Texas military building ‘temporary’ border fences in Del Rio with plans for state’s entire border
The Border Wall
1,500 soldiers going to aid in Del Rio, many will be fence-building
by: Sandra Sanchez
Posted: Sep 30, 2021 / 06:53 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 30, 2021 / 06:53 PM CDT
WESLACO, Texas (Border Report) — The Texas Military Department, which includes National Guard units, has built miles of “temporary” wire border fencing on private borderlands in the Del Rio area, officials said Thursday, adding that it could be extended to other parts of the state’s border with Mexico.
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Lt. Col. Rodney Kelley, director of training and military operations for the Texas Military Department, said the agency has already built 3 miles of border fencing and is ramping up its teams and production to complete “a quarter-mile to one-half mile” per day going forward, he told Border Report.
The project started in June and is in collaboration with the Texas Department of Public Service, and under the direction of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who during a Border Security Summit on June 10 in Del Rio announced that the state would be “building border barriers; some will be built immediately.”
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