White House Says 'Limited' Wall Construction Is Funded, Despite Overall Pause

Fox News ^ | Adam Shaw

[USA Conservative]

The White House on Tuesday said that "limited" additional wall construction has been funded, despite an overall pause in construction -- after a report that the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had said "gaps" in the wall could still be filled.

"Wall construction remains paused to the extent permitted by law. So some has already been funded through congressional authorization and funding allocation," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.

Psaki was asked about a Washington Times report that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees that while money for the wall had been stopped, it "leaves room to make decisions" on finishing "gaps in the wall."

"The president has communicated quite clearly his decision that the emergency that triggered the devotion of DOD funds to the construction of the border wall is ended. But that leaves room to make decisions as the administration, as part of the administration, in particular areas of the wall that need renovation, particular projects that need to be finished," he reportedly said.

DHS did not respond to a Fox News request for comment.

Biden issued an executive order during his first week in office that halted the construction of the wall that began during the Trump administration -- and he had promised to end.

[USA Conservative]

So.........the wall works??? Wow, who would have thought?

The contracts for the wall were already paid for. So what the Democrats did is stopped the construction of the wall, put the money in their pockets, and now want more money to finish the wall that was already paid for.

[palmer]

WH has a delicate balance. They have to pretend to fund the wall and close the border. They'll send that message out through certain media to low information conservatives (independents). But they also have to oppose border wall to appease the left. So they will make sure the wink wink message gets out too.

[Candor7]

We have limited wall construction?????

No surprise.

We have an Alinskyite “limited” government which sells “limited” ideas to the public, passes “limited” legislation through Congress beneficial to “limited” numbers of the public, signed into law by a mentally “limited” President who ostensibly won a stolen election with “limited” votes, who now runs a government of “limited” transparency.

And we have a “limited” wall construction?

Buahahahahahahahahaha!NO SURPRISE !

President so called biden, is Biden, LTD. Fer Sure.

These Alinskyite bastids will soon be “limited” as well.

[CMailBag]

Biden is too consumed with Trump hate, he will NEVER allow it.

[Candor7]

Biden is too consumed with Trump hate, he will NEVER allow it.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Of course. Never allowing it is “Limited” construction.

They are saying this to placate their critics within the Dem party, who are now circulating the sardine can photos from Donna Texas.

If only there was a homing big boot roaming around to kick these Alinskyites in their co;;ective ass. Its coming , I do believe, a real shit kicking.

[orionrising]

probably going to finish sections in the cartel territories they dont like and leave gaps in the ones they do.

[Candor7]

The Biden administration will but combination locks on the wall gates they finish, just for the Cartels. We don’t want any wet backs coming into the USA for free.

Soon the cartels will be so strong and rich that they will be able to overthrow the Mexican government. That’s the Biden Alinskyite plan.

[Travis McGee]

[cnsmom]

The Democrats can’t give up their drug pipeline. The rehab business is an endless gold mine for Democrats under national healthcare and big pharmaceutical companies.

[woodbutcher1963]

This is like an ex wife having to admit in court that they were wrong and got caught cheating.

They will finish certain small sections of the wall that they stopped construction on. They will not start any new sections.

[pepsi_junkie]

There was a suggestion a couple of days ago that by stopping the wall Biden had violated a law that says the POTUS cannot refuse to execute congressionally directed funding. Probably intended to stop POTUS from stopping earmarks but it's on the books and seems to apply in this situation.

A couple of days later a story about how it's just paused and not stopped comes out. Kabuki theater, this is just plausible deniability that he killed it. It's just a lid day for the wall ... every day is a lid day for the wall but rest assured that someday Biden will get it going again. Nothing to see here, no law being violated, move along. And they will.

[NetAddicted]

I’ve got to read these comments later.

[BeauBo]

I agree - they will slow roll it, and find a hundred ways to make sure it does not happen, or is ineffective.

There must be some burn rate of the funding while construction is “paused”, so there will be at least that much less wall in the end.

They should be legally obligated to build those high priority miles in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo Sectors, that Congress directly appropriated, but if they delay long enough, Congress can re-direct it.

[Vaduz]

Biden’s unity program in action.