New Border Wall Going up Along Busy Smuggling Corridor

Border Report Live: See new border wall, school funding cut concerns

AUSTIN (Border Report) — In Thursday's Border Report Live, one of our correspondents shares details on his trip to witness a new section of border wall being erected in New Mexico, while the other explains how school funding cuts are affecting students along the border. El Paso Correspondent Julian Resendiz traveled to Santa Teresa, New Mexico — and then across the border — as excavators are digging into the ground to place 30-foot-tall steel bo…

US border wall: New barrier built at Mexico border

The new section is part of a plan to close 'critical' gaps in the border wall and enhance security operations.

Border wall construction underway in the Borderland

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Construction is currently underway for a seven-mile stretch of the border wall here in the Borderland. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks says that crews have already installed 100 feet of steel in a single day. Banks says the 30-foot panels will continue to be put up fast.  Adding more of the border wall is part of Texas' and the federal government's plans to strengthen border security, officials say. The post Bo…

New border wall going up along busy smuggling corridor

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (Border Report) – Construction of more than 6 miles of so-called secondary border wall has begun in the desert of southern New Mexico. Exclusive Border Report video taken this week shows excavators digging trenches just east of the Santa Teresa port of entry and cranes placing sections of new 30-foot-tall steel bollard fencing. This, in an area known until very recently for smuggling activity and rescues of migrants succ…