[BeauBo]

Good News: 70 Miles have moved from Pre-Construction, into the Under Construction category. That's a big jump. I am guessing that this/these groundbreaking(s) is/are probably in Texas - RGV or Laredo Sectors.

Bad News: It seems that the pace slowed a bit, over the last few weeks around the election, while they paused reporting.

This 402 miles completed, is nine miles behind the 10 mile per week pace that we were running, before the last report (371 miles) on 19 October. That would average about 8 miles per week, over those 4 weeks. Maybe there will be some snapback later. We have seen a bit of that kind of accordion effect in accounting/reporting before.

[brownsfan]

Bad news... they will be tearing it down.

[BeauBo]

Border Wall status reporting is back on the Monday schedule, after the election pause. 70 miles have moved from “pre-construction, into “under construction”.

87 miles remain in pre-construction. Hopefully, they can get that work started before inauguration day, to reduce the risk of cancellation, if the worst were to occur.

Land acquisition in Texas is the long pole in the tent, to get that done. Let’s see if there is a flurry of land condemnations in Texas.

[euram]

I’d like to see it be up to 500 miles by 20 January.

[JME_FAN]

Biden & Co. will tear it down, and then give citizenship to the 30+ million illegals already here. Next, they will personally see to it that millions more from the 3rd world are brought in, made immediate citizens, and promised “free” everything - thus ending and permanently burying the greatest free constitutional republic that humanity ever saw.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[SteveH]

on the US side, i have heard it stated that locals will generally favor the wall for law and order reasons as beneficial for business.

i suppose the open question is if a biden harris admin would tear down a wall that demonstrably benefits local businesses and has (muted) local support.

[Big Red Badger]

I saw the New Wall at the
“ Pacific Crest Trailhead”
Saturday!
Most Impressive have spent
Many hours there.
.
You Debbie Downers can
Chew Glass!

[SpeedyInTexas]

Larry, any thoughts from ZenMaster on the border wall. If Congress appropriates money for a border wall, can Biden refuse to spend it?

If general, I think if Congress appropriates money for a project, the executive branch can’t refuse the project?

The good thing about Continuing Resolutions that Congress always passes, is it continues previous appropriations which I believe include Border wall funding.

If Biden halts the wall and Congress has appropriated money for it, someone needs to file lawsuit in a Texas friendly district court to force the spending.