Updated: 1:13 ET, May 1 2021
CONTRACTS to build sections of former President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico have been cancelled.
Joe Biden's administration as ditched any deals that used funding originally intended for use by the US military and its functions.
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Donald Trump's campaign that propelled him into power heavily featured a promise of a wall along the Mexican borderCredit: AFP
Contracts were handed out after Trump declared a national emergency in 2019 in an effort to redirect funding to build a wall along the US southern border.
But in Biden's first day in office, he issued a proclamation which ordered a freeze on border wall projects which had been funded using military cash.