FEMA, Coast Guard to fund border programs
The news comes as hurricane season is ramping up and Tropical Storm Dorian is heading toward Puerto Rico. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the move "stunningly reckless".
US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to use Pentagon funds for border wall
The justices' decision to lift the freeze on the money allows President Donald Trump to make progress on a major 2016 campaign promise heading into his race for a second term.
US judge blocks Trump's latest sweeping asylum rule
The decision makes inconsequential a ruling by Washington DC District Judge Timothy Kelly earlier in the day that declined to block the rule in a different lawsuit brought by immigration advocacy groups, lawyers said.
Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to unfreeze border wall money
The money includes $3.6 billion from military construction funds, $2.5 billion from Defense Department counterdrug activities and $600 million from the Treasury Department's asset forfeiture fund.
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Donald Trump appeals US judge's border wall funding ruling
On Friday, US District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California said in a pair of court decisions that the Trump administration's proposal to transfer Defense Department funds intended for anti-drug activities was unlawful.
Mexico offers to send national guard to southern border to stem migration: Report
Mexico has sent a delegation of officials to Washington to try to avert U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose import tariffs on Mexican goods if the country does not do more to halt the flow of migrants to the United States.
Migrant camp under El Paso bridge has been cleared out
Criticism over the bridge enclosure had been building all week, with reports of children sleeping on trash-strewn gravel at the site under the Paso del Norte bridge.
Donald Trump threatens to close US border with Mexico next week
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to close the US border with Mexico in the past, but this time the United States government may follow through as it struggles to deal with a surge of asylum seekers countries in Central America.
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