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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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 WOLA on May 8, 2020.
Six reasons why the Trump administration’s doubling-down on border wall construction in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is costly and dangerous.
Published by Business Insider via World Politics Review on April 25, 2020.
Four coronavirus “hotspots” that the Trump administration’s border and migration policies risk creating.
Published by Brújula Ciudadana on April 13, 2020.
An analysis by me, in English and Spanish, of how the Trump administration’s coronavirus measures have not only put its whole immigration agenda in place, but are also threatening to spread the virus.
Published by WOLA on April 6, 2020.
Some of what the Trump administration is implementing at the border risks worsening the COVID-19 pandemic at home and exporting it to other countries.
Published by WOLA on March 10, 2020.
WOLA experts discuss current challenges the region faces from ineffective migration policies and protection of migrant rights and what might be done to change the situation.
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)
Published by Vox Recode on February 7, 2020.
A look at drones, towers, sensors, and other so-called “smart wall” technology.
Published by The Washington Post on February 6, 2020.
A detailed, graphical look at every segment of ongoing border wall construction.
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.
Published by WOLA on January 15, 2020.
An explanation of how the Trump administration has wrested billions of dollars in money from elsewhere in the federal budget in order to fund wall-building without congressional approval.
Published by WOLA on December 19, 2019.
A memo reporting back from a field visit to El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.