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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 18, 2020, 04:06:22 pm

Title: Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
Post by: rangerrebew on February 18, 2020, 04:06:22 pm

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

ELLIOT SPAGAT

Associated Press February 18, 2020, 7:00 AM EST

Border Wall-Waived Laws
 
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

The 10 waived laws include requirements for having open competition, justifying selections and receiving all bonding from a contractor before any work can begin.

https://apnews.com/1689fa48a2e177d1f397b95ff0cb97db

Fixed the url - PeteS in CA

Title: Re: Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
Post by: Fishrrman on February 19, 2020, 01:24:08 am

GREAT move...!
Get it built...!

Title: Re: Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
Post by: libertybele on February 19, 2020, 01:36:58 am

It is slow going ... only figures that I have been able to find is so far in the past 3 years only 98 miles of border fence has been erected .. and most of that is replacing dilapidated fencing.

So ... that's roughly 30 miles a year.  Pretty pitiful. 

Well, I did find another article that Kushner stated that 128 miles had been built.   So another 30 miles has been built -- so roughly 40 miles of fencing a year ... still pretty pitiful.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/trump-450-miles-border-wall-115339 (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/trump-450-miles-border-wall-115339)