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Mexico – United States barrier

Residents along the border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley express their sentiments on properties up and down the Rio Grande River.

For some Texans on the border, more walls and patrols won’t solve the immigration crisis

Justice

The 11 candidates at CNN’s Republican debate on Wednesday clashed over immigration and the issue of building a wall on the US-Mexico border. But a year ago, we spoke to some people living closest to the border who say it’s time to consider options outside of longer fences and increased patrols.The 11 candidates at CNN’s Republican debate on Wednesday clashed over immigration and the issue of building a wall on the US-Mexico border. But a year ago, we spoke to some people living closest to the border who say it’s time to consider options outside of longer fences and increased patrols.

US border fence skirts environmental review

Environment

Border Fence Skirts Environmental Review

Conflict & Justice
Loved ones separated by the U.S.-Mexico border meet at Friendship Park

Fence along U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego represents a barrier and a bridge

Global Politics

Illegal Mexican immigration more professional, dangerous

Global Politics

Stories from the border

Global Politics

Stories of a border patrol agent and two medical volunteers and their encounters with illegal immigrants trying to enter the country.

Loved ones separated by the U.S.-Mexico border meet at Friendship Park

Families Divided by US-Mexico Border Meet Across the Fence

Conflict & Justice

The boarder’s a no man’s land patrolled by border guards. But on weekends, it becomes a place where families separated by immigration status can come to spend time together, albeit on opposite sides of a fence.

The Conservative Divide Over the Border Fence

The extension of border fences has been a hot topic at recent GOP presidential debates. Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann has signed a pledge urging the completion of a fence by by 2013. Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain also supports a full-border fence, but he  backed away from his comments over the weekend that the fence should […]

Fencing the Weather

A fence that stretches nearly 500 miles through the Australian outback was intended to keep out rabbits but scientists say it’s affecting the weather.

The World

Living on the Fence Line – Part 2

Producer Deepa Donde’s report on efforts to clean up the air in Port Arthur Texas continues, as she visits long time residents who fear the air may be hurting their health.