Construction crews broke ground on a 14-mile stretch of border barrier replacement in San Diego, according to Fox 5 news.
The existing steel-mesh fence - often breached with commonly sold battery-operated saws - is being replaced with 30-foot-high steel bollards according to an announcement by US Customs and Border Protection.
A $101 million contract was awarded to SLSCO Ltc. of Galveston, Texas to perform the work, with options for an additional $30 million in funding.
The bollards replace a second layer of barrier that worked like a fortress when it was built about a decade ago but is now often breached with powerful battery-operated saws sold in home improvement stores.
Work on replacing a first layer of San Diego barrier is nearly complete, also 14 miles long and made of steel bollards up to 30-feet high. The old fence, built in the early 1990s, was made of corrugated steel matting used by the military as temporary runways. -Fox 5
The Trump administration has been unsuccessfully sued by California as well as major environmental groups over various wall projects in the state, claiming that the administration overreached its authority when it waived environmental reviews in order to expedite construction.
The Department of Homeland Security cited a 1996 law giving the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to waive legal requirements for the installation of “additional fencing, walls, roads, lighting, cameras and sensors on the southwest border.”
Thus far the Trump administration has awarded $1 billion in contracts to cover 97 miles of border, most of which will replace existing barriers. Work is expected to begin later this month on a 14-mile stretch in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
via zerohedge
Go to it Donald. We love you. 4 MORE YEARS
AGREE!!
Robert: You do know, don’t you that no new wall has been built since Trump took office? As for four more years, I don’t believe Trump will run, out of embarrassment.
the wall needs to be built on this side of california and then deed that state to mexico , fuck cali
Once we give planet Calif to Mexico , build a wall
to keep all the morons, libtards in their LALA land.
Trump 4 more years!
LOL, that would work too
when Cali leaves the US, it will be associating with Canada. Cali has the 6th largest economy in the world and can be its own country easily. Universal health is in both Mexico and Canada, but Canada has an abundant water resource and really offers the most. Mexico can have Texas, a wasteland.As far as the wall, San Diego is doing fence replacement and repair and no new wall will be erected, certainly NOT while children are being illegally detained in prisons and being sexually abused and sold to US pedophile rings.
lets get it up and then wall off Kalifornia and Impose sanctions
BUILD THE WALL, NOW. STOP THE BULLSHIT-PROTECT AMERICA……
Along with the wall, we need to stop all entitlements to ALL immigrants, legal or wetback. If they came here legally it was to work, they shouldn’t be getting any entitlements. And if they are wet, they are criminal and need to be rounded up and sent to some place they cannot just walk back across into America.
Uganda is nice this time of year. Load the wets up in C-130’s and send them to Uganda. If the Ugandans won’t let our planes land to unload criminals, then just open the rear door and ramp and push them out.
Right On Butch!! Syria would be a good place also.
I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
Butch: You are the definition of a moron!
If we Gringos,were Illegally entering/ invading Mexico in ANY WAY, The Mexican Govt would EXTERMINATE us! No Questions asked! I lived in Texas for 10+ Years! I’ve Been down to Mexico many times.! If you’re a Tourist with a lot of $$ to spend there OK! BUT, if you are Sneaking in for Illegal Purposes, LOOK OUT!I KNOW how they treat Americans they Suspect of something! They’ve got “SOMETHING” for ya, and it ain’t popcorn! [palomitas] in Spanish!
Build the wall, Build the wall!! Four more years, Four more years!!
We need to call for marshal law in California.That way we can go in and collect all illegals at one time.
Why waste our money on a wall in California? They want all the illegals, let ’em have3 ’em. Build the wall between the USA and California. Keep the illegals in California. We don’t want them in the USA.
Great to see the wall is started. Just the beginning and socialists can go live in Venezuela esp AOC. Give us a real hands on experience on what it like
it isnt started, existing fence is being repaired and replaced