Published by the Nation on May 11, 2022.
Concerns about surveillance technologies that the Biden administration is increasingly installing along the border.
Under Biden, the Border Wall Is More Powerful Than Ever
13 Media Reports tagged “Fencing”
Links to long-form information produced by journalistic sources
Biden promised to stop the border wall. It still is being built
Published by the San Antonio Express-News on March 27, 2022.
CBP plans to build up to 86 miles of new levee wall along the border in south Texas. Community members respond.
Where Trump’s border wall left deep scars and open gaps, Biden plans repair job
Published by the Washington Post on February 19, 2022.
“In the year since President Biden halted border wall construction,” the Post reports, “his administration has been developing plans to put its own stamp on Trump’s pet project, principally by remediating some of the environmental destruction.”
A Monument to Stupidity: The Trauma of Trump’s Border Wall
Published by The Intercept on October 31, 2020.
A look at the harms that border wall construction has inflicted in south Texas.
The Disappearance of Quitobaquito Springs: Tracking Hydrologic Change with Google Earth Engine
Published by Bellingcat on October 1, 2020.
Using open-source data and imagery tools, this study documents how border wall construction is harming a fragile desert oasis in a southern Arizona protected area.
Why a private section of the border wall is allegedly failing
Published by CBS 60 Minutes on September 27, 2020.
An investigation of the section of privately built border wall in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, paid for by an organization whose management is now under indictment for fraud.
He builds the wall: How North Dakota’s Tommy Fisher scored $2 billion in Trump border contracts
Published by The Washington Post on September 14, 2020.
A profile of the owner of Fisher Sand and Gravel, a company that has used connections to the President to gain a large share of border wall construction contracts.
Back to the Wall
Published by The Texas Observer on July 20, 2020.
A report from Laredo, Texas, where the Trump administration’s plan to build a tall wall along the city’s riverfront is broadly and deeply unpopular.
Border wall, touted as health protection, was useless as COVID-19 surged in region
Published by The Arizona Daily Star on July 19, 2020.
As Arizona coronavirus cases soar, the state’s extensive border wall system was irrelevant to stopping its spread.
He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed.
Published by ProPublica on July 2, 2020.
A section of private border wall on the banks of the Rio Grande in south Texas, built by a pro-Trump company with donated funds, is threatened by erosion.
The “smarter” wall: How drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border
Published by Vox Recode on February 7, 2020.
A look at drones, towers, sensors, and other so-called “smart wall” technology.
Trump ramps up border-wall construction ahead of 2020 vote
Published by The Washington Post on February 6, 2020.
A detailed, graphical look at every segment of ongoing border wall construction.
Concerns grow that Trump’s wall will damage rivers, wildlife habitat on Arizona border
Published by The Arizona Republic on February 3, 2020.
A look at potential environmental harms that wall construction could cause in southern Arizona, and the work of advocates.