The Border Wall Is Outliving Trump

President Trump with singular dedication championed a “big, beautiful wall” along the U.S./Mexico border.  The Biden administration has moved in a different direction.  In “The Border Wall Is Outliving Trump,” Stephania Taladrid for the New Yorker explains that, although Trump left office, Republican governors, federal regulations, and inaction in Congress are allowing construction to continue.  She notes that:

“An estimated three hundred and fifty miles of barriers were completed in the final year of the Administration. Multimillion-dollar contracts were awarded up until the last days of Trump’s term. Many observers believed that Trump was trying to make it difficult for his successor to unravel his project. The new President would face hundreds of millions of dollars in payouts to contractors. . . .  While Biden was being inaugurated, [one could observe] the last dynamite blast on the border. . . . Landowners, tribes, and environmentalists impacted by the construction argue that the Biden Administration’s response has not been forceful enough.”

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KJ