Tag: Border wall
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Two cultures blend in border valley region
For UTD students who hail from the Rio Grande Valley — the region that defines the border between the United States and Mexico — the prospect of a reinforced border wall hits close to home. On Feb. 14, President Trump announced he would sign a spending bill that would allow the government to remain running,…
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Letter to the Editor: Previous op-ed supporting border wall misconstrues facts
In the Jan. 28 issue of The Mercury, an op-ed by Alexander Christie — entitled “Shutdown at the D.C. Corral” — asserted that the recent partial government closure was necessary to reexamine the issue of border security. This, among other parts of the article, is categorically false. If the shutdown was meant to heighten the…