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Border barriers

Dead cactus on the ground.

Trump’s wall will harm wildlife along the US southern border, say environmental experts

Environment

President Donald Trump’s push for a wall on the US-Mexico border has stirred up strong feelings on the immigration issue. But the wall would also have an environmental impact, which many experts say would be quite substantial.

A mother and son embrace in a library.

For some Iranian families separated by the travel ban, this border library offers brief moments of reunion

Immigration
an african migrant scales a razor-wire topped fence in Ceuta, Spain

The razor wire that separates Europe from Africa might be coming down

Immigration
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