President Donald Trump made the national emergency announcement from the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday. Watch the president’s remarks in the player above, video stream courtesy PBS News Hour. To read about the announcement, click here; to read about the lawsuit opposing the declaration, click here. To read the actual “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019” […]Read More
President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency as a means to circumvent Congress and build additional border barriers. He is seeking to secure about $6.5 billion more in funding than Congress has approved. Trump also plans to sign spending legislation to avert a government shutdown, his acting chief of staff said. Many of Trump’s […]Read More
Officials with Protect Democracy and the Niskanen Center announced Friday morning that they have prepared a lawsuit and will file it if President Trump issues a declaration of national emergency. In early January, the President threatened to declare a national emergency if Congress did not allocate border wall funding. On Friday, the White House announced that it […]Read More
As President Donald J. Trump visited El Paso for a rally at the County Coliseum and 40+ groups, Veronica Escobar, Beto O’Rourke held a march in response; we here at the El Paso Herald Post provided coverage of both events. Archived streams for both President Trump’s remarks, as well as those by the invited guests of […]Read More
As stories and coverage of border security have dominated the media landscape lately; pundits, politicians and the public alike are all seemingly divided over the proposals. Regardless of the media outlet, debate over the the proposed wall or – more specifically – the of financing and placement for the border wall, is inescapable. Although the government […]Read More
As the government shutdown approached its fifth week and Washington Democrats and President Donald Trump showed no signs of coming to an agreement on how to end the stalemate Tuesday, U.S. Border Patrol vehicles could be seen patrolling just north of the Rio Grande near El Paso’s Paso del Norte bridge. Farther west along Paisano […]Read More
Before the first words of President Trump’s prime time Oval Office address Tuesday night, border human rights advocates already had a rebuttal ready. “What we have seen at the border over the past two years are the impacts and chaos caused by a cruel and racist President who has no respect for the rule of […]Read More
With the issue of border security and border wall funding flooding just about every media outlet, the topic of the wall, and just how and where it will be built has been popular fodder for many. And while the government could use eminent domain to just take land from private owners who are otherwise unwilling […]Read More
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday at a press conference, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the migrant crisis at the border and the importance for any long-term solution to be bipartisan. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found above. “Before we leave, we do have to pass an appropriation bill to […]Read More
Customs and Border Protection Officers scheduled a ‘crowd control exercise’ at the U.S. – Mexico Border in Chihuahuita and then abruptly canceled the event without explanation on Election Day. Border Patrol officers with the public affairs office were sent to notify the media, which had gathered at the meeting point on Calleros Court and Santa […]Read More
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