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BorderWall update: Trump is pushing full steam ahead.
Laiken Jordahl (Twitter) ^ | August 20, 2019 | Laiken Jordahl

Posted on 08/22/2019 2:11:03 PM PDT by BeauBo

Bulldozers just (Tuesday, 20 August) spotted SW of Yuma, AZ. This planned 6-mile wall (YUMA 1 on map).

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; border; borderwall; buildthefence; daca; dreamact; dreamers; yuma
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To: BeauBo

This is a project replacing already existing old-wall. This is not new miles of wall.


21 posted on 08/22/2019 9:21:43 PM PDT by Taipei
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To: Taipei

Almost all of the 95 miles starting up in the Rio Grande Valley will be “new” miles.


22 posted on 08/22/2019 10:37:55 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Bookmarked.


23 posted on 08/23/2019 12:10:24 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: BeauBo

And when they win all the eminent domain cases and actually start putting some damn pilings in the ground, then it’ll count as new miles, but until then - as far as I’m concerned - this is all a fart in the wind.


24 posted on 08/23/2019 12:58:06 AM PDT by Taipei
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To: BeauBo
and all the while We Build the Wall builds it faster, cheaper and safer than our glut of a pig the Federal Government.

Support We Build the Wall with your donations and time if you have it.

25 posted on 08/23/2019 2:21:35 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Irish Eyes

Yes. But they do not have to contend with the Supreme Court and other POS of the federal government.


26 posted on 08/23/2019 2:24:50 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: eartick

I read or heard on tv that their walls are not as high as the ones built by corp of engineers. I think it was only 10 feet above ground and not as deep as the official project.


27 posted on 08/23/2019 5:35:10 AM PDT by WWG1WWA ("Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity." - MarcusAurelius)
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To: Taipei

“When they win all the eminent domain cases”

The Government can condemn property and start construction any day. The cases can drag on for years, but they are just about how much the Government should pay, not about if they can take it.

A few of the other projects will include filling some gaps where there was no barrier at all before (patches of rough terrain), like the secondary barrier in San Diego (on schedule to finish in Jan), which will include 1 1/2 miles where there was not secondary barrier before, and the stretch across the San Pedro River in Arizona.

But out side the Rio Grande and Laredo sectors, where the shifting river path, subject to flooding, hurricanes and International treaty made construction very difficult and expensive, everywhere that experiences high traffic already has some kind of barrier.

It is carefully prioritized according to operational need. Building “new” miles in the wilderness, when people are actually streaming through ineffective old barriers in the border cities and the Rio Grande Valley, would just be foolish fart in the wind.


28 posted on 08/23/2019 5:37:11 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Taipei
And when they win all the eminent domain cases and actually start putting some damn pilings in the ground, then it’ll count as new miles, but until then - as far as I’m concerned - this is all a fart in the wind.

That you, Karl?


29 posted on 08/23/2019 5:41:01 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
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To: Taipei

The “old wall” is the equivalent of “no wall.” Ineffective. The PSP (Marston Mat) works fine for landing helicopters on. But was not designed to be placed in an upright position and used as a “fence.” Chain link? Bolt cutters render it useless. Fence pliers, etc. Thus, the “new wall” will be just the barrier we need. From sea to shining sea.


30 posted on 08/23/2019 5:53:56 AM PDT by donozark (We Build the Wall Inc. (Check it out))
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To: WWG1WWA

No they are 30’


31 posted on 08/23/2019 8:36:40 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Taipei

I thought that way too, but a lot of existing wall is substandard and in key urban areas. I believe Pres. Trump is getting the best value for the dollar!


32 posted on 08/23/2019 11:08:36 AM PDT by joegoeny ("Nuts!")
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To: Taipei

I thought that way too, but a lot of existing wall is substandard and in key urban areas. I believe Pres. Trump is getting the best value for the dollar!


33 posted on 08/23/2019 11:08:38 AM PDT by joegoeny ("Nuts!")
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To: BeauBo
This is an interesting situation. The mainstream media have painted themselves into a corner here. After constructing the narrative that "not one mile" of wall has been built, they cannot report on all this wall construction without making liars of themselves (and giving Trump a boost in the process).

So this will be the approach they will take right up until the election:

What Trump needs to do and what I'm sure he will do is run some campaign commercials showing all the wall that has been built.

34 posted on 08/23/2019 11:18:58 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: WWG1WWA
Definitely more than 10 feet.


Learn more and donate here; We Build the Wall

35 posted on 08/23/2019 11:21:40 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: Taipei; BeauBo
This is a project replacing already existing old-wall. This is not new miles of wall.

Another bull-shit post.

The so-called "existing wall" wasn't stopping anyone.

Therefore, logically, it wasn't a wall, but an excuse for a wall.

The NEW wall will stop the illegals.

Stop supporting the Left with your nonsense.
36 posted on 08/23/2019 11:03:37 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: donozark; Taipei

Cat got your tongue Taipei?


37 posted on 08/23/2019 11:04:57 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: BeauBo

Yah, great.
Bit I still sincerely believe that our having to build walls at all is all the proof ANYONE should ever need that we are in fact at WAR with Mexico.

They are an invading force looting our country through various means while also trying to take control at several levels.
They import deadly poisons by the ton, but none dare call it chemical warfare.

The “Reconquista” BS has gone unanswered for far too long.

BTW, if your company ask me top press 2 for “Spanish”, I’m hanging up and not placing an order.

EOR.


38 posted on 08/24/2019 8:30:20 PM PDT by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: Taipei

Hey, troll-boi. The old wall wasn’t effective, or it wouldn’t have needed replacing.

Otherwise, why are all the usual suspects getting their panties in a bunch over this?


39 posted on 08/25/2019 5:54:22 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: BeauBo

I came up with a term which I like better than wall. Border emphasis....or maybe Border upgrade. A border line for most parts in the world are imaginary lines drawn on maps and don’t have a real world counterpart unless its some natural thing like a river or other geographical line like shore or a mountain range perhaps. This barrier shows the Mexico US border is real as opposed to an imaginary line. A reality enhancement. :)


40 posted on 09/04/2019 5:32:14 PM PDT by xp38
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