Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project
The U.S. side of Playas de Tijuana, where the border wall fades into the Pacific Ocean.
(Molly O’Toole / Los Angeles Times)
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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. He also is halting construction to review contracts and how wall money might be redirected.
Despite Trump’s repeated promises that Mexico would pay for the wall, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Americans have committed $15 billion for more than 700 miles. It is unclear how many miles are under contract and what penalties the government would have to pay for canceling them.