Biden administration officials revealed they would restart construction of a portion of southern border wall after repeated claims that it was "ineffective."
Joe Biden has taken up construction on Donald Trump's border wall project. The president has said that he had no choice since Trump-era funding, by law, had to be used up in 2023.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migration…
The Biden administration has walked back President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign promise that "there will not be another foot of wall constructed" along the U.S.-Mexico border with new plans to waive two dozen federal laws in order to swiftly erect a barrier in a part of Texas.
(The Center Square) – In a stunning reversal on border security policy, the Biden administration plans to build about 20 miles of border wall in south Texas as the surge in illegal migration into the U.S. continued in September.
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn’t believe border walls work, even as his administration said it will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley amid heightened political pressure over migration.
President Biden said Thursday that he “can’t stop” construction of new sections of the US-Mexico border wall because Congress wouldn’t rescind spending on it.
The Biden administration is being mocked for announcing wall construction in Texas amid the ongoing migrant crisis, after the president previously slammed the idea.
The Biden administration quietly announced plans on Thursday to add to the border wall with Mexico – extending construction of the barrier that was a signature policy of Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump's campaign reacted to the Biden administration's admission that there was an "immediate need" for a wall at the border by arguing Trump is "always right."
The Biden administration will soon begin the two-year process of installing a border wall barrier on 10 sections of land that run along the Texas border with Mexico, according to documents from Customs and Border Protection.
The Department of Homeland Security intends to build up to 20 new miles of Trump administration-era border barriers in one of the busiest crossing spots for migrants attempting to enter the U.S.
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