NEW REPORT: We’ve been investigating the administration’s plans (or lack thereof) to build a wall for almost two years. 20 months, 40 FOIAs, and 3 lawsuits later, we’ve found they’ve made very little progress: americanoversight.org/border-wall-in…
Even as @realdonaldtrump threatens to shut down the government over his wall, the administration has made little effort to determine how much a wall would cost, communicate with landowners, or consider environmental damage: americanoversight.org/audit-the-wall…
We obtained a report stating that the proposed border wall would do “likely, irreversible damage” to the environment: americanoversight.org/border-wall-in… 
Despite Trump’s claims that Mexico would pay for the wall, the administration took no steps to push Mexico to accept this. We uncovered memos for a meeting between former Sec. of State Tillerson and Mexico with the note that the wall should only be discussed “if raised.”
We’ve been investigating where @realdonaldtrump planned to find funding to build the wall. Records we obtained show CBP doesn’t have the budget for it: americanoversight.org/border-wall-in…
.@realdonaldtrump also failed to accurately gauge the cost of the wall — first claiming that it would cost $8 billion and then asking Congress for $25 billion in funding: nytimes.com/2018/01/18/us/…
A report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee stated that the full bill could be as high as $70 billion: hsgac.senate.gov/border-wall-re…
An email from a House staffer showed that the agency didn’t know where it could find funding. One staffer said “Apparently, there is a pot of money somewhere we didn’t know about.” americanoversight.org/border-wall-in…
.@USGAO found that CBP failed to consider cost changes based on geographical location or to assess the cost-effectiveness of the wall: gao.gov/products/GAO-1…
The administration has also done little to prepare for eminent-domain seizures — and has had little communication with the leaders of a sovereign Native American tribe that controls 62 miles of border land: americanoversight.org/audit-the-wall…
In the absence of traditional funding, there was even a proposal to use old ships for the border wall: americanoversight.org/border-wall-in…
Building a border wall may still be one of the president’s favorite talking points — but this rallying cry is clearly more about pleasing his political base than actual policy. See our full report: americanoversight.org/border-wall-in…
