The Border Wall continues to be expanded and strengthened along the International Boundary with Mexico. The Trump Administration is closing critical openings in the border wall that were left incomplete due to cancelled contracts under President Biden.
The federal government is tapping $309,463,000 that went unspent in 2021 to construct approximately 27 miles of new border wall in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, located within the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector.
The Department of Homeland Security is also issuing waivers to environmental laws to speed construction elsewhere, including 17 miles of new border wall in Texas, located within the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector.
Known gaps within the Border Wall system are also being sealed. A 350-foot opening, known as "Smugglers Gulch" in San Diego, California, was recently closed, and a patrol road was added to the area to enable the Border Patrol to better monitor the known smuggling point.
Elsewhere within the San Diego Border Patrol Sector, U.S. soldiers have been fortifying existing sections of the Border Wall by installing concertina wire to discourage attempts by illegal aliens to climb the barrier.
Marines assigned to the US Northern Command's "Joint Task Force Southern Border" have also been hard at work to seal culverts and other known weak points within the Border Wall System to prevent them from being exploited by human smugglers bringing illegal aliens into the country.
US Army Stryker crews are also routinely patrolling along the border wall in Arizona and elsewhere, serving as additional eyes and ears for the US Border Patrol and deterring illegal crossing attempts with their intimidating and highly visible presence.
Elsewhere in Arizona, 30-foot border wall panels are going up near Yuma, closing seven critical gaps, and strengthening the barrier through a combination of steel bollard panels and gates. These once vulnerable openings are now being reinforced to enhance security and prevent illegal crossings.
While in El Paso, Texas, construction crews are installing 100 feet of steel panels each day to expand another new seven-mile stretch of the Border Wall. Elsewhere along the Texas-Mexico border, soldiers assigned to "Operation Lone Star” are fortifying existing border barriers to prevent the human smugglers working for the cartels from entering the state.
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Abrazos,
Jack Beavers
Jack, the good news keeps coming! It's a relief and a safety issue.
That's what I voted for.