Washington, DC— Today, the Senate Committee on Appropriations passed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act—a budget that include $5 billion more for border walls, funding for 6,800 more immigration detention beds and 119 new border patrol agents. See the full budget proposal here.
Washington, DC-- Today, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced the Trump administration will transfer over 560 acres of public lands to the Army to build roughly 70 miles of border barriers. The acreage includes public and desert lands in Arizona, California and New Mexico, including areas immediately south of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona and Otay Mountain Wilderness in California.
Washington, DC — The Trump administration announced today it will take $3.6 billion from military construction projects for 11 new border wall projects. Trump announced plans to raid the military’s budget set aside for specific projects back in February when he declared a national emergency to try and build his wall along the southern border. No court has yet weighed in on the legality of using military funds.
Rio Grande Valley, TX-- Today, human rights, conservation, and faith-based organizations called for the halt of proposed border wall construction in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley-- a 95-mile
project Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows will cut through communities and public lands in the region.
El Wall Street Journal informó hoy que la administración Trump planea transferir fondos de varios presupuestos militares —incluyendo ahorros del tipo 401-K y pensiones de retiro de tropas y veteranos militares— para construir el muro fronterizo.
Washington, DC— Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration plans to transfer funds from several buckets of the military budget— including 401k and pension retirement funds for military troops and veterans— for construction of border walls.
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that it will seek to expedite proceedings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in order to restore a permanent block on border wall construction using unauthorized military funds. The announcement comes after the Supreme Court temporarily granted the administration’s request to unfreeze up to $2.5 billion in military funds for wall construction while the Ninth Circuit considers the merits of the government’s appeal.
Washington, DC-- Today, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a district court order permanently blocking the administration from building Trump’s border wall using military funds unauthorized by Congress.
Washington, DC-- On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty vigils will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to detention centers across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants. For information on the events across the country and sponsors, see the Lights for Liberty page.
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court today denied the government’s attempt to begin construction of President Trump’s border wall using funds unauthorized by Congress. The ruling upholds an earlier district court order that blocks the administration from building wall sections along the southern border in New Mexico and Arizona using illegally diverted military funds.
Washington DC — Thursday, July 18, a new documentary about the US-Mexico borderlands will premiere at the E Street Cinema, presented by the DC Environmental Film Festival. The film, Ay Mariposa, portrays life on the border, and the struggle of three borderlands residents in the lengthening shadow of the wall.
Una corte federal bloqueó hoy permanentemente los intentos de la administración Trump de usar $2.500 millones en fondos militares para construir el muro fronterizo que el Congreso había denegado y lo consideró ilegal. La construcción del muro usando estos fondos iba a comenzar el próximo lunes.