Report: Huge chunks of border wall cut out along drug-trafficking route

Report: Huge chunks of border wall cut out along drug-trafficking route

by WorldTribune Staff, September 14, 2021 Large sections of the U.S. southern border wall have been gouged out along a notorious drug smuggling route at the Arizona-Mexico border, giving drug traffickers easy access to the United States, a report said. At least a half dozen sections of the wall had been removed along just one […]

DHS: Border ‘more secure now than at any time in our history’

DHS: Border ‘more secure now than at any time in our history’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2020 Touting 400 miles of border wall, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf of Thursday said “we can confidently say that our border is more secure now than at any time in our history.” The Army Corps of Engineers and Customs and Border Protection built more than a mile of […]

‘It changes everything’: CBP touts benefits of new border wall system

‘It changes everything’: CBP touts benefits of new border wall system

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2020 Parts of the Trump administration’s new “wall system” at the U.S.-Mexico border are 90 percent “effective,” up from just 10 percent, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. “It changes everything,” CBP Chief Rodney Scott said of the 135 miles of new wall, roadways, and high-tech spyware. “There is […]

The wall? Let ‘El Chapo’ pick up the tab, says Ted Cruz

The wall? Let ‘El Chapo’ pick up the tab, says Ted Cruz

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 The U.S. government is currently seeking the forfeiture of some $14 billion in illicit profits from “El Chapo” (drug lord Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Lorea). That should cover the cost of the promised “great, great wall” that Donald Trump made the centerpiece of his successful campaign for the U.S. presidency. […]