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Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.
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Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesPresident Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his own Justice Department on the spot and creating an unprecedented ethical morass. -
Baderkhan Ahmad/AP/APThe Australian is among a group of 34 women and children who had planned to fly from Damascus to Australia on Monday but were turned back by Syrian authorities to the Roj detention camp due to procedural problems.
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Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned. -
Border wall projects could soon move forward in the remote Big Bend region of West Texas as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping “Smart Wall” plan for the entire U.S.-Mexico border, according to officials and local residents who say construction firms have started contacting people in the area about the project. -
The FAA lifted a 10-day flight restriction in the El Paso area after a few hours saying there is no danger to commercial travel in the region. The Transportation Secretary said the Defense Department "acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion." Local authorities demand answers after the federal government failed to provide clear and timely information about grounding all flights. -
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security purchased 63 acres of land in Socorro, Texas in January. El Paso County officials believe the properties are the site of a new immigrant detention center.
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