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[TRENDING NEWS] Showdown Over Northern Ireland Has a Key Offstage Player: Biden

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Author: BY MARK LANDLER - Publish Date: October 19, 2021 at 12:31AM As the U.K. and the European Union begin their wrangling over details of trade with Northern Ireland, President Biden has more than a passing interest in the final result.

[TRENDING NEWS] Border Standoff Over Afghan Migrants Highlights E.U. Fears of New Influx

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Author: BY STEVEN ERLANGER - Publish Date: August 27, 2021 at 12:06AM Belarus is accused of using migrants as a weapon against the European Union after a group of Afghans got trapped on its border with Poland, where the issue has become increasingly politicized.

[TRENDING NEWS] In Lithuania, Migrants Find Themselves Caught in a Geopolitical Battle

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Author: BY VALERIE HOPKINS - Publish Date: July 19, 2021 at 11:16PM The European Union member country says the president of Belarus, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is encouraging migrants to cross their shared border as revenge for E.U. sanctions.

[TRENDING NEWS] Britain and the E.U. Defer Action on Northern Ireland

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Author: BY MARK LANDLER - Publish Date: June 30, 2021 at 11:44PM The “sausage wars” are in abeyance for three months, but the symbolically potent trade dispute remains unresolved.

[TRENDING NEWS] I Spoke to a Rancher on the Border

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: June 26, 2021 at 12:14AM Many landowners in South Texas oppose Gov. Abbott's proposal for the state to build a border wall. But not everyone.

[TRENDING NEWS] Trump Is Gone, but Land Disputes Along Border Continue Under Biden

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Author: BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: April 16, 2021 at 07:39AM A Texas judge allowed the government this week to take possession of a family’s land because the Biden administration has yet to end lawsuits seeking property along the border.

[TRENDING NEWS] En la frontera de México y Estados Unidos: angustia y más migrantes

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Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB AND DANIEL BEREHULAK - Publish Date: March 15, 2021 at 09:19AM México tiene dificultades frente a una nueva ola de migrantes deportados de Estados Unidos mientras que más llegan con la esperanza de cruzar. Los albergues, vacíos hace cuatro meses, ahora rechazan a muchos.

[TRENDING NEWS] On Mexico’s Border With U.S.,Desperation as Migrant Traffic Piles Up

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Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB AND DANIEL BEREHULAK - Publish Date: March 15, 2021 at 06:55AM Mexico is struggling to deal with a new wave of migrants expelled from the U.S. while even more come north hoping to cross. Shelters that were empty four months ago are now having to turn many away.

[TRENDING NEWS] Migrants in Deadly Crash Had Crossed Through Border Wall, Officials Say

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN - Publish Date: March 4, 2021 at 06:50AM The Border Patrol said two S.U.V.s packed with people apparently crossed through a breach in the wall. One vehicle went on to collide with a tractor-trailer rig, killing 13 migrants.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Says He Cannot Quickly Undo Trump Border Policies

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: December 23, 2020 at 07:43AM It will take time to rebuild capacity to enable asylum seekers to be processed, the president-elect and his aides say, and they warn of a rush to the border.

[TRENDING NEWS] Trump’s Hard-Line Immigration Policies Go Before Voters

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Author: BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: October 30, 2020 at 07:12AM The administration has raced to build the president’s promised border wall and block migrants from entering the United States, but the future of those policies will be determined by the election.

[TRENDING NEWS] India Returns a Chinese Soldier Who Got Lost Looking for Yaks

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Author: BY STEVEN LEE MYERS - Publish Date: October 21, 2020 at 08:24AM After months of tension that turned violent at times, the release signaled a respite in a dispute that has led to a buildup of forces along the disputed mountainous border.

[TRENDING NEWS] $30 Million in Illegal Drugs Seized From Cross-Border Tunnel in San Diego, U.S. Says

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: April 1, 2020 at 07:43AM The tunnel’s entrance was not far from a newly constructed section of the border wall that President Trump visited last September in the Otay Mesa section of San Diego.

[TRENDING NEWS] The President Takes a Campaign Donation From the Pentagon

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Author: BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Publish Date: February 15, 2020 at 08:44AM To keep a promise as he runs for re-election, Trump uses more military funds to pay for the border wall.

[TRENDING NEWS] Twin Court Rulings Buoy Construction of Trump’s Border Wall

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Author: BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: January 10, 2020 at 07:44AM The decisions, in Texas and Louisiana, come as the administration has found itself behind schedule on the president’s promise to build 450 miles of border wall by 2021.

[TRENDING NEWS] Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking Border Wall Funding

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN - Publish Date: December 11, 2019 at 08:14AM A federal court ruled that President Trump’s proclamation of a national emergency did not justify tapping into Pentagon construction funds.

[TRENDING NEWS] Under Construction in Texas: The First New Section of Border Wall

Author: BY MANNY FERNANDEZ, MITCHELL FERMAN AND ALYSSA SCHUKAR - Publish Date: November 9, 2019 at 07:13AM Eight miles of original fencing are going up in the Rio Grande Valley, the first new wall to be built under President Trump. The administration wants 500 total miles constructed by 2021.

[TRENDING NEWS] Visiting Wall, Trump Points to Barrier to Burnish His Campaign

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Author: BY PETER BAKER - Publish Date: September 19, 2019 at 08:03AM President Trump’s photo op at the border was his only public appearance during two days in California, a state that has been a hotbed of opposition to his presidency and policies.

[TRENDING NEWS] Military Base Loses Funding for New School to Trump’s Border Wall

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Author: BY HELENE COOPER - Publish Date: September 6, 2019 at 07:17AM The Pentagon is diverting $62.6 million from a new middle school at Fort Campbell, meaning that 552 students will continue to cram themselves in at an aging school.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pentagon Lists Projects That Will Be Delayed to Fund Border Wall

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Author: BY EMILY COCHRANE AND HELENE COOPER - Publish Date: September 5, 2019 at 07:17AM Nearly every facet of military life — from Oklahoma to Puerto Rico to Germany — will be affected by the transfer of $3.6 billion from 127 projects.