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Indigenous Sacred Land Is Being Destroyed Due to Border Wall Construction

Araceli CruzFebruary 7, 2020July 22, 2020

by Araceli CruzFebruary 7, 2020July 22, 202001641

As President Donald Trump nears the last year of his first term, his border wall is nowhere near completion. The construction of the border, however, continues on — even if the portions that are complete are falling. So, while construction crews proceed...

Artists Put a Seesaw at the Border Wall to Highlight Unity Amid Immigration Crisis

Virginia IsaadJuly 31, 2019August 3, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJuly 31, 2019August 3, 202002052

With both a political and literal divide between Mexico and the U.S., two artists decided to unite both sides by creating seesaws placed along the border wall. UC Berkeley Architecture professor Ronald Rael and San Jose State University design professor...

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Use Military Funds to Build Border Wall

Virginia IsaadJuly 29, 2019August 3, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJuly 29, 2019August 3, 202002106

Since the start of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been discussing the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the wall by allotting $2.5 billion in military funding....

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U.S. Citizens Funded Their Own New Mexico Border Wall

Araceli CruzMay 28, 2019August 7, 2020

by Araceli CruzMay 28, 2019August 7, 202001481

As President Donald Trump continues aggressively pushing towards funding and approval for his proposed border security, more than 200,000 people are doing what his administration cannot: building the wall. Late last year, veteran Brian Kolfage vowed to get the wall...

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Twitter Explodes After Texas Representative Proposes National Border Control Day Instead Of César Chávez Day

Irina GonzalezMarch 26, 2018October 23, 2020

by Irina GonzalezMarch 26, 2018October 23, 202001561

Twitter has exploded in anger over a Texas politician attempting to turn American labor leader César Chávez into a symbol of anti-immigration policies. In a move that makes absolutely no sense for anyone knowledgeable about the brave work Chávez has done in...