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 Council on Foreign Relations on September 29, 2022.
“To stave off climate-induced instability in Central America,” the report recommends measures for “both immediate crisis response and long-term instability mitigation.”
Published by the Wildlands Network on July 25, 2022.
Details sites along the U.S.-Mexico border that are in most dire need of environmental restoration following border wall construction.
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.”
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 WOLA on August 13, 2021.
A call for greater cooperation to prepare for, and to mitigate, the climate-related causes of migration in the hemisphere.
Published by the International Refugee Assistance Project on August 2, 2021.
Recommends that the U.S. Department of Justice issue an “opinion that clarifies that climate change serves as grounds for refugee status under U.S. law.”
Published by WOLA on February 10, 2021.
The state of wall-building and funding, and options for the Biden administration to cease all construction and repair at least some of the damage.
Published by The Intercept on October 31, 2020.
A look at the harms that border wall construction has inflicted in south Texas.
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.
Published by the Project on Government Oversight on June 5, 2020.
A look at the laws the Trump administration is waiving or violating in order to build as much border fence as possible before the president’s term ends.
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.
