Laredoans celebrate Biden s pause on border wall construction, but their work isn t over
Jan. 24, 2021
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A man looks through the first wall at Friendship Park, near where the border separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego meets the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico.Gregory Bull /Associated Press
On President Joe Biden’s first day in office Wednesday, he signed an executive order that terminates the national emergency at the southern border and pauses all construction work on the border wall, beginning no later than a week from its signing.
This marks a huge step toward the primary goal of Laredo’s No Border Wall Coalition, which aimed to hold Biden to his campaign promise that “not another foot” of the border wall would be built under his administration.
Laredo City Council to discuss COVID-19 emergency order, border wall moratorium
Jan. 19, 2021
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Dr. Carlos Cigarroa and Melissa Cigarroa join the No Border Wall Coalition in its calls for funding healthcare instead of a wall, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 across from Laredo Medical Center on Bustamante Street.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after touring a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas on Jan. 12, 2021.MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Laredo City Council members discuss expanding options for citizen s commenting during council meetings, Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2020, at City Hall.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
As Trump exits, Laredo could elude border wall
Jan. 17, 2021
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President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after touring a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas on Jan. 12, 2021.MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images
When President Donald Trump visited the Rio Grande Valley this week, he came to tout the construction of the border wall under his administration.
It was a fitting bookend to his presidency, which began with this promise to build a 30-foot wall between the U.S. and Mexico. His administration completed over 450 miles of construction in these four years some of this was replacing smaller vehicle fencing in places like Arizona and California, and some is new construction on private property in places like Hidalgo and Starr counties.
Laredo s No Border Wall Coalition underscores government s investment in border wall vs. vaccines
Jan. 17, 2021
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Activist and organizer for the No Border Wall Coalition Tannya Benavides calls for funding healthcare instead of a wall, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 across from Laredo Medical Center on Bustamante Street.Danny Zaragoza /Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Dr. Carlos Cigarroa and Melissa Cigarroa join the No Border Wall Coalition in its calls for funding healthcare instead of a wall, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 across from Laredo Medical Center on Bustamante Street.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Members of the No Border Wall Coalition gathered Sunday on a busy corner near Laredo Medical Center to underscore the disparity of the federal government’s investment in the border wall in Laredo while the city suffers from the surging pandemic.