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Jun 23, 2020

Trump credits new border wall with stopping migrants, virus

President Donald Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday to celebrate construction of more than 200 miles of wall, hoping it will remind voters of progress he’s made toward one his... […]

Feb 6, 2020

House passes bill to cut red tape on border wall construction on private land

Calling it a matter of property rights and security, the state House voted Thursday to let those living along the border to construct walls without first getting local permission or building permits.

Jan 5, 2020

Private landowners can build unregulated border wall under proposed legislation

A top Republican lawmaker wants to allow people who own property along the border to build a wall without first getting any building permits.

Feb 12, 2019

Kelly: Border is porous, no opinion on single-payer health care

Former astronaut Mark Kelly waded into the political arena Tuesday, making a bid for U.S. Senate and hoping to prove to Arizonans he about more than just gun control.

Feb 7, 2019

Five reasons Trump should build the wall himself

Abraham Lincoln famously observed that “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” Well, neither can a house without walls.

Apr 4, 2018

Ducey embraces Trump plan for Guard on border

Gov. Doug Ducey is embracing President Donald Trump's announcement that he wants to deploy the military along the border with Mexico and is consulting with officials in Washington on how the state National Guard could help.

Dec 12, 2017

Six-year effort to build border wall ends with purchase of cameras

A bid to build a privately financed border wall between Arizona and Mexico ended after six years with some hunting cameras, but no actual wall.

Jul 27, 2017

House GOP advancing spending boosts for border wall, Pentagon, veterans

The Republican -controlled House has given tentative approval to a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump's long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Jul 26, 2017

House GOP works to deliver on border wall for Trump

House Republican allies of President Donald Trump are intent on giving him a long-sought victory in Congress by finally making a down payment on his long-promised wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Sonora, Mexico Gov. Claudia Pavlovich discuss trade and other border issues Friday at the annual meeting of the Arizona-Mexico Commission
Jun 3, 2017

Governors of Arizona and Sonora commit to strengthen ties despite Trump rhetoric

Donald Trump may be soliciting bids to build a wall along the border, but the governors of Arizona and Sonora are doing what they can to ensure there are doors and windows, at least figuratively speaking, to maintain the flow of goods, services and people.

In this March 30, 2017 file photo, Workers use a crane to lift a segment of a new fence into place on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, where Sunland Park, New Mexico, meets the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, As President Donald Trump's administration fights to fund a new, multibillion-dollar border wall, government lawyers are still settling claims with Texas landowners over the fence Congress approved more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
May 12, 2017

Trump seeks billions for border wall, US still paying for fence

As President Donald Trump tries to persuade a skeptical Congress to fund his proposed multibillion-dollar wall on the Mexican border, government lawyers are still settling claims with Texas landowners over a border fence approved more than a decade ago. Two settlements were completed just this week.

Feb 2, 2017

Obvious and not-so-obvious costs of Trump’s wall

President Donald Trump is about to learn that he can’t just tweet his Mexican wall into existence.

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