The rugged terrain of Mount Cristo Rey has always presented a challenge to Border Patrol agents trying to keep migrants from ...

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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 Trump administration is fast-tracking wall construction along a critical section of the U.S.-Mexico border, the latest move by the White House to prioritize immigration enforcement. The Department ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stretching for 220 miles along the Gulf of Mexico, a southern belt overlays the canvas of Florida, shaped just like a dinosaur's tail. Hugging this belt is a terrain of rugged Chisos mountains, ...

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