It’s being reported now that brand-new border wall construction, apart from scores of replacement wall that’s been built, is now under construction in Texas:
FOX NEWS – While 75 miles of wall has already been built under the Trump administration, until now all of those structures replaced existing ones such as vehicle barriers or dilapidated fences, which were ineffective before being replaced, according to the agency.
The brand-new wall is under construction southeast of McAllen in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley sector, which sees the most illegal crossings of any border sector, with more than 325,000 people apprehended there through August this year, according to CBP.
“Rio Grande Valley is by far our busiest sector, so getting this new wall system capability down there for [the agents] is truly a game-changer,” a CBP spokesman said. “Just last week, the agents on the frontlines told us the wall is something they need.”
The spokesman said the 75 miles already built to replace weaker structures also helped tighten security.
“People can walk through or across a vehicle barrier with drugs or other contraband, but can’t walk through an 18- to 30-foot wall with anti-climb features, sensors and cameras,” the spokesman said.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration is making a renewed effort to show voters the U.S.-Mexico border wall remains a top priority.
This really is great news, because people have been wanting this to happen since Trump was elected. It’s taken a long time to get to this point, but I’m glad to see hear that fence is being built on soil that had no fence before.
I’ll note that for me it was never a problem hearing about all the new wall going up to replace older, inadequate barriers. That was absolutely necessary and I’m sure that work is still under way.
But brand-new barriers is what this is really about and it’s nice to see the pressure of reelection is pushing Trump to speed up the process and make this happen.