221 miles of the pre-existing barrier (basically the bollards) has been assessed as operationally effective, and does not need to be replaced. So that brings it to 571 miles done.
In addition to the 350 miles that were built under President Trump’s Program as of today’s report, another 388 miles have been funded (231 of which are currently under construction). So the President has funded a total of 738 miles of new construction.
When you add President Trump’s 738 miles to the 221 of good pre-existing barrier (959 miles), we are in the ball park of the total that the Border Patrol would ideally like to have (1,100), according to the Comprehensive Plan for Full Operational Control of the Southern Border, that they developed in response to Executive Order 13767, issued by President Trump on his fifth day in office.
It is unlikely that there will be much more to go after that, in reality. Possibly a few hundred more miles, but likely spread over several years.
When the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo get done (already funded and on contract), the job will be mostly done.
221 miles of the pre-existing barrier (basically the bollards) has been assessed as operationally effective, and does not need to be replaced.
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can you point me in the right direction to see where the 221 fits in along the border?
thank you for the update.
always great to see the progress
President Trump is amazing. He does this while the demsheviks have been throwing obstacles at him the whole time. One can only imagine what he will do in his next term when many of them are neutered, and hopefully plenty arrested.