The biggest budget cuts so far to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border are on the horizon. The border wall will have a total of $3.6 billion funneled from military projects like schools, target ranges and maintenance facilities, The Associated Press reports. $1.1 billion in cuts would directly affect…
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Two-Year-Old Girl Lost While Crossing Rio Grande from Mexico, Search Underway
Only a week after the heartbreaking and tragic image of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his two-year-old daughter Valeria drowned in the Rio Grande began circulating online, another two-year-old girl has been swept away in the dangerous waters. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) said, in a statement released on Tuesday…
Opinion: The Photo of the Bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez and His Daughter Captures the Gravity of the Plight of Undocumented Immigrants and Their Quest for Freedom
The deaths of Óscar Alberto Martínez and his 23-month old daughter, Valeria, are tragedies that have caught this nation’s eye. The two along with Martínez’s wife had left El Salvador for Mexico to gain asylum in the United States. The young father and his daughter drowned as they tried to…
‘Less than half-baked’ Plan from White House to Arrest Up to 10,000 Migrants Still Under Consideration
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello were ousted last month in part because they didn’t support a White House plan to arrest upwards of 2,500 undocumented adults and their children, according to the Washington Post. The plan, which would have spanned 10 cities,…