News and Resources

• Beto and Ted’s Competing Realities Collide for the First Time
  While the Senate battle between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke has become perhaps the most-watched political race in the country, it has existed almost entirely in two separate and thoroughly disparate realities. There’s O’Rourke’s reality, in which his energetic DIY campaign is centered on showing up everywhere with an ... read more
  Source: Texas ObserverPublished on 2018-09-22
• BNHR Leads Unprecedented Community Reaction Rejecting Construction of New Border Wall
  HUGS NOT WALLS! Press Conference to Announce Unprecedented Community Reaction Rejecting Construction of New Border Wall in Downtown El Paso     WHAT: BNHR PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE UNPRECEDENTED COMMUNITY ACTIONS REJECTING CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL WHEN: TOMORROW SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 2:00 P.M. WHERE: BNHR OFFICE (2115 N. PIEDRAS STREET)   ... read more
  Source: Border NetworkPublished on 2018-09-20
• Trump complains about lack of funding for border wall in ‘ridiculous’ spending bill
  A morning tweet injects further uncertainty into efforts to keep the government running beyond the end of the month. ... read more
  Source: Washington PostPublished on 2018-09-20
• There are one or two problems with Trump’s idea to build a Spanish border wall in the Sahara
  Cost is probably the least significant one. ... read more
  Source: Washington PostPublished on 2018-09-20
• Trump says he found inspiration for border wall at memorial for Flight 93 victims
  The president said in an interview the walls that are part of the memorial are “beautiful” and “perfect.” ... read more
  Source: Washington PostPublished on 2018-09-19
• Trump’s Border Wall Obsession Is a Threat to the Southwest Border Region
  To save lives, preserve habitats, and ensure thriving border communities, Congress should stop funding President Trump’s border wall. Given all the false rhetoric and rage that drive President Trump’s fixation on building his border wall, it’s critically important to step back from that noise and think about people and places ... read more
  Source: ACLUPublished on 2018-09-14
• Congress planning to avert government shutdown
  Congress will postpone a fight over money for President Trump’s border wall until after the midterm election, Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) announced Thursday. ... read more
  Source: Washington PostPublished on 2018-09-13

RESOURCES

CASE AGAINST THE WALL

The Environmental Cost of Trump’s Border Wall – Center for Western Priorities
Why we don’t need Trump’s ‘great, great wall’ – Arizona Daily Star
New Border Walls Designed to Flood Texas Towns – Texas Observer
Border Lawmakers Balk at Donald Trump’s Wall Request – Wall Street Journal
Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat – The Texas Tribune
Surprising Lives of Those Living Along U.S.-Mexico Border – National Geographic
There’s a better alternative to building a border wall: restoring the Rio Grande – Quartz
The environmental impact of the US-Mexico Border Wall – Newsweek
Why Trump’s wall won’t stretch ‘from sea to shining sea’ – Washington Post
The Founders would have opposed seizing land for Trump’s border wall – Washington Post

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