According
to the WSJ, President Trump is set to ask Congress to offer only $2B for the
border wall by late 2020.
The
minor request for 2021 construction is going to assist in averting a budget
showdown, as well as government shutdown close to November’s election. However,
it won’t slow border wall construction because it now is being constructed with
almost $14B in funds transferred from the DoD.
The
process of government procurement delays the beginning of construction so that just
104 miles of fencing has been constructed thus far. However, officials expect around
an additional 400 miles of fencing is set to be constructed by early 2021. Trump,
within his Feb. 4th, 2020, State of the Union speech, declared that we already
have a ‘strongly guarded southern border, in which, right now, a very powerful,
tall, and long wall is being constructed,’ adding, ‘We now have finished more
than 100 miles and have more than 500 miles completely finished in an extremely
brief time period. Early 2021, we’ll have significantly over 500 miles finished.’
Border
wall construction is behind schedule, partially due to weak GOP support, solid
opposition by Dems, activists’ suits, as well as the practical difficulty of constructing
several miles of border wall through deserts.
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