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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the Arizona-Mexico border wall Wednesday morning, hosting a press conference alongside key border officials.

Donald Trump’s administration has added a so-called militarized zone to the southern border wall in California as the president continues his crackdown on immigration. The Department of the Interior announced Wednesday that it will transfer jurisdiction ...

PHOENIX — The federal government is proceeding with plans for a border wall even as communities where construction is ongoing protest the presence of workers, according to court documents. In the Yuma, Arizona, area, the government modified a contract on ...

ALAMO, Texas (Border Report) — All border wall contractors have been notified that they must stop construction by Wednesday to comply with orders from the Biden administration, a South Texas lawmaker told Border Report. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas ...

Exclusive video from southern border wall as Trump ramps up construction The Trump administration has awarded $8 billion in contracts to build a high-tech border barrier called a "Smart Wall." (Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been deeply strained since Trump took office vowing to build a Southern border wall to stop illegal immigration. Trump insisted during his campaign and throughout his presidency that Mexico will pay for the wall. Mexico insists it will not pay.