Border wall construction presses full steam ahead in final days of Trump administration
CNN reports that construction continues on President Trump’s U.S./Mexico border wall:
“At a secluded spot in southeast Arizona, the San Pedro River flows north from Mexico and crosses the United States border, running under a majestic canopy of tall cottonwood trees.
The river’s winding path is a migration gateway and critical habitation for hundreds of animal species. The National Audubon Society for Arizona says 40% of bird species in North America spend part of their lives on the San Pedro River at some point.
But the US Border Patrol sees the river as a natural gateway of drug smuggling and illegal immigration into the United States.
In the waning days of the Trump administration, construction crews are rapidly building a 30-foot high steel bollard-style wall across the riverbed. . . . The work is part of a final sprint to complete as many miles of border wall as possible before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20.”
KJ