Sinn Féin is calling for a border poll.
Schumer came prepared to offer the President some funding for a border wall.
PAGE A16 Op-Ed TIMOTHY EGAN The plan for a border wall has hit a wall.
But Trump is not proposing that Guatemala pay for a border wall.
It thrives as a hedge or as a backdrop for a border.
The platform takes a hardline on immigration, calling for a border wall and "protecting all ports of entry".
Others figured that Trump's promise to make Mexico pay for a border wall was an empty threat.
Some years later, India found itself unprepared for a border war with China that had long been percolating.
Some Sinn Féin politicians have recently called for a border poll on Irish reunification if there is a Brexit vote.
The foreign minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu has since said Mexico has no intention of paying for a border wall.
Theresa Villiers, then Northern Ireland secretary, was correct to say that the conditions for a border poll, as envisaged by the Good Friday agreement, do not exist.
