Trump prototypes for Mexico border wall demolished in California
5 years, 10 months ago

Trump prototypes for Mexico border wall demolished in California

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The US Customs and Border protection had built the eight 30-foot tall steel and concrete models near an existing barrier separating San Diego and Tijuana on the US-Mexico border. Each prototype cost between $300,000 to $500,000 to build and they are being knocked down in order to make way for the San Diego Secondary Wall project, which will see up to 14 miles of barrier being built to support the existing steel border fence. The new barrier will not employ the design of any of the prototypes, instead being built of the favoured steel bollards which make up the current section of the wall at San Diego.

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Trump's Border Wall Caused 'Significant' Harm: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump's Border Wall Caused 'Significant' Harm: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border desecrated Indigenous cultural sites, hurt wildlife, destroyed vegetation, dried up key water resources, exacerbated the risk of flooding and triggered erosion that has left mountain slopes “unstable and at risk of collapse,” according to a new report. “This racist political stunt has been an ineffective …

The destructive legacy of Trump’s border wall
3 years, 2 months ago

The destructive legacy of Trump’s border wall

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But like dozens of other places along the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, under the Trump administration this remote area on …

Builders of Trump’s wall on Mexico border hold crisis talks after Biden pledges to end construction
4 years, 1 month ago

Builders of Trump’s wall on Mexico border hold crisis talks after Biden pledges to end construction

The Independent  

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U.S. awards $275 million border wall contract
4 years, 8 months ago

U.S. awards $275 million border wall contract

The Hindu  

The U.S. government has awarded a $275 million border-wall contract for construction that is set to begin in South Texas in January, at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term if he is re-elected. Caddell Construction Company, based in Montgomery, Alabama, won the contract to build 22.5 km of barriers in and around Laredo, Texas, a city of 2,60,000 …

Smugglers are sawing through brand new sections of Trump's border wall using household power tools
5 years, 2 months ago

Smugglers are sawing through brand new sections of Trump's border wall using household power tools

The Independent  

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Border agents admit smugglers are cutting through Trump's wall with a common household power tool: report
5 years, 2 months ago

Border agents admit smugglers are cutting through Trump's wall with a common household power tool: report

Raw Story  

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that smugglers have sliced holes in the new sections of Trump's border wall with a common and readily available power tool, large enough for people and drugs to pass through. "The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little …

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump signed his name on a newly constructed section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be virtually impenetrable. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, defended the project, dismissing critics who call it the “president’s vanity wall.” “I’m here to tell you that’s false,” he …

Donald Trump calls newly-constructed section of US-Mexico border wall 'world-class security system', dubs structure 'virtually impenetrable'
5 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump calls newly-constructed section of US-Mexico border wall 'world-class security system', dubs structure 'virtually impenetrable'

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump signed his name Wednesday on a newly constructed section of the US-Mexico border wall, calling it a ‘world-class security system’ that will be virtually impenetrable San Diego: President Donald Trump signed his name Wednesday on a newly constructed section of the US-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be virtually impenetrable. “It was …

Mexico border wall: Trump orders aides to seize private land and disregard environmental rules
5 years, 4 months ago

Mexico border wall: Trump orders aides to seize private land and disregard environmental rules

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Donald Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of …

Judge orders permanent halt on construction of Trump’s US-Mexico border wall at four high priority sites
5 years, 6 months ago

Judge orders permanent halt on construction of Trump’s US-Mexico border wall at four high priority sites

The Independent  

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US court blocks funds for parts of Mexico border wall
5 years, 6 months ago

US court blocks funds for parts of Mexico border wall

The Quint  

San Francisco, June 29 A US court has ruled that President Donald Trump's attempt to divert $2.5 billion in funding to begin building a wall along the Mexico border in parts of California and New Mexico was illegal. On May 24, the court temporarily blocked Trump's ability to divert $1 billion in funding toward border walls in state of New …

Trump has built less than 2 miles of new wall with $1.57 BILLION Congress handed him for this year
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump has built less than 2 miles of new wall with $1.57 BILLION Congress handed him for this year

Daily Mail  

The Trump administration has built less than 2 miles of new border barriers using the $1.57 billion Congress allocated to the project for the fiscal year that will end September 30, according to a letter filed Tuesday in federal court. President Donald Trump played defense on Wednesday after a lawyer for Congress told a federal judge that his administration has …

Trump visits Calexico a day after retreating from threats to close U.S.-Mexico border
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump visits Calexico a day after retreating from threats to close U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times  

President Trump is presented with a souvenir piece of border barrier by Border Patrol agent Gloria Chavez during a discussion of immigration and border security April 5 in Calexico. “We’re really making progress in letting people know that this is an absolute emergency,” Trump said during a roundtable discussion with local and national officials in Calexico. Gavin Newsom, who has …

Pentagon authorises $1 bn for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall, asks army to begin planning roads, fences
5 years, 9 months ago

Pentagon authorises $1 bn for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall, asks army to begin planning roads, fences

Firstpost  

Frustrated by Congress’s refusal to provide the budget he sought to build a border wall, Donald Trump declared a national emergency last month in order to bypass lawmakers to unlock $8 billion in funding. Washington: Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said Monday he had authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the …

Amid clouds of dust, border wall prototypes are demolished
5 years, 10 months ago

Amid clouds of dust, border wall prototypes are demolished

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A jackhammer reduced prototypes of President Donald Trump’s prized border wall into piles of rubble Wednesday, a quick ending to an experiment that turned into a spectacle at times. The four concrete and four steel panels, spaced closely together steps from an existing barrier separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, instantly became powerful symbols associated with the …

President Trump’s border wall prototypes to come down
5 years, 10 months ago

President Trump’s border wall prototypes to come down

LA Times  

President Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes at the San Diego-Tijuana border in March. President Trump’s border wall prototypes will be demolished to make way for newly begun construction of a secondary barrier, according to a Customs and Border Protection spokesman. Construction crews have already replaced most of one layer of fencing along 14 miles of …

US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall
5 years, 11 months ago

US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The U.S. government is preparing to begin construction of more border walls and fencing in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, likely on federally owned land set aside as wildlife refuge property. CBP refers to what it plans to build as a “border wall system.” According to designs it released in September, CBP intends to build 25 miles of …

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