3. The Trump administration will be allowed to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build a border wall while litigation proceeds, the Supreme Court ruled.

The court’s four more liberal justices dissented. One of them, Justice Stephen Breyer, wrote that he would have allowed preparatory work but not construction.

Separately, Guatemala has signed an agreement that requires migrants who travel through the country to seek asylum there instead of the U.S. after President Trump threatened to impose tariffs or institute a travel ban.

But it may be difficult to stem the tide of migrants to the U.S. given the dire conditions in Central America. Sonia Nazario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who spent a month reporting in Honduras, details the devastating trickle-down effects of corruption there, including on taxi drivers, above.

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