From WashingtonExaminer.com….
The Biden administration will allow a short stretch of former President Donald Trump’s border wall in southeastern Texas to be completed following a three-month freeze on all projects up and down the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report.
A 13.4-mile stretch of slatted border fence in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas will be completed, the Army Corps of Engineers told Fox News on Wednesday. The decision to continue wall construction was the result of “pressure from local residents [and] politicians,” reporter Bill Melugin wrote on Twitter.
“In support of CBP’s border infrastructure program, USACE has resumed DHS-funded design & construction support on approx. 13.4 miles of levee in the Rio Grande Valley that were partially excavated or at various levels of construction when work on the wall was paused for review,” the Defense Department entity said in a statement. The Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
BREAKING: .@FoxNews has confirmed via the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that construction on a 13.4 mile stretch of border wall in the Rio Grande Valley will *RESUME* after pressure from local residents & politicians.
The Biden admin previously halted all wall construction in Jan.— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 12, 2021
