So Trump was right again. Biden owes him yet another apology!
The Biden administration announced that it will resume the building of the U.S.-Mexico border wall as part of a plan initiated during the Trump administration. The federal government will need to purchase or seize private lands while ignoring environmental laws in order to follow through on its plan.
Just a day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called for the construction of barriers and roads near the U.S. border, a DHS plan is now under way to build new border wall in Starr County, Texas, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The area for the new 20 miles of border wall was chosen in 2019 by Congress, which allotted $1.375 billion toward the construction. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Biden administration will be forced to use the remaining $190 million from the original funding package.
In total, President Biden’s government will waive 26 federal laws to expedite the process. The decision will ignore environmental protection laws and safe drinking water and clean air laws, as well as restrictions surrounding endangered species. This was made possible by legislation called the Secure Fence Act from 2006. Biden is the first Democrat president to use it.