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Separation barriers

US border fence skirts environmental review

Environment

There’s considerable time and money being put into building a substantial fence along the US-Mexico border. Environmentalists had succeeded in delaying sectors that could harm the environment, so Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security permission to waive any law that stood in its way.

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
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

Almanac/Hadrian’s Wall

The World

Along fences in Mexico, do good fences make good neighbors

Conflict & Justice

Documentary film maker Rory Kennedy directs a new HBO documenatary ‘The Fence.’ Kennedy interviewed Arizona resident Bill Odle about what he sees down on the US-Mexico border. He says the fence simply doesn’t work.

The World

Protest songs

Arts, Culture & Media

Artists often play a part in the struggle against barriers. The World’s Gerry Hadden has been looking into songs that symbolized the struggle against the divided Germany. He didn’t find many. But the few he found mostly came from the former East Germany.

The World

Costs high for US-Mexico border fence

Global Politics

US government investigators say it will cost six-and-a-half BILLION dollars over the next 20 years just to maintain the fence being built along the border between the US and Mexico. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

The World

Texas border

Conflict & Justice

Faith talks to University of Texas at Brownsville student Ryan Tauber about the Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to build a fence along the U.S. – Mexico border that would bisect his college campus.