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Bottom Line: The complete infrastructure package for the Southern Border is ahead of schedule, under budget and fully funded; to complete before President Trump leaves office. You can see the official status of the Program at CBP's website: https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/smart-wall-map

Here is a summary, as of today (10 May 2026):

The total program is to have 1,419 miles of Primary Smart Wall (Barrier with a suite of detection technology, 644 serviceable miles of that amount pre-exists), 708 miles of additional Secondary Wall (in more accessible areas with higher traffic, near roads or cities - 76 serviceable miles of which pre-exist) and 536 miles of Waterborne barrier (also covered by monitoring technology, none of which existed before this Administration). Every bit not walled off, will be covered by detection technology (multiple types).

Physical bollard barrier in the Big Bend National Park area in rural Texas, has been dropped from the plan, but they will have a suite of new infrastructure improvements, including complete detection technology.

The whole Program was funded up front in the Big Beautiful Bill. Most of it is now awarded on contract - 616 miles of new primary barrier (only 19 more miles to contract), another 78 miles has already been contracted to replace primary barrier that does not meet the specifications for Trump Wall (63 more such additional replacement miles are left to contract), 391 miles of new secondary barrier are now on contract (242 miles left to contract). All of the 536 miles of planned waterborne barrier has been placed on contract.

Contractors naturally have a time lag between receiving a contract and starting work, of several months (hiring/training crews, contracting for equipment and materials, establishing base camps), so the flood of new contracts is still working its way through the pipeline, into an increased rate of construction.

The total wall construction completed so far (10 May 2026) for this Program is about 85 miles of wall (new Primary, replacement Primary and Secondary) is 85 miles, and 10 miles of Waterborne barrier.

According to Stephen Miller, we are approaching, and will exceed, a mile of wall per day in the near future (June?)


1 posted on 05/10/2026 1:02:07 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Amazing...Too bad Biden had 4 years to let millions in...the Dems are just stupid and wrong.


2 posted on 05/10/2026 1:07:17 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: BeauBo

You notice how the Wall isn’t even an issue spoken of by the Democrats anymore? My guess is that they get creamed on it, so they have quietly decided not to fight it whenRepublicans are nominally in control.


3 posted on 05/10/2026 1:07:42 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: BeauBo; bitt; little jeremiah

wonderful news, BeauBo

thanx for the update


4 posted on 05/10/2026 1:12:49 PM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: BeauBo

Nothing beats a solid, impenetrable wall during Cruz’s 2012 Senate campaign the estimate was about 7 billion in cost for a total border wall.


5 posted on 05/10/2026 1:12:56 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: BeauBo

I’m glad the Border Patrol switched to our side.

Border Patrol union deleted 2012 webpage opposing border wall
“”01/11/2019 07:36 PM EST
A union that represents Border Patrol agents recently deleted a webpage that said building walls and fences along the border to stop illegal immigration would be “wasting taxpayer money.”
The deleted webpage, posted in 2012, argued that border barriers don’t tackle the root causes of migration — and could potentially encourage more migrants to enter the U.S. fraudulently or overstay visas.””
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/border-patrol-union-deleted-2012-webpage-opposing-walls-and-fences-1081250


7 posted on 05/10/2026 1:20:00 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: BeauBo

This is a great report and very encouraging.

As soon as the Southern border wall is complete, I would like to see a similar wall along the Canadian border. With people like Carney in power, you could never trust the Canadians to try to prevent illegals from crossing into the US. They might even encourage it.


13 posted on 05/10/2026 1:40:42 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
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To: BeauBo

The Dems fly them in now.

Their (American) leaders handout passports and passport cards in Doha, Qatar to hundreds of south Asians. They board the flight. Upon landing the smuggling leaders pull them aside in small groups and tell them how to get thru immigration. Saw this first hand Qatar Airways flight Q777 Doha to Miami on 10 May ‘26. An A350. About 95% of the flight was south Asians and non-English speaking Africans.


16 posted on 05/10/2026 1:52:47 PM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: BeauBo

That danged “map” page includes no map...
Just a lot of data...


18 posted on 05/10/2026 1:56:53 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: BeauBo

better start planning the Northern Border Wall NOW.


24 posted on 05/10/2026 2:31:07 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Make educ. institutions return to the Mission...reading, writing, math...not Opinions & propaganda)
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To: BeauBo

Great information.

Thank you


29 posted on 05/10/2026 5:30:16 PM PDT by Reynoldo
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