Mastodawn

Trump has urged Congress to authorize an🚨additional $175B for border sec. In the coming months, border towns in TX & AZ will receive more grants to fund & equip police patrols. New wall CONST projects will fill border communities with workers who eat at restaurants, shop in stores & NG deployments will add to local economies.

But the biggest needs in the communities on the TX-MX border are drinking water, INFRA, HC, hospitals...

#BorderWall #Corruption #Resist #USPol https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona

Trump Is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources.

The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.

ProPublica

Ron Sparks Apr 15

I don't care what Mexico says. I'm not listening to them until they finish paying for the wall Donald Trump didn't build! #borderwall #uspoli #donaldtrump #potus #buildthewall #mexico #usmca #immigration #ice #dhs #trump #usa

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Bluesky

Bluesky Social

1337 $#!+ I did that Apr 13

Hard facts for both #Republicans and #Democrats. I live in San Diego area and have long been involved in water safety activism in our dangerous deserts. This is security theater. Land crossings are very low in the sector. In fact, the border wall has been very, very effective since the Obama administration and Tom Homen largely secured it. Which of course means, people come by boat. The Pacific Ocean, boats land from Pacific Beach in SD to Santa Barbara! #borderwall

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-military-control-us-mexico-border

Trump authorizes US military to take control of land at US-Mexico border

Order allows armed forces to take ‘direct role’ in securing southern border, which Trump memo says ‘is under attack’

The Guardian

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My camera shoots fascists Mar 10

Muro Loco / Wall Crazy

Trump-1-era fence in front of Obama-era fence, creating a void that migrants sometimes get caught in when the get through the barbed wire of the first fence, but can't scale the second one.

#MuroLoco
#Border #BorderWall #Immigration

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My camera shoots fascists Mar 8

After getting back from paragliding in Colombia a week ago, I couldn't wait to get back to the border. After spending the night at the asylum seeker aid camp, I went around the mountains to the Nogales side and got a whole bunch more #MuroLoco / Wall Crazy shots.

I'll be adding a bunch more soon.

The front fence is from the last Trump administration. The one behind is (I'm pretty sure) left over from the Obama administration. Note how much U.S. territory has been ceded to Mexico or become no-one's land between the fences.

#BorderWall #Immigration

NatureHopper Feb 14

Americans are deeply divided when it comes to details of President Trump's sweeping crackdown on immigration #ImmigrationCrackdown #DeepDivisions #NPRPoll #BorderWall #DeportationDebate #NPR

Immigration poll shows growing...

Bluesky

Bluesky Social

My camera shoots fascists Feb 3

While I've posted most of these over the last few weeks, I've started a gallery on my site for the Muro Loco / Wall Crazy series.
https://mikaljakubal.com/galleries/

Still a work in progress. I need to add more shots, caption all of them, write an intro. I'd like to find a place to exhibit them.

Edit to add that I'm still adjusting the gallery in mobile view. The captions override the images too much. Looks better on a big screen. I'm working on it.

#Border #immigration #BorderWall #AsylumSeekers #Art #photography #LandscapePhotography #MuroLoco

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My camera shoots fascists Jan 27

Muro Loco/Wall Crazy # 21

The previous "wall" near Tres Bellotas Ranch east of Sasabe, AZ. Based on a number of discussions, I believe that this was constructed under the Obama administration. It was torn down and replaced with the current "mine-is-bigger" Trump administration fence. This is just a small section of a huge pile.

#MuroLoco #border #borderwall #immigration

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My camera shoots fascists Jan 27

Muro Loco/Wall Crazy # 16

We live on the dark side of these bars. The light is out there. For those in the outer world to get in here is simple mechanics: a ladder to go over, a cordless grinder to cut through. But for us to get out of this cage is so much more difficult.

#MuroLoco #border #BorderWall #immigration

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My camera shoots fascists Jan 27

Muro Loco/Wall Crazy # 18

The sunlight comes in through the other side. We're the ones trapped by our shadows. Trying to keep the light of the world out, we've only locked ourselves in more tightly.

#MuroLoco #border #immigration #BorderWall