Posted on 10/06/2020 7:13:43 AM PDT by Cronos
Contractors who are replacing the border wall in Arizona are dumping leftover debris in Mexico, where scrap metal dealers are profiting off the pieces, witnesses told local television stations KOB4 and CBS 5.
The witnesses — an ecologist who works in the desert region in Southern Arizona and people selling the metal online — told CBS 5 that the contractors are essentially giving away the old wall.
"There were DHS and Army Corps of Engineers officials, standing there watching their contractors with a bulldozer and front-end loaders push the scrap metal onto the Mexican side," Gary Nabhan, a desert ecologist, told the station. "And Mexican scrap metal scavengers were coming right up to the border."
..."All of that metal and concrete should have been carried away to Phoenix or Tucson where there's legal disposal sites or recycling centers – none of it should have been pushed into Mexico," Nabhan said.
.... The station reported that Southwest Valley Constructors is the company that won the contract to erect the border fence near Naco and appears to be the source of steel posts being collected in Sonoyta, Mexico, as well.
Customs and Border Protection is investigating, a spokesperson told CBS5.
It would cost more to haul it than it’s worth.
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Prolly right, not financially viable to go to the trouble of piling up, loading, and transporting the scrap. If it was profitable they’d be doing it.
Contactors being environmentally responsible and recycling.
I thought the left would be pleased.
Yeah....right.
More than likely a loss for us.
Yep, the show must go on. And most of the “news” is a TV production paid for by advertisers who pay on the basis of ratings.
Correct me if I am wrong but there has never been a wall so it can’t be replaced. I think this a fake story as usual again trying to blame President Trump.
I agree.
I thought the left would be pleased.
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The Left is never pleased.
It is perpetually angry.
Anger is the fuel the Left runs on.
Ain’t capitalism great win win Mexicans make a living and our side has no cleanup costs!!{
Progressive “watchdogs”...
Focus on the taxpayer money literally going up in smoke in Democrat run cities instead of corroded scrap metal.
The old wall, sure, but another Trump promise kept.
Probably cheaper to let the Mexicans salvage the scrap than it is to haul it off. Especially now that we are not sending scrap to China.
Sounds like a win-win, we don’t pay to have it all hauled away, mexicans make some money and re-use/re-cycle.
What would we do with crappy Chinese steel?
The Mexicans can use it to make ladders for scaling walls. /sarc
Well phrased.
My first thought as well.
Big Media propaganda hit piece against Our Wall.
Sounds rather sensible. It’s probably more trouble than it’s worth on the U.S. side, and it’s precious metal on the Mexican side.
I just hauled a bunch of scrap steel. 800# of it netted me a grand total of $38.
If the trash company would have taken it, I’d have just tossed it in the bin over time.
That said, if you had a large, completely homogeneous load, which tends to pay a small premium, you might eek out a bit of profit with an efficient operation.
At least it’s not at the level of tires yet, which we have to pay to get rid of.
It’s probably worth the time for the scrappers on the Mexican side, but not for the contractors building the wall.
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