People who live along the border watched their aquifers recede as the border wall grew. Now they fear it will happen again.

Once the symbol of the president’s immigration policies, the wall has been eclipsed by his deportation efforts, but with $46.5 billion from Congress, construction is ramping up on the Rio Grande.

State-built border wall under construction near the banks of the Rio Grande in Zapata Co. on Sept. 23, 2024. Credit: Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas ...

Laredo drew national attention after the New York Times reported federal border wall plans that could cut through parks, ...

Almost 230 miles of the Arizona-Mexico border was lined with a 30-foot steel bollard wall during the first Trump administration — part of a project that cost roughly $15 billion and covered just over ...

LAREDO, Texas - City leaders say they’re scrambling to protect both public safety and the city’s natural beauty after federal ...

Residents of the Azteca neighborhood could lose access to their only nearby green space if federal border wall construction ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The federal government has released an “Environmental Stewardship Plan” that acknowledges several species and wildlife will be “adversely affected” by the construction ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up ...

Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up ...

(The Texas Tribune) — Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only ...