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US judge deals blow to Trump's border wall plans

W.G. Dunlop, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 12:58 PM

WASHINGTON - A US federal judge dealt a blow Friday to President Donald Trump's signature wall project, issuing a temporary injunction against using Defense Department funds to pay for barriers on the border with Mexico. Read more »

Guatemalan teenage boy dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody

Yeganeh Torbati and Kristina Cooke, Reuters
Posted at May 21 08:24 AM

WASHINGTON - A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died on Monday in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas, U.S. officials said, making him the fifth Guatemalan minor to die after being apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border since December. Read more »

Guatemalan migrant toddler dies weeks after U.S. detention

Reuters
Posted at May 16 01:06 PM

WASHINGTON - A 2-1/2-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy who was detained last month at the U.S.-Mexico border but released from U.S. custody with his mother during treatment for an illness has died in hospital, authorities said on Wednesday. Read more »

US-Mexico border detentions top 100,000 for second month in a row

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 07:21 AM

WASHINGTON - The number of migrants detained entering the United States from Mexico without documents in April topped 100,000 for the second month in a row, US border officials said Wednesday. Read more »

Judge gives U.S. six months to identify separated migrant children

Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 09:38 AM

A U.S. judge said on Thursday he would order the Trump administration to comb through the records of 47,000 immigrant children and within six months identify those separated from their parents after crossing the Mexican border. Read more »

FBI arrests leader of US 'patriots' stopping migrants at border

Andrew Hay, Reuters
Posted at Apr 21 09:34 AM

The FBI on Saturday said it had arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of an armed group who have been stopping migrants who illegally cross the US-Mexico border in New Mexico.  Read more »

Image of crying toddler on US border wins World Press Photo

Jan Hennop, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 08:26 AM

AMSTERDAM - The haunting image of a little girl crying helplessly as she and her mother are taken into custody by US border officials Thursday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award. Read more »

Trump won't separate children from migrants -- but praises tactic

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 10 06:41 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he won't resume separating children of undocumented migrants, but insisted the policy does prevent people from treating illegal border crossings like a trip to "Disneyland." Read more »

Trump retreats from Mexico border closing, threatens car tariffs instead

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 08:03 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday retreated from his threat to close the US-Mexican border, warning he will instead impose car import tariffs if the major US trading partner does not do more to stop undocumented migrants and drug smugglers. Read more »

Trump says '100%' ready to shut down Mexico border

Paul Handley and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 03 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is "100 percent" prepared to close down the US-Mexico border, warning Congress and Central American governments to take action to stem the flow of migrants into the country. Read more »

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border, again

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 05:19 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday again threatened to seal the US-Mexican border, claiming in a tweet that America's southern neighbor is allowing illegal immigrants to cross unhindered. Read more »

Pentagon authorizes $1 billion for Trump's border wall

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 26 03:12 PM

Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan has authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border, the first funds designated for the project under the president's emergency declaration. Read more »

Trump signs first veto to secure funding for border wall

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 08:57 AM

WASHINGTON, United States – Donald Trump signed the first veto of his presidency Friday, overriding congressional opposition to secure emergency funds to build more walls on the US-Mexico border.   Read more »

US Senate rebukes Trump on border emergency, president vows veto

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 08:23 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suffered an embarrassing defeat Thursday at the hands of US senators, including fellow Republicans, who voted to terminate his declaration of an emergency on the border with Mexico. Read more »

How UK-EU split might affect cross-border Filipinos

Vanda Marie Macion Brady, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Mar 09 02:48 PM

DUBLIN, Ireland – Everyday, at least 30,000 people cross the border between European Union and the United Kingdom to visit, work, study, or run a business.  Read more »

US House advances bill rejecting Trump's border wall emergency

Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 05:45 AM

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives on Tuesday, ignoring White House veto threats, moved toward passage of legislation to terminate President Donald Trump’s proclaimed national emergency at the US-Mexico border, in what would be a stinging rejection of his proposed wall there.   Read more »

Democrats move to block Trump's border emergency

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 11:25 AM

US Democrats on Friday rolled out their measure aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to seize federal dollars for construction of his controversial southern border wall.   Read more »

US House Democrats move to block Trump's emergency declaration on border

Reuters
Posted at Feb 21 07:55 AM

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday to end President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. Read more »

US states sue Trump administration in showdown over border wall funds

Reuters
Posted at Feb 19 09:07 AM

WASHINGTON - A coalition of 16 U.S. states led by California sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funds for constructing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more »

US women detained for speaking Spanish sue border agency

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 16 10:45 AM

LOS ANGELES, United States - Two US women detained by a border patrol agent in the state of Montana after he heard them speaking Spanish in a grocery store have sued the country's border protection agency.   Read more »