Wildcats, butterflies, tortoises: all are endangered by Trump`s border wall
(The Guardian Mexico)

In the Rio Grande Valley, close to the border with Mexico, the president´s proposed barrier spells danger for the region´s plentiful wildlifeDeep in Texas´s Rio Grande Valley, where half the US´s species of butterflies reside in a protected swath of green, Donald Trump´s wall may soon rise from an earthen levee.The wall is designed to be a barricade to anyone who has crossed the nearby Rio Grande river from Mexico, with a concrete base topped by steel bollards rising 18 feet in the air as well as a 150ft-wide enforcement zone stripped of all vegetation. Related: The fight for the Dream Act is reaching its peak - but time is running out Continue reading...