Information from the U.S. or other governments
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on September 5, 2023.
Finds that Trump-era border wall “construction harmed some cultural and natural resources, for example, by blasting at a tribal burial site and altering water flows.” (Link at gao.gov)
Published by the Consulate of Mexico in San Diego on January 27, 2023.
Lists 100 Mexican nationals killed, and 555 injured, while crossing from the Tijuana area to the San Diego area 2020-2022. (Original link)
Published by CBP on April 29, 2022. (Español)
Maps and environmental plans for border wall construction, using funds appropriated for 2020, in and around Laredo, Texas. (Link at cbp.gov / enlace en cbp.gov)
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in January 2022.
A presentation mapping out CBP’s post-Trump administration plans to close border wall gaps and perform environmental remediation in Arizona. (Link at storymaps.arcgis.com)
Published by Customs and Border Protection on January 20, 2022.
Maps and other information about proposed border wall segments that would be built in south Texas with prior-year Homeland Security appropriations funds, which the Biden administration has asked Congress to rescind. (link at cbp.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on June 9, 2021.
Outlines of a plan, foreseen in a proclamation issued shortly after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, to cease border wall construction and close out existing projects. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the U.S. Department of Justice on August 20, 2020.
An indictment, on fraud charges, of principals from “We Build the Wall,” a non-profit that sought to build sections of private border wall using donors’ money. (Link at justice.gov)
Published by the House Appropriations Committee on July 14, 2020.
The House appropriators’ narrative report accompanying the 2021 bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. (Link at appropriations.house.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General on July 14, 2020.
Finds major, basic shortcomings in CBP’s planning and purchasing as it built Donald Trump’s border wall.
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on May 29, 2020.
A request for proposals “seeking further product improvements to the anti-climb/anti-cut features of the border wall barrier.”
Published by the Defense Department Comptroller on February 13, 2020.
A Defense Department notification to Congress that it is transferring $3.8 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for construction of border fencing, in accordance with President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration. (link at comptroller.defense.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on February 11, 2020.
The annual budget request to Congress for the agency that includes Border Patrol, CBP officers at ports of entry, and an Air and Marine Division operating along U.S. borders. Includes the request for border wall construction. (link at dhs.gov)
