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Trump says he’ll be the one to build a “proper wall” on the border.
And he likes to say that the wall is already under construction. But most of the current work is about rehabbing old portions of that have been in place for decades.
And he likes to say that the wall is already under construction. But most of the current work is about rehabbing old portions of that have been in place for decades.
To build long stretches of new wall, the government has to grapple with a lot of property owners who don’t want to sell. First, it has to find them — and even that is taking a long, long time. revealnews.org/article/feds-h…
And it’s expensive to buy up and fight in court over all that land. How expensive? We wanted to know, but the government wouldn’t tell us. So... we sued to find out.
revealnews.org/blog/were-suin…
revealnews.org/blog/were-suin…
But a wall won’t stop drugs from coming in, because they mostly arrive by road, through ports of entry — like this fentanyl found under a haul of cucumbers. npr.org/2019/02/01/690…
And a wall won’t stop people from arriving, either. Because when people at checkpoints seeking asylum, U.S. and international law says the government must hear them out.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
