Border Wall Construction Status

RUSH: I don’t think enough people know what the status of the wall or walls and construction at the moment is.

“The border wall with Mexico is a mix of old metal panels and new bollard walls 30 feet high. Some of the wall sections include two walls with a road in between. In January 2017, when Trump was inaugurated, the stretch of various walls added up to 654 miles along the border.”

That’s how much wall we had, and it was of varying quality, varying height. It wasn’t uniform because states had been involved in the construction of the wall through their territory. “A document from DHS says officials need a total of 762 miles of border wall.” That is the target. Total miles of barrier needed, according to Homeland Security, 762. Three hundred and sixteen miles of new primary border call and 174 miles of primary border wall system in place of less effective designs.

So this is where the 65 mile figure comes from. That is the difference between 654 miles of wall already in place and the amount of new wall the CPB says is needed. But it’s confusing because the CPB also want 174 miles of the current wall to be replaced, modernized. And that’s how we get to the 214 mile total that Trump is calling for. And when I say Trump is calling for it, this is Trump following recommendations of Border Patrol and ICE and the people responsible in law enforcement for patrolling the wall.

Now, “Money provided in 2017 and 2018 is funding new construction, says DHS, including: Work On-going or Planned: More than 115 miles (FY 2017 and FY 2018 funding), including: [Roughly] 83 miles of new primary wall in place of less effective existing barriers in San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, and El Paso Sectors. [Roughly] 14 miles of new secondary wall in place of less effective existing barriers in San Diego Sector. [Roughly] 13 miles of new levee wall system in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. [Roughly] ~8 to ~12 miles of new steel bollard wall system in the Rio Grande Valley Sector.”

This is the work that’s currently underway, which the mainstream media claims is not happening. This work is underway. It has been underway since 2017. When you hear Trump saying, “We’re building the wall” he’s telling you the truth. It’s happening. The media is acting like he’s been shut out, he’s been stopped, that every attempt to modernize, rebuild, or start new construction has been thwarted. It hasn’t been!

Obama and George W. Bush authorized the money for some of the construction that’s happening now. Obama, the Democrats have participated in already authorizing lots of money to do what’s currently being done! And it’s important to contrast the fact that they’ve already allocated money and agreed to allocate even more prior to Trump becoming president when they have become zero. They have shut it down.

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