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Biden administration has resumed the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, a signature project captained by former President Donald Trump. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to continue to build the barrier and predicts it will stay up in the foreseeable future. In January 2021, on his first day in office, President Joe Biden ordered a halt on the construction of the wall. The order stated that building the wall was a “waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to our homeland security.” Since then, the Department of Homeland Security had authorized repairs in...
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President Joe Biden has ordered authorities in states that border Mexico to close some gaps within the border wall. The work is to be completed mostly in part by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. Biden stated that the efforts to close the gaps would be made so migrants would not injure themselves trying to cross the border. Frequently, migrants seen packed in air-tight cars and vans that speed through the gaps. In other instances, those crossing must travel over the dangerous Rio Grande to leave Mexico. The approach may seem contradictory to the Biden Administration’s frequent cri...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Friday that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will terminate two border wall contracts in the Laredo Sector that cover about 31 miles. The contracts were previously funded with DHS fiscal year appropriations, but one of President Joe Biden‘s first aims in office was to stop wall construction projects. After a further review, Biden has ordered a halt of funds budgeted for the military or DHS going toward wall projects. The Biden Administration has ordered that the funds be used for higher-priority projects. The White House Office...
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Rodney Scott, the chief of the Border Patrol, said on Wednesday that he is resigning from his job. He was appointed to the position by former President Donald Trump in January 2020. Scott was a strong supporter Trump’s border wall plan. President Joe Biden, on the other hand, has canceled the $16 billion wall construction and overturned many of his predecessor’s top policies. Instead, Biden says he is focused on reuniting migrant families separated under the Trump Administration. The Biden administration sent Scott a “3R” letter, which gave him the option to retire, resign or relocate to anoth...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has announced plans to construct a wall along the border with Mexico and an aggressive effort to arrests migrants trying to enter the United States. “Only Congress and the president can fix our broken border,” Abbott said at a summit to discuss border security in front of his supporters Thursday. “But in the meantime, Texas is going to do everything possible, including beginning to make arrests, to keep our community safe.” “The ability to arrest will be enhanced by building border barriers. Anybody who tries to modify, attempt, or get through any of these border bar...
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President Joe Biden has canceled all contracts for wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Defense Department announced Friday. The controversial U.S.-Mexico border wall project had begun after Trump took over in 2017, channeling billions of Pentagon funds into build additional border barriers. Biden’s action will send back billions of funds to the Pentagon again. “DoD has begun taking all necessary actions to cancel border barrier projects and to coordinate with interagency partners,” said Jamal Brown, deputy Pentagon spokesman, in a statement. Republicans in Congress are lashing ou...
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One of President Joe Biden‘s first tasks after assuming office on Wednesday was to order a halt on the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, fulfilling one of his major promises during the presidential campaign. Biden said the construction was “unwarranted and that no American taxpayer dollars [should] be diverted to construct a border wall.” “I am also directing a careful review of all resources appropriated or redirected to construct a southern border wall,” Biden added in his order, one of the many executive orders he signed on his first day in office. The order, signed by Biden, sta...
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One week before the end of his term, outgoing President Donald Trump will visit a section of his partially constructed border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in Alamo, Texas. Since 2016, approximately 452 miles of new wall has been constructed on the 1,952 mile long southern border, just 12 miles of which was not already fortified. Estimates place the cost of the wall at $15 billion, $11.5 billion of which was diverted from defense spending. None of the money used to pay private contractors was given by Mexico, which Trump famously promised would pay for the wall. Judd Deere, a Trump spokespers...
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