Pentagon approves military construction cash for border wall
5 years, 4 months ago

Pentagon approves military construction cash for border wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border. Instead, the Pentagon is saying the military projects are being “deferred.” The Defense Department, however, has no guarantee from Congress that any of the money will be replaced, and a number of lawmakers made it clear during the debate earlier this year that they would not fall for budget trickery and sleight of hand to build the wall. “Canceling military construction projects at home and abroad will undermine our national security and the quality of life and morale of our troops, making America less secure,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat. The government will spend the military housing money on 11 wall projects in California, Arizona and Texas, the administration said in a filing Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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At half a mile a week, Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion
6 months ago

At half a mile a week, Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion

Raw Story  

"At half a mile a week, Gov. The state’s ability to secure land rights has also dictated the wall’s location, though officials say they have focused on areas pinpointed by the Department of Public Safety as the “highest priority.” TFC officials have declined to share exactly where the wall is being built, citing security concerns, though Novak recently said construction …

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 …

Biden to return diverted border wall money, spend down rest
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden to return diverted border wall money, spend down rest

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status that enabled it to bypass environmental regulations under a Biden administration plan announced Friday. Biden plans to return more than $2 billion that the Trump administration diverted from the Pentagon to help pay for the wall and use …

Military funds for Trump border wall to be cancelled
3 years, 8 months ago

Military funds for Trump border wall to be cancelled

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration said it will also fix flooding and soil erosion caused by unfinished sections of the wall. The Pentagon on Friday said it was cancelling the construction of parts of former President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico that were being built using military funds, with the unused money being returned to the military. “The Department of Defense …

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants

Daily Mail  

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wants to criminally prosecute more illegal immigrants and crack down on sanctuary cities Joe Biden's Homeland Security head is looking to crack down on illegal immigration by taking more legal action against border jumpers and targeting U.S. cities that act as a safe haven for them. The new hard-line stance comes as record numbers of …

Biden decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build wall
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build wall

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 Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that …

Biden decree ends ‘emergency’ that Trump used to build wall
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden decree ends ‘emergency’ that Trump used to build wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that President Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his letter, the president said Trump’s declaration of a national emergency had been “unwarranted” and that he had directed that “no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted …

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban
3 years, 11 months ago

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies and ending the national emergency that diverted millions of dollars to the border wall. “But we’re going to need legislation for a lot of these we’re going to do.” That includes the administration’s immigration …

Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project

LA Times  

The U.S. side of Playas de Tijuana, where the border wall fades into the Pacific Ocean. President Biden is immediately ending the national emergency that President Trump declared on the border in February 2018 to divert billions of dollars from the Defense Department to wall construction. Despite Trump’s repeated promises that Mexico would pay for the wall, U.S. Customs and …

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?
3 years, 11 months ago

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?

ABC  

A centrepiece of US President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy was the construction of a "big, beautiful wall" on the US-Mexico border — and the promise that Mexico would pay for it. During his 2020 State of the Union address, Mr Trump said "substantially more than 500 miles" of the wall would be complete by early 2021. "Mexico is going …

Biden’s pledge to halt border wall construction would save US $2.6bn, Pentagon estimates
4 years ago

Biden’s pledge to halt border wall construction would save US $2.6bn, Pentagon estimates

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 If Joe Biden follows through on his claim that he …

Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, trying to show progress on perhaps the president’s best-known campaign promise four years ago. Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser, told reporters Wednesday that “we have a president campaigning on having successfully built a border …

About that border wall, Mr. Presidents ... who’s paying?
4 years, 6 months ago

About that border wall, Mr. Presidents ... who’s paying?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has made building some 450 miles of wall on the U.S.-Mexico border a defining issue of his presidency, and long vowed that Mexico would pay for it. So, naturally, with Trump hosting Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House for the first time on Wednesday, it would seem the issue would be …

Trump wrongly diverted billions to build wall: Appeals court
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump wrongly diverted billions to build wall: Appeals court

Al Jazeera  

The $2.5bn diverted from military construction was done without Congressional approval and unlawful, the court said. A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the administration of United States President Donald Trump in its transfer of $2.5bn from military construction projects to build sections of the US border wall with Mexico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide …

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it

LA Times  

President Trump, whose plans to campaign on a booming economy were ruined by the coronavirus, traveled Tuesday to the southern edge of Arizona to highlight completion of “more than 200 miles of powerful border wall” with Mexico. Only about “three miles of new border wall system constructed in locations where no barriers previously existed,” according to Homeland Security’s June 19 …

Pentagon restarts some domestic building projects that lost funding to Trump’s wall
4 years, 8 months ago

Pentagon restarts some domestic building projects that lost funding to Trump’s wall

CNN  

Washington CNN — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has directed that several military construction projects in the US that had been put on hold to divert money to President Donald Trump’s border wall be restarted, with funds for the wall instead being redirected from overseas building projects. “I direct you to release funding associated with 22 currently deferred projects within …

Trump administration taking $3.8bn from military for border wall
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump administration taking $3.8bn from military for border wall

Al Jazeera  

The $3.8bn would come from National Guard and weapons programmes, setting the stage for possible clash with Democrats. The United States Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly four billion dollars from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House four …

DHS seeks Pentagon funds for 270 miles of border wall
4 years, 11 months ago

DHS seeks Pentagon funds for 270 miles of border wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to fund the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year as part of a counter-drug effort, defense officials said Thursday. Earlier this week, officials said the Trump administration was weighing whether to shift billions more in military funding to build the border wall. And House Appropriations Committee …

DHS has requested Pentagon assistance to build 270 miles of border wall
4 years, 11 months ago

DHS has requested Pentagon assistance to build 270 miles of border wall

CNN  

CNN — The Pentagon received a Department of Homeland Security request Wednesday to build and pay for hundreds of additional miles of border wall on the southwest border, according to the Department of Defense. “On January 15, 2020, the Department of Defense received a request from the Department of Homeland Security requesting DoD assistance in blocking up to 13 specific …

Trump administration reaches 100-mile mark for border wall
5 years ago

Trump administration reaches 100-mile mark for border wall

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration has built 100 miles of new wall along the US-Mexico border – the majority of which is replacing previous construction – acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced in Arizona on Friday, as the administration touts its record ahead of the presidential election. “One thing I want to emphasize is that every inch of …

U.S. appeals court stays judge’s ruling blocking military funds for border wall
5 years ago

U.S. appeals court stays judge’s ruling blocking military funds for border wall

The Hindu  

A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on the country's border with Mexico. The $3.6 billion amounts to a third of the approximately $10 billion that Mr. Trump has obtained for border wall construction during …

Pentagon watchdog investigating $400M border wall contract
5 years ago

Pentagon watchdog investigating $400M border wall contract

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job. The Pentagon’s inspector general sent a letter Thursday to House Homeland Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson telling him the contract awarded to North Dakota-based firm Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. …

Judge halts some military spending on border wall
5 years ago

Judge halts some military spending on border wall

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president’s signature domestic issues and campaign priorities. The ruling by District Judge David Briones in El Paso, Texas, prevents the government from …

Construction company building private wall for group with Trump ties wins government contract
5 years, 1 month ago

Construction company building private wall for group with Trump ties wins government contract

CNN  

CNN — A company touted by White House officials – and that’s already building sections of border wall for a private group with Trump administration ties – has been awarded $400 million by the government to design and build part of President Donald Trump’s border barrier in Yuma County, Arizona. The Pentagon on Monday announced that North Dakota company Fisher …

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 …

Trump administration to spend $2.5bn in Pentagon funds on border wall following Supreme Court ruling
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump administration to spend $2.5bn in Pentagon funds on border wall following Supreme Court ruling

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 Donald Trump has celebrated after the US Supreme Court gave …

Trump has not built single mile of new border wall since taking office
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump has not built single mile of new border wall since taking office

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 It was the controversial campaign promise that Donald Trump built …

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 …

US transfers funds meant for Afghanistan, Pakistan security forces to build Donald Trump's Mexico border wall
5 years, 7 months ago

US transfers funds meant for Afghanistan, Pakistan security forces to build Donald Trump's Mexico border wall

Firstpost  

The United States is transferring $1.5 billion originally meant for the Afghan security forces and the Pakistan military to a fund to help pay for construction of the US-Mexican border wall, according to acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan. Washington: The United States is transferring $1.5 billion originally meant for the Afghan security forces and the Pakistan military to a …

White House asks for $4.5 billion in emergency funds for border
5 years, 8 months ago

White House asks for $4.5 billion in emergency funds for border

CNN  

Washington CNN — The White House is asking Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency funding as it confronts an influx of migrants on the southern border. RELATED: Exclusive: DHS to start DNA testing to establish family relationships on the border The $4.5 billion includes: $3.3 billion for humanitarian assistance, $1.1 billion for border operations, and $178 million for mission support, …

House asks court to block border wall before it starts next month
5 years, 8 months ago

House asks court to block border wall before it starts next month

CNN  

Washington CNN — The House of Representatives filed a motion Tuesday asking a federal court to block the construction of President Donald Trump’s signature border wall through funds identified in his emergency declaration before it starts next month. “Absent this Court’s timely intervention, defendants are poised to begin construction on the border wall next month, using funds that Congress declined …

Trump threatens Mexico with economic sanctions as he heads to border: 'Wall being built!'
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump threatens Mexico with economic sanctions as he heads to border: 'Wall being built!'

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump continued on to claim that $500b-worth …

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 …

Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence
5 years, 9 months ago

Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence

NPR  

Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images Updated March 27 at 5 p.m. "Military construction on the border will not come at the expense of our people, our readiness, or our modernization," Shanahan told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. "The committee does …

16 US states sue Donald Trump for declaring national emergency to fund border wall, claim move violates Constitution
5 years, 10 months ago

16 US states sue Donald Trump for declaring national emergency to fund border wall, claim move violates Constitution

Firstpost  

Sixteen US states sued US president Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico, saying the move violated the constitution. San Francisco: Sixteen US states sued US president Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to fund a wall …

Donald Trump says he will declare national emergency, use executive powers to bypass Congress over Mexico border wall
5 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump says he will declare national emergency, use executive powers to bypass Congress over Mexico border wall

Firstpost  

Word that Trump would declare the emergency prompted condemnations from Democrats and threats of lawsuits from states and others who might lose federal money or said Trump was abusing his authority. Washington: President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will declare a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump said he will …

Can Trump Declare Emergency to Build His Wall?
5 years, 10 months ago

Can Trump Declare Emergency to Build His Wall?

The Quint  

The White House says President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency and take other executive action to allow construction of the president’s long-promised southern border wall, after bipartisan congressional negotiations provided less than a quarter of the $5.7 billion Trump wanted to start building more than 200 miles of wall. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump would …

As Trump Declares National Emergency To Fund Border Wall, Democrats Promise A Fight
5 years, 10 months ago

As Trump Declares National Emergency To Fund Border Wall, Democrats Promise A Fight

NPR  

As Trump Declares National Emergency To Fund Border Wall, Democrats Promise A Fight Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 6:15 p.m. ET Calling it "a great thing to do," President Trump declared a national emergency on Friday in order to help finance a long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. White House officials say …

Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Could Tap Military Funds
5 years, 10 months ago

Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Could Tap Military Funds

NPR  

Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Could Tap Military Funds After weeks of brandishing the threat of invoking a national emergency, President Trump is going ahead and declaring one. "President Trump will sign the government funding bill," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Thursday afternoon, "and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action — including a …

Border wall deal: How Republicans are trying to persuade Trump to sign it.
5 years, 10 months ago

Border wall deal: How Republicans are trying to persuade Trump to sign it.

Slate  

President Donald Trump is not a fan of the border deal that congressional negotiators struck Monday night, the one that he would need to sign by the end of the week to avoid the year’s second government shutdown. “We’ve always been for fencing,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said during his weekly press conference, “but this doesn’t allow for a …

Trump, Mulvaney plan to raid disaster relief funds, cut military housing to fund wall
5 years, 10 months ago

Trump, Mulvaney plan to raid disaster relief funds, cut military housing to fund wall

Salon  

President Trump's advisers have reportedly hatched a plan that would shift money from disaster relief and housing for military families to fund his proposed border wall, after Congress rebuffed his demands once again. Despite saying that he was “unhappy” with the deal, Trump declared on Twitter that he expects the congressional funds to be “hooked up with lots of money …

Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall
5 years, 10 months ago

Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks. They tentatively agreed Monday night to far less money for President Donald Trump’s border wall than the White House’s $5.7 billion wish list, settling …

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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