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Border walls and new surveillance technology could be coming to the greater Big Bend region and the rest of Texas’ southern border as part of a sweeping “Smart Wall” plan announced by the Trump ...

Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. This story was originally published by Sierra and is republished here by ...

The federal government’s $4.5 billion "Smart Wall" project will add hundreds of miles of high-tech border security, including detection systems through Big Bend National Park. Homeland Security ...

This article was published by Source New Mexico. Read more at sourcenm.com. The U.S. government this week set aside environmental protection laws in order to speed up border wall construction along ...

In one of the most remote parts of Arizona, a place where most of the residents are nonhuman and life in all its forms is abundant, something big is coming. Construction trucks power through the ...

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Crews install steel border barrier panels and supporting foundations during construction along the U.S.–Mexico border, work that typically involves heavy lifting, concrete placement and access-road ...

Democrats' support for a southern border remains minimal compared to Republicans, though the percentage of left-leaning Americans who support expansion of a wall between the United States and Mexico ...

In August 2025, the Trump administration announced it would paint the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border black in the hopes the wall would become hotter and thus deter people from climbing it. A mural ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The Department ...