NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, Feb 2 –Scores of Cubans meet every day at the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge in Nuevo Laredo on the US border after an odyssey through 10 countries, never knowing if they would achieve their dream of entering the United States, but with the conviction that returning to the island is “not an option.” More groups of Cubans kept arriving over the weekend until their number now tops 400.
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Trump’s wall: PSU students’ thesis argues border wall would rip apart region
President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall, which could cost as much as $20 billion, along the entire U.S. border with Mexico isn’t just expensive, it would also rip apart the tight-knit communities that straddle the two countries. That’s according to research from three master’s degree candidates in architecture at Portland State University.
NY Times: Trump Seeks Path for Mexico Wall
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has contacted border officials to ask where a wall could be constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to The New York Times. Trump referred to the “big, beautiful wall” as a key campaign promise, one he said would combat illegal immigration, and his aides continue to say that border wall construction is a priority for the new administration.