Trump Invites Bids To Build Border Wall, Cites Importance Of ‘Aesthetics’

In a little-noticed update, DHS now says it wants a wall that will be “nominally 30 feet tall,” and, importantly, that bids will be judged on “aesthetics,” as well.

T. Christian Miller
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People walk past a mural painted on a border structure in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The mural, entitled “SOS, Deported Veterans,” was painted in 2013 by artist Amos Gregory to help raise awareness of the plight of deported veterans. (AP/Julie Watson)

President Donald Trump built his campaign on the promise of a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border. Just a month after his inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to begin construction. And last Friday, the department took a step to make sure it will look good. In a little-noticed update, the department now says it wants a

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The Troubling, Deadly History Of Bipartisan Efforts To Militarize The Mexico-US Border

Though the border wall is emblematic of Trump’s presidency and political persona, it has long been a bipartisan effort that long precedes Trump’s rise to power.

Whitney Webb
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A protester dressed as a diabolical version of Uncle Sam holds a suitcase full of money at the U.S. border fence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. (AP/Christian Torres)

WASHINGTON --- The Trump administration has taken its first concrete step toward constructing “the wall” -- the much-touted physical barrier which Donald Trump has long promised to erect along the U.S.-Mexico border. The new administration, in just its second month in office, is soliciting fence prototypes from contractors. The lucrative

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Trump Administration Begins Courting Contractors For Border Wall

In a document on the government’s website for business opportunities, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it would release a request asking companies for prototype ideas for a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican border.

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A U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks to the north near where the border wall ends as is separates Tijuana, Mexico, left, and San Diego, right. (AP/Gregory Bull)

(REPORT) --- In the first tangible step toward delivering on Trump’s campaign promise to halt unauthorized immigration from Mexico, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday released plans for picking vendors for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, issuing a preliminary request for proposals saying it plans to release a formal

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Trump Says Gulf States Will Pay For Syria Safe Zones

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to speak at his “Make America Great Again Rally” at Orlando-Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh) (REPORT) — Speaking at a Florida rally in front of 9,000 people, President Trump announced on Saturday evening that the Gulf States will end […]

Jason Ditz
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to speak at his "Make America Great Again Rally" at Orlando-Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh)

(REPORT) --- Speaking at a Florida rally in front of 9,000 people, President Trump announced on Saturday evening that the Gulf States will end up paying the cost of the Syrian safe zones he intends to establish, insisting those nations “have nothing but money.” Recent reports had suggested the Trump Administration was having second thoughts on

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Trump’s ‘Great Wall’ And The ‘Drug War’

If Trump persists in sending a bill to Mexico City for his wall, Pena should seriously consider sending a bill in return to Washington to pay for the U.S. drug war.

Jonathan Marshall
بواسطة Jonathan Marshall
In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle keeps watch along the border fence in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Attention deficit disorder isn’t usually a welcome presidential attribute, but Mexicans can be thankful that Donald Trump has temporarily shifted his focus away from their country to start fights instead with Iran, the European Union, China, California and the U.S. news media. The last time Trump addressed Mexico, right after the election, the

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#AdiosStarbucks: Mexicans Launch Boycott Campaign Of US Goods

In response to Trump’s border wall plan and tariff threats, Mexicans have started a buy local social media campaign targeting U.S. products.

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A man dresses a donkey to resemble Donald Trump in preparation for the costume competition at the annual donkey festival in Otumba, Mexico state, Mexico

(REPORT) --- The day after U.S. President Donald Trump initiated construction of a border wall and proposed a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports, Mexicans turned to social media to launch their own boycott campaign against U.S. goods. On Thursday the hashtags #AdiosStarbucks (“Goodbye Starbucks”) and #AdiosProductosGringos (“Goodbye Gringo

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