Tag: Border Wall

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Facts Matter (June 11): Texas Will Build Its Own Border Wall, Arrest Illegal Immigrants: Governor

The governor of Texas announced that they will no longer wait for the federal government to do something. Instead, Texas will begin arresting illegal immigrants and building its own border wall. Meanwhile, a newly released report from the IRS found that even before the pandemic, blue states lost almost 400,000 taxpayers, who took over $26…


Pentagon Diverts Most Border Wall Funds to Overseas Military Construction: Memo

The Biden administration announced Friday that it returned more than $2 billion in military funds that former President Donald Trump had diverted to the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, while the Department of Defense (DOD) simultaneously announced that those funds will be used for overseas military construction projects. Instead of border wall construction, the…


Republicans Press GAO for Report on Biden’s Halt on Border Wall Construction

House Republicans are urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to issue their assessment of President Joe Biden’s decision to halt funds appropriated by the 116th Congress for the construction of the southern border barrier, as being either legal or illegal under current laws. In their most recent attempt to get answers about the legality of Biden’s border wall funding…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 2)

Two people are now dead on Capitol Hill after a car rammed into a barrier, a Texan policy analyst suggests an idea that may still get the border wall completed, and the state of Arkansas is pushing back against federal gun control laws.


Federal Agency Investigating Biden’s Order to Stop Border Wall Construction

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed reports it is investigating President Joe Biden’s move in January to freeze construction of the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Former President Donald Trump, who made border wall construction a key 2016 campaign promise, started building the wall amid legal battles and fights with Congress. On his first…


41 GOP Senators Ask Accountability Office to Evaluate Biden’s Suspension of Border Wall Funds

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Wednesday led 40 Republican colleagues to sign a letter asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate whether President Joe Biden’s suspension of funding and construction of the southern border wall was justified under federal law. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order that…


41 GOP Senators Ask GAO to Evaluate Biden’s Border Wall Funding Freeze

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on March 17 led 40 Republican colleagues to sign a letter asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate whether President Joe Biden’s suspension of funding and construction of the southern border wall was justified under federal law. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order…


Supreme Court Nixes Arguments in Immigration Cases at Biden Administration’s Request

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request this morning to cancel upcoming oral arguments over two legal challenges to former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration-related policies. The cases, now held in abeyance pending settlement discussions, dealt with the construction of a wall on the nation’s southern border to stem the flow of illegal aliens, and…


Supreme Court Cancels Arguments in Immigration Cases at Biden Administration’s Request

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request on Feb. 3 to cancel upcoming oral arguments over two legal challenges to former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration-related policies. The cases, now held in abeyance pending possible settlement discussions, dealt with the construction of a wall on the nation’s southern border to stem the flow of illegal…