The federal government began work Wednesday to replace a section of border wall in California, the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built last year in San Diego.
Customs and Border Protection is replacing a little more than two miles in downtown Calexico, a sliver of the president’s plan for a “big, beautiful wall” with Mexico. A barrier built in the 1990s from recycled metal scraps and landing mat will be torn down for bollard-style posts that are 30 feet high, significantly taller than existing walls.
The administration is seeking $18 billion to extend the wall. Efforts to pay for it as part of a broader immigration package that would include granting legal status for people who came to the county as young children failed in the Senate last week.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/la-me-border-wall-20180221-story.html
The work that began Wednesday in the city of Calexico is the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built in San Diego. It is a little more than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long — a tiny portion of the president’s plans for what he calls a “big, beautiful wall” with Mexico.
www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/21/construction-begins-to-replace-border-wall-in-california.html
Get ready! The big, beautiful wall has begun!
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BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS!
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