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Gracie Garcia poses for a photo in her backyard in Los Indios, near San Benito, Texas. The border wall was built about 10 years ago on Garcia's property, and she says she has not been paid for it.

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In The Rio Grande Valley, Residents Prepare For Construction Of A New Border Wall

6:16pm February 15, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

With President Trump's emergency declaration, residents of the Rio Grande Valley know that a new border wall is coming to their region. Some welcome the construction, while others say it's not needed.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday that it was implementing new guidelines to identify minors in spousal and fiancée visas.

U.S. Agency Tightens Immigration Rules To Spotlight Child Marriage

6:07pm February 15, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released new rules for officers to identify visa petitions in which spouses are minors. No minimum age requirement for such requests currently exists.

Roger Stone leaves federal court on Feb. 1. The judge in his case has imposed a gag order on attorneys and others.

Federal Judge Imposes Gag Order In Roger Stone Case

5:57pm February 15, 2019

by Philip Ewing

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that lawyers and others in the case must refrain from statements that risk creating "material prejudice" but neither they nor Stone must keep completely silent.

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Iraqi Nationals See Immigration Cases Expedited Under Trump Administration

5:29pm February 15, 2019

by Chas Sisk

Immigration enforcement has increased under President Trump. As the pace of deportations has quickened, Iraqi nationals have seen their cases expedited even as their immigration status remains murky.

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Iran Intelligence Expert Discusses Iran's Efforts To Spy On The U.S.

5:29pm February 15, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Heather Williams, an Iran intelligence expert at the Rand Corporation, about the former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer charged with spying for Iran.

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Newly sworn-in U.S. citizens rise from their seats during a 2018 naturalization ceremony in Alexandria, Va.

Supreme Court To Decide Whether 2020 Census Will Include Citizenship Question

5:04pm February 15, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The high court agreed to a speedy review of a lower court's ruling that stopped Trump administration plans to use the census to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen.

Voting results are displayed on a whiteboard just after midnight on Nov. 8, 2016, in Dixville Notch, N.H., the first polling place in the country to vote since 1960.

'First In The Nation' Voting Site Under Scrutiny For Alleged Election Law Violations

4:54pm February 15, 2019

by Casey McDermott

Since 1960, citizens in a tiny New Hampshire hamlet have gathered at midnight to cast the first official ballots in the presidential race under the gaze of TV cameras.

GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn Weighs In On Funding Sources For National Emergency

4:39pm February 15, 2019

Following President Trump's declaration of a national emergency over border security, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., about its impact on funding allocated for military.

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (right) and Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will sue President Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

'Donald Trump, We'll See You In Court': California To Sue Over Emergency Declaration

4:36pm February 15, 2019

California's governor and attorney general say the state will challenge President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to fund a southern border wall. They hinted at a multistate lawsuit.

Martha Hernandez (left) and Ana Suda say they were interrupted and detained because they spoke Spanish while shopping at a convenience store in Havre, Mont. They've now filed a lawsuit.

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Americans Who Were Detained After Speaking Spanish In Montana Sue U.S. Border Agency

4:25pm February 15, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"I saw that you guys are speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," an agent told two women in a convenience store. The two friends were born in California and Texas.