Three Miles of New Border Wall Coming to South Texas

[Elderberry]

Breitbart by BOB PRICE 3 Jun 2019

Three miles of new bollard wall border barrier will be built in the Rio Grande Valley Sector under a contract awarded on May 28 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The construction will take place in a currently unsecured portion of Starr County, Texas, near Rio Grande City.

CBP officials announced the award of a construction contract to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. for $42,860,000 to build a three-mile section of 18-30 foot bollard wall segments. The contract also calls for the installation of detection technology, lighting, and new roads for Border Patrol access, according to information obtained from CBP officials.

Officials stressed that the funding for this construction project is not pursuant to the National Emergency Declaration and does not include any diverted funds from any other source of funding. Specifically, they stated the funds are not coming from the Department of Defense or Treasury Department budgets.

More: https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/06/03/three-miles-of-new-border-wall-coming-to-south-texas/

[corbe]

   Yet, this has languished in Cocaine Mitch's Senate for 2 years.

Sen. Cruz Introduces the EL CHAPO Act

Bill reserves billions in potential assets forfeited as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Lorea “El Chapo” and other drug lords to pay for border security

April 25, 2017

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https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3107


   $20B could build a lot of Wall.

[txradioguy]

   Yet, this has languished in Cocaine Mitch's Senate for 2 years.

Sen. Cruz Introduces the EL CHAPO Act

Bill reserves billions in potential assets forfeited as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Lorea “El Chapo” and other drug lords to pay for border security

April 25, 2017

  | 

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3107


   $20B could build a lot of Wall.

Turtle is too busy pushing Hemp in the latest Farm Bill to worry about something as trivial as the wall.

3 miles of wall built in Texas...1,321 more miles to go.

[rustynail]

"Three miles of new bollard wall border barrier will be built"....right after Hillary is convicted.

[goatprairie]

The wife and I have frequently visited the border in Texas and Arizona. Last year we drove sixty miles along the Texas border from Terlingua to Presidio.  We've also driven from Tucson to Organ Pipe Nat. Monument which is very close to the border. We've also been right down to the border in other parts of Arizona. Big Bend Nat. Park's southern perimeter is right on the Rio Grande. At certain vantage points you can see people across the RG.
We've yet to see any groups of people who look like illegals heading north.
Much of the border is beautiful country, and it would be a shame if a large wall impaired that view.
Nevertheless, if it helps cut down on illegal crossings, I'm for it.