La Lomita was saved in the 2019 funding bill, but the struggle is far from over. The Dallas News has a more in-depth article describing the situation.
Dallas News Border Wall go-fund-me
Remember that go-fund-me campaign that raised ~$20m for the wall?
Apparently some who contributed are now asking to see results.
Another article describing the same
al.com Flying immigrants for processing
It looks like CPB is now flying immigrants along the border from one station to another.
10,000 people this past week in Rio Grande Valley
CPB tells us of ~10,000 arrivals this past week in the Rio Grande Valley including ~2,400 near Roma. Temperatures are rising so will be interesting to see if this falls off with summer heat.
Arizona border wall under review
Pima and Cochise counties have put out a request for review for upgrading 63 miles of existing border wall
KGUN The review documents are here
This seems to be a different effort than some of the other construction e.g. military construction mostly around New Mexico or authorized funding in 2019 budget in the Rio Grande Valley, so will be useful to see what is authorizing this segment.
Is Brownsville different
A NYT article highlighting lower levels of border crossings and drug apprehensions in Brownsville in contrast to areas in the Rio Grande further west.
Democratic Presidential Candidates on border issues
This Washington Post article summarizes candidate positions
Asylum assistance in other cities
Not quite sending asylum seekers to sanctuary cities, but recently a group in TX sent some migrants to Portland, ME. Why Portland? The reason appears to be that they had a good reputation for assisting African refugees and hence that reputation caused some to ask to go to Portland (presumably also African but coming via the US Southern border
Press Herald Meanwhile other cities like Albuquerque also seeing how they might assist. In this case, the largest city in the state assisting when they know areas further south like Las Cruces have many people coming in.
KRQE Film about the border wall
A new documentary film about the border region
790 KGMI One dead, three missing
One found dead and three missing after a migrant raft overturned near Del Rio. River flows are high and this seems to be a time for drownings…
There have been close calls as well
The Daily Signal 