Here's the FOX and Friends segment from this morning on We Build the Wall's first project. This half-mile section of privately-funded wall fills a gap in the El Paso metro through which 100 migrants per night were entering the country. https://t.co/YgJUBPoEIg
— Kris W. Kobach (@KrisKobach1787) May 27, 2019
Sounds like it’s going up in a critical section.
Via Daily Wire:
A private group called “We Build the Wall” says they’ve finished construction on a segment of border wall in New Mexico, closing a gap in the existing border wall themselves rather than waiting for Congress and the President to come to an agreement over how to fund the massive construction project along the United States’ southern border.
The Washington Times reports that We Build the Wall unveiled their half-mile section over the weekend.
“The 18-foot steel bollard wall is similar to the designs used by the Border Patrol, sealing off a part of the border that had been a striking gap in existing fencing,” the Times says. The gap runs from the Texas border, where it ends at the Rio Grand, up, through southern New Mexico, along the “lower elevations” or Mount Cristo Rey.
We Build the Wall claims the half-mile section of steel wall is the first privately constructed part of the border wall, and that their project moved faster and, at $8 million, required less funding than a similar project headed up by the federal government. The group, led by former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, also says they’ve got the blessing of President Donald Trump and United States Border Customs and Protection, who were grateful for the help.